| 8.00 am – 8.30am |
Conference Registration |
| 8.30 am – 8.35 am |
Welcome, Dr. Marlene Attzs, Lecturer, Department
of Economics and Co-Chair, COTE 2007 |
| 8.35 am – 8.45 am |
Welcome Remarks, Prof. Dennis
Pantin, Head, Department of Economics |
| 8.45 am – 9.05 am |
Opening Remarks, Dr. Hamid Ghany,
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| 9.05 am – 9.50 am |
Feature Address, Dr. Trevor Farrell,
Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics [View
PDF] |
| 9.55 am – 10.20 am |
Coffee Break |
Session 1
Chair: Dr. Marlene Attzs |
The Trinidad
and Tobago Economy: macroeconomic perspectives
and context |
| 10.20 am – 10.45 am |
Recent Trends in the Trinidad & Tobago
Economy, Dr. Shelton Nicholls, Deputy Governor,
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago |
| 10.45 am – 11.15 am |
Trinidad and Tobago - The Case
for Onshore Transformation, Dr. Eric St. Cyr,
Research Fellow, Lloyd Best Institute of the
West Indies [View
PDF] |
| 11.20 am – 11.40 am |
Discussion |
Session 2
Chair: To be confirmed |
Fiscal Management
|
| 11.45 am – 12.05 pm |
Dr. Dhanayshar Mahabir, Lecturer,
Department of Economics |
| 12.05pm – 12.25pm |
Fiscal Federalism: The Tobago
case, Dr. Anselm London, Secretary of Finance,
Tobago House of Assembly [View
PDF] |
| 12.25 pm – 12.45 pm |
Discussion |
| 1.00 pm – 2.15 pm |
Lunch |
Session 3
Chair: To be confirmed |
Financial Sector
Development in Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2.30 pm – 2.50 pm |
Trinidad and Tobago: financial
capital of region, are we there yet? Mr. Kelvin
Sargeant, Chief Executive Officer, NEDCO [View
PDF] |
| 2.50 pm – 3.10 pm |
The Financial Sector and Economic
Development; Myths, Realities and the Way Forward,
Dr. Ronald Ramkissoon, Economic Intelligence
Unit, Republic Bank
[View
PDF] |
| 3.10 pm – 3.30 pm |
Financial Issues and Contradictions
in a booming economy, Dr. Lester Henry, Lecturer,
Department of Economics [View
PDF] |
| 3.30 pm – 4.00pm |
Discussion |
| 4.00 pm – 4.15 pm |
Coffee Break |
Session 4
Chair: To be confirmed |
Economic Infrastructure
|
| 4.15 pm – 4.35 pm |
Issues in the Implementation of
the National ICT Plan for Trinidad & Tobago,
Mr. Martin Franklin, Lecturer, Department of
Economics [View
PDF] |
| 4.35 pm – 4.55 pm |
Mr. Justin Ram, Lecturer, Department
of Economics [View
PDF] |
| 5.00 pm – 5.20 pm |
Discussion |
| 5.20 pm |
Close of Day 1 |
