Our Lunch Time Chats
The SRC Lunch Time Chat Series is an outreach initiative of the SRC which features regional and international experts discussing contemporary issues of trade and development importance to the Caribbean and the world.
Trade and the Bridgetown Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health
Tuesday 18th July 2023
12:30 pm AST
Moderator
Alicia Nicholls – Junior Research Fellow – The Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services
Speakers:
H.E. Ambassador Matthew Wilson – Ambassador of Barbados – United Nation, WTO and other International Organizations in Geneva
Nicole Foster – Head – Law and Health Research Unit, The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus
Dr. Joy St. John – Executive Director – Caribbean Public Health Agency
Pierre Cooke Jr. – Youth Advocate
The video recording is available here.
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs – In the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Friday 3rd March 2023
11:00 am AST
Moderator
Dr. Jan Yves Remy – Director – The Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services
Speakers:
Kim Butcher – Owner – OkoyebyKim
Dr. Sylvia Dohnert – Executive Director – Compete Caribbean
Gayle Gollop – National Private Sector Specialist – Jamaica, UN Women
Allyson Francis – Services Specialist – Caribbean Export Development Agency
The video recording is available here.
Trade and Climate Action: Shifting the Paradigm for a Just Transition and Sustainable Development
Thursday 2nd February 2023
10:00 am AST
Moderator
Prof Thomas Hale – Professor – Public Policy (Global Public Policy) Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Speakers:
Prof Dan Esty – Hillhouse Professor – Environmental Law and Policy/Yale Law School / Director – Centre for Environmental Law and Policy
Dr. Kennedy Mbeva – Postdoctoral Research Associate – Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Dr. Jan Yves Remy – Director – The Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services
Dr. Carolyn Deere Birkbeck – Director – Forum on Trade, Environmental Sustainability and the SDGs (TESS)
Prof Joel Trachtman – Professor – The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Tufts University
The video recording is available here.
US-Caribbean Relations: Increasing Private Sector Engagement
Thursday 1st December 2022
1 pm
Lead Presenter
Andrea M. Ewart Esq. – Attorney-at-Law – DevelopTradeLaw LLC
Speakers:
Vashti Guyadeen – CEO – Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI)
Trisha Tannis – Chairman – Barbados Private Sector Association
Nirad Tewarie – CEO -The American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago (AMCHAM T&T)
Gordon Charles – President – OECS Business Council / CEO – JQ Charles Group of Companies Ltd.
The video recording is available here.
The Power of Small: The Importance of MSMEs in Economic Performance
Monday 27th June 2022
12:00 noon
Moderator
Safiya Reid – Advisor – Trade and Sustainable Development – Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
Speakers:
Ayanna Young Marshall – Lecturer – Department of Management Studies UWI, Cave Hill Campus
Ronald T Ramjattan Jr – Executive Director – Baron Foods (St. Lucia) Ltd
Diane Edwards – President – Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO)