Construction Seminar

Opening Ceremony
8:00am -9:00 am	Registration
9:00 am -9:05 am	Welcome Remarks	Chair – Ms. Stephanie Elder-Alexander Immediate Past President, ISTT
9:05am -9:10 am	Welcome Remarks	Mr. Afra Raymond President, ISTT
9:10 am -9:20 am	Opening Remarks	Minister of Government
9:20 am -9:30 am	Opening Remarks	Representative UWI
10:30 am -10:50 am	Keynote Address	Mr. Tom Justin President, RICS Americas
10:00 am -10:30 am	Break
Technical Session I – Land Development in the Current Financial Dynamics Moderator – Mr. David Neale
10:50 am -11:10 am	Ms. Jennifer Dunn BCQS International	Property Valuation and the importance of a qualified valuer to minimise risk in these economic times
11:10 am -11:20 am	Ms. Salisha Bellamy EMBDC	Experiences in Land Development
11:20 am -11:40 am	Mr. Victor Hart Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute	Land Development and the Risks posed by Corruption
11:40 am -12:00 pm
12:00 pm -1:30 pm	Lunch
Technical Session II - Land Development in the Current Financial Dynamics Moderator – Mr. Aidan Gregoire
1:30 pm -1:50 pm	Mr. Afra Raymond President ISTT	Land Development in Trinidad and Tobago – The Example of the Tobago Hilton
1:50 pm -2:10 pm	Mr. Ian Rollitt	Contract Dispute Review Boards
2:10 pm -2:30 pm	Break
Panel Discussion Risk in Contract Procurement
2:30 pm -3:30 pm	Discussants Mr. Afra Raymond Mr. Sanjay Amin

6:00pm – 10:00pm Cocktail Party for RICS Members of the Region – Hosted by RICS

Plenary Session
8:00am -9:00 am	Registration
9:00 am -9:05 am	Welcome Remarks	Chair – Ms. Stephanie Elder-Alexander Immediate Past President, ISTT
9:05 am -9:15 am	Opening Remarks	Minister of Government
9:15 am -9:35 am	Keynote Address	Prof. Jacob Opadeyi CASLE, UWI
9:40 am -10:00 am	Keynote Address	Dr. Clifford Dann, Honorary Fellow, CASLE
10:00 am -10:30 am	Break
Technical Session I – Land Conflict and Alternative Dispute Resolution - Social Moderator – Mrs. Stephanie Elder-Alexander
10:30 am -10:50 am	Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles UWI, St. Augustine	Land Conflict in Trinidad and Tobago
10:50 am -11:30 am	Mr. Stuart V. Kennedy Barrister and solicitor (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)	Alternative Dispute Resolution in Land Disputes
11:30 am -11:50 am	Mr. Ian Rollitt Chartered Project Management Surveyor	Applications and Experiences in Alternative Dispute Resolution
11:50 am -1:30 pm	Lunch
Technical Session II – Land Conflict and Alternative Dispute Resolution - Technical
1:30 pm -1:50 pm	Dr. Bheshem Ramlal The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad	A National Spatial Data Infrastructure for Trinidad and Tobago: A Necessity for Effective Land Development
1:50 pm -2:10 pm	Mr. Colvin Blaize Attorney, CE Blaize and Co.	Adverse Possession on State Lands
2:10 pm -2:30 pm	Mr. Sunil Lalloo UWI, St. Augustine	Tenure Security and the Effect of the Downturn in the Global Economy on the Sustainability of Customary Land Tenure – Reflections on Tobago
2:30 pm -2:50 pm	Ms. Cindy Gunness	GIS for Land Conflict
2:50 pm -3:10 pm	Break
Panel Discussion Minimising Land Conflict in the Caribbean
3:10 pm -3:40 pm	Discussants Prof. Jacob Opadeyi Mr. Stuart Kennedy Dr. Clifford Dann
Closing Ceremony
3:40 pm -4:00 pm	Vote of Thanks
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