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UWI TODAY
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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
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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
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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.
The conference takes place on March 26 to 28, 2019.
For more information, please visit
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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:
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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 andWHO 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.
View full registration details online at
The Emerging Digital Age
HR lecture by
Professor Ronald L. Jacobs
September 13 at 6 p.m.
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. The open lecture will take place at
6pm. This lecture is free and 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
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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
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UWI
Calendar of Events
SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER 2018
Professor Ben Thomas
Professor Ronald L. Jacob
Dr. Claudina Cayetano
