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Programme Wednesday 03 March
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Day 1 
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Opening Ceremony
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Chair: Professor Dennis Gayle
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9:00 - 9:10
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Welcoming Address
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- Professor Dennis Gayle, Interim Executive
Director,
- Institute of International Relations, The
University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine
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9:10 - 9:45
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Opening of Conference
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- Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Principal, The
University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine
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9:45 - 10:45
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Keynote Address
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- Sir Dwight Venner, Governor of the Eastern
Caribbean Central Bank
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10:45 - 11:00
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Coffee Break
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Morning Session
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Chair:
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11:00 - 12:30
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Small State Development Options and
Contemporary International Relations
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- Professor Vaughan Lewis, Institute of
International Relations, The University of the
West Indies, St. Augustine
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Small Island Problematique
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- Mr. Arthur Gray, Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
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12:30 - 2:00
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Lunch Break
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Afternoon Session
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Chair:
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2:00 - 3:30
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Self- Determination and Nationalism: The
Issue of Size and Viability
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Professor Ralph Premdass, The University of the
West Indies, St. Augustine
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Domestic Governance and CARICOM Intervention:
An Emergent Interventionary Norm
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Dr. Tyrone Ferguson, Institute of International
Relations, The University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine
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Chair:
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3:30 - 5:00
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Small Countries and Big Companies &endash;
Contentious Issues
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- Mr. David Abdullah, Oilfield Workers Trade
Union (UWTU)
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Small States and the New Information
Communication Technologies (ICTs) &endash; A survey
of the Issues.
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- Ms. Gale Rigobert, Institute of
International Relations, The University of the
West Indies, St. Augustine
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The Challenges to Agricultural Development in
the Caribbean
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- Dr. Helen Mc Bain , Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
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