The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) partners with the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus’ Earthquake Unit in observation of WTAD2018 will host an outside broadcast at 10:00 am - 2:00 pm on November 5, 2018 at the Faculty of Science And Technology (FST), UWI. The broadcast will be carried by RJR94 FM’s Hotline hosted by Clive Mullings.  Interviews will feature a selection of disaster specialists from the disaster fraternity locally and regionally. 

The FST Experience in collaboration with the FST Guild will be hosting a Wealth Symposium and Wealth Expo where there will be a display of FST Entrepreneurs. The display along The Spine will be from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm while the Symposium will be from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

If you are an entrepreneur or you know of students/ others in FST who are entrepreneurs and are desirous of participating, please email fstgc.culentaffairs@gmail.com.

The seminar will be hosted by Dr. Diptiranjan Behera.  

The lecture will be given by Mr. Camir Ricketts, PhD candidate at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University. 

Categories for entries include:

Fauna/ Nature/ Scientific Phenomena/ Scientific Innovations/ People and Science/ Underwater

Format:B/w or Colour

Minimum camera resolution: 12 Megapixels (for mobile phones)

The theme of the Seminar is “Rapid Propagation of Improved Cassava Varieties Using the Multiple Shoot Removal Technique”

For additional info, please contact: Sabraham Green-Smith

sabraham.green02@uwimona.edu.jm, 876-977-1785