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UWI Calendar September - November 2018

The Emerging Digital Age
HR Lecture by Professor Ronald L. Jacobs
6 p.m., September 13
Daaga Auditorium, UWI St. Augustine

The Open Lectures Committee in collaboration with Huawei presents a Distinguished Open Lecture by Professor Ronald L. Jacobs, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign on the topic, Knowledge Work, Workforce Development and the Emerging Digital Age: New Challenges for Societies and Organisations. This lecture open to the public. To indicate your attendance, email UWISTAevents@sta.uwi.edu or call 662-2002 ext. 83635.

For more information, visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.


EU-CARICOM Law Conference
September 26 to 27
University Inn and Conference Centre

The UWI St. Augustine’s Faculty of Law, Brunswick European Law School of Ostfalia University and Coventry Law School present the EU-CARICOM Law Conference under the theme, Present and Future Challenges.

The conference will feature topics on International Economic Law, UN Agenda 2030, EU and CARICOM issues of developing and how to foster trade relations in times of evolutionary development of regional cooperation and their related aspects to other communities.

For more information, visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.


Mental Health Symposium
September 26 and 27
Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre
Port of Spain

The UWI School of Nursing and London South Bank University, PAHO and WHO will be hosting this “No Health Without Mental Health” Symposium. On the first day Professor Ben Thomas, a Patient Safety Expert Advisor, Mental Health, NHS (London) will be the keynote speaker, and on the second it will be Dr. Claudina Cayetano, the Regional Advisor on Mental Health, PAHO (Washington).

Registration Fees: Day 1 Only: TT$400 or US$60; Day 2 Only: TT$400 or US$60, and Day 1 & Day 2: TT$750 or US$111.

Registration: View full registration details online at https://sta.uwi.edu/fms/nursing/events.asp

Caribbean Energy Policy, Societies and Law Conference
October 4
University Inn and Conference Centre

The UWI St. Augustine presents this multidisciplinary conference happening from 8.30am to 4.30pm that will showcase participants from diverse academic and practitioner backgrounds who will exchange knowledge and ideas and create new networks for 21st century solutions.

Topics include: Laws and Policies for Sustainable Oil and Gas Development in the 21st Century; Gender, Energy and local Content/Workforce Issues; Environmental Law and Ethics among others.

For more information, visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.


COTE 2018
October 10 to 11
Learning Resource Centre (LRC)
St. Augustine Campus

The UWI St. Augustine’s Department of Economics hosts their annual Conference on the Economy (COTE 2018) under the theme, Economic Development challenges: Looking Towards 2030.

This year’s conference honours Professor Emeritus Patrick Watson.

For more information, visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.


Call for Papers – Third Regional Mixed Methods Research Conference
Deadline: October 31, 2018
The UWI, St Augustine Campus

The Mixed Methods International Research Association-Caribbean Chapter (MMIRA-CC) together with the Schools of Education (Cave Hill, Mona and St. Augustine), Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), Schools of Nursing (Mona and St. Augustine), Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, Centre for Language Learning, Faculty of Medical Sciences (St. Augustine) and the Department of Government (Mona) present the 2019 Mixed Methods Conference in Trinidad and Tobago.

They have issued a Call for Papers with the deadline of October 31, 2018. Registration for the conference opens August 15, 2018 and the conference takes place on March 26 to 28, 2019.

For more information, please visit http://conferences.sta.uwi.edu/mmiracc/.


Climate Change Impacts on Food and Nutrition Security Conference
November 12 to 16
Radisson Hotel
Port of Spain

The Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA) hosts the Climate Change Impacts on Food and Nutrition Security Conference which aims to collate and share new research experience and findings in sustainable agriculture and climate change through interactions and publications.

For more information, visit the Conference’s website: www.foodsecurity2018.com.


13th Annual Caribbean Child Research Conference
November 15 to 16
St. Augustine Campus

The Caribbean Child Research Conference is an annual regional conference which shares research on children and examines the status of children and child rights in the Caribbean.

This year’s theme is, Leaving No Child Behind: The 2030 Agenda. Children can attend and make presentations. It is a partnership of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), the Institute of International Relations (IIR) and the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS).

For more information, please visit http://www.uwi.edu/salises/ccrc2018.php