Message from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago I am delighted to announce that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago will be hosting the Caribbean Investment Forum: “Partnering with Trinidad and Tobago to Create a Gateway Between The Commonwealth and the Americas�, in partnership with the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC). The Forum will take place at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre in Port of Spain on 13-14 June 2011. The Forum will build on the outcomes of the Commonwealth Business Forum, held in Trinidad and Tobago in November 2009, which provided a good opportunity to develop the natural position of the region as a facilitator for linkages between Commonwealth and American countries. The 2011 Forum will provide an ideal platform to develop new trade and business relationships in key economic sectors in the region. Given the challenges of the global economic slowdown, economic diversification is an imperative for future sustainability and prosperity. The world economy has moved from a bipolar to a multi-polar environment in which the new dynamic is focused around more flexible and diverse economic partnerships. The important role now played by the G20 Group of countries in global economic management reflects this new global context. The Forum will therefore address innovative approaches to leverage competitive advantage in the region through enhanced trade and investment relationships. It will also highlight the role of new middle income countries as economic hubs. We look forward to participation from a wide range of countries, from the Commonwealth and beyond, each bringing a regional as well as national dimension to the Forum. I urge you to make every effort to participate in this important event and I look forward to welcoming you to Port of Spain.
Honourable Kamla Persad Bissessar Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Confirmed Speakers Include:
Hon Stephen Cadiz, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Hon Kamla Persad Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
HE Jose Miguel Insulza Secretary General Organisation of American States
Hon Manuel Garcia Arevalo, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Dominican Republic
Senator Allen M Chastenet, Minister of Tourism & Aviation St Lucia
Sir Allan Fields Chairman, Commonwealth Business Council
Larry Howai, Chairman, National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago
Hernan Rincon President Microsoft Latin America
David Suratgar, Chairman of the Advisory Board, Taylor-DeJongh
Douglas Hewson, Managing Partner Portland Private Equity
Wendell Mottley Senior Advisor Credit Suisse
Ian Rolle, President, Grand Bahama Port Authority
Andy Thorne President Kestrel Liner Agency
Professor Avinash Persaud Chairman Intelligence Capital Limited
Andrew Bellamy, CEO Austal Ltd
Confirmed Speakers Include:
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Derek Hudson, President and Asset General Manager BG Trinidad & Tobago
Oscar Prieto, CEO, Atlanitc LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago
Dominic Emery Chief of Staff BP Alternative Energy
Anamaria Wills, CEO, Creative Industries Development Agency (UK)
Dr Thackwray Driver, CEO, Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago
Professor Roy Seaman Managing Director, Franchise Development Services Ltd
Pamela Coke-Hamilton Executive Director, Caribbean Export Development Agency
Jearlean John Chairperson UDeCOTT
Kai Schoenhals Commercial Director Vicini Group
Stuart Hughes,
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Project Director, Mott MacDonald
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Samuel Browne,
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Deputy Director for American Affairs, US Department of Energy
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Jose Rodriguez, Edmundo Gil,
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HE Philip Kentwell,
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Anthony Aboud,
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Anthony Paul,
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Guillermo Almada, Director, Public Sector Engagements, Microsoft Latin America,
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Dominic Hadeed, Managing Director, Blue Waters
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Allister Glean, President, Trinidad and Tobago Agribusiness Association
Robert Tang Yuk, Managing Director, TYE Manufacturing Co. Ltd
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Energy Consultant, Lloyd Best Institute of the West Indies
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Dave Ramkissoon, Director, Electrical Industries Ltd
Executive Chairman, TIC
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Ronald Hinds, Chairman and Chief Executive Office, Teleios Systems
Australian High Commissioner, Trinidad and Tobago
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Dr Denise Thompson, Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago Entertainment Company
Director, GTC International
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George Stanley Beard, Chairman, The Tourism Development Company
Development Director, Generadora Haina
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Lorraine Waldropt-Ferguson, Assistant Manager, Prism Agri Estates Co Ltd
Ernest Ashley Taylor, President, Pt Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation ltd
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Devanand Ragbir, Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago Green Building Council
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Meghnath Gosein, Chairman, Food and Industry Company
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Vernon Paltoo, Team Leader, Office of the President, National Energy Corporation
Forum Programme Sunday 12 june 1700 - 1900 Registration
Day One: Monday 13 June 0800 - 0900 Registration 0930 - 1100 Opening Ceremony Ballroom
Hon Stephen Cadiz. Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Sir Allan Fields, Chairman, Commonwealth Business Council & Chairman, Cable & Wireless, Barbados Larry Howai, Chairman, National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Hernan Rincon, President, Microsoft Latin America Ricardo Leal, Country Leader, Panama and the British Caribbean, Construtora OAS Ltda Keynote Address: Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
1100 - 1130 Networking Coffee Break 1130 - 1245 Plenary 1: Managing Natural Resources: Partnerships for Growth Ballroom
Chair: Senator Dr the Hon Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Minister of Planning, Economic and Social Restructuring and Gender Affairs Derek Hudson, President and Asset General Manager, BG Trinidad & Tobago Anthony Paul, Energy Consultant, Lloyd Best Institute of the West Indies & Managing Director, Caribbean Association of Energy Specialists
1245 - 1400 Networking Lunch hosted by Atlantic
Ballroom
1400 - 1515 Parallel Sessions: Business Opportunities Ballroom
Flamingo
Scarlet Ibis
Oil & Gas: Creating Upstream and Downstream Value Chair: Dr Thackwray Driver, CEO, Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago Oscar Prieto, CEO, Atlantic Vernon Paltoo, Team Leader, Office of the President, National Energy Corporation Imtiaz Ali, Corporate Manager, Strategy and Business Development, Petrotrin Vincent Pereira, President, BHP Billiton Trinidad and Tobago Production Unit ICT: Building Knowledge Based Societies in the Caribbean Chair: Rabindra Jaggernauth, Managing Director, Esprit Consultants Limited Guillermo Almada, Public Sector Director, Microsoft Latin America Atiba Phillips, Chairman, iGovTT Ronald Hinds, Chairman and CEO, Teleios Systems Agribusiness, Food and Beverage: Innovative Approaches Chair: Meghnath Gosein, Chairman, Food and Beverage Industry Development Committee Allister Glean, CEO, Trinidad and Tobago Agribusiness Association Lorraine Waldropt-Ferguson, Assistant Manager, Prism Agri Estates Co Ltd Professor Roy Seaman, Managing Director, Franchise Development Services Ltd
1515 - 1530 Networking Tea Break
Forum Programme Day One: Monday 13 June
1530 - 1645 Parallel Sessions: Business Opportunities La Boucan
Flamingo
Scarlet Ibis
Renewable Energy and Green Technology: Charting the Future for the Caribbean Chair: Arthur Snell, British High Commissioner Designate, Trinidad and Tobago Dominic Emery, Chief of Staff, BP Alternative Energy Johan Sydow, Director, SiTek Ltd & Geothermal Resource Manager, WIP Jose Rodriguez, Development Director, Generadora Haina Robert Tang Yuk, Managing Director, TYE Manufacturing Co. Ltd Manufacturing and Special Economic Zones: Overcoming Challenges for Manufacturers in the Caribbean Chair: Jewan Ramcharitar, Chairman, eTecK Dominic Hadeed, President, Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association Ian Rolle, President, Grand Bahama Port Authority Dana Morris Dixon, Vice President, Planning and Corporate Development Krishna Ramlogan, Group COO, Electrical Industries Ltd Tourism and Leisure Industries: Renewing the Caribbean Brand Chair: George Stanley Beard, Chairman, The Tourism Development Company Chris James, Regional Director, Travel Foundation Dr Wu, COO, China Business Network Steve Andrews, Chairman, Caribbean Spa and Wellness Association
1645 - 1800 Plenary 2: Capitalising on Caribbean Creative Industries: Film, Fashion, Music and La Boucan Carnival Chair: Professor Denise Thompson, Chairman, Entertainment Company of Trinidad and Tobago Kai Schoenhals, Commercial Director, Vicini Group Frances Anne Solomon, CEO, CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution Dionne Mc Nicol, CEO, Entertainment Company of Trinidad and Tobago Claudia Pegus, Couturier, Claudia Pegus Designs Ltd Mahindra Satram-Maharaj, President, National Carnival Development Fund
1645 - 1745 ICT Parallel Session: New Innovations in Cloud Computing Flamingo
Chair: Jewan Ramcharitar, Chairman, eTecK Josemaria Valdepenas, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Latin America
1800 - 1815 Presentation on Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) La Boucan
Anthony Aboud, Executive Chairman, TIC
1815 - 1830 Introduction to Commonwealth Business Forum at CHOGM Australia: Opportunities for Caribbean Businesses
La Boucan
HE Philip Kentwell, Australian High Commissioner, Trinidad and Tobago
1830 - 1930 Reception Ballroom
Forum Programme Day Two: Tuesday 14 June
0900 - 1030 Plenary 3: Enhancing Trade and Investment between the Commonwealth, CARIFORUM Ballroom and the Americas Chair: Ambassador Sir Edwin W Carrington, Former Secretary-General, CARICOM* Hon Stephen Cadiz, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Jamaica Hon Manuel Garcia Arevalo, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Dominican Republic Pamela Coke Hamilton, Executive Director, Caribbean Export Development Agency
1030 - 1100 Networking Coffee Break 1100 - 1230 Plenary 4: Capital Markets and Financial Services: New Innovations for Accessing Ballroom Finance Chair: Suresh Sookoo, CEO, RBTT Financial Group Ewart S Williams, Governor, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Professor Avinash Persaud, Chairman, Intelligence Capital Ltd Wendell Mottley, Senior Advisor, Credit Suisse Douglas Hewson, Managing Partner, Portland Private Equity Patrick White, Director, Latin American & Caribbean Debt Capital Markets , HSBC
1100 - 1230 Agribusiness Parallel Session: Investing in Fine Cocoa in the Caribbean Flamingo
Chair: Vernon Barrett, Executive Director, Caribbean Fine Cocoa Forum Howard Mitchell, Chairman, Cocoa Industry Board, Jamaica Carlisle Pemberton, Chairman, Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board of Trinidad and Tobago
1230 - 1400 Networking Lunch hosted by ArcelorMittal Ballroom
1400 - 1515 Parallel Sessions: Business Opportunities La Boucan
Flamingo
Scarlet Ibis
Maritime Industries: Opportunities for Expansion Chair: Captain Rawle Baddaloo, Chairman, Maritime Industry Development Committee Andrew Bellamy, CEO, Austal Ltd Andy Thorne, President, Kestrel Liner Agency Ernest Ashley Taylor, President, Pt Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation ltd Creative Industries Workshop: Nurturing Creative Entrepreneurship Chair: Ms Carla Foderingham, CEO, Trinidad and Tobago Film Company Anamaria Wills, CEO, Creative Industries Development Agency (UK) Joan Vogelesang, President and CEO, Toon Boom Camille Abrahams, Director & CEO, Full Circle Productions Franchising Masterclass Professor Roy Seaman, Managing Director, Franchise Development Services
1515 – 1530 Networking Tea Break 1530 – 1645 Parallel Sessions: Business Opportunities La Boucan
Sustainable Construction and Real Estate Chair: Jearlean John, Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Ricardo Leal, Country Leader, Panama and the British Caribbean, Construtora OAS Ltda Edmundo Gil, Director, GTC International Stuart Hughes, Project Director, Mott MacDonald Devanand Ragbir, Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago Green Building Council
Forum Programme Day Two: Tuesday 14 June
Flamingo
Creative Industries Workshop: The Business of Carnival Chair: Dr Jo-anne Tull, University of the West Indies* Michael Cooper, President and CEO, Panland Keith Diaz, President, Pantrinbago Wayne Mc Donald, General Secretary, Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation
1645 – 1715 Concluding Session La Boucan
Chair: Hon Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Sir Allan Fields, Chairman, Commonwealth Business Council Hon Stephen Cadiz, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
1715 - 1800 One to One Business Meetings 1830 - 1930 Reception Savannah Terrace
1930 - 2200 Gala Dinner hosted by Construtora OAS Ltda, Microsoft and The National Gas Ballroom Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited Guest of Honour: Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Address: HE José Miguel Insulza, Secretary-General, Organisation of American States
Find New Investment Opportunities at TIC 2011! The Region’s Biggest Business-to-Business Event!
Do Business with 36 Countries at The Trade & Investment Convention 2011! The Trade & Investment Convention (TIC) is the region’s biggest business-to-business event. The Convention includes a tradeshow with 200 booths, a business education programme and structured networking events. It brings together pre-qualified investors, buyers (wholesalers, distributors and retailers) and manufacturers and service providers from around the world. This year TIC will take place from June 15th – 18th, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain. Each year, TIC generates an estimated US$50 million in trade — including deals facilitated on the tradeshow floor and post-convention business expected as a result of sales leads generated by business-to-business networking at the Convention. TIC is a fully international business forum with participation by businesses from 35 countries. The Convention’s goal is to bring together exhibitors and local, regional and international business buyers and the event facilitates immediate business transactions on the tradeshow floor, which range from orders for containers of goods to new overseas distribution agreements. TIC Exhibitors are given the opportunity to promote their products and services directly to qualified buyers with genuine purchasing power and influence from around the world. On display will be the best of Trinidad and Tobago, alongside pavilions from China, the United Kingdom, Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic and Brazil, as well as exhibits from Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Canada, the European Union, India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, South Africa, the USA and many other countries. Buyers and Distributors who attend the show will find a wide range of high quality, competitively priced goods and services, from all sectors. Special International Buyer Delegations and Trade Missions are expected from the United Kingdom, China, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic, Brazil, Guadeloupe, and Martinique. At TIC, these businesses will find new products, new ideas, new suppliers, and new contacts.
For further information and to register as an Exhibitor or Buyer visit us on-line at www.tic-tt.com or contact the TIC Secretariat at tel: (868) 675 8862; email: convention@ttma.com.
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