By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief

The International Institute of Communications (IIC) is at the point ofputting the finishing touches to its discussions in Panama City next month as moderators and speakers are being confirmed and assigned to sessions.  This is according to a heads-up obtained from the Director-General at IIC, Ms. Lynn Robinson.

“We are very grateful to our hosts, Millicom/Tigo and to the Inter-American Development Bank for their continued collaboration on this annual meeting. Thanks also to this year’s sponsors, Apple and Frontier Economics,” Ms. Robinson stated in a communication with Cyber Era NG.

Confirmed speakers for the forum are:

• Commissioner, Audiovisual Content, Commission for Communications Regulation of Colombia (CRC) Andrea Muñoz Gómez
• Board Director, National Data Protection Agency (ANDP), Brazil, Arthur Pereira Sabbat
• Executive Director, Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic, Julissa Cruz Abreu
• CEO, Tigo Panama, Marcelo Benítez
• Chairman, Barbados Broadcasting Authority; Director, National Transformation Initiative, Government of Barbados, Allyson Leacock
• Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Information and Communications Policy, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, US Department of State, Stephan A Lang
• Chief Executive Officer of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) of the Virgin Islands, Guy L. Malone
• Chief of Staff, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)  Narda Jones
• Commissioner, Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), Mexico, Ramiro Camacho Castillo
• Head of Government Affairs, Latin America, Cisco Systems,  Giuseppe Marrara
• Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft, Marlon Fetzner
• Public Policy, WhatsApp, Messaging & Connectivity, LATAM, Meta, Paloma Szerman

As always at this meeting we will provide simultaneous translation Spanish/English/Spanish, and the discussions will be held under the Chatham House Rule.

Ms. Robinson states further: “We have secured a 50 per cent discount at the Westin Panamá Hotel which is a 5 minute walk from the venue and can be booked via our website.”

Registration details are available at: https://www.iicom.org

Apple and Frontier Economics are proudly sponsoring the forum.