"Harnessing Global ICT Trends to Enhance Barbados’ Competitiveness" By Ms. Glenda Medford

1. The February 2012 Joint BIBA/BCCI Business Luncheon
"Harnessing Global ICT Trends to Enhance
Barbados’ Competitiveness"
By Ms. Glenda Medford
Barbados leads the Caribbean ranking 38th in the Network Readiness Index in
the Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011, and 42nd in the Global
Competitiveness Report 2010 -2011.
However, it, like many other Caribbean and Latin American countries, has been
said to be lagging behind global benchmarks in terms of penetration and
adoption of technology. Barbados’ growth as a services economy will hinge on
how best it can position itself to engage with the third of the world’s seven billion
citizens who are online.
Join the Barbados International Business Association and the Barbados
Chamber of Commerce and Industry as we host Ms. Medford as she discusses
how ICT can be leveraged to assist in transforming the Barbados economy to
Ms. Glenda Medford
make it more competitive.
Attorney-at-law &
Telecoms Policy Specialist Her presentation will explore how Barbados can leverage international trends in
policy development; how its citizens take advantage of the ubiquity of smart
Ms. Glenda Medford is a leading
phones and developments like cloud computing to drive entrepreneurial activity
telecommunications policy specialist
having worked in the industry for over 20 and assist Barbados to
years. She is an attorney-at-law who has become the number one
developed a wealth of experience over entrepreneurial hub by VENUE: THE HILTON BARBADOS,
26 years, first in private practice and then 2020; and what can be NEEDHAMS POINT, ST MICHAEL
as in house counsel. done to create new
technology centric sectors Date: February 28, 2012
Ms. Medford is immediate Past President Time: 12 pm to 2 pm
of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce with skilled ICT workers.
and Industry, where she served from
2008 to 2010. She is a former director of
CANTO (Caribbean Association of Register via e-mail: biba@biba.bb
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telecommunications policy at regional
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