3rd Caribbean Conference on the International Financial Serv

AGENDA

3RD CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR THE CARIBBEAN ENGAGING THE WORLD IN FINANCIAL SERVICES

BRITISH COLONIAL HILTON HOTEL | NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS | MARCH 31st – APRIL 2nd, 2014

Monday, 31st March, 2014

8:00am- 9:00am 9:00am- 9:30am

Registration, Sir Harry Oakes Room Opening Ceremony, Governor’s Ballroom

- The Honourable Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services, The Bahamas - Her Excellency Paola Amadei, Ambassador of the EU for Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) of Turks and Caicos and the Cayman Islands - Mrs. Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency, Barbados - Dr. The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antigua & Barbuda

9:30am- 10:00am

Key Note Address

The Right Honourable Perry Gladstone Christie, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Panel 1: An Overview of CARIFORUM Economies: Key Strategies for Growth

10:00am-11:00am

Chairperson: Mr. Kelvin Dalrymple, Senior Advisor to the Executive Director (Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean), the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA - His Excellency Mikael Barfod, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean - Ms. Sona Varma, Senior, Country Economist, LCSPE, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank, Washington DC, USA - Ms. Nicole Laframboise, Deputy Division Chief in the Caribbean II Division at the Fund and mission chief for Barbados, International Monetary Fund, USA Regional Response: Dr. Justin Ram, Director of Economics Department, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados