<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<div>I am currently preparing for the Caribbean Telecommunications Union 25th Anniversary ICT Week to be held in Trinidad next week (2nd-6th February). I believe that several members of this caucus will be attending that meeting.</div><div>Do members, particularly but not exclusively those from small developing states, have knowledge that they would be willing to share on this topic?</div><div>Please indicate if you would NOT like your name to be used, as otherwise I will of course credit the source of the ideas</div><div><br></div><div>This is from the letter of invitation:</div><div><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font color="#000000"> </font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">We
are living in an era of unprecedented technological convergence,
which is having significant ramifications for all of our
stakeholders. The CTU has been striving to prepare and support its
members to leverage the opportunities presented by this technological
revolution. Consequently, the theme chosen for the 25</font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:7pt">th
</font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">Anniversary
ICT Week is </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>“</b></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><b>Celebrating
our past; Committing to our future</b></i></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>”.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">The
First Session of ICT Week is entitled, “</font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>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”</i></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">.
Given your unique perspective as a Member of Civil Society, we would
like you to contribute to a Panel Discussion on the topic, “</font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>Crafting
an Appropriate Regional Response to the Converged World”</i></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">. </font></font></font>
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">Thank you</font></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">Deirdre</font></font></font></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979</div>
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