Speakers

Guest Speakers:

• Honourable First Lady of Bahamas, Mrs. Ann-Marie Davis

• Ms. Senrita Gobardhan, District Commissioner at Ministry of Regional Development and Sport, Suriname

Moderators:

• Dr. Rosalea Hamilton, CEO LASCO Chin Foundation, Chair, Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance

• Dr. Michele D. Singh, Director of the Centre for Agricultural, Research and Innovation (CAGRI), Board Member, Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance.

Presenters:

• Keisha Garcia, ESG Natural Capital Lead, ANSA Merchant Bank.

• Wonnie Wiemala Boedhoe, Inter National Development and Business Finance Consultant

• Federico S. Fiche, Technical Lead, Caribbean Climate Investment Program USAID Climate Finance for Development Accelerator, Chemonics International

• Dillion Alleyne, Deputy Director, Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) & Chief Economist

• Richardo Aiken, Community Development Specialist, Social Sector Division, CDB-Basic Needs Trust Fund

Moderators:

• Susan Taylor-Batten, Vice-Chair, Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance & President and Chief Executive Officer of Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE)

• Milton Speid, Director, Chair of Finance & Audit Committee, Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance & Director, North America, The ImPact

Presenter:

• Susan Nanduddu, Executive Director, African Center for Trade and Development

• Mr. Joseph Epitu, Commissioner in the Ministry of Water and Environment and the LIFE-AR Focal Representative, Uganda

Moderators:

• Dr. Michele D. Singh, Director of the Centre for Agricultural Research and Innovation (CAGRI), Board Member, Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance

• Dr. UnaMay Gordon, Senior Climate Change Consultant & Development Expert

Presenters:

• Dr. Ainka Granderson, Senior Technical Officer, CANARI. Project Lead for  Regional Initiative “Enhancing Caribbean Civil Society’s Access and Readiness for Climate Finance.” 

• Leisa Perch, Managing Director, SAEDI Consulting Barbados Inc, International Gender & Environment Consultant

• Dr. Harry Ozier LaFontaine, Research Director - Executive President of the French West Indies and Guiana INRA Centre & CambioNet Representative: CambioNet: A New approach to Agriculture in the Caribbean/Amazon region

Presentations from CambioNet and CANARI

Moderators:

• Dr. Michele D. Singh, Director of the Centre for Agricultural Research and Innovation (CAGRI), Board Member, Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance

• Dr. UnaMay Gordon, Senior Climate Change Consultant & Development Expert

Presenters:

• Trish Tierney, Co-Founder and CEO, Women's Alliance for Know (WAKE)

• Diandra Hines, Tech2Empower Advisor 

• Ryane Rollock, Senior Specialist, NIHERST

• Anuskha Sonai, President, Creative Tech Hub Caribbean

• Derval Barzey, Founder, Climate Conscious Podcast & Consultancy

• Rica G., The Golden Griot Solutions

• Diana S. Mbongo, Managing Director, Millennium Engineers

• Leneka Terika Rhoden, Founder, iAspire, Climate Change and Renewable Energy Specialist

Moderators:

• Dwayne Gutzmer, CEO, Institute of Law and Economics

• Nicole Pitter Patterson, Senior Consultant Gender, Trade & Financial Inclusion

Presenters:

• Hélène Marie-Claire Glenisson, Project Officer on Migration, Environment and Climate Change for the Caribbean, Migration, Environment, Climate Change and Risk Reduction Division, International Organization for Migration

• Dedan Daniel, Chairman, Tobago Reforestation & Watershed Management Program, (TRWRP) Tobago House of Assembly

• Dr. Devon Taylor, Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM)

• Shylina Lingard, Strategic Management Employee, Association of Indigenous Village Leaders in Suriname

• Artie Dubrie, Coordinator, Sustainable Development and Disaster Unit, ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean - Climate Justice

Moderators:

• Talya Mohammed, Regional Project Coord. Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance

• Sean McCoon, Civil Society, Environmental & Youth Empowerment ,Advocate Foreign Affairs and International Relations Expert, T&T CTPP Ambassador- Caribbean Tree Planting Project

• Reinier Taus, CTPP National Coordinator Suriname

Presenters & Featured Artists:

• Dillano David Rapsey, Singer, Songwriter and Musician, Trinidad & Tobago (Opening Performance)

• Dr. Sonia Peters, Executive Director, Biocultural Education and Research Programme, Barbados

• Ayesha Constable, Co-Founder and CEO, GirlsCare, Jamaica

• Thony Loui, Multimedia Visual Designer & Tanama Creator, Haiti & USA

• Zakiya Griot, Spoken Word Poet, Trinidad and Tobago.

• Dr. Bob Ramdhanie, MBE, Director,  Rupununi Music and Arts Festival, Guyana

• Christio Wijnhard, Fashion Designer, Ambassador for Nature, Suriname

• Olivia Wilmot, Earth and the Fullness (Closing Performance)

Moderators:

• Jamila Falak, Creative Musician. Singer. Songwriter. Producer & CariPhilAlliance Regional Youth Coordinator

• Alpha Sennon, Founder & CEO, WHYFARM