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Mission Statement
"To promote and foster the highest quality service to the maritime industry through training development; working with all agencies, groups and other associations for the benefit and development of its members and the peoples of the Caribbean region."

GENERAL COUNCIL
2009-2010
  • PRESIDENT:
    Carlos Urriola-Tam
  • VICE PRESIDENT:
    Grantley Stephenson
  • IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT:
    Fernando Rivera
  • GROUP A CHAIRMAN:
    Michael Bernard
  • GROUP A REPRESENTATIVE:
    Rhett Chee Ping
  • GROUP A REPRESENTATIVE:
    Roger Hinds
  • GROUP A REPRESENTATIVE:
    Glyne St. Hill
  • GROUP B CHAIRMAN:
    David Jean-Marie
  • GROUP B REPRESENTATIVE:
    Linda Profijt-Del-Prado
  • GROUP C CHAIRMAN:
    Cyril Seyjagat
  • GROUP C REPRESENTATIVE:
    David Ross
  • GENERAL MANAGER:
    Clive Forbes

    DIRECTOR INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS:
    Michael S.L. Jarrett

  • 40th AGM CONFERENCE AGENDA

     

    40th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION

    CONFERENCE AGENDA

     

    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2010

    8:00 am – 12:00 pm CSA GOLF CHALLENGE

     

    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2010
    9:00 am - 6:00 pm             CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
     

    STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS

    9:00 am - 10:00 am            Board of Trustees of the CSA Training Trust Fund

    10:00 am - 11:00 am          Port Award Committee
    11:30 am - 12:30 pm        
     Cruise Committee
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm             The Silver Club
    2:00 pm - 5:00 pm              CSA General Council

    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm              WELCOME RECEPTION, COCKTAIL & EXHIBITION OPENING

                                   


             MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2010



    8:00 am - 5:00 pm             Shipping Insight 2011 - CSA Business Exposition
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm             CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
    8:30 am - 9:30 am             
    OPENING: Greeting & Opening Remarks

                                            Invocation
                                             

                                             CSA PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
                                             - Carlos Urriola,
    President of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA)

                                              WELCOME REMARKS &
    CEREMONIAL OPENING OF CONFERENCE
                                              - TBD

     
                                           
    Vote of Thanks – Grantley Stephenson, VP CSA

    9:30 am - 10:00 am           COFFEE BREAK

    10:00 am - 11:30 am         Confirmation of the Minutes of the 39th AGM 
                                              Matters Arising 
                                              Approval of Accounts
                                              Appointment of Auditors
                                              Report of Training
                                             

    11:30 am - 12:00 pm          Election of President and Vice President 2010/2011
                                             

    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm            NETWORKING LUNCH

    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm              DELIVERING CUSTOMER DELIGHT
                                               - Steven Zipkoff, President & CEO Zipkoff Solutions
                                            Moderator: TBC,
                                                                                   

    3:00 pm - 4:30 pm             CONCURRENT GROUP MEETINGS
                                             
                                         
                                             
    7:00 pm                             CULTURAL NETWORKING EVENT FOR DELEGATES,
                                             SPEAKERS & THEIR SPOUSES

    I = Invited

     


            TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2010



    8:00 am - 3:00 pm             Shipping Insight 2011 - CSA Business Exposition

    8:00 am - 3:00 pm             CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

    8:30 am - 09:30 am           THE BUSINESS & WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
                                              FOR GLOBAL TRADE

                                              Global Economic & Trade Outlook for the Caribbean
                                             
    - Walter Kemmsies,
    Chief Economist, Moffatt & Nichol
                                             Moderator: TBC,
                                                                                          
    09:30 am - 90:45 am         COFFEE BREAK

    09:45 am - 10:30 am         RIMS Now: Dawn of a New Beginning - PART 1
                                              Update on the Panama Canal Expansion
                                              
    - Alberto Aleman Zubieta,
    Chief Executive Officer, Panama Canal Authority

                                              Moderator: TBC,
                                                

    10:30 am - 12:30 pm         Global Supply Chain, Maritime Transportation and The Caribbean Transshipment Market
                                              - Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Associate Professor, Hofstra University, Dept of Global Study & Geography

     

                                            Transshipment, Logistics, Warehousing and Distribution – What Will Happen in the Caribbean?

                                            - Robert West, Principal – Trade & Transportation, Halcrow

                                            Moderator, TBC,

    12:30 pm - 2:00 pm           NETWORKING LUNCH

    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm             RIMS Now: Dawn of A New Beginning - PART 2
                                              An Integrated Approach for Delivering Cruise
                                              Customer Satisfaction
                                               -
    John Tercek,
    Vice President, Commercial Development,
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line,
                                              - Carnival Cruise Line Representative (I)

                                              - Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica (I) 
                                              Moderator: TBC,  
                                              

    5:30 pm                             Tour of the New Falmouth Pier and

                                            Cultural Event for Delegates, Speakers and Spouses

    I = Invited


        WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13, 2010



    8:00 am - 03:00 pm           Shipping Insight 2011 - CSA business exposition
                                             
    8:30 am - 10:15 am           RIMS Now: Dawn of A New Beginning - PART 3

                                              Business Contingency Planning Against Natural and 

                                              Environmental Disasters
                                             
    - Halcrow Representative (I)

                                             

                                               - Ricardo Sanchez, Head, Infrastructure Services Unit, ECLAC
                                             
                                              Business Contingency Planning Against Natural and 

                                              Environmental Disasters - The Haiti Story

                                            - Edouard Baussan, President Maritime Association of Haiti

                                              Moderator: TBC,  

    10:00 am - 10:30 am         COFFEE BREAK

    10:30 am - 12:00 am         Overcoming the Challenges to Customs Integration -
                                              The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Story
                                               - Loretta Gamble,
    Division Director, Technical Assistance Division  
                                             
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection
                                             - Sandile Kunene, Customs Specialist, SACU Secretariat (I)                                                                                   Moderator: TBC,
                                            
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm         Tabling of Reports

                                            - President’s Report

                                            Report from CSA Groups

                                            - Michael Bernard, Chair, Group A

                                            - David Jean-Marie, Chair, Group B

                                            - Cyril Seyjagat, Chair, Group C


                                              Outgoing President's Remarks
                                              Installation of General Council 2009/2010
                                              Incoming President's Remark
    s
                                              Future Meetings

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm           NETWORKING LUNCH

    1:30 pm - 4:00 pm             RIMS 10 DELIVERABLES: The Way Forward - PART 4
                                                                                       
                                              PANELISTS WILL SPEAK TO THE FIVE PILLARS
                                              OF RIMS THAT THE 10 DELIVERABLES ARE BUILT ON

                                               AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE SAME:
                                              - Access to timely and accurate maritime information: Regional  
                                              IT platform/portal
                                              - Trade Facilitation: Trade Community Systems
                                              - Customs Integration

                                             - Cruise Tourism Integration 
                                             - Maritime Security Integration                                        
                                           
                                                                              
                                              Michael Henry, Minister of Transport, Jamaica (I)
                                              Paul Hilaire, Permanent Secretary, Caribbean Customs Law

                                              Enforcement Council (CCLEC) (I)
                                              Hugh Riley, Secretary General, Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) (I)

                                              George Hutson, Minister of Int. Business & Int. Transportation, Barbados (I)
                                              SGS/Crimson Logic Representative,  
                                              SOGET Representative
                                              Rickey Skerritt, Minister of Tourism St. Kitts & Nevis (I)
                                              Stephen Cadiz, Minister of Trade, Trinidad & Tobago (I)                                        

                                              Moderator: David Harding, Chairman, Barbados Port Inc.  


    7:00 pm                              CSA's GALA BANQUET & AWARDS

     

     

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