<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Those of you who are subbed to the <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety"><b>Internet Society Livestream Channel</b></a> will be well aware that I have been relaying this event since Wednesday. This is because, in order to correctly segment & title the Periscope and Facebook simulcasts, I have had to relaunch at the beginning of every presentation, generating an email notice! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It is in fact, for the Carib region at least, a landmark event - a symposium that followed a Ministerial Summit on Tuesday, where it was agreed in principle to align e-government activities across the region. This initiative is very much facilitated by the Estonian experience in implementing Digital ID</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Of particular interest from an ISOC POV were the sessions on Infrastructure yesterday, and if you watch nothing else I recommend <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/citynext2018/videos/168766987"><b>the panel</b></a> that followed those presentations. Today they are talking cybersecurity.</div><br><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style=""><br><div class="gmail_quote" style=""><u></u><div class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscription-body-tag" style="font-size:small"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:691.818px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscribe-body" style="width:671.818px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div><div class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-sharedaddy gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-sd-sharing-enabled" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-robots-nocontent gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-sd-block gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-sd-social gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-sd-social-icon gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-sd-sharing" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></div><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.4em"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/citynext2018/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none"><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-9817" src="https://i2.wp.com/isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/citynext2018.png?resize=300%2C169" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 98%; height: auto;"></a>On <strong>Tuesday-Thursday January 17-19 2018</strong> the <strong><a href="http://www.ctu.int/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">Caribbean Telecommunications Union</a> </strong>(CTU), the <strong><a href="http://www.caricad.net/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">Caribbean Center for Development Administration</a></strong>(CARICAD), and the <strong><a href="https://ab.gov.ag/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">Government of Antigua and Barbuda</a></strong> host the <strong><a href="http://www.ctu.int/events/21st-century-government-summit-symposium/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">21st Century Government Symposium</a></strong>, to initiate and accelerate a program to establish Caribbean 21st Century Governments. A 21st Century Government is one that makes effective use of ICT to deliver services to its citizens, and its internal and external clients, characterized by citizen-centric, seamless, open, interactive, efficient and transparent processes, transforming the public service, strengthening economic competitiveness and promoting sustainable development. The event will be simulcast live on the<strong><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/citynext2018/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">facebook live</a></strong> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCtunion" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">Twitter</a>. No captions. Antigua is on AST=UTC-4, one hour ahead of NYC.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.4em"><strong>What: <a href="http://www.ctu.int/events/21st-century-government-summit-symposium/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">21st Century Government Symposium</a></strong><br><strong>Where: St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, West Indies</strong><br><strong>When: January 17-19 2018</strong><br><strong>Agenda: <a href="http://bit.ly/2mFJsi3" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">http://bit.ly/2mFJsi3</a></strong><br><strong>Livestream: <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/citynext2018/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/citynext2018/</a></strong><br><strong>Facebook Live: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion/</a></strong><br><strong>Periscope: <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCtunion" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">https://twitter.com/TheCtunion</a></strong><br><strong>Remote participation: <a href="http://www.keybate.com/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">Keybate</a> app – Code: TTCG</strong><br><strong>Twitter: #21stcenturygovernment <a href="http://bit.ly/21stcenturygovernment" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">http://bit.ly/21stcenturygovernment</a></strong></p></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601the-post"><p class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscribe-action-links" style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"></p><table class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601auto-width" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:auto"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9816#respond" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:10em;border:1px solid rgb(17,114,158);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:rgb(37,133,178);padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap">Comment</a></td><td> <a class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscribe-action-link" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9816#comments" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscribe-wrapper-sub" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_4396899652485899695gmail-m_-5935663387973507582gmail-m_1739680461830944429gmail-m_5650355867381759537gmail-m_-5640384493335542601subscribe-content" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"><br></p><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><strong></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>Permalink</strong></div> <br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9816%E2%80%8B">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9816<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br></a><div class="gmail_signature"><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9816%E2%80%8B"></a><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div>Joly MacFie<br>President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)<br><a href="http://isoc-ny.org">http://isoc-ny.org</a> 218 565 9365</div></div></div></div>