Schedule

Opening Ceremony

8:00am -9:00 am

Registration

9:00 am -9:05 am

Welcome Remarks

Chair  – Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles

9:05am -9:10 am

Welcome Remarks

Prof. Clement Sankat, Principal of the UWI, St. Augustine

9:10 am -9:15 am

Welcome Remarks

Prof. Brian Copeland, Dean Faculty of Engineering

9:15 am -9:25 am

Opening Remarks

 Prof. Jacob Opadeyi, Head Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management

9:25 am -9:35 am

Opening Remarks

Mr. Aidan Gregoire, President ISTT

9:35 am –9:55 am

Keynote Address

Senator The Honourable Mr. Vasant Bharath, Minister of Food Production, Land and Marine Resources

9:55 am-0:20 am

Break

Technical Session I – Land Titling and Information Technology Options

Moderator – Dr. Michael Sutherland

10:20am-10:40 am

Mr. Sunil Lalloo

Titling Family Lands: the Right Way vs the Easy Way

10:40am-11:00 am

Dr. Dexter Davis

The Use of GPS in Cadastral Surveys

11:00am-11:20 am

Dr Earl Edwards

SDI to support Land Administration

11:20am-11:40 pm

Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles

Land Titling and Registration: Options and Impacts

11:40am-12:00 pm

Ms. Alicia Naimool and Mr. Roland Wiseman

The Parcel Index Map of Trinidad and Tobago

12:00pm-1:30 pm

Lunch

Technical Session II – Land Development and Ownership

Moderator – Dr. Asad Mohammed

1:30 pm -1:50 pm

Mr. Sunil Mahabir

The Rise of Gated Communities

1:50 pm -2:10 pm

Mr. Afra Raymond

Housing allocation

2:10 pm -2:40 pm

Mr. Ivan Laughlin

Land Development and Ownership

2:40 pm -3:00 pm

Mr. Andre Felix

Committee for Regularisation of Titles in Tobago: Status Report

Break

Panel Discussion – Land Ownership Conflict: Social, Legal, Political Roots and Impacts

Moderator – Mr. Aidan Gregoire

3:00 pm -4:00 pm

Discussants

Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles

Mr. Colvin Blaize

Plenary Session

8:00am -9:00 am

Registration

9:00 am -9:05 am

Welcome Remarks

Chair  – Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles

Technical Session III – Land Acquisition, Valuation and Taxation

Moderator –  Dr. Earl Edwards

9:05 am -9:25 am

Mr. Mervyn Thompson

Land Acquisition – Philosophy, Process and Procedure

9:25 am -9:45 am

Ms. Germaine Jessemy,
Ms. Karen Roach, Mr. Esric Huggins

Land Acquisition in the Context of Institutional Problems

9:45 am -10:05 am

Mr. Ray Pierre

Inefficient and Unfair: The Case Against Ad Valorem Property Taxation in Trinidad and Tobago

10:05am-10:25 am

Break

Technical Session IV– Natural Resource Management and Hazard Impacts

Moderator – Dr. Michelle Mycoo

10:25am-10:45 am

Mr. Anesh Gopee

Flooding Impacts on Society

10:45am-11:05 am

Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles and Dr. Michael Sutherland

Cadastral Records and the Impact of Sea Level Rise

11:05am-11:25 am

Mr. Stephen Boodhram, Ms. Aisha Donaldson, P. Joseph,
C. Weekes and
Ms. Janine Xavier

Role of Local Government in Trinidad’s Land Management system

11:25am-11:45 am

Mr. Gerald Lewis

Mineral Rights in Trinidad and Tobago: Issues and Challenges

11:45pm -1:00 pm

Lunch

Technical Session V– Land Administration

Moderator – Mr. Afra Raymond

1:00 pm -1:20 pm

Mr. John Humphrey

Sou Sou Land

1:20 pm -1:40 pm

Mr. Jamal Browne

Land Administration within the OECS

1:40 pm -2:00 pm

Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles

Voluntary Guidelines for Good Governance in Land Tenure

2:00 pm -2:20 pm

Break

Technical Session VI– Land Management

Moderator – Mr. Sunil Lalloo

2:20 pm -2:40 pm

Mr. Jabal Hassanali

A Tale of Two Plans

2:40 pm -3:00 pm

Dr. Asad Mohammed

Is Land Ownership Really an Impediment to Development?

Panel Discussion – Land Ownership: Land Policy the Way Forward

Moderator – Mr. Aidan Gregoire

3:00 pm -4:00 pm

Discussants

Dr. Asad Mohammed

Mr. Afra Raymond

Closing Ceremony

Chair – Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles

4:00 pm -4:15 pm

Vote of Thanks

Mr. Aidan Gregoire

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