8th Annual Caribbean Conference to be held in Jamaica
Caribbean 8th Annual Conference will be held 3-10 January 2010 at the Hilton Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica under the theme, Innovative Solutions for Challenging Times. This conference will be presented by student clubs Caribbean MBA from The Wharton School and Harvard Business School.
This conference will enable participants to meet representatives from leading companies interested in recruiting Caribbean MBA top talent, network with industry thought leaders, government and education Listen to speakers and panelists deal with key issues affecting the region and learn about international student admission process who are interested in pursuing an MBA in the United States.
Confirmed Keynote Speaker:
- Prime Minister Hon. Bruce Golding
- The Hon. Oliver Clarke OJ, Chairman and MD of the company tax
- Joseph Matalon, President PSOJ
- Colm digging, Digicel Group CEO
- Clovis Metcalfe, MD, First Caribbean
PANEL: Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean
• William Mahfood, managing director, Wisynco Group
• John P. Azar, Managing Director, King Alarm
• Tina Matalon, Director of Marketing, Jamaican Restaurants
• Brian Jardim, Chief Executive Officer, Rainforest Seafood
• Oliver McIntosh, President and CEO of International Media Content
PANEL: Raising Capital
• Oliver Jordan, Managing Director, FirstCaribbean Barbados Strategic Business Unit
• Mariame McIntosh, Senior Vice President, Portland Private Equity
• Dr Adrian Stokes, Senior Investment Officer of Jamaica Money Market Brokers
• Christopher Williams, Vice Chairman of the Jamaica Stock Exchange / Managing Director, NCB Capital Markets
PANEL: Lessons from Financial Crisis: New and Emerging Industries
• Patrick Casserly, Founder, eServices
• Dr Winston Davidson, Public Health Specialist
• Robert Gregory, Former President, Jamaica Trade and Investment
• Christopher Levy, President and CEO, Jamaica broilers Group
• Dr Parris Lyew-Ayee, director, Mona Geoinformatics Institute
• Nicholas Scott, Vice President, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica
PANEL: The Power of Regional Integration and Collaboration
• Ivor Carryl, Program Manager, CARICOM Secretariat CSME
• Dr. Miguel Carrillo, Chief Arthur Lok Graduate School of Business (uwi Trinidad)
• Dr. Jeannine Comma, head of the Cave Hill School of Business (uwi Barbados)
• Mia Mottley, Political Barbados Labor Party Chairman
The deadline for registration is December 27, 2009 and the special one-day price is only available for the conference, no MBA needed to attend. To sign up visit,
www.caribbeanmbaconference.com / registration.php
Sponsors this year include, First Caribbean, the gleaner Company, American Airlines, and the Advisory and Consulting Ltd. Mdk