Major international communications conference comes to Jamaica
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Professionals from the
broadcasting, telecommunications and information technology sectors along with
regulators and academics from all across the globe will be meeting in Jamaica
in October for the 35th Annual Conference of the International Institute of
Communications (IIC).
The two day event will be held at Half Moon
Resort in Montego Bay on October 11 and 12, 2004, under the theme
“Communications at the tipping point: Consumer power in the media and
telecommunications industries”. This conference will be preceded by an
International Regulators’ Forum on October 9 and 10.
The IIC is a global, inter-disciplinary network of senior policy makers,
regulators, scholars, technologists, industrialists and content providers
embracing broadcasting, telecommunications and new media debates. Its annual
conferences are noted platforms for discussion and analysis of complex
technological, policy and regulatory issues.
The staging of an IIC conference in Jamaica is not just a first for the
country, but the Caribbean. Given the critical role that telecommunications
and broadcasting play in socio-economic development, hosting of the event by a
CARICOM member state is particularly timely against the backdrop of the
preparations being made for the introduction of the Caribbean Single Market
Economy (CSME).
Dr. Keith Mitchell, who is Prime Minister of
Grenada and Chairman of CARICOM, as well as the CARICOM minister with
responsibility for science and technology will be the guest of honour and
speaker at the gala dinner on the closing day.
The most recent IIC conferences have been held in London, Singapore and
Johannesburg.
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