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Description
This presentation introduces a field-tested, sustainability-oriented implementation model for deploying digital infrastructure in extreme ecosystems, based on real interventions in the Páramo de Sumapaz and the Ciénaga Grande del Magdalena. It details how agile methodologies, academic collaboration, renewable energy systems, and low-impact connectivity solutions, such as high-altitude photovoltaic systems and subfluvial fiber-optic deployment, can operate under strict environmental, technical, and social constraints. The presentation provides concrete lessons, design principles, and operational insights for NRENs seeking to deliver resilient, ecologically responsible digital inclusion in remote and high-complexity territories.
What will the TNC audience take away from your talk?
The TNC audience will gain a practical, field-tested understanding of how digital resilience can be achieved in the world’s most environmentally sensitive and logistically challenging territories. Through the cases of the Páramo de Sumapaz—an ecosystem above 3,550 meters where no electrical grid exists—and the Ciénaga Grande del Magdalena, where Colombia’s first subfluvial fiber was deployed, participants will learn how to design and implement sustainable connectivity models in places considered “impossible” by commercial operators. They will take away a replicable methodology that integrates agile practices, ICT project design, academic collaboration, renewable energy systems, and community-centered solutions, showing how limited resources can be transformed into long-term, environmentally respectful impact. The audience will leave with a blueprint adaptable for NRENs worldwide facing similar geographic, ecological, or socio-political constraints, and with a deeper appreciation of how the spirit of Digital Sisu—acting with determination, creativity and responsibility—can guide digital transformation in extreme environments while preserving the ecosystems and communities that depend on them.
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