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The Mini Exhibition was well received by both the members and exhibitors who had the opportunity to engage the operators in an open and informal setting.
6. 35th Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition,Trinidad and Tobago
CANTO held its 35th Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition (CANTO 2019) from the 21st - 24th July 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago under the theme “Transitioning to a Digital Region – Opportunities and Challenges”.
Trinidad and Tobago was transformed into a digital think tank as CANTO hosted its 35th Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition under the theme, “Transitioning to a Digital Region - Opportunities and Challenges”.
CANTO’s Board of Directors, with expert assistance from its Port-of-Spain based Secretariat, delivered a packed programme that was both relevant and varied in its scope, allowing civil society, young gamers and animators to equally voice their opinions on the digital future of the Caribbean and Latin America, alongside major Regional players such as Cable & Wireless, Digicel and Huawei.
In attendance were some 500 participants from the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States of America representing Government; Telecommunications Operators and Regulators; the Private Sector; Academia and Civil Society.
High level meetings and roundtable sessions between and among Ministers with responsibility for telecommunications of 12 Caribbean Nations - Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Curacao, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Maarten, Tortola and Turks and Caicos Islands - and private sector stakeholders, opened the door for greater interface between Government and Operators to deepen their partnerships, to allow greater use of digital technologies to access government services, stimulate economic growth and create digitally literate nations.
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