Glenda Medford January 2009 Regulatory and Emerging Technologies Committee

2 Activities for 2008  Lead committee for the Connect the Caribbean initiative  ICT database  Identified members needs resulting in two workshops being delivered this year:  Informa New era telecoms  CTO ICT Training

3 Connect The Caribbean  Three main phases:  Engagement of key stakeholders to seek consensus  Defining the vision and roles and responsibilities  Execution

4 CANTO Engagement  First discussed at Stakeholders’ meeting in Suriname in Jan. 08  Further highlighted at:  CTU Ministerial Strategic Seminar Feb. 08  ITU/CITEL Forum on ICT in Americas in April 08  CARICOM ICT Steering Committee May 08  ITU/CIETEL Regional Development Forum May 08  Connect the Caribbean Forum May 08  CANTO Ministerial Forum in Bahamas July 08  Caribbean Internet Forum October 08  CARICOM ICT Steering Committee Oct. 08  CTO Broadband Conference Oct. 08  ICT Forum of Guadeloupe Chamber of Commerce Nov. 08  Meeting with Prime Minister Tillman Thomas  AGM in Antigua  ICT database, website and newsletter

5 Next Steps Steering Committee Identify CANTO projects, members’ contrbution and joint projects with CARICOM/CTU Track and update Communicate

6 Initiatives discussed for 2009 Name change to encompass both the regulatory and technology issues Connect the Caribbean – create a database of Connect initiatives of members Regulatory principles document Spectrum costs review TV – explore how to secure content from USA Copyright infringement by customers – guidelines

7 Challenges Participation inconsistent Make better use of the portal Update distribution lists