2009 Agenda Day 1

DAY 1 - March 27th 2009
 
Opening Session
 
 
8.30 am
Registration
 
 
 
Chair: Dr. Marlene Attzs
Greetings from faculty of Social Sciences: Dr. Hamid Ghany, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, UWI, St. Augustine
Overview of Conference & Presentation of SEDU Strategic Plan: Prof. Dennis Pantin, Coordinator, SEDU
Opening Address: Prof. Clement Sankat, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Campus Principal, UWI, St. Augustine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Break
 
 
 
 
 
Panel 1 Bridging the Gaps between Public Policy and Research
 
 
9.00am
Chair: Dr Marlene Attzs
 
 
 
Mr. Colin Bullock, Former Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Jamaica & currently Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Economics, UWI, Mona. presentation
 
 
 
Mr. Aaron Moses, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Grenada. presentation
 
 
 
Mr. Navin Chandarpal, Advisor to the Prime Minister, Guyana. presentation
 
 
 
Mr. Anthony Bartholomew, Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Environment, Trinidad and Tobago.
 
 
 
Dr. Christopher Cox, Programme Director (Acting) Caribbean Environmental Health Institute presentation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lunch
 
 
 
 
 
Panel 2 The Role of Research in Civil Society Decision Making Processes
 
 
1.15pm
Chair: Mr. Winston Rennie (SEDU)
 
 
 
Ms. Judy Williams, GRENCODA, Grenada
 
 
 
Ms. Cecilia Babb, Caribbean Policy Development Centre, Barbados presentation
 
 
 
Mr. Dennis Jones, Belize Enterprise for Sustainable Technology presentation
 
 
 
Ms. Judith Wedderburn, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) presentation
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.15pm
General Discussion
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.45pm
Book Launch