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WITSA Presentations
Please click to see a selection of presentations on various relevant topics made at recent WITSA meetings and events.

WITSA Speeches

  • WITSA Chairman Keynote at Costa Rica Insight 2005 Chairman George C. Newstrom on February 23, 2005 delivered a keynote speech, "Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Prospects for the Future", at the II International Summit on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): COSTA RICA INSIGHT 2005. See the speech here. The event was co-hosted by The Costa Rican Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies (Camtic) on February 23-24, For additional information, see the official web site, program, or contact Camtic Executive Director Federico Cartín Arteaga.

  • "The IT Industry at a Crossroads". WITSA Senior Program Manager Anders Halvorsen delivered this speech on October 21, 2003, at the "Information Society 2003 and ITT Solutions Forum" organized by the Association Infobalt in Vilnius, Lithuania. See also the presentation [PPT].

  • “Internet Regulation - How far should we go?” Mr. Christopher Boam, Counsel for Internet and Global Ecommerce at MCI., Inc., delivered this speech on behalf of WITSA at the June 18, 2003 InfoCom Conference in Panama City, Panama. The Conference was hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce, Panama (AmCham), and was its first technology and telecommunications show dedicated to the Andean region, Central American and the Caribbean (held from June 18-20, 2003) [PDF]. See also Mr. Boam's presentation [PPT, PDF]

  • WITSA Chairman George Newstrom's Opening Speech at the 2002 World Congress on IT, Adelaide, Australia, February 27, 2002 (PDF, HTML) 

  • WITSA Chairman George Newstrom's Speech at the 2000 Symposium of the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO). -Seoul, December 4, 2000. "The Digital Economy" (PDF, HTML) 
WITSA Letters
  • WITSA Letter Supports ICANN: See WITSA's April 9, 2002 letter to ICANN President Stuart Lynn regarding the Internet technical management body's "Case for Reform," outlining key challenges for ICANN and suggesting possible solutions.
  • eConsumption Taxes: See OECD's July 17, 2001 response to WITSA's June 15, 2001 letter and statement on the application of consumption taxes to products and services sold online.
  • ITSA Letter to G-8 Heads of Delegations on Certain Provisions Contained in the Council of Europe's  Draft International Cyber-Crime Convention, May 12, 2000
WITSA Statements & RESOLUTIONS