PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Fourth Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition (CEF)
and
Fourteenth Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference
(RECARIBE)
and
First Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF)

“Climate Change, Water and Sanitation: A Shared Responsibility”

St. George's University, GRENADA
June 23 – 27, 2008

Monday, June 23rd

10:00 – 16:00 Arrival of Exhibitors and Set-up, Exhibition Centre, Taylor Hall, St. George's University

10:00 – 16:00 Early Registration – Conference Secretariat

18:00 – 19:45 Opening Ceremony - Taylor Hall, St. George's University

Chair: Patricia Aquing , Executive Director, CEHI and Chair of the CEF-4 Planning Committee

•  National Anthem
•  Prayer
•  Welcome Remarks: Honorary President, the Hon. Ann David-Antoine, Minister of Health, Social Security, the Environment  and Ecclesiastic Affairs, Grenada

Remarks:

• Representative of UNEP
• Randy Brown , Executive Director, Clean Islands International
• Dr. Sharunda Buchanan, Director, Division of Emergency and Environmental Services National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Ernst Martens, German Embassy for the Caribbean Region , Trinidad and Tobago
• Her Excellency Ambassador Magister Marianne Feldmann, Austrian Embassy for Venezuela and the Caribbean, Venezuela
• Aine Brathwaite, Chairperson , Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority and National Chair, CEF-4
• Dr. Denis Paul, Director of Institutional Advancement, St. George's University

Official Opening Address: Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada

Vote of Thanks

Exhibition Opening and Official Tour – Exhibition Hall: Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada

19:45 – 21:30 Welcome Reception and Cultural Event

(Sponsored by: The Austrian and German Governments)

Tuesday, June 24th

07:30 – 08:30 Registration of participants - Conference Secretariat, Taylor Hall, St. George's University

Plenary 1

09:00 – 10:30 Formal opening of Technical Sessions - Conference Room 1, Taylor Hall, St. George's University

Chair: Patricia Aquing , Executive Director, CEHI and Chair of the CEF-4 Planning Committee

• Formal Opening of Technical Sessions: Honorary President, the Hon. Ann David-Antoine, Minister of Health, Social Security, the Environment and Ecclesiastic Affairs , Grenada
• Brief remarks: Pan-American Health Organization
• Keynote Address: “Adapting to Climate Change: The role of Energy in German Development Cooperation in the Latin America & the Caribbean Region” - Hans-Peter Debelius, Director of Regional GTZ Office for the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean
• Keynote Address: “Imperatives for Achieving the Goals of Sustainable Development in Caribbean SIDS” – His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Angus Friday, Representative of Grenada to the United Nations and Chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
• Keynote Address: Senator Elizabeth Thompson, UNEP Champions of the Earth Award Recipient 2008, Barbados

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30

Chair: Vincent Sweeney , Regional Project Coordinator, GEF-IWCAM Project

• “The Economic and Social Benefits of Improved Sanitation”: Jon Lane , Executive Director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Geneva
• "The implications of climate change and safe water on public health; the importance of effectively managing water resources in the face of climate-related changes to water supply”: Dr. Sharunda Buchanan, Division Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States of America (CDC)
• “The role of Sustainable Energy in addressing issues of Climate Change ”: Her Excellency Ambassador Dr. Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl, Director General, Austrian Development Cooperation, Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Chair: Dr. Martin Forde, St. George's University

• "Little Cays can open mighty doors: The potential contribution of small island developing states to the transition from Capitalism to Econologism " – Prof. Dennis Pantin, University of the West Indies, Trinidad
• Launch of book " The Economics of an Integrated (Watershed) Approach to Environmental Management in SIDS: From Ridge to Reef ", Co-authors: Prof. Dennis Pantin, Dr. Marlene Attzs, Mr. Justin Ram and Mr. Winston Rennie
• Demystifying the Inconvenient Truth: Implications for the Caribbean – Dr. Kenrick Leslie, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

Sectoral commentary on implications:

• Social and Economic Implications – Prof. Dennis Pantin, University of the West Indies, Trinidad
• Environmental Implications- Dr. Neville Trotz, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)
• Energy Implications – Dr. Indra Haraksingh, University of the West Indies, Trinidad
• NGO Perspective – Robert Mueller, Atmosfair, Germany

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 Panel Discussion: “ Post-Bali Implications for the Caribbean ”

Moderators: Cletus Springer, Director, Department of Sustainable Development and Environment, Organization of American States; Thomas Scheutzlich, CREDP/GTZ Project

Panelists:

The Hon. Dr. Jerrol Thompson , Minister of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; the Hon. Gregory Bowen , Minister for Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries, Energy, Public Utilities and MNIB, Grenada (invited); Ambassador Irwin LaRocque , Assistant-Secretary General, CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana (invited); Dr. Jean Dixon , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Technology, Jamaica (invited); His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Angus Friday , Representative of Grenada to the United Nations and Chairman of the Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS) (invited); Dr. Kenrick Leslie , Executive Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC); Jennifer Ellard, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Grenada on Sustainable Development

17:45 – 19:00 Post Session Event

Launch of the Photovoltaic (PV) Test Field of the PV Research Programme at the WINDREF Institute of SGU

Remarks:

• Side by side testing of Crystalline and Thin Film Photovoltaic Panels , Dr. Dirk Burkhard, WINDREF Institute, SGU
• Opportunities and challenges for Photovoltaic technology in the Caribbean region, Detlef Loy and Thomas Scheutzlich, CREDP/GTZ

Cocktail Reception ( sponsored by WINDREF Institute and CREDP/GTZ )

Top

Wednesday, June 25 th

Parallel Sessions 1, 2, 3 & 4

09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Sessions
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel Sessions continue

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

Parallel Sessions 1 & 2 continue/Parallel Sessions 5 & 6
14:00 – 15:30 Parallel Sessions

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Parallel Sessions continue

Thursday, June 26 th

Parallel Sessions 7, 8 & 9

09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Sessions
10:30 – 11: 00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel Sessions continue

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Plenary 2: Closing of Technical Session and Exhibition – Conference Room 1

Co-chairs: Patricia Aquing, Executive Director, CEHI and Chair of the CEF-4 Planning Committee and Aine Brathwaite, Chairperson , Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority and National Chair, CEF-4

• Islands Systems Management: What are the implications for Coastal Zone Management in SIDS - Keith E. Nichols, OECS Secretariat, Castries , Saint Lucia .
• EcoEconomics and Management Effectiveness of the Coastal Zone in the Caribbean – Cletus Springer, Director, Department of Sustainable Development and Environment, Organization of American States
• The Sustainable Grenadines Project: Achievements in Phase 2 - Martin Barriteau, Sustainable Grenadines Project, Union Island , St. Vincent and the Grenadines

The Case for the Urgent Implementation of the UNCCD in the Caribbean - Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Germany

19:00 CEF-4 Banquet and Awards Ceremony, Grenadian by Rex Resort, Point Salines, St. George's

Friday, June 27th

Field Trips

Technical Tour: GSWMA Waste Management Operations

Pre-conference Activities – June 23 rd , 0 9.00 – 17.30

GEF-IWCAM RTAG (Closed door)

EcoHealth Project Focus Group Meeting (Closed door)

Details of Parallel Sessions

Session Title: ReCaribe 2008: 14th Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference

(Sponsored by Clean Islands International (CII), Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) and the Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority (GSWMA)

Co-Chairs: Randy Brown , Executive Director, CII and Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority

09:00 - 10:30 Opening Session

Welcome : Representatives of CII, CEHI and GSWMA

Conference Overview - Randy Brown , Executive Director, CII

• Review of Biomedical Waste Management Practices in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) - Dr. Martin Forde, SGU, Grenada
• Guidelines for Integrated Waste Management Strategies for Major Events and Festivals in the Caribbean - Marlyn Ramjeet-Samad , Guyana
• Synergy in Energy and Waste Management Policy” May Adams Cornwall , Executive Director, Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 General Session: Public Sector

• Waste Management in Antigua and Barbuda : Analysis, Expansion, and Reform - Denise Roberts, National Solid Waste Management Authority , Antigua and Barbuda
• Waste Management in Bermuda - Stephen Gilbert, Ministry of Engineering and Works, Bermuda
• Waste Management in Grenada - Vaughn Forsyth & Karen Roden, Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority , Grenada

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Technical Training Session 1

Managing Medical Waste: Awareness Training for Bloodborne Pathogens - Ed Nesselbeck , New York USA

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30 Technical Training Session 2

Managing Medical Waste: Developing a Medical Waste Management Plan - Ed Nesselbeck , New York USA

Top

Parallel Session 2 – June 25th , 09:00 – 17:30 - Conference Room 1

Session Title: Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum

(Sponsored by the Austrian Development Cooperation, the Global Sustainable Energy Forum and the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP/GTZ))

Co-Chairs: Thomas Scheutzlich, CREDP/GTZ and Martin Lugmayr, ADA

09:00 - 10:30 Technical Session 1

Chair: Dr. Indra Haraksingh, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

• CARICOM Regional Energy Programme: Some considerations for the short to medium term - Joseph Williams, Programme Manager Energy, CARICOM Secretariat (invited)
• A review of OECS Energy Initiative - Keith Nichols, Head of Environmental and Sustainable Development Unit, Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat, St. Lucia
• Options for sustainable energy in the Caribbean Region - Thomas Scheutzlich, Principal Advisor, CREDP/GTZ Project, St. Lucia
• Energy activities of the Austrian Development Agency - Martin Lugmayr/Christina Todeschini, Austrian Development Agency (ADA)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Technical Session 2

Chair: Natalie Da Breo CREDP/GTZ Project

• Energy and Environment Partnership: Advances and achievements in Renewable Energy - Otto Garcia, Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP), El Salvador
• Energy Efficiency Programme of OLADE - Mentor Poveda, OLADE (Organisación Latinoamericano de Energía), Ecuador
• Activities of the UNIDO-GSEII program and Organisation of American States (OAS) in the Caribbean - Kevin de Cuba, OAS
• Portfolio and activities of Caribbean Energy Information System (CEIS) - Mona Whyte, Director, Caribbean Energy Information System (CEIS), Jamaica

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Technical Session 3

Chair: Nigel Hosein, Executive Director, Caribbean Association of Electric Utilities Services Corporation (CARILEC), St. Lucia

• CIDA's activities in renewable energy and energy efficiency - Philip Schubert, (Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) (invited)
• Activities of the EU Energy Facility in the Caribbean - Howard Barton, AIDCO/European Union Energy Initiative (EU EI), Belgium (invited)
• IADB's “Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative” (SECCI) - Gerard Alleng, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Washington
• Activities of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in the Caribbean - Felix Finisterre, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Consultant, St. Lucia

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 Technical Session 4

Chair: Thomas Scheutzlich, Principal Advisor, CREDP/GTZ Project , St. Lucia

• Energy Policies for the Caribbean - Detlef Loy, CREDP/GTZ Consultant , Germany
• CARILEC's position on renewable energies - Nigel Hosein, Executive Director CARILEC, St. Lucia
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Financing of Renewable Energy projects: The model of Atmosfair - Robert Mueller, Atmosfair GmbH, Germany
• Innovative Financing for Solar Water Heating - Steven Kaufman, Green Markets Intl/Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP )

Parallel Session 3 – June 25 th , 09:00 – 12:30 Conference Room 2

Session Title: New Challenges and Approaches to Human Health and Sanitation

Co-Chairs: Dr. Hugh Sealy, St. George's University and Adrianus (Ton) Vlugman, PAHO/CEHI Environmental Health Advisor for the Eastern Caribbean

• A Review of the Wastewater Sector in Trinidad & Tobago - Wayne Peter Joseph, WASA, Trinidad
• Application of the Analytical Hierarchy Process for the selection of the best Wastewater Treatment Technology for Jamaica - Oreal Bailey (Jr) MSc., BSc., Dip., Scientific Research Council, Jamaica

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

• Developing Intra-regional and Institutional Capacity: The Caribbean Eco-Health Programme Model - Dr. Martin Forde, St. George's University , Grenada
• Geographical Information System for Integrating Risk by Inter-relating Scores (GI)SIRIS - Alex S. Ifill, Barbados Water Authority
• Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sanitation in the Caribbean: The Way Forward , Adrianus (Ton) Vlugman, PAHO/CEHI Environmental Health Advisor for the Eastern Caribbean

Parallel Session 4 – June 25 th , 09:00 – 12:30 - Conference Room 4

Session Title: Integrated Water Resources Management Concepts and Practices: Integrated Watershed and Coastal Areas Management SIDS (Sponsored by GEF-IWCAM)

Co-chairs: Vincent Sweeney , GEF-IWCAM Project and Christopher Corbin, UNEP-CAR/RCU

• Water Policy Development in the Caribbean and the Impact of Climate Change - Dr. Adrian Cashman, CERMES, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados
• Drought and Precipitation monitoring for enhanced Integrated Water Resources Management in the Caribbean – Bano Mehdi, McGill University , Canada
• Design of a Storm water system to support aquifer recharge: The Vaucluse Waste Management Centre , Barbados - Dwight Smikle, J. Burnside International, Canada

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

• A Review of Water Information Systems in the English-Speaking Caribbean: Challenges and lessons learnt - Lystra M. Fletcher-Paul, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Bridgetown , Barbados
• Viability of Establishing Marine Management Areas in Barbados - Kent Gustavson, Jacques Whitford Limited, Nova Scotia , Canada

Parallel Session 5 – June 25 th , 14:00 – 17:30 - Conference Room 4

Session Title: Integrated Water Resources Management Concepts and Practices: Water Safety Plans (WSP)

(Sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA ( CDC))

Co-chairs: Dr. Rick Gelting, CDC and Dr. Christopher Cox , CEHI

• Sanitation challenges related to the implementation of the Protocol concerning Land Based Sources of Pollution in the Wider Caribbean Region (LBS Protocol) - Orleans Garcia Fuentes, CIMAB, Regional Activity Centre for the LBS Protocol, Havana , Cuba
• Integrated Watershed and Coastal Management: Linking Freshwaters and Coasts — Dr. Clement Lewsey, Director, NOAA/NOS International Program Office
• Introduction to National Plans of Action (NPAs), WSPs & the NPA/WSP Connection – Dr. Christopher Cox , CEHI and Savitri Jetoo, Guyana Water Inc. (GWI)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

• The Guyana NPA/WSP Project - Dr. Ashok Sookdeo, Director, Environmental Health Unit, Ministry of Health , Guyana
• The Jamaica WSP Project: Successes & Challenges - Peter Knight, Ministry of Health , Jamaica
• Other WSP Experiences, Key Lessons Learned & the Regional WSP Network - Angella Rinehold, CDC

Parallel Session 6 – June 25 th , 14:00 – 17:30 - Conference Room 2

Session Title: Climate Change and Disaster Management

(Sponsored by Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC))

Co-chairs: Dr. Kenrick Leslie, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and Sally Edwards, Regional Advisor in Environmental Epidemiology, Office of Caribbean Program Coordination, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Barbados

• Presentations on Adapting to Climate Change in the Caribbean – Dr. Neville Trotz, CCCCC
• Tourism and the Changing Climate: Implications for Caribbean States - the Bermuda Story - Stuart J. Hayward, Chair, Bermuda Environmental & Sustainability Taskforce (BEST)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

• Climate Change: A New Challenge for Human Health and Sanitation in Guyana - Dr. Paulette Bynoe, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Guyana
• Disaster Management and its impacts on Human Health and Sanitation - David T. Popo, OECS Secretariat, Castries , Saint Lucia
• The Untold Story: A literature review of the psychological and related economic impacts of natural disasters on individuals in CARICOM States - Jason Alexander, MSc, Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU), Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad

Parallel Session 7 – June 26th , 09:00– 12:30 - Conference Room 3

Session Title: ReCaribe 2008: 14th Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference

(Sponsored by Clean Island International, Caribbean Environmental Health Institute and the Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority)

Co-chairs: Randy Brown , Clean Islands International and Camille Roopnarine , CEHI

9:00 - 10:30 General Session: Waste Management

• Barbados ' West Coast Sewerage Project: Accommodating a Changing Policy and Project Environment - Dr. Adrian Cashman, CERMES, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados
• Waste as an Environmental issue in the OECS: Results of a KAP Study - Peter A. Murray and Tecla Fontenard, OECS Environment and Sustainable Development Unit, Castries , Saint Lucia
• Strategic Planning for Solid Waste Management - Lyle Parsons, R.J. Burnside International Limited, Canada

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 General Session: Private Sector

• Cost-effective landfill liners and wastewater containment systems - Michael Dorsch, Hallaton , Maryland USA
• Analog Television and Cell Phone Recycling - Andy Wade, Wade Industries, New Jersey USA
• Regional Cooperation Toward Recycling Used Tires - Jacques Chouraki, Ecodec, Guadeloupe

Awards - Randy Brown , CII

Closing Remarks - Representatives of CII, CEHI and GSWMA

Parallel Session 8 – June 26 th , 09:00 – 12:30 - Conference Room 1

Session Title : Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum

(Sponsored by the Austrian Development Cooperation, the Global Sustainable Energy Forum and the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP/GTZ)

Co-chairs: Thomas Scheutzlich, CREDP/GTZ and Martin Lugmayr, ADA

09:00 - 10:30 Technical Session 1

Chair: Martin Lugmayr, Austrian Development Agency ( ADA )

• Energy Efficiency in the Domestic Sector: The Pilot Programme - Natalie Da Breo, CREDP/GTZ Project , St. Lucia
• The Transition to a Sustainable Energy Future in the Caribbean – Dr. Indra Haraksingh, University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad
• Development of the First Natural Market for Photovoltaic (PV) Energy – Grenada – Dr. Dirk Burghard, WINDREF Institute, St. George's University, Grenada
• Wind Energy in the Caribbean : Is it a viable option? - Benjamin Jargstorf, CREDP/GTZ Consultant , Chile

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Technical Session 2

Chair: Mona Whyte, Executive Director, Caribbean Energy Information System (CEIS), Jamaica

• Solar thermal applications for the Caribbean - Christian Holter, SOLID, Austria
• Limits and Potential for Waste Management to Energy Generation in the Caribbean - Kevin de Cuba, Organisation of American States (OAS)
• Gasification of Biomass and Municipal Solid Waste for Power Production in the Caribbean - Andrea Jordan, Newcastle University , UK
• Production of bio-fuels by means of micro-algae farming operations in the Caribbean - Alida Saleh, Trow International Ltd/ Harvard University, USA and Ramon Sanchez, Harvard University USA

Parallel Session 9 – June 26 th , 09:00– 12:30 - Conference Room 4

Session Title: Fifth World Water Forum, Caribbean Preparatory Meeting (Managed Session; Observers Welcome)

(Sponsored by World Bank and UNESCO-IHP)

Co-chairs: Dr. Christopher Cox , CEHI and Basil Fernandez, UNESCO-IHP Focal Point , Jamaica

• Welcoming Address and Opening remarks, Dr. The Honourable Horace Chang, Minister of Water and Housing , Jamaica and Patricia Aquing , Executive Director, Caribbean Environmental Health Institute
• Presentation of Meeting Objectives and Expected Outcomes , Dr. Christopher Cox , CEHI
• The Americas Process to the 5 th World Water Forum (WWF), Dr. Christopher Cox , CEHI

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

• The Draft Caribbean Regional Water Position Paper , Dr. Vasantha Chase, Consultant
• Next Steps: Facilitated Discussions , Co-chairs

Top