On Friday, April 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM ET (12:15 PM in Uruguay), Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will conduct Digital Town Hall of the Americas, a live web-based discussion, from the Dominican Republic in anticipation of the Fifth Summit of the Americas to be held April 17-19 in Trinidad and Tobago.

The event will provide an opportunity for Secretary Clinton to launch a conversation with citizens from across the Western Hemisphere to discuss the Summit’s themes of securing our citizens’ future by promoting human prosperity, energy security and environmental sustainability, as well as the situation in Haiti.

Secretary Clinton will answer questions submitted prior to the event through various sites as well as from the local Dominican audience in attendance.

To view the event streamed live, please click on the screen embeded here.

For more information about the summit and other online events, please see Summit Aims to Advance Prosperity in Americas.