About the Summit
Fostering the Future Together: The Caribbean Summit is a two-day gathering in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 13 and 14 November 2026, built around one question: how do we make sure every Caribbean child can thrive in the digital age?
Why this Summit, why now
Caribbean children are growing up online. Technology can help a teacher keep a class going after a hurricane, prepare a student for a career that does not yet exist, and give a young person a voice far beyond their community. It can also expose children to online predators, cyberbullying, harmful content and the pressures of constant connection.
These opportunities and risks cross borders in an instant, and small island states cannot meet them alone. They call for shared solutions: governments, schools, parents, technology companies and young people working together, across the whole region.
This Summit is where that work begins.
Our theme: Empowering Caribbean Children for the Digital Age
To empower a child in the digital age means giving them access to the tools and connectivity they need, the skills to use technology with confidence and creativity, protection from harm, and a voice in the decisions that shape their future. Each session of the Summit is built around one or more of these.
Hosted by the First Lady of Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Summit is hosted by Mrs. Diani Prince-Drew, First Lady of Saint Kitts and Nevis, as part of Fostering the Future Together, a global coalition of first spouses and leaders, launched by United States First Lady Melania Trump, that brings governments and technology partners together to use technology, including artificial intelligence, to support children’s education and protect them from online harm.
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What the Summit will do
- Bring people together. Ministers, educators, technology companies, regional bodies and young people, in the same room and in the same conversation.
- Share practical solutions. From keeping learning going through disruption, to preparing students for an AI-driven economy, to protecting children online and building digital literacy.
- Strengthen regional cooperation. Particularly on digital education and child online safety.
- Give young people a real voice. Students will take part in the Summit and will have the microphone during Interventions from the Floor.
- Showcase innovation. Tools and ideas from the Caribbean and beyond that are already helping children learn, create and stay safe.
- Hear from the children. The Summit closes as students present the Basseterre Call to Action: The Voice of Caribbean Children, their call to policymakers, technology leaders and global partners.
Programme highlights
Day 1: Friday 13 November 2026
Day 1 brings together the Opening Ceremony, the Summit Sessions and the Technology & Innovation Showcase, which runs alongside the sessions.
- Opening Ceremony
- First Spouses Panel: From Advocacy to Action: Empowering Caribbean Children for the Digital Age
- Four Fireside Chats, each followed by Interventions from the Floor
- Technology & Innovation Showcase, open alongside the sessions
- Basseterre Call to Action: The Voice of Caribbean Children
Day 2: Saturday 14 November 2026
Delegates are invited to experience the heritage, culture and natural beauty of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Technology & Innovation Showcase
Running alongside the Summit sessions in the Saba Room at the St. Kitts Marriott Beach Resort, Casino & Spa, the Showcase is an interactive exhibition of the technology shaping children’s learning and safety. Exhibits include robotics demonstrations, AI learning tools, coding platforms, virtual reality, cybersecurity solutions, assistive technology and student innovation projects.