A Frontiers of Science meeting between The Royal Society and The University of the West Indies was held March 19-21 at Chicheley Hall, UK. It represented the inaugural meeting in a three year programme for the advancement of science in the Caribbean and the use of science to solve big problems affecting the Region. The programme was crafted through 2 years of consultations between UWI Solutions for Developing Countries (UWI SODECO) and The Royal Society. 

The Frontiers of Science meetings are designed to bring together groups of highly talented scientists to give them opportunities to share their work and see what other sort of cutting-edge research is occurring in other academic disciplines. The objectives of the meeting are to allow a transfer of knowledge and methods between speakers both within the same disciplines and in an interdisciplinary manner, as well as to provide all attendees with the opportunity to network and connect with fellow researchers, with the ultimate objective of offering science based solutions to big problems. 

For this meeting, a group of 30 rising stars in the sciences in the Caribbean from the three UWI campuses (including 10 from FST Mona) and their counterparts from some of the top Universities in the UK used the opportunity to connect and develop future collaborative work together. The scientists represented the two broad scientific disciplines of climate science and developmental biology. Meeting events included a welcome dinner and two days of lectures and discussions. All the topics were discussed in plenary sessions with all attendees to promote the interdisciplinary research required for solutions. In addition there were talks by invited speakers and a poster session which allowed all attendees the opportunity to present their own research. 

Meeting leads from the UWI were Prof. Terrence Forrester (UWI SODECO) and Prof Michael Taylor (Faculty of Science and Technology, Mona). From the UK they were Prof. Tim Palmer (Oxford) and Professor Mark Hanson (U Southampton).