SEMINAR – WORKSHOP ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP “TOWARDS THE CREATION OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL-DRIVEN ECONOMY: DEMYSTIFYING THE JOURNEY”
Bridgetown, Barbados. August  17 to 18, 2016 . Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. Two Mile Hill, St. Michael.

AGENDA

Wednesday, 17 August

Morning

  

8:30 – 9:00

 

REGISTRATION 

9:00 – 9:30

OPENING SESSION  

  • Lynette Holder, Small Business Association (SBA)
  • Anderson Cumberbatch, Ministry of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development
  • Honourable Donville Inniss M.P., Minister of Industry, International Business Commerce and Small Business Development of Barbados
  • Mr. Javier Gordon Ruiz (Spanish), Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation, Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

9:30 – 10:15

INTRODUCTORY SESSION
Moderator: Mr. Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation, Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

Presentation of the study: Recent experiences in entrepreneurship programmes and business incubators in Latin America and the Caribbean
Edwin Ojeda, SELA’s Consultant 

10:15 - 10:30

COFFEE BREAK 

10:30 – 11:15

SESSION I: OVERVIEW AND PROSPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Moderator: Dr. Justin Robinson, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus

  • Jeanelle Murray-Noel. Caribbean Development Bank
  • What is entrepreneurship?. Ethnie Miller Simpson, Member of the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME)
  • Connect America. Maria Camila Padilla, Procurement Specialist Barbados Country Office and Task Manager for Public Business Oportunities in ConnectAmericas of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
  • Leela Ramoutar, Deputy Programme Manager, Private Sector Facilitation and Industrial Development of the General Secretariat of CARICOM
  • Overview and Prospects of Entrepreneurship in LAC: The Caribbean Case. Dr. Jonathan Lashley, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES)  

11:15 – 11:30

COFFEE BREAK 

11:30 – 12:30

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS  

12:30 – 2:00

FREE TIME FOR LUNCH 

Afternoon

 

2:00 – 3:30 

 

SESSION II: ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMMES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Moderator: Lynette Holder – Chief Executive Officer, Small Business Association (SBA)

This session will address the following items: i) main trends, strategies and public policies implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean for the development of entrepreneurship programmes; ii) a description of the main programmes for the development of existing entrepreneurial ventures in Latin American and Caribbean countries; ii) evaluation and analysis of strengths and weaknesses of entrepreneurship development programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean ; and iv) identification of new forms of financing for entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean (seed capital funds, networks of angel investors and venture capital funds, etc.). 

 3:30 – 4:00

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 
4:00 – 4:15

COFFEE BREAK  

4:15 – 5:15

SESSION III: PANEL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF SMES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR: ENTREPRENEURSHIP FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Moderator: Ayanna Young Marshall, Student Entrepreneurial Enpowerment Programme (SEED) UWI Barbados 

  • Invest Barbados. Kenneth Campbell, Invest Barbados
  • Lynette Holder, Small Business Association (Barbados)
  • Lisa Cummins, University of the West Indies, Consulting Company
  • Jaggernauth Dass, Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)
  • David Simpson, Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation (BEF). 

 5:15 – 5:45

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 

 Thursday, 18 August  

Morning

 

 
9:00 – 10:30

SESSION IV: PANEL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF SMES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR: BUSINESS INCUBATORS AND OTHER MECHANISMS FOR ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Moderator: Paula Bourne,Representative of Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC)

 10:30 – 11:00

COFFEE BREAK
 
11:00 - 12:00 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS  

12:00– 1:30

FREE TIME FOR LUNCH 

 

Afternoon

 
1:30 – 2:30

SESSION V: ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS STORIES
Moderator: Ronald Wiltshire, Barbados Agency for Micro Enterprise Development Limited (FundAccess)

  • Winston Padmore, Barbados Agency for Micro-Enterprise Development Limited (Fund Access)
  • Bank on ME - A case Study. Alison Saunders-Franklyn, Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA).
  • Ian Holligan, Mpact, Mpowered, Mgrafix o.b.o., Young Entrepreneurship (YES) 
2:30 – 3:30

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 

3:30 – 4:00 

COFFEE BREAK 
4:00 – 4:45 

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS                                   

  • Mr. Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation, Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Anderson Cumberbatch - Ministry of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development
  • Robertha Reid, Representative of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), Barbados 

 
4:45

CLOSING SESSION 

  • Mr. Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation, Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Sonia Foster, Ministry of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development
7:30–10:00 

SOCIAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMMED BY THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, COMMERCE AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OF BARBADOS
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