The fifth annual Cayman Islands Digital Economy Conference (CYDEC) will highlight the status of key local and global digital initiatives under the theme “Remodelling the future”.
After two years on a virtual platform, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the conference returns to its in-person format on 21 June 2022. The full-day event will take place at The Westin, Grand Cayman from 8.45am.
CYDEC aims to showcase cutting-edge ideas and applied technological advancements to an audience of forward-thinking, public and private sector business leaders.
Following the first CYDEC event in 2018, industry body ‘Digital Cayman’ was launched to cultivate economic development in the digital sphere.
Paul Byles, CYDEC founder, said in a press release: “There is no denying that digital innovation is remodelling the future. We have reached a pivotal point in the advancement of technology and business leaders need to ask, ‘What does that really look like in the Cayman Islands?’”
He said, “Following the success of our four previous conferences, we are delighted to continue to offer CYDEC as a platform to discuss digital growth across our Islands, and beyond.”
CYDEC 2022 will feature the status of the Cayman Islands digital ID, the future of the Metaverse phenomenon, the regulation of Cryptocurrency and NFT’s place in the Cayman Islands.
The digital technology conference is aimed at business leaders across financial services, tourism, technology and the public sector – extending to those in compliance and enterprise risk manage-ment roles.
Guest speakers and moderators include:
- André Ebanks MP, Minister of Investment, Innovation and Social Development
- Laura Birrell, CEO, Parallel
- Corey Glaze, Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder, TERN
- David Manoucheri, Cyber Security Analyst
- Tammi Sulliman, Director of Communications, Block One
- Ian Thornton-Trump, Chief Information Security Officer, Cyjax Ltd.
- Ian Tibbetts, Director of eGovernment, CIG
- Jennifer Vessels, CEO, Next Step
- Chris Wall, Counsel, Ogier and Director, Digital Cayman
- Ryan Watson, VP of IT, Brave Software.
CYDEC is produced by local consulting firm, FTS.
Registration is available www.cydec.ky at a cost of KYD $400 per person. The full conference agenda is published on the CYDEC website, at https://www.cydec.ky/schedule/.
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