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ICTP 402: Building a future-ready Jamaica through Science and Technology, with Dr the Hon. Andrew Wheatley

Posted by Michele Marius | 3 Jun 2026 | Podcast Episodes

Similar to most Small Island Developing States, Jamaica faces unique challenges, including climate change, natural disasters, economic vulnerability, and resource constraints. Science and technology can play a critical role in addressing these challenges. In this conversation with Dr the Honourable Andrew Wheatley, Jamaica’s Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Science, Technology and Special Projects, we discuss the role of science, technology, and innovation in shaping the country’s future, including what it will take for Jamaica to “build forward”; the role AI will play in the Government and across the wider society; the ‘House of Innovation’ that is being created; and what the Minister would like to achieve before he demits his current tenure.

ICTP 401: AI literacy, SIDS investing in technology, and privacy and consent in AI

Posted by Michele Marius | 27 May 2026 | Podcast Episodes

In our May 2026 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Tamira La Cruz, an Economic Development Advisor and Private Sector Specialist based in Curaçao, and Natalie Maharaj, a Digital Transformation Consultant and Responsible Technology Advocate based in Trinidad and Tobago, the panel discusses: AI literacy in the Caribbean; SIDS investing in tech development; and privacy and consent in AI.

ICTP 399: Moving drones, robotic arms, humanoids, quadrupeds and wheeled robots from simulation to the real world, with Cade Coker and Dr Afraz Subratti

Posted by Michele Marius | 13 May 2026 | Podcast Episodes

The Autonomous Motion Systems (AMoS) is the robotics research cluster of the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre, focused on developing the mathematical and engineering foundations needed to make unmanned aerial vehicles, such as multirotor drones, robotic arms, humanoids, quadrupeds and wheeled robots, behave reliably and safely in the real world. We are joined by Dr Afraz Subratti and Cade Coker, the Co-Investigators of AMoS to discuss, among other things: some of the projects AMoS is focusing on; what it means to have robots behave reliably; how public trust can be developed to help robots and other advanced machines to be integrated into Caribbean life; and the most important skills a student or budding engineer should develop if they want to pursue research or a career in robotics.

ICTP 396: The economics of AI for the Caribbean region, with Dr Justin Ram

Posted by Michele Marius | 22 Apr 2026 | Podcast Episodes

We often talk about AI as a Silicon Valley phenomenon, but the economics of AI is a Caribbean story too. It’s about more than just chatbots; it is about a general-purpose technology that is fundamentally shifting how we value labour, productivity, and even regional data sovereignty. International Economist, Dr Justin Ram, joins us once again and shares his thoughts on: the factors he uses to determine the impact of AI on an economy; the impact of AI on our services sector, and the opportunities emerging thanks to AI; the potential for AI to widen the digital and socio-economic divide; and whether AI is an existential threat to Caribbean economies.

ICTP 394: Technology as an export, the Caribbean region’s new economic pillar, with Vashti Maharaj of the Commonwealth Secretariat

Posted by Michele Marius | 8 Apr 2026 | Podcast Episodes

For decades, exports in the Caribbean meant sugar, bauxite, or tourism. But as countries recognise the need for greater economic diversification and resilience, more substantial inroads must be made in the technology exports sector, which can also bolster countries’ economic development. We revisit a conversation we had in 2024 with Vashti Maharaj, the Adviser, Digital Trade Policy, of the Commonwealth Secretariat, in which we discussed, among other things;: defining the concept of technology as an export; factors hindering the growth of the technology export sector in the region; important trade agreements that can benefit Caribbean technology exporters; and advice she would give to a Caribbean tech entrepreneur looking to expand internationally.

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ICTP 402: Building a future-ready Jamaica through Science and Technology, with Dr the Hon. Andrew Wheatley

ICTP 401: AI literacy, SIDS investing in technology, and privacy and consent in AI

ICTP 399: Moving drones, robotic arms, humanoids, quadrupeds and wheeled robots from simulation to the real world, with Cade Coker and Dr Afraz Subratti

ICTP 396: The economics of AI for the Caribbean region, with Dr Justin Ram

ICTP 394: Technology as an export, the Caribbean region’s new economic pillar, with Vashti Maharaj of the Commonwealth Secretariat

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