WEBCAST – @OEA_CITEL Connecting the Unconnected in rural and remote areas | Conectando a los desconectados en áreas rurales y remotas

Livestream (english)On Thursday April 15 2021 from 9am-12pm EDT (13:00-16:00 UTC) the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission (OAS-CITEL), in partnership with Telefonica and the Internet Society presents a virtual webinar “Connecting the Unconnected in rural and remote areas“. The objective of this seminar is to share with the different actors in the sector, challenges, opportunities, works and their vision towards hemispheric cooperation for the development of infrastructure and provide services in rural or remote areas; as well as, specific actions undertaken to connect the unconnected.

LIVESTREAM ESPANOLEl jueves 15 de abril de 2021 de 9am a 12pm EDT (13:00-16:00 UTC) la Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones (OEA-CITEL), en asociación con Telefonica e Internet Society presenta un seminario virtual  “Conectando a los desconectados en áreas rurales y remotas“. El objetivo de este seminario es compartir con los diferentes actores del sector, desafíos, oportunidades, obras y su visión hacia la cooperación hemisférica para el desarrollo de infraestructura y prestación de servicios en áreas rurales o remotas; así como acciones específicas emprendidas para conectar a los desconectados.

PARTICIPANTS / PARTICIPANTES
Oscar León, Executive Secretary of CITEL
Julissa Cruz Abreu – Executive Director of INDOTEL, Dominican Republic
Carlos Lugo – Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC) – Colombia Andrés Michelena, Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society – Ecuador
Diego Carrillo, Vice-Minister of Communications – Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) of Peru
Arturo Robles, Commissioner- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones de México
Doreen Bogdan-Martin – Director – ITU-BDT
Teresa Gomes (Internet para Todos, Perú)
Julián Casasbuenas (Colnodo)
Ryan Johnson (Viasat)
Jane Coffin (ISOC)
Basilio Perez (ABRINT)
Martha Suárez (Dynamic Spectrum Alliance)
Jose Ayala (GSA)
Santiago Reyes-Borda, Senior Policy Advisor, International Telecommunications and Internet Policy – Canada

LIVESTREAM (ENGLISH) http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/citel-unconnected

LIVESTREAM (ESPAÑOL) http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/citel-unconnected

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SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive (EN only)
https://www.facebook.com/InternetSocietyAmericaLatinayCaribe/live (AI Captions)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/citel-unconnected