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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

  • May 17 May 17

     

    May 17, 18, 19

     

     

    REGISTER NOW

     

    Agenda

     

     SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2010 

    9:00 am - 6:00 pm             CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

    9:00 am - 10:00 am            Board of Trustee (private)

    10:00 am - 11:00 am          Port Award Committee Meeting (private)

    11:30 am - 12:30 pm          Cruise Committee Meeting (private)

    1:00 pm  - 2:00 pm             Silver Club Meeting (private)

    2:00 pm - 5:00 pm              CSA General Council Meeting (private)

    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm              WELCOME RECEPTION COCKTAIL   DINNER ON THE BEACH


     

        MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010


    8:00 am - 5:00 pm                      CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

    8:30 am - 9:30 am                      OPENING
                                                    CSA PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
                                                    - Carlos Urriola,
    President of the Caribbean Shipping Association

                                             

    WELCOME REMARKS & OFFICIAL OPENING OF CONFERENCE
                  - Speaker -TBA

     

    9:30 am - 10:00 am                    COFFEE BREAK

    10:00 am - 12:00 pm                  GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK & TRADE PATTERNS -
                                                     BACK TO NORMAL OR THE GREAT DEPRESSION?
                                             
                                                    Global Economic & Trade Outlook
                                                    - Jean-Paul Rodrigue,
    Associate Professor, Department of
                                                Global Studies & Geography, Hofstra University, NY, USA

                                                 Caribbean and Latin American Economic & Trade Outlook
                                               - Robert West,
    Principal - Trade & Transportation, Halcrow

                                                 Moderator: TBD,
                                             

    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm               NETWORKING LUNCH



    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm                 REGIONAL INTEGRATED MARITIME STRATEGY (RIMS)
                                                  If NOT TODAY ... WHEN? - Part 1

                                                  RIMS: Then; Now; Tomorrow
                                                  - Joseph Cervenak,
    Principal Kemper-Joseph LLC
                                              
                                                  Integrated Air Cargo: The FedEx Story
                                                - Francisco X. Santeiro,
    Managing Director,
                                                  FedEx Corporation (I)

                                                  RIMS: The Cruise Sector Perspective
                                                 - Dr. Andrew Coggins,
    Cruise Industry Analyst, Professor,
                                                   Pace University, New York

                                                   Moderator: TBD,
                                           
                                                                                   
     

    7:00 pm  -                            CULTURAL NETWORKING EVENT FOR DELEGATES,
                                                SPEAKERS & THEIR SPOUSES

                                                                     

     

     I = INVITED

     


        TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010
    8:00 am - 3:00 pm                   CONFERENCE REGISTRATION



    8:30 am - 10:00 am                 RIMS: IF NOT TODAY ... WHEN? – (Part 2 )

                                                     Luxury Yacht Business Opportunities in RIMS
                                                    - Rupert Conner,
    CEO & President, Luxury Yacht Group
                                                
                                                     RIMS: The Cargo Sector Perspective
                                                    - Michael Horton,
    Principal Latin America,
                                                      Moffatt & Nichol
                                                
                                                      Moderator: TBD,
                                                  
    10:00 am - 10:15 am               COFFEE BREAK


    10:15 am - 11:30 am               RIMS: IF NOT TODAY ... WHEN? – (PART 3)

                                                    Regional Maritime Security Challenges
                                                  
    - DCP Linval Bailey, Vice President Security, Port
                                                    Authority of Jamaica
                                                
                                                    RIMS: Opportunity for Maritime Security Success
                                                 
    - Rear Admiral Victor Guillory,
    Commander U.S. Naval
                                                    Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet

                                                    Moderator: TBD,


                                                
    11:30 pm - 12:00 pm               CSA PORTS OF THE YEAR 2008 PRESENTATIONS

                                                   - Multi-Purpose Port of the Year Presentation
                                                   -
    Container Terminal of the Year Presentation


    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm              A REGIONAL INTEGRATED APPROACH TOWAGE
                                                  - Marcelino de Lannoy,
    General Manager,
                                                    Curacao Towage Company

                                                    Moderator: TBD


    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm                 NETWORKING LUNCH

    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm                  RIMS: IF NOT TODAY ... WHEN? – (PART 4)

                                                Regional Customs Integration: A Critical Path to RIMS
                                                
                                             
    - Danville Walker, Commissioner of Customs, Jamaica
                                              - Julian Lopez Ramirez, Commissioner of Customs,
                                                   Curacao

                                              - Frank Holder, Comptroller of Customs, Barbados

                                              - Paul Hilaire, Permanent Secretary, Caribbean Customs
                                                   Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC)   

                                              -
    Abdias Ortiz, Division Director, Western Hemisphere
                                                   Office of Int. Affairs, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
                                                                                                    - Nestor Diaz Saavedra, Director of Customs, Colombia (I)


     
                                                  
    Moderator: TBD, 

                                                         
    4:00 pm                                 Port Tour



    7:00 pm                                 SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITY FOR DELEGATES,
                                                 SPEAKERS & SPOUSES

     I = INVITED   


        WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2010

    8:30 am - 10:15 am              RIMS Implementation Challenges and Opportunities
                                                 WORKSHOP – (PART 1)


                                               
    CONCURRENT SESSIONS
                                             
                                              a. RIMS Implementation: Ocean Carrier, Feeder & Ports
                                                  Perspectives
                                            
                                             
    - Poul Hestbaek,
    Snr. VP, Hamburg Sud North America Inc.
                                              - Stephen Bell,  Vice President, Seaboard Marine Limited
                                              - Nehama Bikovsky, VP Caribbean & Central American
                                                District, ZIM
                                              - Roland Malins-Smith, President, Seafreight Agencies
                                                (USA) Inc.

                                              - Mr. Rodolfo Sabonge, VP of Market Research and Analysis,

                                                Autoridad del Canal de Panama
                                              - Ernest Taylor, President, PLIPDECO Trinidad

                                                Moderator: TBD,  


                                              
                                             b. RIMS Implementation: Cruise Lines, Luxury Yacht &
                                                  Shore Excursion Perspectives

                                              - Gordon Buck,
    VP Caribbean Relations, Carnival Cruise
                                                Lines Inc.
                                             
     - Federico Gonzalez, Dir. Government Relations, Royal
                                                Caribbean Cruises

                                              - Rupert Conner, President & CEO, Luxury Yacht Group
                                              - John Flynn, President, Sand Dollar Sports, Cozumel, Mexico
                                           

                                              Moderator: TBD,
                                        

    10:15 am - 10:30 am            COFFEE BREAK

     

     

    10:30 am - 12:00 noon         RIMS Implementation Challenges and Opportunities
                                                 WORKSHOP – (PART 2)
                                               

         CONCURRENT SESSIONS
                                             
                                              a. RIMS Implementation Outlook for Cruise Tourism

                                               

        - Gloria M. de Mees, Director Sustainable Tourism,
                                                  Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
                                            -
    Theodore Heyliger, Commissioner, Harbour Affairs
                                                   and Public Infrastructure (I)

                                             - Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace,
    Minister of Tourism &
                                                  Aviation - Bahamas (I)

          - Minister Rickey Skerritt, Minister of Tourism – St. Kitts & Nevis

          - Minister Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism - Jamaica                                                                                       - David Dick, Commissioner of Economic Affairs and
                                                   Tourism, Island Government of Curacao


     


                                            
                                                
    Moderator: TBD,   

                                             

                                         b. RIMS Implementation Outlook For Trade and
                                                  Economic Integration

                                             
    - Amb. Irvine LaRocque, Assistant Secretary General,
                                                Trade & Economic Integration, CARICOM
                                             
    - Amb. Luis Andrade, Secretary General, ACS
                                              - Senator Mariano Browne, Minister of Trade,
                                                Trinidad and Tobago (I)
                                              - Michael Henry, Minister of
    Transport, Jamaica

                                              - Carlos Gallegos, Executive Secretary, Inter American Committee on Ports,

                                                  Organization of American States (OAS)                                                         
                                              - Sara Hagigh, Deputy Director, US Department of
                                                Commerce, & International Trade Administration


                                              Moderator: TBD,

    12:00 pm - 1:15 pm             RIMS Implementation Challenges and Opportunities
                                                WORKSHOP – (PART 3)

                                               FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES
                                                - TBA,
                                              

           LEGAL PERSPECTIVES
                       - Kwame Gordon,
    Consultant Attorney,
                         Samuda & Johnson Attorneys-at-Laws .
                                             
                         
    Moderator: TBD,
          

    1:15 pm - 2:30 pm                CLOSING LUNCH
                                              

     

     I = INVITED


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