Idea for a global conference

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