Executing Organization
CANTO is a non-profit association made up of operators, organizations, companies and individuals in the ICT (telecommunications) sector. The Association has a Caribbean focus as it relates to ICT issues for the region with a global perspective.
Mission
“To facilitate the development of ICT solutions for the benefit of members and other stakeholders in the Caribbean region”
Vision
“To become the leading authority in shaping information and communication in the Caribbean”
Event Sponsor
Mr. E. Jay Saunders is Chairman and CEO of Domus Semo Sancus (DSS), a FinTech company that he founded to support financial inclusion and bridge the ecommerce divide by building financial tools to empower the less fortunate. DSS seeks to hire elite innovators that can solve technically challenging problems. DSS’ tool sets are being developed on top of IBM’s billion dollar plus, cognitive computing platform Watson, which itself is being developed to “… enhance, scale, and accelerate human expertise.”
GENBAND is a global leader in real-time communications software solutions for service providers, enterprises, independent software vendors, systems integrators and developers in over 80 countries. Kandy.io, its award-winning, disruptive real-time communications software development platform, is built from the company’s global telecommunications network and security technologies. The platform enables these companies to easily embed a full suite of voice, video, chat, screen-sharing and collaboration capabilities into their existing business, web and mobile applications. GENBAND’s market-leading solutions, which are deployable in the network, on premise or through the cloud, help its customers connect people to each other and address the growing demands of today’s consumers and businesses for real-time communications wherever they happen to be. To learn more visit genband.com.
Event Facilitator
PIEDATA (PIE) is the marketplace for Caribbean Technology. PIE is a 21st century organization consisting of generation X and Y with the focus of bridging the Caribbean youth and leaders within the industries of Information Technology, Mobile Commerce, and Content Development working together as one Caribbean ecosystem. PIE empowers distinguished millennials through “inspire, educate, and sustain” their technological advancement as Innovators, entrepreneurs and incubators within the Caribbean Community.