Re: Idea for a global conference

ICT is a standard term used by the ITU, ISO, UNESCO and quite a few ICT
standard bodies.


Milton Ponson
Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
CIAMSD Institute-ICT4D Program
+2977459312
PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
Aruba, Dutch Caribbean

On Mon, Mar 2, 2026, 16:56 David Booth <david@dbooth.org> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>