Regional SME Seminar: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

 

                                                                                                    ACCRA Beach Hotel, Rockley, Christchurch, Barbados,

December 11, 2009

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    OPENING SESSION

 

Address by Ambassador José Rivera Banuet, SELA Permanent Secretary

 

Address by Carson Browne, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Empowerment, Innovation, Trade, Industry and Commerce of Barbados

 

Address by Leela Ramoutar, Private Sector specialist, CARICOM Secretariat

 

 

CONFERENCES

 

Sebastian Melin, Octantis Incubator for Business from Chile.”Supporting Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Chile and Abroad”

 

Gonzalo Capriles, Coordinator of the Management Unit of SELA-IBERPYME Programme: “Productivity, Innovation and Competitiveness: the experience of the SELA-IBERPYME Programme”.

 

Oscar Quintanilla, Manager of FUNDES El Salvador: “Execution of an Entrepreneur Support Programme: the experience of FUNDES in El Salvador”

 

Dr. Rolph Balgobin, Chairman of the Point Lisas Port Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago , “Developing a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

 

Dr. Keith Nurse, Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services, University of the West Indies. “The Trade and Innovation Nexus.”

 

 Mr. Carson Browne, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Empowerment, Innovation, Trade, Industry and Commerce of Barbados. :" The Public Sector, an Important Partner in Innovation and Entrepreneurship".

 

Mr. James Husbands of Solar Dynamics Ltd of Barbados,“Turning Dreams to Reality.”

 

Mr. Simeon Sandiford, Managing Director,  Sanch Electronics. “Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Work – Pan in Education.”  Part 2