CTU’s 2nd International ICT Forecast and Industry Watch Meeting

April 7, 2025
Venue: Virtual

Dear Stakeholder,

On behalf of Secretary-General Rodney Taylor, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) Secretariat is pleased to announce the hosting of the 2nd International ICT Forecast and Industry Watch Meeting on 7th April 2025. This is the 2nd in a series of preparatory meetings to be held quarterly in 2025. 

The meeting will apprise stakeholders of the upcoming series of regional and international meetings taking place in the 2nd quarter of 2025. The Secretariat has invited partner organisations to present a brief on each meeting to demonstrate the importance of Caribbean representation at all major decision-making events for the region.  

Please join us for this important meeting!

REGISTER

Monday 7th April 2025

Provisional Agenda (Download)

TIME EVENT SPEAKER
13:00 Welcome Mr. Rodney Taylor, Secretary-General, CTU
13:05 8th – 10th April (Jamaica)

Caribbean Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Summit

Dr. Maurice McNaughton

Director, Centre of Excellence and Innovation

Mona School of Business and Management, UWI

13:15 24th April

CTU’S International Girls in ICT Day

Ms. Michelle Garcia

Marketing and Communications Specialist, CTU

13:25 5th-9th May (Brazil)

LACNIC 43

Mr. Miguel Nacho Estrada

Chief Strategic Relations Officer, LACNIC

13:35 11th – 15th May (Geneva)

Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B)

Mr. Carlos Alvarez

Director, Hub for the Americas and the Caribbean

Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE)

13:45 12th May (Trinidad and Tobago)

10th Caribbean ICT Regulators Forum

 

13th – 14th May (Trinidad and Tobago)

Caribbean Spectrum Management Conference

 

15th – 16th May (Trinidad and Tobago)

Meeting of the Spectrum Management Task Force workshop

Mr. Nigel Cassimire

Deputy Secretary-General, CTU

 

Mr. Dan Craft

Managing Director, Forum Europe

 

Dr. Maria Myers-Hamilton

Managing Director, SMA – Jamaica; and

Chair, Spectrum Management Task Force

14:00

 

15th – 17th May (Colombia)

EU LAC Digital Alliance High Level Dialogue on e-Governance

Dr. Dale Alexander

Chief Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre

ECLAC

14:10

 

19th – 23rd May (Mexico)

17th South School of Internet Governance (SSIG)

Ms. Olga Cavalli

Director, South School of Internet Governance

14:20

 

2nd – 6th June (Mexico)

45th Meeting of PCC.II Radiocommunications

Mr. Miguel Muñoz

PCC.II Specialist (CITEL), OAS

14:30

 

9th – 12th June (Prague)

ICANN 83

Mr. Albert Daniels

Senior Manager, Stakeholder Engagement, ICANN

14:40 17th – 27th June (Geneva)

ITU Annual Council Meeting 2025

Ms. Michelle Grell-Bereaux

International Relations Advisor, Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA), The Bahamas

14:50 27th – 30th April (North Carolina, USA)

ARIN 55

Mr. Nate Davis

Senior Government Affairs Analyst, ARIN

15:00 16th – 20th June (Trinidad and Tobago)

School of Digital Transformation and Innovation in the Caribbean

 

Mr. Demetris Herakleous

Associate Economic Affairs Officer
UN-ECLAC

15:10 25th – 29th June (Norway)

20th UNIGF

Ms. Anja Gengo

Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat

United Nations Office, Geneva

15:20 Global Industry Watch: Moonlight Project –

Lunar orbiting Satellite System

 

Mr. Ryan Johnson

Senior Director, Global Market Access & Government Affairs Lead for Latin America, VIASAT

15:30 Wrap Up Mr. Rodney Taylor, CTU