<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This has kicked off. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Today's agenda:</div><div class="gmail_default">13:30 Opening Remarks & Welcome to New Members - Mr. Rodney Taylor, Secretary General, CTU<br></div><div class="gmail_default">13:20 Keynote Address: Regional Imperatives for Accelerating Digital Transformation Post COVID-19 - Mr. John Curran, Chief Executive Officer, ARIN<br>13:30 Cultural Interlude – Saxophonist - Mr. Arturo Tappin, Barbados<br>13:35 Accelerating 21st Century Government Post COVID-19:<br>Digital Responses to COVID-19 Challenges - Mr. Gary Kalloo, ICT Policy Consultant, CTU<br>Digital ID Implementation for CARICOM - Mr. Junior Mc Intyre, ICT Consultant, CTU<br>13:50 Caribbean Internet Governance Forum 17 - Mr. Nigel Cassimire, Telecommunications Specialist, CTU<br>14:00 World Telecommunication Development Conference 2021 (WTDC21): Review of Regional Priorities - Mr. Rodney Taylor, CTU<br>14:10 Caribbean Spectrum Management Update - Mr. Nigel Cassimire, CTU<br>14:25 Caribbean Video Assistance Service - Mr. Trevor Prevatt, Consultant, CTU</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:748px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:748px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CTUICTWeek2021" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ctuictweek2021-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Monday 20 September - Friday 24 September, 2021</strong> the <strong><a href="https://ctu.int/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Caribbean Telecommunications Union</a></strong> hosts <strong><a href="https://ctu.int/event/ict-week-september-2021/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">CTU ICT Week 2021</a></strong> with the theme '<strong>Regional Imperatives for Digital Transformation Post COVID-19</strong>'.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">There have been many COVID-19 success stories at the national level within CARICOM Member States, including digital platforms to manage testing, vaccination programmes, and travel. ICT Week presents an opportunity for Caribbean countries to learn from each other regarding what has worked well, and what opportunities exist to share knowledge and build capacity regionally. This is particularly important as regional governments seek to create a travel “bubble” within CARICOM that would facilitate easy and safe movement within the Single Space.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>Two public sessions will be livestreamed.</strong> (all times AST = UTC-4)</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>Monday 20th September 2021, 1:30pm-4:00pm – <a href="https://ctu.int/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/EC43Joint-Meeting-Agenda.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Joint Meeting of 43rd Executive Council(EC43) + 24th General Conference of Ministers (GC24)</a></strong><br>This session will feature presentations of the projects and initiatives of the CTU Secretariat and Members.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>Wednesday 22nd September 2021, 9:00am -3:30pm – <a href="https://ctu.int/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ministerial-Seminar-v21.09.07.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">17th Ministerial Seminar</a></strong><br>This session will feature presentations by various ICT industry leaders and is designed to bring policy-makers up to speed with new and emerging technology trends that may require public policy interventions.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CTUICTWeek2021" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CTUICTWeek2021</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>FULL AGENDA <a href="https://ctu.int/event/ict-week-september-2021/#tab-2" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://ctu.int/event/ict-week-september-2021/#tab-2</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>PARTICIPATION <a href="https://events.hubilo.com/ict-week/register" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://events.hubilo.com/ict-week/register</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>TWITTER <a href="http://bit.ly/CTUICTWeek2021" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">#CTUICTWeek2021</a>  @TheCtunion</strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>SIMULCASTS</strong><br><a href="http://bit.ly/CTUICTWeeklive" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><strong>http://bit.ly/CTUICTWeeklive</strong> </a>(CTU YouTube)<br><strong><a href="https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/</a></strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive</a></strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/</a></strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion</a></strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>ARCHIVE</strong><br><strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/CTUICTWeek2021" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://archive.org/details/CTUICTWeek2021</a></strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><strong><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Permalink</span></strong><br><a href="https://isoc.live/14508/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://isoc.live/14508/</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:3px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=151329629&post=14508&subd=isoc.live&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/t.gif?email_name=email_subscription&blog_id=151329629&_ui=2239291&email_id=6deb28504bffe48d2b7097f0d474c2c0&date_sent=2021-09-09&locale=en&currency=USD&country_code_signup=US&domain=isoc.live&frequency=0&digest=0&has_html=1&_en=wpcom_email_open&browser_type=php-agent&_aua=wpcom-tracks-client-v0.3&_ul=wwwhatsup1&_ut=wpcom%3Auser_id&blog_tz=-4&blog_lang=0&user_lang=en&_ts=1631148676048" width="1" height="1"></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br clear="all"><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