World Telecommunications and Information Society Day – ICT Policy Conference

Hosted and Organized by: Telecommunications Policy and Management Programme, Mona School of Business, UWI

Dates and Venue: The conference will be held May 17-18, 2011 in the Faculty of Law Building, UWI.

Target Audience: Participants will be policy makers, regulators, academics and practitioners in the field of Information and Communications Technology.

Conference Highlights:

- Address by Hon. Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce
- Report on the Caribbean ICT Indicators and Broadband Survey - Professor Hopeton Dunn, Director, TPM, Mona School of Business, UWI
- Status of ICTs in the Caribbean - Mr. Atiba Phillips, Trinidad and Tobago; Mr. Hallam Hope, Barbados; Mr. Cecil McCain, Jamaica
- Telecoms  and Competition Policy in Jamaica: Issues and Challenges - Dr. Densil Williams, UWI; Mr. Kamau Chionesu, Mona School of Business, UWI; Mr. David Miller, Executive Director, Fair Trading Commission
- Number Portability in Caribbean Telecoms: The Case of Jamaica - Mr. C. Courtney Jackson and Telecom Providers
Address by Mr. Philip Paulwell, Opposition Spokesman on Technology
- Revisiting ICT Policy Making and Regulation - Mrs. Michele Thomas, TPM, Mona School of Business, UWI; Mr. Cordel Green, Broadcasting Commission;
- Innovation 2.0: Caribbean Young ICT Researchers - Project Presentations and Awards
- Closing Roundtable: The Way Forward - Special Resource Panel