Cook Islands To Host Pacific Internet Conference
The Cook Islands has won its bid to host the biggest regional annual information
and communications technology (ICT) gathering, PacINET, next year. The winner was decided in Honiara, Solomon Islands, by the annual meeting of the
Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC). The Cook Islands
will host the conference in September 2008. The Office of the Prime Minister, ICT Manager Maveni Kaufononga and International
United Nations Volunteer, Hong Yi Ip is attending the meeting and submitted
the bid that Prime Minister Jim Marurai has supported. PacINET is a regional conference for practitioners, developers, researchers
and those interested in ICT from all sectors to exchange information on
system design, enabling technologies, and anecdotal experiences related to the
use of ICT in the Pacific Islands. In addition to the Cook Islands, the chapter covers the following countries
and territories: American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French
Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern
Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau,
Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna. A comprehensive report in our Intelligence Report series examining offshore e-commerce and online gaming is available in the Lowtax Library at http://www.lowtaxlibrary.com/asp/subs_reports.asp and a description of the report can be seen at http://www.lowtaxlibrary.com/asp/description_report6.asp
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