Conference Programme
Conference on the Economy LRC Auditorium - UWI St Augustine Conference Program |
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Day 1 |
Thursday 13th October 2016 |
9:00am – 10:10am |
Opening Ceremony |
Chair- Dr. Anne-Marie Mohammed |
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National Anthem |
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Welcome – Dr. Anne-Marie Mohammed, Head, Department of Economics |
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Greetings – Professor Ann Marie Bissessar, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences |
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Feature Speaker – Dr. Terrence Farrell, Chairman of the Economic Development Advisory Board |
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Presentation of Token of Appreciation to Feature Speaker - Dr. Terrance Farrell |
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Presentation of Token of Appreciation to Honoree – Mr. Martin Franklin |
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Presentation of Prizes – COTE Youth Competitions |
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Vote of Thanks |
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10.10am – 10.15am |
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY |
10:16am – 10:45am |
BREAK - FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES LOUNGE |
10:45am – 11:45am |
SESSION 1: ARMCHAIR DISCUSSION : Review of the Economy through National, Regional and International Lenses |
Chair - Mr. Ewart Williams |
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Mr. Ewart Williams – Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics Mr. Hayden Blades - Business Insight Limited Mr. Sheldon Mclean - Inter-American Development Bank Discussion |
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11: 46am – 12:46pm |
LUNCH – FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES LOUNGE |
12:47 pm – 1:44pm |
Session 2: Education and Human Resource Development |
Chair – Dr. Daren Conrad |
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Beverly-Anne Carter - On ‘two-legged’ dictionaries and other insights from the Language and Competitiveness Project |
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Henry H. Bailey & Balraj Kistow - Education, Diversification and Development Challenges For Trinidad and Tobago: Insights from a study that combines data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor database and the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum for Trinidad and Tobago. |
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Roger Hosein, Bhoendradatt Tewarie and Daren Conrad – Elements of the Design of an Income Contingent loan for a Small Petroleum Exporting but Resource Depleting Economy |
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Discussion |
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1:45pm –2:42pm |
Session 3: Diversification within the Energy Sector |
Chair – Dr. Lester Henry |
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Regan Deonanan and Benjamin Ramkissoon - Energy consumption and economic development in Caribbean SIDS: Are there causal links? |
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Edward Bahaw and Sherry Ann S. Ganase - Downstream Natural Gas Plant Portfolio Selection Criteria in Trinidad and Tobago: Net back Gas Price, Efficiency, Value Added and Employment |
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Preeya Mohan, Patrick Watson and Eric Strobl - Knowledge Intensive Business Services Firms in the Oil and Gas Sector in Trinidad and Tobago |
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Discussion |
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2:43pm –3:39pm |
Session 4: Diversification in the Service Sector including Financial Services |
Chair – Dr. Anthony Birchwood |
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Netty-Ann Gordon - The Casino and Gaming Industry in Trinidad and Tobago: Employment, Revenue, Regulation and Crime |
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Gerard Greene and Jamila Greene - Diplomacy and Diversification: A Tool for the Expansion of the Creative and Cultural Industries of Trinidad and Tobago |
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Stephen O’Neil Ramdewar - Financing for SMEs in the ECCU region: An Empirical Investigation into the Constraints of SME Financing |
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Discussion |
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Close of DAY 1 – Continuing the Conversation Refreshments Faculty of Social Sciences Lounge |
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Day 2 |
Friday 14th October 2016 |
9:00am – 9:02am |
WELCOME |
9:03am – 10:00am |
Session 5: Trade and Development |
Chair – Dr. Kevin Williams |
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Mary K King, St. Clair A King, Brian Copeland, and Ronald DeFour - The management of the diversification of T&T's economy in the context of innovation in the ensuing industrial revolution |
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Roger Hosein, Jeetendra Khadan, and Nirvana Satnarine-Singh - Export Led Growth in the Caribbean: Evidence from a panel cointegration assessment |
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Rebecca Gookool and Roger Hosein - Welfare Considerations of the Economic Partnership Agreement: A CARIFORUM Perspective |
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Discussion |
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10:01am – 10:20am |
BREAK |
10:21am – 11:30am |
Session 6: Agriculture Sector Development |
Chair – Dr. Regan Deonanan |
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Chaney C.G St. Martin, Roxanne Brizan-St. Martin and Mario Lewis - Agricultural diversification in a circular economy: building business-technology models for the transformation of agricultural waste into useful products |
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Vassal Stewart – How the Agriculture Sector can diversify the Economy |
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Afiya De Sormeaux and Sharon D. Hutchinson - Fostering Agricultural Development by Reducing Vulnerabilities |
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Omardath Maharaj - Can we turn agriculture and fisheries into our new oil and gas? |
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Discussion |
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11: 31am – 12: 27pm |
Session 7: ARMCHAIR DISCUSSION: Diversification the Way Forward |
Chair: Prof. Patrick Watson |
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Prof Ann-Marie Bissessar Mr. Gregory McGuire Ms. Catherine Kumar Discussion |
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12:28pm – 12:33pm |
VOTE OF THANKS - Conference Co-Chair, Dr. Daren Conrad |
12:33pm – 12:40pm |
REMARKS FROM HONOREE - Mr. Martin Franklin |
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE - AGM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION |
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