@event Caribbean 2011

 The Information Society of Barbados will host a major Information and Communication Technology (ICT) conference next month.

@event Caribbean 2011 will take place October 25 & 26 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.

Taking the theme ICT: the Catalyst for Economic Development, the ISB’s conference will explore how Barbados and the Caribbean region can best leverage ICT’s to advance its economic development and prosperity.

Some of the slated speakers

There is an impressive lineup of scheduled speakers and presenters who will bring perspectives from Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, the Cayman Islands, Malta, North America, the UK and elsewhere.

Among them is Michael T. Jones, Google Inc.’s chief technology advocate, who will make a keynote presentation on how Google is making good on its mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible.

The conference program will cover issues such as technology innovation; e-business and cloud computing; privacy and security in the digital age; leveraging social media; and healthcare innovation.

Special sessions will focus on how governments can use ICT to transform productivity and improve service to citizens. There will also be opportunities for local developers to learn how to get into the potentially lucrative business of building mobile apps.

An ICT trade exhibition will run in parallel with the conference and afford local, Caribbean and international vendors, service providers, consultants and entrepreneurs with the opportunity to showcase their products and services and do business.

All details of the conference programme, exhibition and registration are available at www.isb.org.bb/events.

The ISB anticipates that this gathering will be an opportunity to re-energize the ICT and economic landscapes in Barbados and the Caribbean. If you’re a technology professional, information user, business decision-maker, government or policy specialist, entrepreneur, vendor, consultant or educator—then plan to be there and join the conversation.