Dr. Hamadoun Touré To Be Featured at CANTO 2008!
Dr
Hamadoun Touré was elected Secretary-General at the ITU Plenipotentiary
Conference in Antalya, Turkey, in November 2006 and took office on 1 January
2007.
He served as Director BDT from 1998 until 2006.
Born on 3 September 1953, Hamadoun Touré holds a Masters Degree in Electrical
Engineering from the Technical Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications
of Leningrad (LEIS, USSR) and Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) from the
University of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics of Moscow
(MTUCI, Russia).
Dr Touré is committed to make ITU an innovative, forward looking organization
adapted to meeting the challenges created by the new ICT environment and
to spearhead the Union towards implementing the resolutions of the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and achieving the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs). As Director BDT from 1999 until 2006, he played a significant
role in the WSIS process by launching numerous projects based on partnership
building with International Organizations, Governments, Civil Society and
the Private Sector.
He is married with four children and two granddaughters….Click
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Frederick Morton of TEMPO NETWORKS, LLC to address CANTO 2008 Delegates!
Frederick
Morton, Jr. is the visionary behind Tempo, a dynamic celebration
of all things Caribbean. Morton, who is the consummate creative thinker,
with a laser beam ability to execute and impeccable credentials to back
him up, is emphatic that Tempo can deliver the full scope of Caribbean culture
to the entire world.
Born and raised in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands to Nevisian parents, Morton was aware - even as a boy - that the Caribbean held an irresistible magnetism. “Its music, its history, its breathtaking scenery - the place is earth's last Eden!” Morton also knew that someday he would deliver that joy to people everywhere. With characteristic drive, he set about achieving the world-class qualifications that would someday help him realize his dream. A law degree from Rutgers University and a Masters degree in Public Administration from Columbia University were just the beginning. As an attorney at the prestigious New York law firm of Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, Morton represented numerous Fortune 500 companies. His stature rose even further when he became Corporate Counsel for Johnson & Johnson and then joined Viacom Inc. where he quickly rose to Chief Litigation Counsel.
By the time Morton became MTV Networks’ Deputy General Counsel of Business and Legal Affairs, he had amassed a shockingly concentrated amount of high-profile legal experience in under the course of a decade. He’d also maintained his passionate immersion in Caribbean culture. He knew, with an almost prophetic sense, that he would one day be able to combine the two and create a groundbreaking venture. Indeed he did. With facts, savvy and his background as a native son at the ready, Morton has brought forth a Caribbean Tempo that has permeated the hearts and souls of Caribbean people. “There are millions of Caribbean people in and out of the Caribbean, all around the world, that embody the enduring spirit of the region…..a spirit of an extraordinary people with an extraordinary story ready to be told". He knew Tempo could serve as a dedicated platform to enhance the further development of the Caribbean and its formidable people. “Tempo will be the ultimate platform for the entire Caribbean experience,” says Morton. “Caribbean people have a passion for living which shines through everything they do. Tempo will be the bridge to this culAs Founder, Chairman & CEO, Morton is at the helm of an astonishingly vast undertaking. But, he says with characteristic assurance of a creatively (almost mystically) driven soul, “the love of God, passion and faith will most certainly clear the way”. This is a man constantly erupting with ideas and too forward-thinking to rest on his already considerable laurels. “I like to say that it's not about eureka moments, it's about a eureka lifetime”….A liftetime he has devoted to the upliftment of the Caribbean.
As Founder, Chairman & CEO, Morton is at the helm of an astonishingly vast undertaking. But, he says with characteristic assurance of a creatively (almost mystically) driven soul, “the love of God, passion and faith will most certainly clear the way”. This is a man constantly erupting with ideas and too forward-thinking to rest on his already considerable laurels. “I like to say that it's not about eureka moments, it's about a eureka lifetime”….A liftetime he has devoted to the upliftment of the Caribbean.