Programme

Preliminary Agenda

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Monday, May 31st

08:00 – 16:00 Arrival of Exhibitors and Set-up

10:00 – 16:00 Early Registration – Conference Secretariat (Hummingbird Room)

18:00 – 19:30 Opening Ceremony - Ballroom
Chair: Vincent Sweeney, Executive Director
Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI)

* National Anthem (Steelband instrumental)

* Remarks:

*Hon. Penelope Beckles, Minister of Public Utilities & Environment, Trinidad & Tobago
*Mr. Vishnu Dhanpaul, President (acting), Tourism & Industrial Development Company of Trinidad & Tobago Limited (TIDCO)
*Dr. Dave McIntosh, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Environmental Management Authority (EMA)
*Mr. Errol Grimes, Chief Executive Officer, Water & Sewerage Authority of Trinidad & Tobago (WASA)
*Mr. Ray Brathwaite, Executive Chairman, Trinidad & Tobago Solid Waste Management Company Limited (SWMCOL)
*Mr. Larry Howai, Chief Executive Officer, First Citizens Bank of Trinidad & Tobago
*Mr. Ricardo Sanchez Sosa, Director, UNEP Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean (UNEP/ROLAC)
*Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

*Official Opening Address: Hon. John Rahael, Honorary President of CEF-2 and Minister of Health, Trinidad & Tobago

*Vote of Thanks: Mr. Hamid O'Brien, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health

19:30 – 19:40 Exhibition Opening – Exhibition Hall
Hon. John Rahael, Honorary President of CEF-2 and Minister of Health, Trinidad and Tobago

19:40 – 21:30 Welcome Reception & Cultural Event – Trinidad Hilton
(Reception hosted by the Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago)

Tuesday, June 1st

07:30 – 09:00 Registration ofParticipants- Conference Secretariat (Hummingbird Room), Trinidad Hilton

09:00 – 10:30 Formal Opening of Technical Sessions (Plenary)
Ballroom & Ballroom Foyer
Co-chairs- Vincent Sweeney, Executive Director, CEHI and Anthony Bartholomew, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Utilities & Environment, Trinidad & Tobago

Formal Opening of Technical Sessions – Hon. John Rahael, Honorary President of CEF-2 and Minister of Health, Trinidad & Tobago

SIDS + 10: The Road to Mauritius

The Small Islands Problematique Revisited: Arthur Gray, UNECLAC

Keynote Addresses: The Road to Mauritius (SIDS+10) Where are we?
Mr. Byron Blake, Assistant Secretary General of CARICOM (retired)
Senator Hon. Dr. Marcus C. Bethel, Minister of Health & Environment, Commonwealth of the Bahamas

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30
Co-Chairs: Ricardo Sanchez-Sosa, Director, UNEP Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean

Wanted Dead or Alive – Seas and Oceans: The Caribbean Seascape and its Implications for Management towards Sustainability: Arthur Gray, UNECLAC

Implementing the Health and Environment Agenda for the Americas

Keynote Address:
Ray Edwards, Chair, Health & Environment Ministers of the Americas (HEMA) Task Force

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Trade, Investment, Health and the Environment Co-Chairs: Dr. Rohit Doon, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago and Dr. Dave McIntosh, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, EMA

• Challenges for the Caribbean Region in the Sustainable Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements. Case Study of the Montreal Protocol on the Phase out of Ozone Depleting Substances: Artie Dubrie, UNEP/ROLAC
• Strategy for Improved Agro-Chemical Management and Use in the Caribbean Region: Hyacinth Chin Sue, Coordinating Group of Pesticide Control Boards in the Caribbean
• Trade Liberalization and Environmental Management Implications in the Caribbean: Jan Vermeiren, Deputy Director, Unit for Sustainable Development & the Environment, Organisation of American States

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 Panel Discussion: Trade, Investment, Health and the Environment – Implications for SIDS
Moderator: Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General, CARICOM (invited)/Byron Blake- Consultant -Trade and Economic Development, CARICOM

Panelists– Ranjit Singh- Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of the West Indies (UWI), Ramesh Chaitoo- Services Trade Specialist, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM); Vishnu Dhanpaul-President (Acting)-TIDCO; Representative: from First Citizens Bank; Dr. Frank Ward – Chairman of Advisory Committee on Environment and Trade to the Cabinet of Ministers of Barbados; Representative from the United States Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago (tentative)

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 – 15:30 Parallel Sessions

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 Parallel Sessions continue

Thursday, June 3rd

Parallel Sessions 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17

09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Sessions

10:30 – 11: 00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Parallel Sessions continue

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch/Closing of Exhibition

14:00 – 15:30 Parallel Sessions

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 Closing of Technical Session (Plenary) – Ballroom and Ballroom Foyer
Co–Chairs: Vincent Sweeney, Executive Director CEHI and Mr. Hamid O'Brien, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health

• Human Resource Development for Environmental Health Professionals: Harry Philippeaux PAHO CPC * Presentation on Caribbean Water Partnership by NIHERST
• Summary of Parallel Sessions by Chairs
• Identification of Main Issues
• A Way Forward
• Closing Remarks

19:30 CEF-2 Banquet/Launching of Environmental Collection

Friday, June 4th

Field Trips and Sightseeing Tours

Field Trips

• Point Lisas Industrial Estate and Caroni Arena Dam (sponsored: WASA)
• Beetham Landfill (sponsored: SWMCOL)

Sightseeing Tours

• Maracas Beach
• Asa Wright Nature Centre & Lodge
• Caroni Bird Sanctuary

Parallel Session 1 – Wednesday, June 2nd , 09:00 – 12:30, Room 1 (Ballroom)

Session Title: Integrated Water Resources Management/Whitewater to Blue Water Initiative
(Sponsored: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US Department of Commerce)
Co-chairs: Errol Grimes (WASA) and Shelley McMillan (World Bank Consultant)

• White Water to Blue Water Initiative: Elizabeth McClanahan (NOAA)
• WASH: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All: Wayne Joseph, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) Caribbean Coordinator
• Community-based Water Resources Management: Lessons from The Ridge To Reef Watershed Project: Karen McDonald Gayle,(United States Agency for International Development – Jamaica) & Thera Edwards, (National Environment & Planning Agency )
• Marginal Cost Pricing for Drainage and Irrigation Water in Guyana: Is it feasible?: Mark Bynoe, (University of Guyana)
• Water Resources and Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation: A Role for Ecological Assessment of Rivers in Trinidad and Tobago: Mary Alkins-Koo, Floyd Lucas, Lorraine Maharaj, Shobha Maharaj, Dawn Phillip, Wayne Rostant, & Sharda Surujdeo-Maharaj, (University of the West Indies-Trinidad)
• Metal Pollution Considerations in Integrated Water Resource Management for Trinidad and Tobago: Sharda Surujdeo-Maharaj, Mary Alkins-Koo & I van Chang Yen, (University of the West Indies-Trinidad )
• A Case Study in Pollution in a Major River Catchment, Trinidad: Floyd Lucas & Mary Alkins-Koo (University of the West Indies-Trinidad)

Parallel Session 2 – Wednesday June 2nd, 09:00– 17:00, Room 2 (Ballroom Foyer)

Session Title: Climate Change, Climate Variability and Risk Assessment: Implications for Health, Water, Food Production and Tourism
Co-chairs: Dr. Clement Lewsey, NOAA and Dr. Ulric “Neville” Trotz, MACC

09:00 – 9:30 Overview of Climate Change in the Caribbean: Dr. Ulric Trotz, MACC Project Manager, Project Implementation Unit, Belize

Session One: Climate Risk/Climate Variability

09:30 – 9:50 Climate Change Scenarios for Decision-making: Dr. James Bruce, ACCC-CEA, Canada

09:50 – 10:10 NOAA's Partnership in the MACC Project: Dr. Clement Lewsey, Deputy Director, NOAA National Ocean Service, International Program Office, USA

10:10 – 10:30 Risk Management Guidelines for Adaptation Decision-making: Dr. Ulric Trotz, Program Manager, MACC Project Manager, Belize

10:30 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:30 Climate Change and Food Security

11:30 – 11:50 Coastal Vulnerability in Guyana: Omatoyo Dalrymple, University of the West Indies, Barbados

11:50 – 12:10 Climate Variability and Disease Patterns in two South Eastern Caribbean Countries: Dharmaratne Amarakoon, Roxann Stennet & Anthony Chen, Climate Studies Group Mona, Department of Physics, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

12:10 – 12:30 Communicating Climate Change Risk through Public Education and Outreach: Judi Clarke, PEO Manager, ACCC – RPIU, Barbados

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

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Session 2: Integrative Adaptation Approaches

14:00 – 14:20 Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Process: George de Berdt Romilly, ACCC – CEA, Canada

14:20 – 14:40 Integrated Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: Dr. Roger Pulwarty, Research Scientist, Climate Diagnostic Center and the University of Colorado, USA

14:40 – 15:00 Integrated Watershed Management as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change: Annie Hillary, International Program Specialist, USA

15:00 – 15:30 The Climate Change Center: Dr. Ken Leslie, Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, Belize

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 17:00 Discussion: “Climate and Climate Change in the Caribbean”

Moderators: Dr Ulric Trotz and Dr. Roger Pulwarty

Parallel Session 3 – Wednesday June 2nd, 09:00 – 17:30, Room 3 (Flamingo Room)

The Implementation of Cleaner Production in Small, Medium and Micro-Enterprises and the Tourism Sector in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (Invited delegates only)
Chair: Patricia Aquing, CEHI

09:00 – 09:15 Opening Remarks and Introduction to Project

09:15 – 10:00 Presentation on Cleaner Production

10:00 – 10:30 Project Outline/ Implementation Plan and Discussion

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30 Review and Discussion of Questionnaire and Brochure on Cleaner

Production

11:30 – 12:30 Presentation and Discussion

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:30 Discussion of a Proposed Video on Cleaner Production

14:30 – 17:30 Way Forward and Wrap Up

Parallel Session 4 - Wednesday, June 2nd, 09:00 – 12:30, Room 4 (Scarlet Ibis Room)

Session Title: Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas (HEMA) Information Session (by invitation only)
Co-Chairs: Dr. Barry Wint, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Jamaica & Ray Edwards, Director General, Policy and Planning, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada

09:00 – 9:15 Welcome and Introductions
Vincent Sweeney, Executive Director, CEHI & Barry Wint, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health Jamaica

9:15 – 9:45 Introduction to HEMA: Ray Edwards, HEMA Co-Chair, Canada

10:00 – 10:30 Discussion, facilitated by Jamaica and Canada

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Discussion (continued), facilitated by Jamaica and Canada

Parallel Session 5 – Wednesday June 2nd, 14:00 – 17:30, Room 1 (Ballroom)

Session Title: Round Table Discussion on Best Practices for Public/Private Sector and Community Participation in Integrated Watershed Management in Caribbean SIDS. Part 1. (Sponsored: DELTAmerica Project and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US Department of Commerce )
Co-Chairs: Ed Kruse, NOAA and Herold Gopaul, CEHI

Parallel Session 6 – Wednesday June 2nd, Commercial Sessions 1 & 2
14:00 – 17:30, Room 4 (Scarlet Ibis)

Commercial presentation 1: Analogic Solutions

Commercial presentation 2: Environmental Resources Management Ltd.

Parallel Session 7 – Wednesday June 2nd, 09:00 – 18:00, Room 5 (La Boucan Room)

Session Title: Facilitating Safer US-Caribbean Trade: Invasive Species Issues (Sponsored: CARDI, CDB, FAO, IICA, UWI-St. Augustine, University of Florida, CAB International, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago)

Parallel Session 8 – Thursday June 3rd, 09:00 – 10:30, Room 1 (Ballroom)

Session Title: Round Table Discussion on Best Practices for Public/Private Sector and Community Participation in Integrated Watershed Management in Caribbean SIDS. Part 2. (Sponsored: DELTAmerica Project and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US Department of Commerce)
Co-Chairs: Ed Kruse, NOAA and Herold Gopaul, CEHI

Parallel Session 9 – Thursday, June 3rd, 11:00 – 15:30 Room 1 (Ballroom)

Session Title: Environmental Quality, Standards and Performance
Chair: Mr. Ray Brathwaite, Executive Chairman, SWMCOL

• A Foundation for Sustainable Waste Management - the Regional Cement Industry's Solution: Hannah Wei-Muddeen (TCL Group of Companies)
• Sustainable Wastewater Management in Trinidad and Tobago: Wayne O. Williams (WASA)
• Causes and Effects of Poor Indoor Air Quality: Gerard Rajkumar(Caribbean Industrial Research Institute)
• Butyltin Compounds from Marine Craft Repairs in Sediments from Chaguaramas Bay, Trinidad: Aphtaab Mohammed, Ivan Chang Yen & Isaac Bekele (Institute of Marine Affairs & University of the West Indies-Trinidad)
• Winners and Losers in Tropical Rainforests: A Review of Forest Certification Systems, with Reference to Guyana: Janette Bulkan (Yale University)
• Effects on the Environment of Agricultural Practices on Hillsides in the Caribbean: Leslie Anthony Simpson (Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute-Jamaica)
• Presentation on the Pan American Center For Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS): Marta Bryce (CEPIS)
• A Preliminary Investigation into the Health Aspects of the Current Housing Drive of the Government of Guyana: Shanomae Rose (University of Guyana)

Parallel Session 10 - Thursday June 3rd, 09:00 – 12:30, Room 2 (Ballroom Foyer)

Session Title: Waste Management/Global Programme of Action for Land-based Sources of Marine Pollution (Sponsored: UNEP-Regional Coordinating Unit and Institute of Marine Affairs)
Co–chairs: IMA & UNEP

Parallel Session 11 - Thursday June 3rd, 09:00 – 12:30, Room 3 (Flamingo Room)

Session Title: Integrated Environmental Assessment/Global Environmental Outlook (Sponsored: UNEP/ROLAC)
Chair: UNEP/ROLAC

• Role of Information for Decision making: The Forum of Ministers of Environment of LAC and SIDS PoA
• What is an IEA in the context of the GEO programme: SPIR methodology, the participatory process, capacity building
• IEAs using UNEP GEO methodology in the Caribbean: Case studies from Barbados, St. Lucia, and the Caribbean

Parallel Session 12 – Thursday June 3rd, 09:00 – 10:30, Room 4 (Scarlet Ibis Room)

Session Title: Green Governance and the Environment
Chair: Mr. Vishnu Dhanpaul, President (acting), TIDCO

• Caribbean Basin Ecoregional planning: Kimberly John (The Nature Conservancy, Jamaica Country Programme)
• Wastewater Treatment: The Experiences of the Scientific Research Council in Jamaica: Julia Brown (Scientific Research Council)
• Tourism Development as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development in a Small Island State: Sheryl-Anne Haynes (Tobago House of Assembly)
• CEPEP-A Model for Social Transformation and Sustainable Development in Small Island States: Ray Brathwaite (SWMCOL)

Parallel Session 13 11:00 – 13:00 Thursday June 3rd

Commercial Presentation 3- Room 4 (Scarlet Ibis Room)

Eco-San: The Toilet of the Future: Grace Enterprises

Parallel Session 14 – Thursday June 3rd, 9:00–12:30 Room 5 (La Boucan Room)

Session Title: Facilitating Safer US-Caribbean Trade: Invasive Species Issues (Sponsored: CARDI, CDB, FAO, IICA, UWI-St. Augustine, University of Florida, CAB International, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources-Trinidad and Tobago

Parallel Session 15 – Thursday June 3rd, 14:00 – 15:30, Room 2 (Ballroom Foyer)

Session Title: Appropriate Environmental Technologies and Systems
Chair: Randy Brown, Clean Islands International

• Industrial Ecology: A Framework for Sustainable Industrial Development on Small Islands: Weslynne S. Ashton & Marian R. Chertow (Yale University)
• Identifying Optimum Waste Disposal Site Locations in the Caribbean Region using Geoinformatics: Serwan M. J. Baban (University of the West Indies-Trinidad)
• Application of Air Dispersion Models in Rough Coastal Terrains, with and without PRIME: Marcia C. Parsons (Fracflow Consultants Inc.)
• Use of Dual Pump Systems and Inclined Wells to Optimize Potable Water Recovery and Hydrocarbon Remediation in Coastal Aquifers: John E. Gale (Fracflow Consultants Inc.)
• Developing A Geoinformatics – Based Approach to Locate Wind Farms in the Caribbean Region, using Trinidad and Tobago as a Case Study: Serwan M J Baban (University of the West Indies-Trinidad

Parallel Session 16 – Thursday June 3rd, 14:00 – 15:30, Room 3 (Flamingo Room)

Session Title: Managing Environmental Disasters
Co-Chairs: Harry Philippeaux, PAHO-CPC and Herold Gopaul, CEHI

• Reducing Vulnerabilities to Disasters: Towards Achieving Environmental Sustainability: Ana Treasure (Pan American Health Organisation-Jamaica)
• A Preliminary Investigation into the Possible Impact Of El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Phenomena on the Climate of Trinidad And Tobago using Remotely Sensed Data: Anthony D. Ramdath, Serwan M. J. Baban & John Agard (University of the West Indies-Trinidad)
• African Dust Clouds are associated with Increased Paediatric Asthma Accident & Emergency Admissions on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad: Michele Monteil, Winoah Henry Keshav Gyan, Sherard Lacaille, Anita Laloo, Chela Lamsee-Ebanks, Samantha McKay & Robin Antoine (University of the West Indies-Trinidad)
• Integrating Natural Hazards into Environmental Impact Assessment at the Caribbean Development Bank: Cassandra T. Rogers (Caribbean Development Bank)
• Suggested Framework for Environmental Reporting and Dissemination of Information and Assessments: Linda Hewitt (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research And Development)

Parallel Session 17 – Thursday June 3rd, 14:00 – 15:30, Room 4 (Scarlet Ibis Room)

Session Title: Environmental Issues in Small Island Developing States
Chair: Jan Vermeiren, Deputy Director, Unit for Sustainable Development & the Environment, Organisation of American States

• Progression of Vulnerability of Caribbean States: 1994 to 2004 and Beyond: Valma Jessamy (JECO Caribbean)
• Appropriate Science and Technology in Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: Ronald A. Williams (Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association)
• Developing Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Caribbean Region: Bheshem Ramlal(University of the West Indies-Trinidad)
• An Integrated Framework for Community Participation in Development Planning in Eastern Caribbean States: Valma Jessamy (JECO Caribbean)
• Environmental Management Issues in Caribbean Marinas: Erik Blommestein (UNECLAC)

Plenary Sessions: Ballroom and Ballroom Foyer

Room 1: Ballroom

Room 2: Ballroom Foyer

Room 3: Flamingo Room

Room 4: Scarlet Ibis Room

Room 5: La Boucan Room

Exhibition Hall: Belmont Salon and Belmont Lounge