Opening Event
8.00 AM - 9.30 AM
Registration and Opening Ceremony
- 8: 30 - 9:00   Registration
- 9:00 - 9:05   Welcome and Opening of Conference
- 9:05 - 9:15   Greetings from Minister, Science, Energy & Technology
- 9:15 - 9:25   Conference Overview
- 9:25 - 9:30   Entertainment
- SRC Hall
- Room C
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
2nd Scientific Session
12.30 PM - 01.30 PM
S&T Policy and Investment for Economic Development
- 11: 00 - 11:20   Session Sponsor: MSET – presentation on the ST&I Policy
- 11: 25 - 11:45   Sector Senior Associate - Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation Division, Inter-American Development Bank
- 11: 50 - 12:05   Executive Director, Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM)
- 12: 10 - 12:25   Q&A
- JGC Hall
- Room C
Speaker
Dr Natwaine Gardner
Chair & Speaker
Dr. Olive-Jean Burrows
Speaker
Ms. Kayla S Grant
Speaker
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   Session Sponsor
- 01:40 - 02:00   Innovative Public Health Response to Emerging Threats
- 02:05 - 02:20   Dr. Geoffrey Walcott Clinical Director, Psychotherapy Associates Limited.
- 02:25 - 02:40   Dr Simone Badal, Senior Lecturer & Anticancer Researcher, Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching & Research Complex - UWI, Mona
- 02:45 - 03:00   Professor Rupika Delgado Senior Lecturer and Executive. Director, Natural Products. Institute, UWI, Mona
- 03:00 - 03:15   Q&A
- JGC Hall
- Room C
Speaker
Professor Marvin Reid
Chair & Speaker
Dr Geoffrey Walcott
Speaker
Dr Simone Badal
Speaker
Professor Rupika Delgado
Speaker
4th Scientific Session
03.15 PM - 04.45 PM
Study Case
- 03:15 - 03:20   Session Sponsor
- 03:50 - 04:05   Dr. Ryan Francis, Divisional Manager, Product R&D, SRC
- 03:25 - 03:45   Mr. Don McGlashan, Operations Manager, Imagination Farms, CB Group
- 04:10 - 04:30   Ms. Annabel Williams, Kew Park Farms
- 04:30 - 04:45  Q&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   Session Sponsor
- 06:00 - 07:25   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   Chairman’s Closing Remarks
- JGC Hall
- Room C
Speaker
Mr Cliff Hughes
Chair & Speaker