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Seven Working Groups. One Region.

The CAIA Think Tanks

The Caribbean will not be a passenger in the age of AI. Each Think Tank is a standing working group of practitioners, researchers, and leaders taking on one part of that future, from the safety of these systems to the jobs they create. Find your ground, and help shape it.

How it works

Working groups, not talking shops

01

You join a Think Tank

Sign up for the group closest to your work. Membership is open across the region and the diaspora, and it is free.

02

The group does real work

Each Think Tank produces guidance, research, standards, and recommendations that CAIA carries into policy and practice.

03

Some of you lead

Every Think Tank needs leaders. When you sign up, you can apply to help convene and steer the group.

The Seven

Named for the Caribbean itself

Each Think Tank takes its name from a Caribbean landmark that captures what it does. Choose one to read its charter and sign up.

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AI Risk & Safety
01

Reef

Safety standards, red-teaming, and incident response tuned to Caribbean realities, so the region adopts AI without being blindsided by it.

Join Reef
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AI Policy & Governance
02

Tradewind

Shared policy, regulation, and governance frameworks so Caribbean nations move together on AI instead of drifting apart.

Join Tradewind
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AI Education & Literacy
03

Sunrise

AI literacy for every classroom, campus, and community, so understanding AI becomes a right across the region, not a privilege.

Join Sunrise
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Creative Industries & Culture
04

Riddim

Putting Caribbean artists in front of AI, protecting culture and building new ways for creators to earn from it.

Join Riddim
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Climate & Resilience
05

Mangrove

AI for climate resilience, disaster response, and protecting the ecosystems Caribbean life depends on.

Join Mangrove
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Health & Wellbeing
06

Lignum

Advancing AI in Caribbean healthcare, from diagnostics to public health, built for the region's populations and data.

Join Lignum
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Economy, Work & Enterprise
07

Harbour

Turning AI into Caribbean jobs, productivity, and enterprise, from small business to the region's biggest industries.

Join Harbour

Lead a Think Tank

The region needs conveners, not just members

Every Think Tank is looking for leaders to help set its agenda, rally its members, and represent it to CAIA and beyond. If that is you, say so when you sign up. Pick the group that matches your work and tell us you want to lead.

Choose a Think Tank