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.
Recordings
(9)
12 February, 2025
Moderator
Bruce Zagaris – Partner – Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP – CPC Fellow
Speakers:
Lynette Eastmond– Lead Counsel – Eastmond & Co.
Michael Durst – Member – District of Columbia Bar and Research Associate, International Centre for Tax and Development
Bevon Sinclair – Chief Technical Advisor – Commissioner General and Head of Dispute Resolution Division, Tax Administration Jamacia
4th January, 2025
Moderator
Dr. Jan Yves Remy – Director – Shridath Ramphal Centre, UWI, CPC Fellow
Speakers:
Andrea M. Ewart Esq. – Attorney-at-Law – DevelopTradeLaw LLC, CPC Fellow
Jamila Thompson – Former Chief of Staff – Office of the US Trade Representative – Executive Office of the President
Dr. Scoot B. MacDonald – Chief Economist – Smith’s Research and Gradings, CPC Fellow
Hon. Kelly-Ann Shaw – Co-Chair – Geopolitical Risk and National Security Programme – Hogan Lovells
8th March, 2024
Moderator
Dr. Jan Yves Remy – Director – Shridath Ramphal Centre, UWI
Speakers:
Dr. Amrita Bahri – Professor – International Trade Law, ITAM
Dr. Daniele Bobb -Lecturer – Gender and Development Studies, UWI
Prof. Katrin A. Kuhlmann – Co-Director- CITD Georgetown University
Tonni Brodber – Representative – UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribbean
25th January, 2024
Moderator
Dr. Jan Yves Remy – Director – Shridath Ramphal Centre
Speakers:
Mustaqeem De Gama – Trade Consultant
Manal Shehabi – Director – Sheer Research & Advisory; Associate Faculty Member – University of Oxford
Atul Sharma – Co-Founder – Sarvada Legal
Colette Der Ven – Founder – Tulip Consulting
Geraldo Vidigal – Assistant Professor – University of Amsterdam
24th October, 2023
Moderator
Donneil Cain – Project Development Specialist – CCCCC
Speakers:
Ambassador Colin Murdoch – Permanent Representative – OECS to the UN
Ambassador Carlos Fuller – Permanent Representative – Belize to the UN
Dr. Jan Yves Remy – Director – Shridath Ramphal Centre
Rueanna Haynes – Director – Climate Analytics Caribbean
18th July 2023
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
3rd March 2023
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
2nd February 2023
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
1st December 2022
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.
Other
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7 March, 2025
Moderator
Dr. Jan Yves Remy – Director – Shridath Ramphal Centre
Ms. Jaeda Sutherland – Director – Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (Belize)
Speakers:
Amb. Ruleta Thomas – Climate Ambassador – Antigua and Barbuda
Ms. Atina Schutz – Legal Advisor – Micronesian Centre for Sustainable Transport
Dr. Helvi Petus – Senior Lecture – Namibia University of Science and Technology
Ms. Patricia Francis – Chairperson – Jamaica’s Trade Facilitation Task Force
27th June, 2022
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)