Re: Idea for a global conference

Sorry, what is ICT?  Is it one of these?
https://www.acronymfinder.com/ICT.html

Please define initialisms that you use, if they are not part of standard 
vocabulary.

Thanks,
David Both

On 3/2/26 10:20, Milton Ponson wrote:
> Independently from my strictly mathematical work and participation in 
> W3C community groups, I have been talking to local and international 
> academics dealing with the overlapping areas of Linguistics, ICT 
> (including ICT4D), Culture and Knowledge.
> 
> And because UNESCO, the European Union, the International Science 
> Council and a slew of other organizations have made clear 
> recommendations on how sustainable development, in particular its 
> economic and social components (but evidently also the ecological 
> component), should include DEI, address sovereignty issues and provide 
> regulation of artificial intelligence, it would be convenient to address 
> all of these in a conference setting that fosters collaboration, 
> promotes research, and establishes development programs to focus on 
> objectives and goals in outcome documents.
> I propose to organize the 1st Global Conference on Linguistics, ICT, 
> Culture and Knowledge (tentative name, acronym CLICK) and in this 
> conference have three tracks, (1) the role of ICT as enabling 
> technological environment for Language, Culture and Knowledge as drivers 
> for economic and social development, (2) AI for sustainable development, 
> (3) ICT, language, data, knowledge, and cultural sovereignty.
> 
> It is an ambitious undertaking, but all of the linguists, social 
> scientists, economists dealing with the impacts of AI on economic and 
> technological development, and scientists I have approached so far, have 
> reacted enthusiastically.
> And much of it aligns with activities, programs and recommendations of 
> the EU, OECD, International Science Council, ITU (AI for Good) and of 
> course the majority of UN bodies.
> 
> I welcome suggestions, ideas and collaboration, but emphatically want to 
> keep this separate from W3C community group activities.
> 
> But I had to float the idea because I think it would resonate with many 
> of the participants in the multitude of W3C CGs, and because the 
> proposed conference tracks would be academic and technical in nature, 
> thus of interest to the W3C community at large.
> 
> Milton Ponson
> Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
> CIAMSD Institute-ICT4D Program
> +2977459312
> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean

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