Opening addresses and Forum Presentations

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