Caribbean ICT Ministers’ Forum

15 May 2023 – 16 May 2023

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Location: Trinidad and Tobago
Category: Community Events, Caribbean
Event Website: https://ctu.int/event/ctu-arin-lacnic-icann-policy-forum-2/

Special Joint Meeting of the CTU Ministers with the ARIN/LACNIC/ICANN Executive Briefing Session

The Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC), the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), and the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) are honored to host the 2023 Caribbean Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministers’ Forum on Wednesday, 16 April 2023, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Forum’s theme is “Underpinning Sustainable Digital Transformation by Ensuring a Safe, Secure, Trustworthy and Resilient Internet.” It will follow the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the CTU’s meeting on Digital Leadership in the Caribbean, providing an opportunity for representatives from the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) in the Caribbean, ARIN and LACNIC, and other Internet experts to engage decision makers in dialogue on Caribbean digital transformation.

Session Topic: Network resource sovereignty for sustainable digital transformation: A sobering look at the numbers
16 May, 2:50 PM EDT
Bevil Wooding, Director of Caribbean Affairs, ARIN
Kevon Swift, Head of Strategic Relations and Integration, LACNIC
Albert Daniels, Senior Manager for Stakeholder Engagement for the Caribbean, ICANN
Moderated by Shernon Osepa of ISOC

Session Topic: Review of Caribbean priorities and capacity-building needs
16 May, 3:50 PM EDT
Rodney Taylor, Secretary General, CTU
Bevil Wooding, Director of Caribbean Affairs, ARIN
Kevon Swift, Head of Strategic Relations and Integration, LACNIC
Sen. the Hon. Bacchus, President, CTU