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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
25th Anniversary ICT Week
Celebrating our Past; Committing to our Future
2nd to 6thFebruary 2015
Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Provisional Agenda
DAY 1: Monday 2nd February 2015
07:15
08.00
08:05
08:10
Registration
Opening Ceremony
National Anthem and Invocation
Welcome Remarks
08:20
Congratulatory Greetings
08:25
Congratulatory Greetings
08:30
Congratulatory Greetings
08:35
Congratulatory Greetings
08:40
Congratulatory Greetings
08:45
Address: CTU: Celebrating the Journey to
ICT-Enabled Development
09:05
09.10
Visual History of the CTU
Feature Address
09.40
09:45
Vote of Thanks
10:15
11:00
12:30
Master of Ceremonies (TBD)
Ms. Bernadette Lewis
Secretary General, Caribbean Telecommunications Union
Ms. Cathy Handley
Executive Director Govt. Affairs and Public Policy
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
Mr. Ernest King
Global Director - Global Leadership Interlink Sector
Congress WBN
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
Secretary General, CARICOM
Mr. Brahima Sanou
Director Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union
Dr. Hon. Rupert Griffith
Minister of Science and Technology, Trinidad and Tobago
Hon. Phillip Paulwell
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining
Jamaica
President, Caribbean Telecommunications Union
Dr. Hon. Keith Mitchell
Prime Minister
Grenada
CARICOM Head of Government for the Regional Portfolio
of Science and Technology (including Information and
Communications)
OFFICIAL OPENING OF EXHIBITION AND COFFEE BREAK
Session 1: Thriving in the storm of the technological revolution: Understanding the realities of our
radically changing world and identifying imperatives and opportunities for the Caribbean to Succeed
Keynote Address: Convergence and the
Representative
Eye of the technological storm
Title, Organisation
Panel Discussion: Crafting an
Panelists:
Appropriate Regional Response to the
Government – Hon. …, Minister in …, Country
Converged world
Regulator – Mr. Cris Seecheran
Chief Executive Officer
Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Civil Society – Ms. Deidre Williams
Consultant, St. Lucia
Business – Representative, Organisation, Country
Q&A
LUNCHEON
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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
25th Anniversary ICT Week
Celebrating our Past; Committing to our Future
2nd to 6thFebruary 2015
Provisional Agenda
DAY 1: Monday 2nd February 2015 (Continued)
13:45
14:30
Session 2: Caribbean Development in the technological Storm – Developing a 21st century concept for
Caribbean Development
Keynote Address: Critical Perspectives on ICT Professor Tim Unwin
and Development
Secretary General
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
Panel Discussion: Are we realising the
Moderator: Representative
benefits of investments in ICT?
Title, Organisation
15:30
15:45
Brainstorming discussion: Priorities and
Opportunities for Caribbean ICT-enabled
Development
Panelists:
Government – Minister Melford Nicholas
Minister of Information Technology, Broadcasting &
Telecommunication Information
Antigua and Barbuda
Civil Society – Dr. Krishendaye (Kris) Rampersad
Media Cultural & Literary Consultant
Trinidad and Tobago
Business – Mr. Simon Aqui
General Manager
IBM, Trinidad and Tobago
COFFEE BREAK
Ms. Linda Wellstein
Partner and Chair, Global Technology,
Telecommunications & Media Practice, Wellstein Mora
Rodriguez International, PC, USA
Seed presentations:
Government – Mr. Bennette Thomas
Ministry of Information, Telecommunications and
Constituency Empowerment, Dominica
Regulator – Representative
Title, Organisation, Country
Business – Representative
Title, Organisation, Country
16:30
Audience input
END OF SESSIONS
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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
25th Anniversary ICT Week
Celebrating our Past; Committing to our Future
2nd to 6thFebruary 2015
Provisional Agenda
DAY 2: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
08:00
08:30
09:00
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
12:20
12:30
Celebrating CTU Achievements:
Country Member Focus –
Country Member Focus –
Session 3: A Single ICT Space - Considerations for Developing a Caribbean Single ICT Space
Keynote Address: Elements of a Single ICT
Mr. Bevil Wooding
Space
Chief Knowledge Officer
Congress WBN
Panel Discussion: Considerations for crafting
Moderator: Mr. Selby Wilson
a definition of the Single ICT Space for the
Telecommunications Strategist, CTU
Caribbean
Panelists:
Government – Hon. …
Minister of …, Country
Civil Society – Ms. Sunity Maharaj
Journalist, Trinidad and Tobago
Business – Mr. Devindra Ramnarine
Executive Director & Lead, Govt. and Public Sector
Ernst & Young (EY) Caribbean Limited
Q&A
COFFEE BREAK
A roadmap to the Single Caribbean ICT
Ms. Bernadette Lewis
Space: From Concept to Reality
Secretary General, CTU
Panel Critique: Will the Roadmap take us to
Moderator: Professor Hopeton Dunn
the Destination?
Chairman, Caribbean Media Association, Jamaica
Panelists:
Government – Government – Hon. Alvin Dabreo
Minister of Communication, Works, Physical
Development, Public Utilities and ICT, Grenada
Regulator – Representative
Title, Organisation, Country
Civil Society – Mr. Roosevelt King
Barbados Association of NGOs
Business – Representative
Title, Organisation, Country
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
Ms. Bernadette Lewis
Secretary General, CTU
between the CTU and the International
Telecommunications Satellite Organization Mr. Jose Toscano
Director General, ITSO
(ITSO)
LUNCHEON
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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
25th Anniversary ICT Week
Celebrating our Past; Committing to our Future
2nd to 6thFebruary 2015
Provisional Agenda
DAY 2: Tuesday 3rd February 2015 (Continued)
13:30
Panel Discussion: Stakeholder Roles and
Leveraging Current Initiatives for the Single
ICT Space
Moderator: Mr. Carlton Samuels
Consultant
Chairman, National ICT Advisory Council, Jamaica
Panelists:
Regional Organisations:
Ms. Jennifer Astaphan
Executive Director, CARICAD
Mr. Ken Sylvester
CEO, Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network
Representative
Title, Organisation
Regional Business:
Representative
Title, Organisation
Representative
Title, Organisation
Donor Agency: Mr. Doyle Gallegos
Lead ICT Policy Specialist & ICT Regional Coordinator,
Latin America & Caribbean Region, The World Bank
END OF SESSIONS
15:30
DAY 2: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Inauguration of the CTU Headquarters
17:00
Opening Remarks
17:05
17:10
National Anthem and Invocation
Welcome
17:15
Greetings
17:25
17:30
17:40
Greetings
Cultural Interlude
Feature Address
18:10
Vote of Thanks
18:15
Photographic Session
Reception
Master of Ceremonies:
Mr. Anthony Harford
Ms. Bernadette Lewis
Secretary General,
Caribbean Telecommunications Union
Hon. Phillip Paulwell
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining,
Jamaica
President, CTU
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar (TBC)
Prime Minister, Trinidad and Tobago
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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
25th Anniversary ICT Week
Celebrating our Past; Committing to our Future
2nd to 6thFebruary 2015
Provisional Agenda
DAY 3: Wednesday 4th February 2015
08:00
08:30
09:15
09:40
10:30
Celebrating CTU Achievements:
Country Member Focus –
Country Member Focus –
SESSION 4: Internet Governance – The Importance of Internet Governance to the Single ICT Space
Keynote Address: Leveraging the Internet for
Ms. Cathy Handley
National Development
Executive Director Govt. Affairs and Public Policy
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
Caribbean Internet Governance
Ms. Bernadette Lewis
Secretary General, CTU
Establishing National Internet Fora
Mr. Albert Daniel
Global Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Caribbean
Title, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN)
COFFEE BREAK
Session 5: Infrastructure, Access and Net neutrality – Considering new opportunities for universal
Access and Infrastructure in the Caribbean
10:45
Keynote Address: A New Approach to
Government Led Infrastructure Development
11:15
Panel Discussion:
The mechanics of a Government led approach
to ICT Infrastructure
12:30
Mr. Owen DeLong
Consultant
USA
Moderator: Name
Panelists:
Government:
Hon. …
Minister of …, Country
Hon. …
Minister of …, Country
Regulators:
Mr. Javier Rua Jovet
President
Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board
Representative
Title, Organisation
LUNCHEON
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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
DAY 3: Wednesday 4th February 2015 (Continued)
13:30
Session 6: Essential Initiatives for leveraging the power of ICT
Panel Discussion: Touch points for Leveraging L. Anthony Watkins
the Investment in ICT
Principal Consultant/CEO
ODYSSEYinc Limited, Trinidad and Tobago
Panelists:
Representative
Title, Organisation
Mr. Warren Cassel Jr.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Executive Chairman, The Abella Group LLC, Montserrat
Values
Dr. Marlon Jameson
Global Director - Global Communications & Tech. Sector
Congress WBN
COFFEE BREAK
Session 7: Brainstorming – Funding ICT Infrastructure
Caribbean Crowd Funding
Representative
Title, Organisation
Developing a Regional Sou-Sou
Mr. Cleveland Thomas
Caribbean Representative
International Telecommunication Union
Joint Procurement/Public Private
Mr. Rodney Taylor
Partnerships
Former Business Development and Operations
Manager, CTU
Panel Discussion: Why Not? Let’s do it!
Moderator: Mr. Bevil Wooding
Chief Knowledge Officer, Congress WBN
Topics:
An enabling environment
14:30
14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30
16:45
17:30
Brainstorming Discussion
Panelists:
Government – Hon. …
Minister of …, Country
Business – Senator Dr. Rolph Balgobin
President and Group CEO, Electrical Industries Group
Trinidad and Tobago
Donor Agencies:
Mr. Antonio Garcia-Zaballos (Virtual)
Telecommunications Lead Specialist – Leader of the
Broadband Program
Inter-American Development Bank
Representative
Title, Regional organisation
Moderator: Mr. Bevil Wooding
END OF SESSIONS
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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
25th Anniversary ICT Week
Celebrating our Past; Committing to our Future
2nd to 6thFebruary 2015
Provisional Agenda
DAY 4: Thursday 5th February 2015
08:00
Plenary Session – Celebrating CTU Achievements:
Country Member Focus –
Country Member Focus –
DAY 4: Thursday 5th February 2015
08:30
16:00
Parallel Working Group Session: The Single Caribbean ICT Space – 1st Meeting of ICT Clusters and
Stakeholders
Working Group: The meeting will be led by the
Moderator: Mr. Carlton Samuels
CTU in order to agree on the definition of The
Consultant
Single Caribbean ICT Space and to develop a
Chairman, National ICT Advisory Council, Jamaica
roadmap of activities to achieve that goal
Government – Representative, Trinidad and Tobago
Private Sector – Representative, Service Provider
Civil Society – Deirdre Williams, Consultant, St. Lucia
ICT Clusters:
Ms. Sonia Gill (TBC)
Secretary General, Caribbean Broadcasting Union
Ms. Jennifer Astaphan
Executive Director, CARICAD
Mr. Ken Sylvester
CEO, Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network
Mr. Francis Forbes (TBC)
Director, CARICOM IMPACS
Mr. Neville Bissember (TBC)
Advisor Office of the Secretary-General, CARICOM
BREAKS:
10:30
12:30
14:30
16:00
COFFEE BREAK
LUNCHEON
COFFEE BREAK
END OF SESSIONS
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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
25th Anniversary ICT Week
Celebrating our Past; Committing to our Future
Provisional Agenda
DAY 4: Thursday 5th February 2015 (Cont’d.)
08:00
Plenary Session – Celebrating CTU Achievements:
Country Member Focus –
Country Member Focus –
DAY 4: Thursday 5th February 2015
08:30
09:15
16:00
Parallel Working Group Session: Expanding the Caribbean Cyber-Security Framework (2012)
Address: Security – an imperative consideration
Mr. Anthony Ming (Virtual Presentation)
ICT Advisor, Commonwealth Secretariat
Working Group: Led by representatives from the
Ms. Kerry Ann Barrett
Commonwealth Secretariat, the OAS, CARICOM
Cyber Security Policy Specialist, Inter-American
IMPACS, CCI and the CTU, multi-stakeholder groups Committee against Terrorism, Organization of American
will review and update as needed the Caribbean
States
Representative TBC, Commonwealth Cybercrime
Cyber-Security Framework (2012) and expand the
Initiative (CCI), Commonwealth Secretariat
Framework to provide more practical details of
Representative TBC, Title, CTU
how a country could proceed in implementing
Representative TBC, Title, CARICOM IMPACS
the recommendations in a step-by-step format.
BREAKS:
10:30
12:30
14:30
16:00
COFFEE BREAK
LUNCHEON
COFFEE BREAK
END OF SESSION
DAY 4: Thursday 5th February 2015
08:30
16:00
Parallel Session: Developing the Caribbean (DevCA) 2015 Open Data Conference and Code Sprint - Day 1
DevCA is a regional technology for development conference and code sprint. The main goals of DevCA are to
highlight both the current and potential impact of open data and software innovation on addressing social
challenges globally and particularly in the Caribbean. Held simultaneously across multiple islands, the event
combines conference sessions with a 24-hour competition called a code sprint, in which teams of designers,
developers and domain experts work together to build solutions to pressing problems using open data.
Developing The Caribbean (DevCA)
Hosted by the Caribbean Open Institute and The
University of the West Indies
BREAKS:
10:30
12:30
14:30
16:00
COFFEE BREAK
LUNCHEON
COFFEE BREAK
END OF SESSION
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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
25th Anniversary ICT Week
Celebrating our Past; Committing to our Future
Provisional Agenda
DAY 4: Thursday 5th February 2015 (Cont’d.)
08:00
Plenary Session – Celebrating CTU Achievements:
Country Member Focus –
Country Member Focus –
DAY 4: Thursday 5th February 2015
08:30
12:30
10:30
12:30
12:30
Parallel Working Group Session: Establishing National and Regional Internet Governance Fora
Working Group: Led by representatives from three Mr. Albert Daniels
International ICT organisations, multi-stakeholder
Global Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Caribbean
groups will develop objectives and the steps
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
required to establish an Internet Governance
(ICANN)
Forum at the national level, which will be
Mr. Shernon Osepa, Manager, Regional Affairs for Latin
presented to the plenary session on Friday 6th
America & The Caribbean Bureau
February 2015
Internet Society (ISOC)
Mr. Kevon Swift
External Relations Officer for the Caribbean
Latin America and Caribbean Network Information
Centre (LACNIC)
BREAKS:
COFFEE BREAK
END OF SESSION
LUNCHEON
Parallel Session: ION Trinidad and Tobago
The session will discuss emerging technologies including IPv6, DNSSEC, and Routing Security. Early
adopters will share their deployment experiences and bring participants up to speed on new standards
Time
01:30
16:00
Presenter
ION Trinidad and Tobago
Hosted by the Internet Society Deploy360
Programme
BREAKS:
14:30
16:00
COFFEE BREAK
END OF SESSION
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Caribbean Telecommunications Union
25th Anniversary ICT Week
Celebrating our Past; Committing to our Future
2nd to 6thFebruary 2015
Provisional Agenda
DAY 5: Friday 6th February, 2014
Time
Presenter
08:00
Open Data and the Caribbean Single ICT Space
09:30
Presentations of Working Group Reports:
The Single Caribbean ICT Space – 1st Meeting of
ICT Clusters and Stakeholders
10:15
10.30
Establishing National and Regional Internet
Governance Fora
11:00
Expanding the Caribbean Cyber-Security
Framework (2012)
11:45
12:15
Partner Session
Closing Remarks
12:30
13:30
Hosted by the Caribbean Open Data Institute
Mr. Carlton Samuels
Consultant
Chairman, National ICT Advisory Council, Jamaica
COFFEE BREAK
Mr. Albert Daniel
Global Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Caribbean
ICANN
Representative,
Title
Organisation
Ms. Bernadette Lewis
Secretary General
Caribbean Telecommunications Union
LUNCHEON
END OF SESSIONS
DAY 5: Friday 6th February 2015
08:00
16:00
Parallel Session: Developing the Caribbean (DevCA) 2015 Open Data Conference and Code Sprint - Day 2
Developing The Caribbean (DevCA)
Hosted by the Caribbean Open Institute and The
University of the West Indies
BREAKS:
10:30
12:30
14:30
16:00
COFFEE BREAK
LUNCHEON
COFFEE BREAK
END OF SESSION
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