“Innovation, Demand and Competitiveness in Telecommunications: Implications for the Caribbean Region and Beyond" is the theme of the inaugural staging of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) Conference in the Caribbean. The Conference takes place on June 23 -26, 2009 at Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay.  The Conference commences with an Opening Ceremony on June 23 at 7 pm where the keynote address will be delivered by The Hon Daryl Vaz, Minister of Information and Telecommunications, Jamaica. The Conference is being organized by the Mona School of Business at UWI, Mona and the ITS.
The event is designed to provide an international forum for practitioners and researchers to focus on all aspects of telecommunications and related technologies. This inaugural staging in the Caribbean will specifically provide an occasion for the dissemination and exchange of information on innovation, demand, and competitiveness related to the deployment and use of information and communication technologies for a variety of application domains, particularly in the Caribbean region, but also in other areas of the world with similar profiles.
The Conference will continue on June 24- 26 at 9 am daily with presentations and workshops from local and international experts.

For further information or to register for the Conference please telephone 977-6976/ 977-2667 or visit the website at http://ocs.mona.uwi.edu/ocs/index.php/its/2009/schedConf/registration