The fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in April 3rd, 4th and 5th in Montevideo, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, will be broadcast live through the Internet for all those who wish to attend the panels and presentations of the event, but don’t have the possibility to be there personally.

The conference (organized by ECLAC through the ECLAC @LIS2 project –funded by the European Commission- and the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay through AGESIC, Electronic Government and Information Society Agency) will be seen on the conference and AGESIC’s websites. There will also be information in real time regarding the development of the panels via our Twitter account, @socinfo_cepal.

Debates and presentations will be focused according to the goals that were agreed within the Regional action plan for the information society, eLAC2015, which aim towards universalization of broadband; reaching a transactional, participative electronic government; achieving access to ICT for all SME; promoting regional integration through those technologies, and universalizating access and expansion for the health and education areas. Also, there will be debates on how the region’s nations can lead or join the processes of development and transference of new technologies in fields like open government, infrastructures for digital economy and environment.

The conference will be opened by José Mujica, President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission  for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Mario Campolargo, Director of the European Commission’s DG CONNECT.

Other events that will be reported live are the presentation of the book “Broadband: Beyond connectivity”, published by ECLAC @LIS2 in cooperation with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC Canada), and the release of the document "Una iniciativa sectorial para la difusión de las TIC en las empresas: la experiencia de Uruguay", produced with the collaboration of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay.