Draft Agenda

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Day 1	5th June 2014
7:00am – 8:30am	Registration
8:30am – 10:00am	Opening Ceremony
	Safety Briefing
	National Anthem
	Chair Introduction – Mr. Martin Franklin, Head of Department of Economics, UWI St Augustine
	Greetings – Mr. Errol Simms, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, UWI St Augustine
	Greetings –Prof. Clement Sankat, Principal UWI St Augustine
	Greetings – Mr. Norman Christie, President, bpTT
	Greetings - Ms. Heidi Wong – Deputy Permanent Secretary , Ministry of Energy
	Feature Speaker – Ms. Marinke van Riet, Publish What You Pay
	Presentation of Prizes – Rebecca Gookool , Trade and Economic Development Unit
10:00am – 10:30am	*BREAK*
10:30am – 12:03am	*Session 1: THE ECONOMICS OF RESOURCE ECONOMIES – lead UWI*
	*Chair – Professor Wayne Bertrand, UWI*
	Modeling Resource Economies - Dr. Roger Hosein, Trade and Economic Development Unit
	The Economics of Resource Economies: A Government’s Response - Senator Dr. the Honourable Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Ministry of Planning
	The Economic of Resource Economies - Mr. Conrad Enill, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business
	Discussion
12:03pm – 12:48pm	*LUNCH*
12:48pm – 1:25pm	*SPECIAL PRESENTATION: PUBLISH WHAT YOU PAY: HOW DOES IT WORK? – Ms. Jana Morgan, PWYP USA*
1:25pm – 2:55pm	**Session 2: STATUS OF TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – lead Trinidad and Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TEITI)**
	*Chair – Mr Victor Hart, TTEITI*
	The EITI in the Context of Participatory Democracy and Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Trinidad and Tobago - Dr Jens Ulrich Poppens - TTEITI
	Challenges to expanding EITI coverage in Trinidad and Tobago - Mr. Gregory Mc Guire , TTEITI
	Overview of the TTEITI and the current status of the implementation of EITI in Trinidad and Tobago – Mrs. Melanie Richards, TTEITI
	Discussion
2:55pm – 3:52pm	*Feature Presenter: TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PROCUREMENT PRACTICES: Mr. Ian Superville, Ministry of Energy*
	Close of DAY 1
Day 2	6st June 2014
8:30am – 8:35am	*Session 3: REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES – lead Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago*
8:35am – 10:05am	*Chair – Mr Roger Packer, Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago.*
	How should we measure the success of our oil and gas tax regime? - Mr Joel Monty Pemberton, Trinity Exploration and Production
	Subsidies in the refining and petroleum marketing sector - Mr Mado Bachan, Petrotrin
	The economic contribution of the mid and downstream sector in Trinidad & Tobago, representative of the Point Lisas Energy Association.
	Discussion
10:05am – 10:25am	*BREAK*
10:25am – 11:50am	*Session 4: CIVIL SOCIETY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY- lead Veni Apwann and the Rose Foundation*
	*Chair – Mr. Ozzi Warwick – Joint Trade Union Movement*
	Civil Society and Localized Planning - Ms. Karen Bart-Alexander, Karen Bart-Alexander & Associates
	Civil Society and Revenue Allocation - Mr. Deryck Murray, Transparency International Trinidad and Tobago Chapter
	Social Monitoring - Mr. Sterling Belgrove, Rose Foundation
	Discussion
11:50pm – 12:35pm	LUNCH
12:35pm – 4:35pm	WORKSHOP: “Informing dialogue and enhancing accountability: accessing and using public information on extractives companies.” – Ms. Claire Woodside & Ms. Kady Seguin -PWYP Canada
4:35pm – 4:45pm	*VOTE OF THANKS – Ms. Ashley McFarlane, Trade and Economic Development Unit*
	*CLOSE OF DAY 2*
5:00pm – 7:30pm	Closing Cocktail Reception – POS Ballroom Prefunction room