| SUNDAY December 7, 2003 |
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|
4:00
pm - 6:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 4.
INTERNATIONAL APPAREL
FEDERATION (IAF) EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETING (private) |
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|
6:30
pm - 10:00 pm |
Location:
Hotel Entrance.
CCAA & IAF BOARD DINNER
CRUISE (by invitation only).
Buses will be departing
at 6:30 p.m. promptly |
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| MONDAY December 8, 2003 |
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|
9:00
am - 7:30 pm |
Location:
Rotunda East Ballroom
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION |
|
9:00
am – 10:00 am |
Location:
Crown Conch
CCAA AGRIBUSINESS BUSINESS
TEAM MEETINGS |
|
9:00
am - 12:00 noon |
Location:
Poinciana 4
IAF COUNCIL MEETING (private) |
|
10:00
am - 5:00 pm |
Location:
Neptune
CARIBBEAN STOCK EXCHANGES
MEETING (private) |
|
10:00
am - 5:00 pm |
Location:
Triton
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
OF THE CHACONIA INCOME &
GROWTH FUND, INC (private) |
|
11:00
am - 1:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 2
CCAA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEETING (private) |
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1:00
pm - 5:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 3
MARAD & FLORIDA PORTS
COUNCIL MEETING (private)
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|
3:00
pm - 5:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 1
CCAA BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
(private) |
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6:00
pm – 9:00 pm |
Location:
Americana Salon 1 &
2
OPENING
RECEPTION
MIAMI
–CROSSROADS FOR THE
CARIBBEAN BASIN
Master of Ceremonies:
James Jacobsen, Vice Chairman,
The Kellwood Company &
Chairman, CCAA
Ribbon Cutting:
Manuel Diaz, Mayor of the
City of Miami (I)
Jose “Pepe”
Diaz, Commissioner, Miami-Dade
Board of County Commissioners
Special Recognition:
International Apparel Federation
(IAF)
Changing of the Guard
RECEPTION HOSTED BY PORT
OF MIAMI, MIAMI INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT, FLORIDA FTAA, ENTERPRISE
FLORIDA, FLOR DE CAÑA
AND CONFERENCE SILVER SPONSORS
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|
| TUESDAY December 9, 2003 |
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|
7:30
am - 7:30 pm |
Location:
Rotunda East Ballroom
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
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|
8:30
am - 9:30 am |
Location:
Americana Salon 3
OPENING
PLENARY
THE
THIRD BORDER’S PERSPECTIVE
Introduction:
James Jacobsen, Vice Chairman,
The Kellwood Company &
Chairman, CCAA
Moderator:
James Fendell, President,
Association of American
Chambers of Commerce in
Latin America (AACCLA)
Keynote Speakers:
Miguel Lacayo, Minister
of Economy, El Salvador
Norman García, Minister
Industry & Commerce,
Honduras
Mario Arana, Minister of
Industry, Development &
Commerce, Nicaragua
Sonia Guzmán de Hernández,
Secretary of State—Industry
& Commerce, Dominican
Republic (I)
Joaquín Jácome,
Minister of Industry and
Commerce, Panama (I) |
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9:00
am - 8:00 pm |
Location:
Americana Salon 1 &
2
EXHIBIT
HALL |
|
9:30
am - 10:30 am |
Location:
Americana Salon 3
OPENING
PLENARY
THE
UNITED STATES’ PERSPECTIVE
Introduction:
Jose Perez-Jones, Senior
Vice President, Seaboard
Marine & President,
CCAA
Moderator:
John Murphy, Vice President
for Western Hemisphere Affairs,
US Chamber of Commerce
Keynote Speakers:
Grant Aldonas, Undersecretary
for International Trade
US Department of Commerce
Elsa Murano, Undersecretary
for Food Safety
US Department of Agriculture
Ross Wilson, Chief Negotiator
FTAA,
US Trade Representative
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|
10:30
am - 11:00 am |
Location:
Americana Salon 1 &
2
COFFEE
BREAK—EXHIBIT HALL
HOSTED BY ANACAFE (GUATEMALA
COFFEE GROWERS ASSOCIATION)
AND CONFERENCE BRONZE SPONSORS |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Location:
Sunrise Tellin
WRAP/IAG MEETING (private) |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 noon |
CONCURRENT
WORKSHOPS
“TRANSFORMATION AGENDA”
The
continued economic and political
stability of the region
requires attracting significant
additional foreign investment
to finance economic development,
as more traditional sources,
such as domestic savings,
government aid, multilateral
assistance and bank lending,
are no longer sufficient.
CCAA believes that the private
sector must take the lead
in driving forward the Transformation
Agenda – Capacity
Building, Integration, Harmonization
and Governance—necessary
to overcome the major barriers—lack
of skills, small scale,
bureaucracy, & corruption)
to increased investment
flows. The purpose of these
sessions is to bring together
the public and the private
sector in a constructive
dialogue and obtain their
unqualified commitment for
the timely implementation
and execution of the required
public policy changes. |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 noon |
Location:
Poinciana 1
CAPACITY BUILDING:
THE INVESTMENT IN NEEDED
SKILL SETS
Moderator:
Mosina Jordan, Senior Advisor
for Private Sector Initiatives,
US Agency for International
Development
Discussants:
Arthur Gray, Regional Economic
Advisor, ECLAC; Len Ishmael,
Director General, OECS (I);
David O’Brien, President,
Trinidad & Tobago Chamber
of Commerce; Julieta Valls,
President, FAVACA. |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 noon |
Location:
Poinciana 2
HARMONIZATION:
COMMON STANDARDS FOR TRADE
& INVESTMENT
Moderator:
Richard Bernal, Director
General, Caribbean Regional
Negotiating Machinery (CRNM)
Discussants: Byron
Blake, Assistant Secretary
General, Caricom; Alfredo
Fernandez-Sivori, Public
Affairs Manager, Caribbean
& Central America, ExxonMobil;
William Malamud, EVP, AMCHAM
DR (I); Dale Marshall, Minister
of International Business,
Barbados; James Moss-Solomon,
Chief Corporate Affairs
Officer, Grace Kennedy &
Co. Ltd. |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 noon |
Location:
Poinciana 3
INTEGRATION:
THE CREATION OF LARGER MARKETS
Moderator:
Claudia Rodriguez, Director,
Central American Bank for
Economic Integration (CABEI)
Discussants:
John Barham, Editor, Latin
Finance; Auguste Rimpel,
Senior Partner, Boston Global
Partners; Haroldo Rodas
Melgar, Secretary General,
SIECA (I); Vince Yearwood,
CEO, BIDC (Barbados) |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 noon |
Location:
Poinciana 4
GOVERNANCE:
IMPARTIAL APPLICATION OF
THE “RULE OF LAW”
Moderator:
Dennis Flannery, Executive
Vice President – Inter-American
Development Bank (IADB)
Discussants:
Alvaro Casserly, CEO, Interconnect
Ltd; Ernesto Grijalva, SVP
Legal Affairs-Latin America-Caribbean,
PriceSmart; Luis Pellerano,
Partner, Pellerano &
Herrera; Robert Riley, Chairman
& CEO, BP Trinidad &
Tobago |
|
| 12:00
noon - 2:00 pm |
Location:
Americana Salon 4
PLENARY
LUNCH
Master of Ceremonies:
Ana Guevara, Vice President
– Latin America, UPS
& Trustee, CCAA
Welcome:
Claudia Rodriguez, Director,
Central American Bank for
Economic Integration (CABEI)
Keynote Speaker:
Francisco
Flores, President of El
Salvador
Introduction:
Francisco Escobar, CEO,
Grupo Fresco & Vice
President – Central
America, CCAA
Cesar Gaviria, Secretary
General, Organization of
American States (I)
LUNCHEON HOSTED BY CENTRAL
AMERICAN BANK FOR ECONOMIC
INTEGRATION (CABEI) AND
CONFERENCE PLATINUM &
GOLD SPONSORS |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
CONCURRENT
ROUNDTABLES “INDUSTRY
SECTORS” |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Sunrise Tellin
AGRIBUSINESS:
ANTI-BIOTERRORISM MEASURES
& TRADE
Concerns exist that new
United States security and
anti-terrorism actions and
policies cannot be reconciled
with an increase in agribusiness
trade. What must be done
for companies trading agricultural
products to adjust for the
new anti bio-terrorism measures?
What are the best ways of
enacting these measures
so as to not stifle trade?
Moderator:
Mari Stull, Director of
Int. Regulatory Policy,
Grocery Manufacturers of
America
Discussants: Miguel
Garcia Winder, Director
Comercio y Agronegocios,
IICA; Peter Quinter, Partner,
Becker & Poliakoff,
P.A.; Linda Swacina, Deputy
Administrator, Food &
Safety Inspection Service;
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|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Poinciana 1
A)
APPAREL:
INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATIONS
-THE PATH TO RAISE GLOBALWORKING
STANDARDS
Moderator:
Steve Jesseph, Vice President,
Compliance & Risk Management,
Sara Lee Branded Apparel
B)
Apparel:
BEYOND 2005: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Panelists will discuss the
vision customers and vendors
around the world have as
to the effect of the elimination
of quotas in 2005 on future
sourcing plans.
Moderator:
Mike Todaro, Managing Director,
AAPN
Discussants:
Roberto Bequillard, CEO,
Argus Group; Tom Travis,
Partner, Sandler, Travis
& Rosenberg |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Neptune
ENERGY:
CAFTA, CBI ENERGY INTEGRATION
& THE FTAA
Regional and hemispheric
free trade negotiations
can be a driver of services
integration in the Caribbean
Basin, including energy.
This session reviews the
implications for energy
integration posed by CAFTA
and considers the ramifications
of wider Caribbean Basin
market integration. The
benefits and risks to business
will be identified, and
private sector responses
to the free trade of energy
will be presented. Special
attention will be given
to the power generation
market for petroleum and
natural gas. How can free
trade negotiations address
energy concerns in the absence
of energy-specific negotiating
groups?
Moderator:
Vincent Devito, Senior Policy
Advisor for North
American Affairs, US DOE
Discussants:
Harrylall, Manager, Supply
& Trading, Chevron Texaco
Eastern Caribbean Ltd.;
Matt McManus, Division Chief,
Energy Producer Country
Affairs, US. Department
of State; Brian Petty, Senior
Vice-President, International
Association of Drilling
Contractors/ Co-Chair, Energy
Services Coalition; Juan
Ignacio Vasquez, Country
Chairman/CA External Affairs
Manager, Shell Company Limited. |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Poinciana 2
FINANCIAL
SERVICES: REMITTANCES: SECURITY,
COST & ACCESS
Remittances are becoming
a large source for liquidity
in Third Border countries.
What is the best way to
lower transaction costs
and ensure more remittance
money goes to the region?
Is it possible to allow
for more bank entry into
the industry given security
requirements and regulations?
Can the issue of identification
of illegal immigrants be
addressed so as to allow
them access to bank accounts?
Is there a way to better
direct the money from remittances
into the financial system
to assist in development?
Moderator:
Patricia Hamilton, CEO,
CAIB
Discussants:
Dale Crowell, Remittances
Outreach Coordinator, PADF;
Paul Dwyer, CEO, Viamericas
Corporation; Katherine Johnson,
Associate Managing Director,
Kroll Inc.; Kai Schmitz,
Executive Vice President
& COO, MicroFinance
Int. Corporation |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Poinciana 3
TELECOM/IT:
REGION’S ROLE IN
GLOBAL POLICY MAKING BODIES
What is the role of Caribbean
Basin countries in policy-making
bodies such as the Inter-American
Commission for Telecommunications
(CITEL) and the International
Telecommunications Union
(ITU). Is the region appropriately
represented? What is the
status of the updating
of the CITEL-ITU Blue
Book initiative? Leading
regional policy makers
will examine the region’s
regulatory and legal approach
to establishing a common
Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) policy
as it faces up to the
challenges of connectivity,
universal access and the
bridging of the digital
divide.
Moderators:
Selby Wilson, Secretary
General, CANTO & Linda
Wellstein, Wilkinson Barker
Knauer LLP
Discussants: James
Corbin, VP Sales and E-Business,
Cable & Wireless Barbados;
Philip Cross, Caribbean
Regional Rep., ITU Barbados;
Eric Fishman, Partner,
Holland & Knight LLP;
Godofredo Méndez,
Blue Book Revision, CITEL;
Graciela Piedras, Inter-American
Telecom. Commission (CITEL);
Kathia Quiros Sanchez,
Regional Director for
Caribbean and Central
America, Microsoft Corp.;
Frank Rodriguez, Senior
Director, Public Sector,
Vertical Latin American
& Caribbean, Oracle
Corp.; Gil Simoes, Manager
of Business Dev., Caribbean
& Latin America, Nortel
Networks
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|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Poinciana 4
TOURISM:
INTEGRATED REGIONAL TOURISM—PAST
AND FUTURE
Current Central American
plans to develop a regional
tourism product mirror past
and present strategic plans
for the Caribbean. How can
Central America benefit
from the experience of the
Caribbean? Regional branding
efforts currently under
consideration in Central
America, track the “One
Caribbean” marketing
of that region. In both
regions, there are trends
towards a harmonized Visa
policy. This session will
address the Central American
Strategic Plan for tourism
in the context of the Caribbean,
examining tourism as a “cluster”
of commercial activities,
with the product, for example
eco-tourism, differing according
to the context including
branding and institutional
requirements.
Moderator:
Lincoln Marshall, Assoc.
Professor, GWU
Discussants:
Robert Chasnow, Partner,
Holland & Knight, LLP;
Lucia Salazar, Minister
of Tourism/ Executive President,
Nicaraguan Institute for
Tourism; Alex Titcombe,
Director of Product Development
& Operations, Caribbean
Hotels Association; Christine
Walwyn, CEO, St. Kitts Tourism
Authority. |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Triton
TRANSPORTATION:
PORT SECURITY - MTSA &
ISPS REGULATIONS
On November 25, 2002, President
Bush signed into law the
Maritime Transportation
Security Act (MTSA), meant
to protect the US’s
maritime community from
terrorism, without affecting
the flow of goods through
ports. In December 2002,
the International Maritime
Organization adopted the
International Maritime Security
and Port Facility Code (ISPS),
which requires ships on
international voyages and
the port facilities that
serve them to take appropriate
measures against security
incidents. These initiatives
will enters into force on
July 1st, 2004. Discussants
will provide background
on the ship, shipping company,
and seaport security requirements
to be implemented and the
consequences of being non
compliant on July 1, 2004.
Moderators:
Capt. James Watson, Captain
of the Port, USCG Marine
Safety Office & Raymond
Barberesi, Director, Ports
and Domestic Shipping, US
Maritime Administration
Discussants:
Michael Crye, President,
International Council of
Cruise Lines; Rick Murrell,
President, Tropical Shipping;
Jose Ramirez, Director,
Customs/Border Protection,
Port of Miami; Carlos Valdez,
President, Trade & Transport
Council. |
|
| 4:30
pm - 5:30 pm |
Location:
Americana Salon 3
PLENARY
SESSION
“INDUSTRY
SECTOR” ROUNDTABLES
– MODERATORS’
PANEL
Moderator:
Gabriel Pascual, President,
CENTRAL AMERICA-US CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE AND ADVISORY
TRUSTEE, CCAA |
|
| 5:30
pm – 7:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 2
COLLATERAL EVENT
COUNTRY PRESENTATION: NICARAGUA
HOSTED BY PRONICARAGUA |
|
| 6:00
pm – 7:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 1
COLLATERAL EVENT
COUNTRY PRESENTATION: TAIWAN
HOSTED BY REPUBLIC OF CHINA
ON TAIWAN |
|
| 6:30
pm - 8:00 pm |
Location:
Americana Salon 1& 2
NETWORKING
RECEPTION
RECEPTION HOSTED BY FLOR
DE CAÑA AND CONFERENCE
SILVER SPONSORS |
|
| 8:00
pm - 10:00 pm |
Location:
Americana Salon 4
PLENARY
DINNER
Master of Ceremonies:
Carlos Perez, Senior Vice
President – Latin
America & Caribbean,
Wachovia Bank & Trustee,
CCAA
Welcome: Jorge Arrizurieta,
Chief Operating Officer,
Florida FTAA
Keynote Speakers:
Enrique Bolaños Geyer,
President of Nicaragua
Introduction: Ernesto Fernandez-Holmann,
CEO, Grupo Uno & Trustee,
CCAA
Special Award:
CENTRAL AMERICA AWARD OF
EXCELLENCE 2003 PRESENTED
TO PRESIDENT ENRIQUE BOLAÑOS
GEYER BY THE CENTRAL AMERICA-US
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DINNER HOSTED BY GRUPO UNO,
CENTRAL AMERICA-US CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE AND CONFERENCE
PLATINUM & GOLD SPONSORS |
|
| WEDNESDAY December 10, 2003 |
|
|
| 7:30
am - 7:30 pm |
Location:
Rotunda East Ballroom
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION |
|
| 7:30
am - 8:30 pm |
Location:
Crown Conch
CCAA ENERGY BUSINESS TEAM
MEETING |
|
| 8:30
am - 9:30 am |
Location:
Americana Ballroom Salon
3
CLOSING
PLENARY
THE THIRD BORDER’S
PERSPECTIVE
Introduction:
Neil Prior, Chairman, Caribbean
Association of National
Telecommunications Organizations
(CANTO) & Trustee, CCAA
Moderator:
Rolph Balgobin, Exec. Director,
Institute of Business, University
of West Indies and Advisory
Trustee, CCAA
Keynote Speakers:
Perry Christie, Prime Minister
of the Bahamas
Ken Valley, Minister of
Trade, Trinidad & Tobago
Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, Minister
of Industry and Tourism,
Jamaica |
|
| 9:00
am - 3:00 pm |
Location:
Americana Salon 1 &
2
EXHIBIT HALL |
|
| 9:30
am - 10:30 am |
Location:
Americana Ballroom Salon
3
CLOSING
PLENARY
THE
UNITED STATES’ PERSPECTIVE
Introduction:
Kathleen Donawa, Regional
Manager, Public & Government
Affairs - Caribbean, ChevronTexaco
& Vice President - Caribbean,
CCAA
Moderator:
Antonio Villamil, Chairman,
Governor of Florida’s
Council of Economic Advisors
Keynote Speakers:
Asa Hutchinson, Undersecretary
for Borders & Transportation,
US Department of Homeland
Security
Donna M. Christensen, Delegate,
Virgin Islands, US House
of Representatives |
|
| 10:30
am - 11:00 am |
Location:
Americana Salon 1 &
2
COFFEE
BREAK—EXHIBIT HALL
HOSTED BY ANACAFE (GUATEMALA
COFFEE GROWERS ASSOCIATION)
AND CONFERENCE BRONZE SPONSORS |
|
| 10:30
am – 12:00 noon |
CONCURRENT
WORKSHOPS
“PUBLIC POLICY”
|
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 1
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: WTC
MIAMI & THE CARIBBEAN
ACTION COMMITTEE INITIATIVES
Moderators:
Manuel Mencia, SVP, Enterprise
FLORIDA & Miguel Southwell,
Director-Business Development,
Miami International Airport
The World Trade Center Miami
will convene a meeting of
its Caribbean Action Group
to identify initiatives
and actions that organizations
and private sector companies
in the Caribbean and Florida
could participate in to
increase two-way international
trade and strengthen social
and economic ties. Among
the projects to be discussed:
strategies to assist Caribbean
companies to export their
products to Florida, identification
of new venture capital sources,
initiation of airport and
seaport security training
programs; development of
a unified database that
matches producers and distributors
in the Caribbean with potential
buyers in the US, participation
in high growth trade shows,
etc. |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 2
ENVIRONMENT: DEFINING
CORPORATE STEWARDSHIP AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
Poverty alleviation and
environmental protection
are compatible goals in
which the private sector
has a role. Economic development
can be an engine that serves
environmental conservation
by reducing poverty-driven
exploitation of natural
resources. For development
to be truly broad-based
and sustainable, however,
the expectations of the
private sector need clear
definition. What guidelines
and best practices exist
for
a realistic stewardship
and responsibility for different
industries? Is there an
appropriate level of regulation
that will ensure a larger
public agenda?
Moderator:
Glenn Prickett, Executive
Director, Center for Environmental
Leadership in Business,
Conservation International
Discussants: Michael Crye,
President, International
Council of Cruise Lines
(ICCL); Elaine Denning,
International Affairs Specialist,
NOAA; Amy Edwards, Partner,
Holland & Knight, LLP;
Virginia Green, Vice-President,
Investment Policy, OPIC;
Joseph Matalon, Chairman,
Jamaica Promotions Corporation;
Kelly Robinson, Corporate
Director, Environmental
& Social Affairs, Grupo
Punta Cana (I) |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Location:
Crown Conch
GEO-POLITICS: CUBA-
TRANSITION OR SUCCESSION
Presented by:
Manuel Rocha, Senior Counsel
for Int. Trade & Government
Affairs, Steel, Hector &
Davis LLP. |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Location:
Triton
HEALTH:
CRISIS IN THE CARIBBEAN
BASIN: PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS
IN COMBATING THE HIV/AIDS
EPIDEMIC.
The global pandemic that
is HIV/AIDS is spreading
in the Caribbean Basin region.
The Caribbean region is
reported to be second only
to Sub-Saharan Africa in
the percentage of infected
adults. HIV/AIDS is more
than a health crisis and
it has wide-reaching implications
for the development of the
entire Caribbean Basin region.
At a time when the stability
of the Third Border is critical,
the social and economic
fabric of the Caribbean
is at great risk as this
catastrophe threatens the
prosperity, stability and
productivity of the Caribbean
people. Experts from the
public and private sectors
will discuss the spread
of the disease with specific
emphasis on private sector
initiatives & public-private
partnerships to combat the
crisis in the Caribbean
Basin.
Moderators:
Carissa Etienne, Assistant
Director, PAHO & John
Agwunobi, Secretary of Health,
State of Florida.
Discussants:
Kenneth Bleakley, President
& CEO, FONEMED; Bill
Conn, Associate Director
for Latin America and the
Caribbean, The Institute
for HIV/AIDS, Family Health
International (FHI); Kathleen
Donawa, Regional Manager,
Public & Government
Affairs - Caribbean, ChevronTexaco
& Vice President - Caribbean,
CCAA; Sabine Durier, Principal
Strategy Officer, Program
Leader, “IFC Fight
Against AIDS”, IFC;
Adolfo Franco, Administrator
for Western Hemisphere,
USAID; Ramon E. Riancho,
Regional Director, Legal
and External Affairs Department,
MSD Caribbean, Merck Corporation;
Mario Vulinovich, Country
Chairman, Jamaica, The Shell
Company WI Ltd. |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Location:
Periwinkle
LINKING
TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC SECTORS:
AGRICULTURE & TOURISM
- FEEDING OUR TOURISTS
With the region’s
size decreasing the relative
trade importance in Agriculture,
what can the small markets
of the region do to transform
their agriculture toward
internal use? Can the agriculture
and tourism sectors team
up to create more linkages
between the domestic-use
agriculture sector and the
tourism industry? What shifts
in export policy, training,
crops and relationships
are required to make this
a possibility?
Moderator:
Chelston Brathwaite, Director
General, Inter-American
Institute for Cooperation
on Agriculture (IICA)
Discussants:
Byron Blake, Assistant Secretary
General, Caricom; Peter
Johnson, President, Guanaja
Reef Club; Christine Walwyn,
CEO, St. Kitts Tourism Authority.
|
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Location:
Neptune
NON-INDEPENDENT
TERRITORIES: OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
& HEMISPHERIC INTEGRATION
The goal of the Free Trade
Area of the Americas is
to have a common market
by eliminating barriers
to trade and investment
in the America. With the
independent States of the
hemisphere proceeding with
negotiations on the Free
Trade Area of the Americas,
and as the integration process
accelerates in Europe, the
overseas countries and territories
(OCTs) must determine their
future in a global economy
where regional integration
mechanisms threaten to exclude
them. This Session will
address integration of the
OCT economies into the hemispheric
integration process.
Moderator: Carlyle Corbin,
Office of the Governor,
US Virgin Islands
Discussants:
C. Walton Brown, President,
Research Innovations Ltd,
Bremuda; Conrad Higgs, Manager,
Turks and Caicos Islands
Investment Agency; K.H.
Randolph Horton J.P, M.P.,
Minister of Labour, Home
Affairs, and Discussant
- Public Safety, Bermuda
Gov.; Jean-Ives Lacascade,
French West Indies Representative;
Vargrave Richards, Lieutenant
Governor, US Virgin Islands. |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 3
SECURITY
& CUSTOMS: PROTECTING
THE THIRD BORDER—THE
TRADE-OFF BETWEEN SAFETY
AND COMMERCE
Moderator:
Douglas Browning, Deputy
Commissioner of Customs
& Border Protection
Discussants:
Anthony Bryan, Director,
Caribbean Border Security
Project, Univ. of Miami;
Ron Oleynik, Partners, Holland
& Knight, LLP (I); Kim
Peterson, President, SeaSecure;
Francisco Santeiro, Managing
Director, Latin America
& Caribbean Division. |
|
| 10:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Location:
Poinciana 4
TRANSPARENCY:
THE PRIVATE SECTOR’S
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
Moderator:
Enrique Arturo de Obarrio,
Vice President, Panamanian
Association of Business
Executives (APEDE) &
President of its Ethics
& Civic Affairs Commission
Discussants:
Walter Bastian, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for the Western
Hemisphere, U.S. Department
of Commerce; Miguel Garcia
Gosalvez, Director of the
Information Systems Division
of Casals & Associates,
Inc.; Phil Nichols, Associate
Professor of Legal Studies,
The Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania. |
|
| 12:00
noon – 2:00 pm |
Location:
Americana Salon 4
PLENARY
LUNCH
FLORIDA & THE CARIBBEAN
BASIN - PARTNERS FOR GROWTH
Master of Ceremonies:
Jose Perez-Jones, Senior
Vice President, Seaboard
Marine & President,
CCAA
Welcome:
Dennis Flannery, Executive
Vice President – Inter-American
Development Bank (IADB)
Keynote Speakers:
Jeb Bush, Governor
of Florida
Introduction:
Richard D. Fain, CEO, Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Andrew Natsios, Administrator,
US Agency for International
Development (USAID)
Introduction:
Darrel Kelley, CEO, Enterprise
FLORIDA
LUNCHEON HOSTED BY INTER-AMERICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK (IADB)
AND CONFERENCE PLATINUM
& GOLD SPONSORS |
|
| 2:00
pm – 4:30 pm |
CONCURRENT
ROUNDTABLES
“INDUSTRY SECTORS” |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Poinciana 1
APPAREL:
GLOBAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES
There has been a lot of
discussion about 2005 and
what will happen after quotas
have been lifted and what
Caribbean Basin countries
need to do to prepare. Discussants
in this session will talk
about real plans and strategies
that are already being formulated
and will be executed in
various parts of the world.
They will discuss what Europe,
Asia and the United States
believe will be the relative
importance of cost to lead
time and their expectations
of suppliers to the U.S.
market. They will also discuss
directions that are being
taken with respect to brand
development, growth of the
business, channels of distribution,
factory compliance, mass
customization, etc. The
audience is encouraged to
prepare questions and participate
in this discussion.
Moderator:
Mike Fralix, President &
CEO, [TC]2
Discussants:
Bill Bass, Lands End/Sears
(U.S); David Birnbaum, Third
Horizon Limited, (Italy)
(I); Alejandro Faes, Lectra
in Mexico (I); Raul Garcia
Tapia, General Director,
Camara Nacional de la Industria
del Vestido; Justin Huang,
the Taiwan Textile Federation
(Taipei); Umut Oran, President
of IAF, TCMA, and Euratex
Clothing Group (Turkey). |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Triton
ENERGY:
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES
- IMPROVING COMPETITIVENESS
THROUGH DIVERSIFICATION
The Caribbean Basin as a
whole is energy-import dependent,
subjecting the region to
high prices, volatility,
and foreign exchange loss.
This session assesses the
benefits of diversification
for small economies and
examines the Basin’s
competitiveness as an energy
supplier, to the US &
Florida especially. Natural
gas and grid-tied renewables
will be discussed as practical
supplements to traditional
power generation. What are
the opportunities for a
more balanced energy supply
configuration, with returns
in terms of energy security,
price predictability, and
overall economic development?
Moderator:
Ali Ebadian, Director, CETA,
Florida Int. University.
Discussants:
Patricia Alleyne, Managing
Director, Barbados National
Terminal Company; Roland
Clarke, Project Manager,
Caribbean Renewable Energy
Development Program, CARICOM;
Anthony Hylton, Special
Envoy for Trade, Jamaica;
Mark Lambrides, Senior Energy
Specialist, OAS; Robert
Riley, Chairman, BP Trinidad
& Tobago; Teofilo de
la Torre, Project Manager,
SIEPAC. |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Poinciana 2
FINANCIAL
SERVICES: OVERCOMING BARRIERS
TO CAPITAL FORMATION - CREATING
A SINGLE CAPITAL MARKET
The USA Patriot Act and
related regulations have
slowed foreign investment
to and capital formation
in the Third Border. What
are the principal barriers
to capital formation in
the region? What must be
done to lower the barriers
to foreign investment flows?
Can security and anti-money
laundering concerns and
laws be reconciled with
an increase in capital formation?
Will harmonization make
the region more attractive
for investors?
Moderator:
Yolanda Suarez, Chief of
Staff, Stanford Int’l
Group
Discussants:
Adolfo Arguello, General
Manager, Grupo Uno; Rolph
Balgobin, Executive Director,
UWI-IOB; Robert Sherretta,
President, International
Investor Jose Sirven, Partner,
Holland & Knight, LLP;
Baljit Vohra, General Manager,
Eastern Caribbean Securities
Exchange; Roberto Zamora,
President, LAFISE |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Crown Conch
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS: IP ISSUES
IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN
Given the impending bi-lateral
and multi-lateral free trading
agreements, intellectual
property laws have taken
on a new significance in
the Caribbean Basin. What
measures for enforcement
actions to fight piracy
and counterfeiting, both
in-country and at borders,
have been undertaken? Is
the harmonization of IP
laws within the Caribbean
and Central America respectively
feasible? And, in terms
implementation of TRIPS
(Trade- Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property
Rights), how far have countries
come along in incorporating
the highest level of IPR
standards?
Moderator:
Rosanna Cooper, Managing
Partner, RT Cooper
Discussants:
Michael J. Buchenhorner,
Partner, Holland & Knight
LLP; Diane Daley, Intellectual
Property Partner, Foga,
Daley & Co.; Allison
Demas, Chief Executive Officer,
Copyright Organization of
Trinidad and Tobago (COTT);
Peter N. Fowler, Senior
Counsel, Office of Enforcement,
External Affairs, United
States Patent and Trade
Mark Office; Cordell Green,
Executive Director, Broadcasting
Commission of Jamaica; Juan
Carlos Guzman, Senior Attorney,
LATAM, Microsoft |
|
| 2:00
pm - 4:30pm |
Location:
Poinciana 3
TELECOMMUNICATIONS/IT:
GROWTH & INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PRIVATE
SECTOR
Over the last year, liberalization
has brought about greater
competition and increased
investment in telecommunications
and IT in the Caribbean
Basin, particularly in the
mobile telephony and internet
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