Welcome – Marina Walter, United Nations Trinidad and Tobago Resident Coordinator (Forum Moderator)
Opening Remarks – Mr. Christian Salazar Volkmann, Regional Director UN Development Coordination Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Panelists: The Honourable Faris Al-Rawi, ECLAC, Mr. Liam Donnelly, General Manager of Digicel Business Trinidad & Tobago (20 minutes + 10 minutes question time)
11.55 pm – 1:00 pm
Panelists: Mr. Liam Donnelly, General Manager of Digicel Business Trinidad & Tobago, Mr. Ian John, CEO PBS Technologies Group, Ms. Frances Seignoret, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry (35 minutes + 30 minutes question time)
Keynote Speaker: Luis Ayala, Databases & Analytics Leader LATAM (20 minutes + 20 minutes Q&A) Amazon Web Services
2:55 pm – 3.45 pm
Keynote Speaker: John Quinn, Google (20 minutes)
Panelists: John Quinn, Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis, Innovative Adviser, Global Pulse (20 minutes + 10 minutes question time)
4 pm – 4.50 pm
Keynote Presentation: Dr. Maurice McNaughton, Dr. Lila Rao and Dr. Suzana N. Russell: The Case of Jamaica’s Public and Private Sector Organizations (20 minutes)
Panelists: Dr. Letetia Addison, Dr. McNaughton, Dr. Rao and Dr. Russell, (20 minutes + 10 minutes question time)
10:00 am – 10.50 am
Keynote Speaker: Senator the Honourable Allyson West, Senator and Minister of Public Administration and Digital Transformation (15 minutes)
Panelists: Senator the Honourable Allyson West, IBM, Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez, University of the Southern Caribbean (25 minutes + 10 minutes question time)
11:00 am – 12 pm
Keynote Speaker: Robert Kirkpatrick, Executive Director, Global Pulse (20 minutes)
Panel Discussion –The case for a Center of Big Data Analytics in the Caribbean
Panelists: Robert Kirkpatrick; Abdullahi Abdulkadri, Coordinator, Statistics and Social Development, ECLAC; Dr. Maurice McNaughton, Mona School of Business & Management; CARICOM (30 minutes + 10 minutes question time)
1:00 pm – 1.40 pm
Speaker: Luis Ayala, Databases & Analytics Leader LATAM (20 minutes + 20 minutes Q&A) Amazon Web Services
1.55 pm – 2.20 pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Maurice McNaughton, Director, Centre for IT-enabled Innovation, Mona School of Business & Management, UWI (15 minutes + 10 minute question time)
Tourism has long been identified as one of the sectors that can contribute significantly (both positively and adversely) to sustainable development for the Caribbean, often considered the most tourism-dependent region in the world.
As the sector looks to rebound post-Covid19, new innovative approaches to the role of data and digital technologies must be contemplated to rebuild tourism in an efficient and resilient way.
We present a case study of a Smart Community project in Treasure Beach Jamaica, a well-known destination for community tourism.
2.30 pm – 3:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Peter York, Chief Data Scientist, BCT Partners (30 minutes)
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Bamberger (30 minutes)
Panelists: Dr. Michael Bamberger, Dr. Lennise Baptiste, Mr. Andre Blanchard, Ag. Director of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Development (20 Minutes +10 minutes question time)