AW: Idea for a global conference

... and it means Interventional Clinical Trial, right? RIGHT?!

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Von: Milton Ponson <rwiciamsd@gmail.com>
Gesendet: Montag, 2. März 2026 23:09
An: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
Cc: public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>
Betreff: 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
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CIAMSD Institute-ICT4D Program
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On Mon, Mar 2, 2026, 16:56 David Booth <david@dbooth.org<mailto: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