<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Las transmisiones web en español están en el canal de YouTube del MINCOM: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ministeriodecomunicaciones5086/streams">https://www.youtube.com/@ministeriodecomunicaciones5086/streams</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM Joly MacFie <<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com">joly@punkcast.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div id="m_5640234159914972766gmail-:1jb" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="direction:ltr;min-height:309px" aria-controls=":1mn" aria-expanded="false"><div class="gmail_default"><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://isoc.live/19613" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank"><br><img src="https://i0.wp.com/isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cigf2025.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1" alt="isoc.live" width="300" height="169" style="height: auto; max-width: 98%; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top;"></a><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://bit.ly/cigf2025live" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">LIVESTREAM</a></strong> | <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://isoc.live/19613/#simulcasts" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">SIMULCASTS</a></strong> |<strong style="font-weight:bold"> <a href="https://isoc.live/19613/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">PERMALINK</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">On <strong style="font-weight:bold">Wednesday – Friday 20th – 22nd August 2025</strong>, the <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.mincom.gob.cu/en" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">Ministry of Communications of Cuba</a></strong> (MINCOM) and the <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://ctu.int/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">Caribbean Telecommunications Union</a></strong> (CTU) present the<strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://ctu.int/event/21st-caribbean-internet-governance-forum/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank"> 21st Caribbean Internet Governance Forum</a></strong> (CIGF) in Varadero, Cuba. The Forum will address various facets of Internet Governance of current import to the Caribbean including the adoption of the <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/global-digital-compact" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">Global Digital Compact</a></strong> and <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://unctad.org/topic/commission-on-science-and-technology-for-development/wsis-20-year-review" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">WSIS+20 Review</a></strong>; enhancing the reach, resiliency and sustainability of critical digital infrastructure in the Caribbean; fostering adoption and growth of the region’s digital economies in a trusted and secure manner; harnessing the benefits of emergent technologies (e.g. AI) while minimising attendant risks; and digital rights, privacy and protection for children. The 4th <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://ctu.int/event/4th-caribbean-youth-internet-governance-forum/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">Caribbean Youth Internet Governance Forum</a> </strong>(CYIGF) will be included in the 21st CIGF, on the afternoon of Day 1.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">PARTNERS</strong> <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> | <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.postisac.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">POST-ISAC</a></strong> | <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.upu.int/en/Postal-Solutions/Technical-Solutions/Products/SECURE-POST" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">SECURE.POST</a></strong> | <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://ttmag.tt/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">TTMAG</a></strong> |<strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://isoc.bb/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">Internet Society Barbados Chapter</a></strong> | <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://isoc.vc/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">Internet Society Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://ctu.int/event/21st-caribbean-internet-governance-forum/#tab-2" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(52,120,227)" target="_blank">SCHEDULE</a> </strong>(All times AST = UTC-4)</p><h3 style="margin:0.3em 0px;padding:5px 0px;font-weight:500;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.6em">DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 2025</h3><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:00 Opening Remarks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Terri-Karelle Johnson</strong> – Host of Ceremonies</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:05 Welcome Remarks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Rodney Taylor</strong> – Secretary-General, Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:15 Capacity Building Session 1</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Juan Fernández González</strong> – Member, UN IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), Advisor at the Ministry of Communications of Cuba (MINCOM)<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Chengetai Masango</strong> – Head of Office, UN IGF Secretariat</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">10:30 Capacity Building Session 2: Topic Areas</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Paula Oteguy</strong> – Head of Multistakeholder Engagement, LACNIC<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Tracy F. Hackshaw</strong> – Chef d’entreprise, .POST, Universal Postal Union (UPU)<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Abdullah Ali and Kevin Baboolal</strong> – Researchers (Remote)<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Prof. Maurice McNaughton</strong> – Remote<br>Moderator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Shanea Lewis</strong> – CTU</p><h3 style="margin:0.3em 0px;padding:5px 0px;font-weight:500;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.6em">Caribbean Youth Internet Governance Forum (CYIGF)</h3><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">13:30 Introductory Remarks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Terri-Karelle Johnson</strong> – Host of Ceremonies</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">13:35 Welcome Remarks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Rodney Taylor</strong> – Secretary-General, CTU<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Tariq Mohammed</strong> – 4th CYIGF Chair<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Jose Carlos Cruz Sandoval</strong> – Vice President, GEIC, Cuba</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">13:45 Panel 1: Development and use of Artificial Intelligence in the Caribbean for Digital Transformation and Innovation</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Cherika Wilson / Lianne McNaughton (Remote)</strong> – Youth Can do it Too (YCDI)<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Shergaun Roserie</strong> – Co-CEO, RifBid, Saint Lucia<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Roberto Marti Cedeño</strong> – Vice Dean of Research and Digital Transformation, University of Havana, Cuba<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Orlando Gabriel Toledano López</strong> – Professor of Data Structures and Algorithms, University of Informatics Sciences (UCI), Cuba<br>Moderator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Nayma Cepero Pérez</strong> – Professor, Technical University of Havana (CUJAE)</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">14:30 Panel 2: Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Resilience: Protecting the Caribbean’s Digital Future</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Federica Tortorella</strong> – Youth Advisory Board Member, SubOptic Foundation, Dominican Republic<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Muriyana McPherson</strong> – National Data Management Authority (NDMA), Guyana<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Daniel Perea Núñez</strong> – Director General, Computer Network Security Office, Cuba (OSRI)<br>Moderator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Tariq Mohammed</strong> – Chair, Caribbean ICT Youth Network</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">15:30 Panel 3: Women Empowerment in ICTs</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Jael Goddard (Remote)</strong> – ICT External Relations Associate, Ministry of Digital Transformation, Trinidad and Tobago<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Jennifer Boodoo</strong> – Guyana<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Maidelys Pupo Torres</strong> – General Director, JCCE, Cuba<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Suany Leyva Hernández</strong> – Cuban Network of Empowered Women, UIC<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Analaisy González Prieto</strong> – Director of Institutional Communication, ETECSA<br>Moderator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Gabrielle Johnson</strong> – CIYN Vice Chair</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">16:15 Panel 4: Youth Perspectives on Global Fora: GDC, WSIS, IGF, etc.</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Anja Gengo</strong> – UN IGF Secretariat, Geneva<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Shergaun Roserie</strong> – CIYN<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Elaine Grenet Albernas</strong> – Specialist on Foreign Relations, MINCOM<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Leysdel Emil Hernández</strong> – Specialist in International Organizations and Bilateral Collaboration, ETECSA<br>Moderator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Jael Goddard </strong>– ICT External Relations Associate, Trinidad and Tobago (Remote)</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">17:00 Vote of Thanks and Closing of the CYIGF</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Gabrielle Johnson</strong> – CIYN Vice Chair<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Ailyn Febles Estrada</strong> – Vice Minister of Communications of Cuba</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">17:10 End of Day 1</strong></p><h3 style="margin:0.3em 0px;padding:5px 0px;font-weight:500;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.6em">DAY 2 – THURSDAY 21 AUGUST 2025</h3><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:00 National Anthem and Opening Remarks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Terri-Karelle Johnson</strong> – Host of Ceremonies</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:05 Remarks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Rodney Taylor</strong> – Secretary-General, CTU</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:15 Greetings from Partner Organizations</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Paula Oteguy</strong> – Head, Multistakeholder Engagement, LACNIC<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Bevil Wooding (Remote)</strong> – Director of Caribbean Affairs, ARIN & Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions (CAJS)<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Albert Daniels (Remote)</strong> – Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager for the Caribbean, ICANN<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Sebastián Bellagamba (Remote)</strong> – Senior Director, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, Internet Society<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Chengetai Masango</strong> – Head of Office, UN IGF Secretariat</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:35 Feature Address</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Ernesto Rodríguez Hernández</strong> – First Deputy Minister of Communications of Cuba</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:45 Vote of Thanks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Michelle Garcia</strong> – Communications Specialist, CTU</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">10:20 Reflections on CIGF @ 21</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Shanea Lewis</strong> – Policy Advisor, CTU</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">10:45 National, Regional and Global IG Contexts</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Maria Esther Alfonso</strong> – Cuba IGF<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Jacqueline Morris</strong> – Trinidad and Tobago MAG<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Max-Larson Henry</strong> – Haiti IGF<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Marcellus Constance</strong> – SVG IGF<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Aggrey Marsh</strong> – Guyana IGF<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Lilian Chamorro Rojas</strong> – Coordinator, LACIGF<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Anja Gengo</strong> – UN IGF Secretariat</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">14:00 Introductory Remarks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Terri-Karelle Johnson</strong> – Host of Ceremonies</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">14:05 ARIN/LACNIC/CTU Policy Forum</strong> – Global Digital Governance at a Crossroads; WSIS+20; Global Digital Compact; ICP-2, ICANN gTLDs<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Israel Rosas (Remote)</strong> – ISOC<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Bevil Wooding (Remote)</strong> – ARIN<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Paula Oteguy</strong> – LACNIC<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Chengetai Masango / Anja Gengo</strong> – UN IGF Secretariat<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Michael Abejuela (Remote)</strong> – ARIN<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Jorge Villa / Esteban Tescano (Remote)</strong> – LACNIC<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Sybel Alonso Baldor</strong> – VP Net Op, ETECSA<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Albert Daniels (Remote)</strong> – ICANN<br>Moderator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Shanea Lewis</strong> – CTU</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">15:30 Workshop/Facilitated Discussion: Mainstreaming AI in Caribbean Internet Governance</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Rosanny Arias</strong> – Head of Innovation Promotion, Office of ICT, Dominican Republic<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Omar Correa Madrigal – TBC</strong> – President, UIC<br>Moderators: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Tariq Mohammed, Shergaun Roserie, Gabrielle Johnson</strong></p><h3 style="margin:0.3em 0px;padding:5px 0px;font-weight:500;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.6em">DAY 3 – FRIDAY 22 AUGUST 2025</h3><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:00 Opening Remarks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Terri-Karelle Johnson</strong> – Host of Ceremonies</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:05 Panel Discussion: Navigating Digital Harms in a Fragmented World</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Cleveland Thomas</strong> – ITU<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Lourdes Gutierrez (Remote)</strong> – UNODC<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Shannique Bowden (Remote)</strong> – Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Maidelys Pupo Torres</strong> – JCCE, Cuba<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Omar Gutiérrez Granela</strong> – Havana Youth Computer and Electronics Club<br>Facilitator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Shiva Bissessar</strong> – Pinaka Consulting</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">10:00 Special Session: Digital Transformation in Cuba </strong></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Introduction: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Ernesto Rodríguez Hernández</strong> – First Deputy Minister of Communications of Cuba</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">10:20 Panel 1: Data Governance – A Perspective from Cuba</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Omara Aldama López</strong> – Director of Infocommunications, Revolution Palace<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">María Esther Alfonso Suárez</strong> – Vice-President, UIC<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Tatiana Delgado Fernández</strong> – Professor, Technological University of Havana<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Laymi Puente Falcón</strong> – Director of Business Intelligence, ETECSA<br>Moderator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Yarina Amoroso Fernández</strong> – Unión de Juristas de Cuba</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">11:10 Panel 2: Digital Transformation and Local Development</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Aurora Fernández González</strong> – Advisor to CNI and Higher Education Minister<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dariel de León García</strong> – Senior Researcher, Sustainable Municipalities Program<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Allan Pierra Conde</strong> – Advisor, MES<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Denys Buedo Hidalgo</strong> – Director of Informatization, MES<br>Moderator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Jorge Núñez Jover</strong> – Havana University Advisor</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">13:30 Panel 3: Enterprises in Digital Transformation</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dennis Meriño Menadier</strong> – Chairman, Z17<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Allan Pierra Fuente</strong> – UCI<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Abduly Díaz García</strong> – Director General, SOFTEL<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Yudivian Almeida Cruz</strong> – University of Havana<br>Moderator: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Ernesto Vallín Martínez</strong> – MINCOM</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">14:20 Panel 4: The Role of Government in Digital Transformation</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Anaisa Hernández González</strong> – Vice-President, UIC<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Nayma Cepero Pérez</strong> – Technical University of Havana<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Wilfredo González Vidal</strong> – Coordinator, Sovereignty Project<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Alain Lamadrid Vallina</strong> – Director of Informatization, Ministry of 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