Forum on Mainstreaming ICT accessibility for PWDs
6.45 am
Pink, yellow, orange and blue taxis added lively colours to the already crowded lanes. Across the road stood the Platinum wholesale fashion mall. Further across is ISetan and further to the right is the Computer city. I could see the Pratunam centre just close by. Shopping grounds are everywhere and within walking distance. Nope, I probably have not much time to sample all the grounds.
9.00 am
Already seated in one of the conference room, within the United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) building and among the 140 participants from 21 countries, among policy makers, regulators, operators, industry representatives, NGOs and disabled persons organizations, as well as experts and ICT professionals including disabled persons from across the region and beyond.
The forum, organised by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) of Thailand was also supported by the National Telecommunications Commission of Thailand (NTC), Australia's Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), and the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC).
During the course of the forum I met amazing, highly skillful, talented and innovative individuals, with passions in helping improve, raise living standards, bridge the communication gap and provide equal opportunities and rights for persons with disabilities (PWDs), some with disability themselves.
7.30 pm
After breaking the fast and performing the 'qasar and Jama' prayer, we ventured to look for water. The sidewalk vendor offered 20 baht, luckily we found a 7 eleven store that sells bottled water as low as 13 baht. We settled with bottled water, in addition to the one that came pouring heavily outside. Walking, scuttering and scampering from the rain, as if that helped to steer us out of it's path!
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