Speakers

• Dr. Compton Bourne, O.E., Professor Emeritus - Key Speaker
• Dr. Roy Thomas Honoree
• Drs. Ram Dwarka, Anton de Kom University, Suriname – Business Forum
• Mr. Gregory McGuire, National Gas Company – Business Forum
• Ms. Angella Persad, T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce – Business Forum
• Dr. Marlene Attzs, Department of Economics
• Mr. Bryan Khan, Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
• Professor Timothy Shaw, Director, Institute of International Relations
• Samantha Joseph, Labour and Human Capital Development
• Mr. Martin Franklin, Department of Economics
• Ms. Donna Ramjattan, Sustainable Economics Development Unit
• Ms. Josanne Leonard, Miribai Communications
• Dr. Suzanne Burke, Department of Creative and Festival Arts   

Dr. Marlene Attzs

Biography

Marlene Attzs, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of the West Indies (UWI), Trinidad and Tobago.  She also is the Deputy Coordinator of the Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU), a specialized research Unit in the Department of Economics.  Dr. Attzs’ primary research interests are in The Economics of Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation; Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation; and in Sustainable Tourism Development, all with particular reference to Small and Island Developing States (SIDS).