Venue: Faculty of Law (New Building), UWI, Mona

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Day 1 – Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Lecture Room 2 (Ground floor, New Law Building)
8:00 am – 9:00 am / Registration
9:00 am – 10:00 am / Opening Ceremony
Chairman: Mr. Claude Robinson, Associate Teaching Fellow, Mona School of Business, UWI
  • Opening Prayer: Rev. Dr. Marjorie Lewis, President, United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI)
  • Conference Chairman’s Welcome Remarks: Prof. Hopeton Dunn, Director, Telecommunications Policy and Management (TPM) Programme, Mona School of Business, UWI
  • Cultural Item: Vyne Performing Group, UWI
  • Keynote address: Hon. Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Jamaica
  • Session Chair’s Closing Remarks

10.00 am – 10.30 am / BREAK
10.30 am – 12:00 noon / Report on the Caribbean ICT Indicators and Broadband Survey
Session Chair: Mr. Claude Robinson, Associate Teaching Fellow, Mona School of Business, UWI
  • Main Presentation: Prof. Hopeton Dunn, Director, Telecommunications Policy and Management (TPM) Programme
Discussants
  • Dr. Marcia Forbes, ICT Researcher & Author
  • Mr. Hugh Cross, Managing Director, Universal Access Fund

12:00 noon - 1:00 pm / LUNCH Executive Seminar Room (3rd Floor, New Law Building)
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm / Status of ICTs in the Caribbean
Session Chair: Mrs. Camille Facey, Attorney-at-Law, L. Howard Facey & Co.
  • Mr. Hallam Hope, President, CARITEL, Barbados
  • Mr. Cecil McCain, Director, Post and Telecommunications, Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica
  • Mr. Atiba Philips, Managing Director, National ICT Company (iGovTT) of Trinidad and Tobago

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm / Telecoms andCompetition Policy in Jamaica - Issues and Challenges
Session Chair: Dr. Noel Cowell, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, UWI
  • Mr. David Miller, Executive Director, Fair Trading Commission
  • Dr. Densil Williams,Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Management Studies, UWI
  • Mr.Kamau Chionesu, Teaching Fellow, Mona School of Business, UWI

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm / BREAK
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm / Number Portability in Caribbean Telecoms: The Case of Jamaica
Session Chair: Mr. Dainsworth Richards, Managing Director, Spectrum Management Authority (SMA), Jamaica
  • Main Presentation: Mr. Courtney Jackson, Managing Director, Tranixcom LLC
  • Mr. Richard Fraser, Head of Legal and Regulatory Jamaica,Digicel
  • Mrs. Michele English, Managing Director,Flow
  • Ms. Rochelle Cameron, Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, LIME

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm / Welcome Reception
The Roof (4th Floor, New Law Building)
Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Lawrence Nicholson, MSB
  • Greetings from UWI:Dr. Camille Bell-Hutchinson, Campus Registrar, UWI, Mona

DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2011
Executive Seminar Room (3rd Floor, New Law Building)
9:00 am – 10:30 am / Revisiting ICT Policy Making and Regulation
Session Chair: Dr. Elaine Wallace, Special Assistant / Semesterization Coordinator, Office of the Deputy President, University of Technology
  • Mrs. Michele Thomas, Research and Teaching Associate, TPM, MSB
  • Mr. Cordel Green, Executive Director, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica
  • Mr. Philip Paulwell, Managing Director, Cite Consulting and Opposition Spokesmen on Energy and Technology

10.30 am – 11.00 am / BREAK
11.00 am – 12:00 noon / Innovation 2.0: Caribbean Young ICT Researchers -Project Presentations and Awards
Session Chair: Mr. Silburn Clarke, President, Jamaica Computer Society & President, Spatial Innovision Ltd.
  • Overview of Award Schemes: Mrs. Michele Thomas, Research and Teaching Associate, TPM, MSB
  • Reports on Selected Young Researchers ICT Research Projects:
  • Opal Donaldson: The Application of Conjoint Analysis to Determine the Preferred Value-Added Characteristics of Mobile Consumers in Jamaica
  • Oliver Hylton:A Smart Lighting and Energy Saving System Using 802.15.4/Zigbee
  • Matthew McNaughton: An Open Data Solution to Value Chain Finance Support Systems
  • Announcement of Project Competition Results:Prof. Hopeton Dunn, Chair, Panel of Judges

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm / Closing Roundtable: The Way Forward
Session Chair: Prof. Hopeton Dunn, Director, Telecommunications Policy and Management (TPM) Programme, Mona School of Business, UWI
  • Dr. Maurice McNaughton, Director, Centre of Excellence in IT-driven Business Innovation, Mona School of Business, UWI
  • Dr. Paul Golding, Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Technology
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Terry, Chair,ICT4D Jamaica
  • Mr. Richardo Williams, Research Technologist, TPM, MSB
  • Mr. Hallam Hope, President, CARITEL, Barbados
  • Ms. Onika Miller, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister
Conference Closing Remarks
Prof. Hopeton Dunn, Conference Chair
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm / LUNCH Executive Seminar Room (3rd Floor, New Law Building)

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