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Jane Coffin is on the second panel. Historic, being the first time we've ever streamed a CITEL event!
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ISOC Live posted: "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 " </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/citel-unconnected" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/citel-unconnected-300x169.png" alt="Livestream (english)" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Thursday April 15 2021</strong> from <strong>9am-12pm EDT</strong> (13:00-16:00 UTC) <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.citel.oas.org/" target="_blank">Inter-American Telecommunications Commission</a></strong> (OAS-CITEL), in partnership with <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.telefonica.com/" target="_blank">Telefonica</a></strong> and the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://internetsociety.org" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> presents a virtual webinar "<strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://bit.ly/3tj58Sh" target="_blank">Connecting the Unconnected in rural and remote areas</a></strong>". 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.<br><br clear="all"><a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/citel-unconnected" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/citel-unconnected-ES-300x169.png" alt="LIVESTREAM ESPANOL" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a><strong>El jueves 15 de abril de 2021</strong> de <strong>9am a 12pm EDT</strong> (13:00-16:00 UTC) l<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>a <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.citel.oas.org/" target="_blank">Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones</a></strong> (OEA-CITEL), en asociación con <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.telefonica.com/" target="_blank">Telefonica</a></strong> e <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://internetsociety.org" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> presenta un seminario virtual áreas "<strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://bit.ly/3tj58Sh" target="_blank">Conectando a los desconectados en áreas rurales y remotas</a></strong>". 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.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>PARTICIPANTS / PARTICIPANTES</strong><br><strong>Oscar León</strong>, Executive Secretary of CITEL<br><strong>Julissa Cruz Abreu</strong> – Executive Director of INDOTEL, Dominican Republic<br><strong>Carlos Lugo</strong> - Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC) - Colombia Andrés Michelena, Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society – Ecuador<br><strong>Diego Carrillo</strong>, Vice-Minister of Communications – Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) of Peru<br><strong>Arturo Robles</strong>, Commissioner- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones de México<br><strong>Doreen Bogdan-Martin</strong> – Director - ITU-BDT<br><strong>Teresa Gomes</strong> (Internet para Todos, Perú)<br><strong>Julián Casasbuenas</strong> (Colnodo)<br><strong>Ryan Johnson</strong> (Viasat)<br><strong>Jane Coffin</strong> (ISOC)<br><strong>Basilio Perez</strong> (ABRINT)<br><strong>Martha Suárez</strong> (Dynamic Spectrum Alliance)<br><strong>Jose Ayala</strong> (GSA)<br><strong>Santiago Reyes-Borda</strong>, Senior Policy Advisor, International Telecommunications and Internet Policy – Canada</p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>TWITTER<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span> <a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://bit.ly/2QpgDJu" target="_blank"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>#ConnectingTheUnconnected</a> @OEA_CITEL @Telefonica_En @Telefonica @InternetSociety <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>#switchiton #GrowInternet</strong></p>
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