DRAFT

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2005

Opening Address: Dr. Omar Davies,
Minster of Finance and Planning
Welcome:
9:00am - 10:00am
Mr. George Roper
President,
University of Technology, Jamaica
Hon. Desmond McKenzie
Mayor of Kingston
10:00am - 10:30    Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:30 Plenary Papers

Preparing for a Rainy Age: Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caribbean in the Context of Climate Change Marlene Attzs, UWI, Inter American Development Bank
“Land Policy and Management” Jacqueline DaCosta, Office of the Cabinet
 “Resilience in Island Knowledge” Eleanor Parker, United Kingdom
12:30pm - 1:45pm  Lunch

   

1:45pm - 3:30pm Concurrent Sessions
Session A: Session B: Session C:
LAND MANAGEMENT URBAN - RURAL DEVELOPMENT CULTURE
 “Informal Settlements and Tenancy Arrangements: Policy Options from a Regional Perspective”
Lucy Winchester, UN ECLAC, Chile
“Issues in Caribbean and UK Small Territories: A Comparative Study
C. Douglas, United Kingdom
“Developing the Built Environment: Some Cultural Concerns”
Mr. Sydney Bartley, Ministry of Education, Youth & Culture
“Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor Understanding the issues, Enabling Access”
Alain Williams, Kingston Restoration Company
 “Facilitating Citizen Guardianship of the Natural and Built Environment”
Alison Massa, planner

 

“Multi-Terrained: Meaning & Memory in Island Village, Ocho Rio”
E. Pigou-Dennis, UTECH
“Official Approach to Squatter Settlement”
Desmond Hall, UTECH
Lessons Learnt from Portmore: Urban Planning for Mass Housing”
Patrick Stanigar, architect
“Cultural Heritage Case Study: Trench Town, Kingston”
Christopher Whyms-Stone, architect
 “Catching up with Reality: the Informal Settlement Challenge in the Caribbean”
Robin Rajack, World Bank

 

  "The Influence of Jamaica’s Political Culture on the Built Environment”
Clifton Yap, architect

 

3:30pm - 4:00pm    Coffee Break

4:00pm - P L E N A R Y

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2005

9:00am - 11:00am Plenary Papers

“The Importance of Land Ownership & Registration to Effect Land Use and Planning” Joy Douglas, Planning Institute of Jamaica
“Energy Resource Issues in Small Islands” Raymond Wright, Petroleum Company of Jamaica
“Community: Destination for Development” Diana McIntyre-Pike, Countrystyle Ltd.
11:00am - 11:30    Coffee Break
11:30am - 12:30pm Concurrent Sessions
Session D: Session E: Session F:
LAND INFORMATION ENERGY & GREEN BUILDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
“Developing a National GIS: The Cayman Islands Model”
Alan Jones, Cayman Islands
“Sustainable Energy Research Institute”
Hugh Dunbar, architect, Jamaica & USA

“Green Buildings’ Role in Urban Sustainability: Floor-plate to Footprint”
Jennie Moore, Canada

“Social Capital in the Alleviation of Urban Poverty: Methods for its Formation & Use in the Inner-City”
Morin Seymour,
Kingston Restoration Company
12:30 - 1:45  Lunch
1:45pm - 3:30pm Concurrent Sessions
"GIS and Urban Redevelopment: Jones Town, Kingston”
Orett Clarke, UTech
Green Building Education Transfer: Case Study” Barbara Dabrowski,, Canada
British Columbia Institute of Technology
“Building Communities not Housing”
Desmond Brown, Transport Authority
“Proximity to Disaster: Natural Hazards & the Kingston Metropolitan Region”
P. Lyew-Ayee, UWI

 

“The U.K. Private Finance Initiative; Lessons for Small Developing Economies”
Herbert Robinson & Barry Symonds, United Kingdom

 

“Community Participation in Solid Waste management”
C. Archer, T. McClean, UTECH
3:00pm - 3:30pm    Coffee Break

3:30pm  P L E N A R Y

4:30pm Victoria Mutual Building Society Inaugural
Vayden McMorris Lecture Series:

“Observations on Building and Maintaining Resilient Buildings
and Human Settlements to withstand Disaster Impact”

Professor Ian Davis, United Kingdom

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2005

8:30am - 9:45am Plenary Papers

“Natural Disaster Recovery Planning” Roger Brewster, Australia

"Disaster Risk Reduction in Latin America & The Caribbean"

Erik Blommestein, ECLAC, Trinidad
9:45am - 10:45am Concurrent Sessions
Session G: Session H: Session I:
DISASTER MITIGATION CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
“Emerging Issues in Coastal Hazard Management”
Franklin McDonald, UNEP
“Jamaica-International Building Code”
Noel DaCosta, Chairman, National Committee
“Lessons Learnt in Implementing Environmental Agreements in Small Island Developing States ”
Chris Corbin, on behalf of Hon. Ferguson John, Minister, Government of St. Lucia
10:45am - 11:15  Coffee Break
11:15am - 12:30 Concurrent Sessions Cont.
“Emerging Issues in Coastal Hazard Management”
Franklin McDonald, UNEP
"Good Construction Practice for Caribbean Small Buildings”
Stephen Hodges & Brian English, PADCO/USAID
Urban Poverty and Solid Waste Management: An Analysis of Scavenging in Port-au-Prince”
C. Noel, Haiti

 

 Title:
Rafi Ahmad, UWI
“A Policy Exploration and Implementation “A Policy Exploration and Implementation”
Herbert Robinson & Barry Symonds, United Kingdom
"Building Construction and Environment – Filling Pot Holes”
Peter Reeson, Environmental Solutions Ltd
12.30 PLENARY
1.00 LUNCHEON FORUM

Vote of Thanks

2.30 End

 

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