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
Mr. Martin Franklin
Biography
Mr. Franklin is currently a Lecturer in Mathematical Methods and Statistics and Head in Department of Economics.
He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica and Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada where he obtained the Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with First Class Honours and the Master of Science Degree in Operations Research respectively. .
His work experience spans both the public and private sectors and includes aviation management and operations management.
He has published articles on flexible and distance education, ICT in development, HIV/AIDS, Funding of tertiary education, and Issues of economic development for small island states in the CARSEA Journal, The Social and Economic Studies Journal, The Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, The Caribbean Journal of Education, Global Development Studies, and the Research and Working Paper Series of the Faculty of Social Sciences, U.W.I, St. Augustine. In addition, he has written chapters in four books.
He is currently carrying out research on the Informal Sector, Remittances in the Caribbean and the Economics of Culture.
