April 2010


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Professorial Inaugural Lecture of Professor Jacob Opadeyi



The Professorial Inaugural Lecture of Professor Jacob Opadeyi was held at the St. Augustine Campus on April 8.

Prof Opadeyi, who is Professor of Engineering Surveying, delivered a lecture on land management titled, “Managing Our Land, Managing Our Future.” His lecture focused on the importance of terrestrial records from selected regions of Africa and the Caribbean. It presented an adaptive framework for land administration systems, explored the bio-physical characteristic of land in Trinidad, described challenges to land management in Trinidad and Tobago, and offered solutions.

Prof Opadeyi is Head of the Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management in the Faculty of Engineering, UWI.