Conference Proceedings

 

Feature Address – Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development - Dr.  Bhoendradatt Tewarie

 

PRESENTATION 1: ECONOMICS OF REGIONS WITH EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES -  Dr. Roger Hosein – Trade and Economic Development Unit

 

PRESENTATION 2: PRIVATE-SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, THE ROLE OF INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND INDUSTRY SELF REGULATION - Dr. Thackwray Driver – Trinidad and Tobago Energy Chamber

 

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: A COMPANY PERSPECTIVE ON CSR - Ms. Gillian Friday.  –Petrotrin

 

PRESENTATION 3: LOCAL CONTENT AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Mr. Lennox Sirjuesingh – Local Content Chamber

 

PRESENTATION 4: THE IMPERATIVE FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN LOCALIZED HOST COMMUNITIES - Ms. Kizzann Lee Sam – Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (CARILED)

 

PRESENTATION 5: MACROECONOMIC CHALLENGES: LINKING EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TO THE WIDER ECONOMY - Dr Alvin Hilaire – Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

 

PRESENTATION  6: STAKEHOLDER DYNAMICS IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY: WORKING TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY - Dr. Ron Sookram – Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business

 

PRESENTATION 7: THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN REGIONS WITH EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES - Ms. Sharon Bradshaw- Southwest Local Economic Development Project 

 

PRESENTATION 8: THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY IN THE OPERATION AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS OF EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY FIRMS: Mr. Mark Regis – Trinidad and Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative