Speakers 2015

Hon Anthony Hylton
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce
Jamaica

Day 1
Opening Ceremony: Remarks

 

Mr. William Mahfood
President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica

Day 1
Opening Ceremony: Address

 

Professor Evan Duggan
Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences
UWI, Mona

Day 1
Session: Academic Publishing: From Presentation to Publication 

 

Professor Ian Boxill
Director
Centre for Tourism and Policy Research, UWI, Mona

Day 1
Session: Academic Publishing: From Presentation to Publication 

 

Professor Graham Hall
Cardiff Metropolitan University

Day 1
Session: Academic Publishing: From Presentation to Publication 

 

Hon Arnaldo Brown
Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Jamaica

Day 2
Plenary 1: Keynote 

 

Mrs. Marlene Street Forrest
General Manager, the Jamaica Stock Exchange – Diaspora Investment

Day 2
Plenary 2: Business in a Spatial Context: Diasporic Investment & Entrepreneurship 

 

Dr. Indianna Minto-Coy
Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM)
UWI, Mona

Day 2
Plenary 2: Business in a Spatial Context: Diasporic Investment & Entrepreneurship 

 

Professor Neville Ying
Executive Director
The Jamaica Diaspora Institute

Day 2
Plenary 2: Business in a Spatial Context: Diasporic Investment & Entrepreneurship 

 

Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr
Director
Mona GeoInformatics Institute

Day 2
Plenary 2: Business in a Spatial Context: Diasporic Investment & Entrepreneurship 

 

Ms Minna Israel
Chair
MSBM Board

Day 2
Plenary 3: From Shipping to Logistics: Trading in the Information Age 

 

Dr. Christopher Tufton
Co-Executive Director
CaPRI, UWI, Mona

Day 2
Plenary 3: From Shipping to Logistics: Trading in the Information Age 

 

Mr. Grantley Stephenson
Chairman & CEO
Kingston Wharves Limited

Day 2
Plenary 3: From Shipping to Logistics: Trading in the Information Age 

 

Dr. Fritz Pinnock
Executive Director
Caribbean Maritime Institute

Day 2
Plenary 3: From Shipping to Logistics: Trading in the Information Age 

 

Mr. Dwain Powell
Project Manager
Port Authority of Jamaica

Day 2
Plenary 3: From Shipping to Logistics: Trading in the Information Age 

 

Professor Densil Williams
Executive Director
MSBM, UWI, Mona

Day 2
Panel 4: Competitiveness, Innovation and Creativity in Caribbean Economies 

 

Professor David Storey
Professor at the Department of Business Management and Economics at University of Sussex, UK

Day 3
Plenary 4: How Can Jamaica Become More Entrepreneurial?

 

Dr. Charles Moses
Dean
Clark Atlanta University School of Business Administration

Day 3
Plenary 4: How Can Jamaica Become More Entrepreneurial? 

 

Mr. Donovan Wignall
President
MSME Alliance

Day 3
Plenary 5: Business Roundtable on “Financing MSMEs” 

 

Ms. Valerie Viera
Chief Executive Officer
Jamaica Business Development Corporation

Day 3
Plenary 5: Business Roundtable on “Financing MSMEs” 

 

Ms. Megan Deane
Chief Executive Officer
Creditinfo Jamaica Limited

Day 3
Plenary 5: Business Roundtable on “Financing MSMEs” 

 

Ms. Paula Barclay
Vice President - Retail Banking
First Global Bank

Day 3
Plenary 5: Business Roundtable on “Financing MSMEs” 

 

Dr. David Lowe
Consultant, Accenture & Chief Revenue Officer
Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ)

Day 3
Closing Luncheon & Award Ceremony

 

Mr. Antony Hart
Non-Executive Director
Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ)

Day 3
Closing Luncheon & Award Ceremony