Opening Event

8.00 AM - 9.30 AM

Registration and Opening Ceremony

  • 8: 30 - 9:00 &nbsp Registration
  • 9:00 - 9:05 &nbsp Welcome and Opening of Conference
  • 9:05 - 9:15 &nbsp Greetings from Minister, Science, Energy & Technology
  • 9:15 - 9:25 &nbsp Conference Overview
  • 9:25 - 9:30 &nbsp Entertainment
  • SRC Hall
  • Room C

Speaker

Mrs C. Marcia Henry

Chair

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The Honourable Daryl Vaz

Speaker

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Dr. Charah Watson

Speaker

1st Scientific Session

9.30 AM - 10.30 AM

Distinguished ST&I Lecture

  • Harnessing the Power of Research and Innovation to Drive Economic Resilience:
  • (45 min + 10 min Q&A) Dr Wayne Henry, Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica
  • JGC Hall
  • Room C

Speaker

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Dr Parris Lyew Ayee Jr

Chair & Speaker

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Dr. Wayne Henry

Speaker

2nd Scientific Session

12.30 PM - 01.30 PM

S&T Policy and Investment for Economic Development

  • 11: 00 - 11:20 &nbsp Session Sponsor: MSET – presentation on the ST&I Policy
  • 11: 25 - 11:45 &nbsp Sector Senior Associate - Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation Division, Inter-American Development Bank
  • 11: 50 - 12:05 &nbsp Executive Director, Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM)
  • 12: 10 - 12:25 &nbsp Q&A
  • JGC Hall
  • Room C

Speaker

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Dr Natwaine Gardner

Chair & Speaker

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Dr. Olive-Jean Burrows

Speaker

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Ms. Kayla S Grant

Speaker

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Dr. David McBean

Speaker

3RD Scientific Session

01.30 PM - 03.15 PM

Innovation Boosting Health and Wellness for a Resilient World

  • 01:30 - 01:35 &nbsp Session Sponsor
  • 01:40 - 02:00 &nbsp Innovative Public Health Response to Emerging Threats
  • 02:05 - 02:20 &nbsp Dr. Geoffrey Walcott Clinical Director, Psychotherapy Associates Limited.
  • 02:25 - 02:40 &nbsp Dr Simone Badal, Senior Lecturer & Anticancer Researcher, Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching & Research Complex - UWI, Mona
  • 02:45 - 03:00 &nbsp Professor Rupika Delgado Senior Lecturer and Executive. Director, Natural Products. Institute, UWI, Mona
  • 03:00 - 03:15 &nbsp Q&A
  • JGC Hall
  • Room C

Speaker

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Professor Marvin Reid

Chair & Speaker

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Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie

Speaker

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Dr Geoffrey Walcott

Speaker

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Dr Simone Badal

Speaker

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Professor Rupika Delgado

Speaker

4th Scientific Session

03.15 PM - 04.45 PM

Study Case

  • 03:15 - 03:20 &nbsp Session Sponsor
  • 03:50 - 04:05 &nbsp Dr. Ryan Francis, Divisional Manager, Product R&D, SRC
  • 03:25 - 03:45 &nbsp Mr. Don McGlashan, Operations Manager, Imagination Farms, CB Group
  • 04:10 - 04:30 &nbsp Ms. Annabel Williams, Kew Park Farms
  • 04:30 - 04:45 &nbspQ&A
  • JGC Hall
  • Room C

Speaker

Professor Tannecia Stephenson

Chair & Speaker

Mr. Don McGlashan

Speaker

Dr. Ryan Francis

Speaker

Ms Annabel Williams

Speaker

5th Scientific Session

06.00 PM - 7.30 PM

Panel Discussion Topic:
ARE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION BENEFICIAL TO NATION BUILDING?

  • 05:55 - 06:00 &nbsp Session Sponsor
  • 06:00 - 07:25 &nbsp Panelists
  • Dr. Charah Watson, Executive Director, Scientific Research Council
  • Mr Zak Mars - Head of Global Sourcing & Manufacturing, Grace Kennedy
  • Dr Andre Gordon, Managing Director, Technological Solutions Limited.
  • Mr. Orville Johnson, Manager, ICT and member of the Innovation Committee, Bureau of Standards, Jamaicaogical Solutions Limited.
  • Mr Hugh Graham, Spokesperson on S&T, PNP;
  • 07:25 - 07:30 &nbsp Chairman’s Closing Remarks
  • JGC Hall
  • Room C

Speaker

DR. CLIFF RILEY, ITC
Mr Cliff Hughes

Chair & Speaker