CTU’s 4th International ICT Forecast and Preparatory Meeting
- Overview
- Agenda
- Registration
- Speakers
- Presentations
- Documents
- Media
- Sponsors
- Remote
Participation - Event
Evaluation
On behalf of Secretary-General Rodney Taylor, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) Secretariat is pleased to announce the hosting of the 4th International ICT Forecast and Industry Watch Meeting on 5th September 2025. This is the 4th 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 4th 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!
REGISTERProvisional Agenda (Download)
| TIME | EVENT | SPEAKER |
| 13:00 | Welcome | Mr. Rodney Taylor, Secretary-General, CTU |
| 13:05 | 18th-19th September (Dominica)
CaribNOG 30 Regional Meeting 24th-25th October (USA) ARIN 56
2nd – 5th December (Miami) 11th Caribbean Peering and Interconnection Forum (CarPIF)
2nd – 5th December (Miami, Florida) Miami Connected Caribbean Summit |
Dr. Claire Craig
Director, Research – CaribNOG Mr. Bevil Wooding Director, Caribbean Affairs ARIN |
| 13:20 | 22nd – 23rd September (Geneva)
20th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS)
24th – 26th September (Geneva) ITU 16th Meeting of the Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI) and 13th Meeting of the Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators (EGH) 29th – 30th September (Virtual) ITU’s 2nd Inter-Regional Meeting (IRM-2) 28th – 30th October (Guatemala) ITU Accessible Americas |
Mr. Sylvester Cadette
Programme Officer – Caribbean Office International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
|
| 13:40 | 22nd – 26th September (Guatemala)
EU-LAC Digital Alliance Week
9th – 10th November (Columbia) EU-LAC Summit |
Ms. Leonie Kellerhof
Lead, EU-LAC Digital Alliance Secretariat Germa Cooperation (GIZ)
|
| 13:50 | 29th September – 3rd October (Brazil)OAS CITEL 46 Meeting of PCC. II Radiocommunications | Mr. Miguel Munoz
Specialist – PCC.II – CITEL |
| 14:00 | 29th September – 3rd October (Jamaica)
CTU’s ICT Week 2025
|
Ms. Kaydian Smith-Newton
Director, ICT Jamaica; and Mr. Rodney Taylor Secretary-General, CTU |
| TIME | EVENT | SPEAKER |
| 14:25
|
6th – 10th October (El Salvador)
LACNIC 44/LAC NOG 2025 |
Mr. Miguel Nacho Estrada
Chief Strategic Relations Officer, LACNIC |
| 14:35
|
25th –30th October (Oman)
ICANN 84
|
Mr. Albert Daniels
Stakeholder Engagement Manager ICANN |
| 14:45 | 4th – 6th November (South Africa)
Global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Summit
|
Dr. Maurice McNaughton
Director, Centre of Excellence and Innovation Mona School of Business and Management, UWI |
| 14:55 | 6th – 7th November (Virtual)
Spectrum Management Task Force and Workshop
|
Dr. Maria Myers-Hamilton
Managing Director, SMA – Jamaica; and Chair, Spectrum Management Task Force |
| 15:05 | 25th September (Virtual)International Institute of Communications Caribbean Chapter meeting
22nd – 23rd October (Bogota, Colombia) The International Institute of Communications (IIC) International Regulators Forum and 56th Annual Conference |
Mr. Gerry E. George
ICT Consultant & Business Solutions Architect, DigiSolv, Inc.
Dr. Allyson Leacock Chairman, Barbados Broadcasting Authority |
| 15:15 | Global Industry Watch:
Lawful Interception of Communications – The Caribbean Landscape |
Mr. Graham Butler
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Bitek Global Limited. Mr. Philip Cross Private Consultant |
| 15:30 | Wrap Up |
Day 1 | |
|---|---|
| Dr. Claire Craig | CaribNOG Events 2025 2nd Half |
| Dr. Sylvester Cadette | ITU Presentation to CTU events 5th September 2025 |
| Miguel Muñoz | CITEL 46 PCCII |
 Private Company Director, Former ITU & CTO Active Member Graham Butler Graham is a recognised speaker on cybercrime. He served on the High-Level Experts Group for the ITU (UN) Cybersecurity Agenda and as a member of the Working Group on Cybercrime for the East West Institute (EWI). He advises internationally on the challenges presented by the migration of voice services from circuit-switched to packet-switched networks. Graham has played a highly active role in CTO’s programme of Regulations and ICT Minister Forums which advise member states on tackling some of the most pressing issues of the digital age. Graham is now recognised by many governments and international organizations as a leading authority on VoIP regulation, traffic management and security. He advises internationally on ways to protect IP infrastructure, reduce fraud and cybercrime, and create long-term sustainable revenue growth within a rapidly migrating telecommunications market. |
 Private Consultant Philip Cross Mr. Philip Cross, a Jamaican/US national, is a Telecommunication Engineer with over 45 years of experience in telecommunications/ICTs. He holds a BSc in Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of East London, UK. He was the Chief Telecommunications Engineer at the Post and Telegraphs Dept., Kingston, after which he worked with the ITU for 26 years. From 1990 to 2011 he was the ITU Caribbean Representative based in Barbados. At the ITU he provided support to Caribbean countries in a range of issues including ITU membership, privatization, liberalization, spectrum management, broadband development and ICT regulation. He developed the concept for the Caribbean HIPCAR and also development and start-up of the E-Learning project in Jamaica. After retirement he undertook assignments with governments, telecommunications organizations and private sector companies including the CTO, CTU and CANTO. He was recently the Expert Witness for Digicel in a high profile telecommunications fraud case related to Haiti. He is now the Bitek Caribbean Director, working on the development of ICT solutions to assist governments, regulators and operators globally. |
