Opening addresses and Forum Presentations
Caribbean Future of Work Forum
Opening Ceremony addresses
- Welcome and Opening Remarks, Mrs Colette Roberts Risden, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), Jamaica
- Greetings, Mr Wayne Chen, President, Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC)
- Greetings, Ms Jennifer Issacs-Dotson, President, Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL)
- Remarks, Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Remarks by Hon. Shahine Robinson, MP, Minister, MLSS Jamaica
- Closing Remarks, Mr Damian Cox, Chief Technical Director, Labour Division, MLSS, Jamaica
Session 1: Decent jobs for all
- Senator, Dr. the Hon. Esther Byer-Sookoo, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Human Resource Development, Barbados
- Dr. Wayne Weslet, Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Jamaica
- Presentation by Mr. José Manuel Salazar Xirinachs, ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Session 2: Governance of work
- Senator the Hon. Jennifer Baptiste-Primus, Minister of Labour and Small Enterprise Development, Trinidad and Tobago
- Mr. Ruben McSween, Director, Caribbean Employers' Confederation
- Mr. Andre Lewis, Vice President Caribbean Congress of Labour
Session 3: Organization of work and production
- The Hon. Stephenson King, MP, Minister of Infrastracture, Ports, Energy and Labour, Saint Lucia
- Presentation by Mr. Silburn Clarke, Vice Chair, Labour Market Reform Commission, Jamaica; and Chair, Productivity, Technology and Innovation Subcommittee
- Presentation by Professor Neville Ying, Executive Director, Jamaica Diaspora Institute, Mona School of Business and Management, UWI, Jamaica