conference magazine - Caribbean Environmental Health Institute

Monday, June 21 st
10:00 – 16:00 Arrival of Exhibitors and Set-up, Exhibition
Centre (Hanover Room)
12:00 – 16:00 Early Registration – Conference Secretariat
(Cornwall Room)
18:00 – 19:30 Opening Ceremony – (Rose Hall Ballroom)
Chair: Mrs. Patricia Aquing, Executive Director, Caribbean
Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) and Chair of CEF-5
• National Anthem
• Prayer
• Welcome Remarks: Dr. The Honourable Horace Chang,
Minister of Water & Housing, Local Committee Chair and
Honorary President of CEF-5
• Remarks:
• Senator The Honourable Ann Peters, Minister of
Health, Grenada and Chair of the Board of CEHI
• Mr. Allan Hunt, President of the Board, Clean Islands
International
• H.E. Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary-General,
Organization of American States
• Dr. Sharunda Buchanan, Director, Division of Emergency
and Environmental Services, National Center
for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
• Ms. Angela Cropper, United Nations Assistant Secretary
General and Deputy Executive Director,
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• H.E. Ambassador Jurgen Engel, Federal Republic of
Germany
• Ms. Michelle De Pass, Assistant Administrator Office
of International Affairs, US Environmental Protection
Agency
• Feature Address: The Honourable Bruce Golding, Prime
Minister of Jamaica
• Vote of Thanks
• Exhibition Opening and Official Tour – Exhibition Hall: The
Honourable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica
19:30 – 21:30 Welcome Reception (Ocean’s Terrace)
Agenda
Fifth Biennial Caribbean Environmental Forum & Exhibition (CEF-5)
in collaboration with the
Fifteenth Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference (ReCaribe 2010)
the
Second Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF –2)
and
GEF-IWCAM Partnership Forum
Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica
June 21 st – 25 th , 2010
Tuesday, June 22 nd
07:30 – 09:00 Registration of participants - Conference
Secretariat (Cornwall Room)
09:00 – 10:30 Main Conference Plenary (Rose Hall Ballroom)
Co-Chairs: Mrs. Patricia Aquing, Executive Director, CEHI and
Chair of CEF-5; Mr. Peter Knight, Chief Executive Officer, National
Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA)
Summary and implications of the United Nations Climate
Change Conference (Copenhagen, December 2009)
• Introduction: Mr. Cletus Springer, Director, Department of
Sustainable Development, Organization of American
States (OAS)
• Keynote Address 1: The Honourable Stephenson King,
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia and CARICOM Head responsible
for Sustainable Development and the Environment
• Keynote Address 2: Ms. Angela Cropper, United Nations
Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director,
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
10:30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Plenary Session Continued
• Keynote Address 3: H.E. Ambassador Albert Ramdin,
Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American
States
• Keynote Address 4: The Honourable James Robertson,
Minister of Energy and Mining, Jamaica
• Keynote Address 5: Dr. The Honourable Leslie
Ramsammy, Minister of Health, Guyana
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 (Plenary session continued) Co-Chairs: Mr. Vincent
Sweeney, Regional Project Coordinator, GEF-funded
Integrating Watershed and Coastal Areas Management
Project (IWCAM) and Mr. Thomas Scheutzlich, Principal Advi-
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