Bureau of Telecommunications & Post (BT&P) St. Maarten held a seminar for all workers in the telecommunications and information and communication technologies (ICT) on the occasion of World Telecommunications and Information Society Day (WTISD) celebrated on Tuesday, May 17.
The theme for the seminar was "Cloud Computing in the Hospitality Industry." The keynote speaker was William Sullivan of University of Delaware.
World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on May 17 since 1969, marking the founding of International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the United Nations General Assembly to declare May 17 as World Information Society Day to focus on the importance of ICT and the wide range of issues related to the Information Society.
The General Assembly adopted a resolution in March 2006 stipulating that World Information Society Day shall be celebrated every year on May 17.
The theme this year is: WTISD 2011: Better life in rural communities with ICTs.
Present at the seminar were:
PR Officer of the Bureau Telecommunications & Post SXM Mr. Ryan Wijngaarde
Minister of Tourism Economics, Transportation & Telecommunications Minister Franklin Meyers
Director of the Bureau Telecommunications & Post SXM Ms. Peggyann Brandon LLM
Mr. Rhyan Neble
Ms. Peggyann Brandon
Mr. Rhyan Neble was the keynote speaker who spoke on the topic "Cloud Computing in the Hospitality Industry”
