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Sustainable development and greater integration

Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Advancing regional integration and cooperation

Luis Fernando Andrade Falla

Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States

Perspectives on relations with the Caribbean

Dr Juan Daniel Alemán Gurdián

Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA)

Growing relations and common interests

Alexander Stubb

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finland

Convergence of regional integration

José Rivera Banuet

Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

Turkey and the ACS: distant neighbours

Dr Nihat Akyol

Ambassador of Turkey to the Association of Caribbean States

The increasing risk of disasters in the Caribbean

Dr Alicia Bárcena Ibarra

Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Hub of the Southern Caribbean

Trinidad and Tobago Convention Bureau

The role of governments and humanitarian organisations

Xavier Castellanos

Director, Americas Zone

Disaster risk reduction efforts in the Caribbean

Stelios Christopoulos

Chargé d’affaires, Delegation of the European Commission to Trinidad and Tobago

Disaster management in the Caribbean

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)

Tourism development in the Caribbean

Alejandro Fleming

Tourism Minister, Venezuela and Chair, ACS Special Committee on Sustainable Tourism

Investing in Trinidad and Tobago

Stephen Cadiz

Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

What type of tourism for Haiti?

Patrick Delatour

Minister of Tourism, Architect of Monuments, Haiti

Converting crisis into opportunity

Hugh Riley

Secretary General and Director of Marketing for the Americas, Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO)

Adopting a holistic approach

Fernando Rivera

Immediate Past President, Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA)

Maritime routes of the Greater Caribbean

Pedro Suárez Reyes

Official of the Ministry of Transport, Republic of Cuba, Author & Coordinator of the Maritime Routes of the Greater Caribbean Project

The development of the Dutch Caribbean islands

Emily S. de Jongh-Elhage

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles

A comprehensive approach to trade development

Victorin Lurel

President, Regional Council of Guadeloupe

An integrated approach to human capital development

Professor Clement Sankat

Campus Principal, and Stacy Richards-Kennedy, Senior Programme Manager, University of the West Indies

T&T’s NGC spreads its wings

S. Andrew Mc Intosh

President of the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago

Petroleum developments in the Caribbean basin

David Renwick

Caribbean Energy Correspondent, FIRST

Governance of the Caribbean Sea

Serge Letchimy

President of the Regional Council of Martinique

Facilitating regional integration

Larry Howai

Chief Executive Officer, First Citizens Group

Designating the Caribbean Sea as a Special Area

Professor John Agard

Expert, Caribbean Sea Commission, University of the West Indies

‘New Regionalisms’: Caribbean perspectives

Timothy M. Shaw

Director of the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

Mexico’s ocean policy development and challenges

Dr Porfirio Álvarez Torres

Chief Technical Advisor, Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem, UNIDO