The Institute of Caribbean Studies/Reggae Studies Unit at the UWI, Mona and Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency (JamCopy) will host a Seminar on “Copyright & Royalties for Literary Works”. The seminar is slated for Thursday, January 31, 2012 at 2 pm at the New Education Lecture Theatre (NELT), The UWI, Mona. Joan Pinkney and Troy Folkes of JamCopy will present on this occasion. 
 
The seminar will explore the role and function of JamCopy, the reason for a JAMCOPY licensing, JAMCOPY’s international reach, membership and the benefits of being a member of JamCopy. 
 
Creators and aspiring creators of intellectual property in the form of literary works (e.g. books, articles) are especially invited.  
 

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The UWI, Mona will host a seminar on the archival development in the Caribbean region with emphasis on the role of the University of the West Indies. The event is set for Tuesday January 22, 2012 at 4 pm at the University Archives, UWI Regional Headquarters Building, Mona.
 
Professor Emeritus Sir Roy Augier will be recognized on this occasion for his contribution to archival development over the past half century. Presentations will be made by Sharon Alexander-Gooding, Senior Assistant Registrar, (Archives & Records), Cave Hill, UWI and Stanley Griffin, Assistant Archivist, University Archives, UWI.
 

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The Faculty of Medical Sciences, The UWI, Mona presents the first lecture in the Distinguished Lecture Series entitled, 'Female Genital Characteristics that Affect HIV Transmission.'Professor Gregory Spear Professor of Immunology in Departments of Immunology/Microbiology and Medicine, Rush University, Chicago will deliver this Lecture. The event is set for Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 5 pm at the Main Medical Lecture Theatre located at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona. 
 
 

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Jamaica’s Business Climate by Numbers: The Role of the Legal System” is the title of the lecture being organized by the Faculty of Law, UWI, Mona. The Lecture is set for Monday, January 21, 2013 at 6 pm at the Faculty of Law. Professor Kevin Davis, Vice-Dean for Global Affairs and the Beller Family Professor of Business Law at New York University School of Law will share on this occasion. 
 

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The final lecture in the Energy Nexus Series organised by the Department of Physics at The UWI, Mona will explore the drive for Climate Change and energy imperatives for Jamaica. Ambassador KGA Hill will deliver the Lecture. The event is slated for Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 5:30 pm at Physics Lecture Room B, The UWI, Mona.
 
All are invited to attend.  

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"Greening the Energy Sector: Benefits for the Job Market" is the title of the eleventh lecture in the Energy Nexus Series organized by the Department of Physics, The UWI, Mona. This week's Lecture features a panel consisting of Dr. Ruth  Potopsingh of the University of Technology (UTECH), Dr. Arun Kashyap, UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Mr. David Barrett, an Energy Consultant. 
 
All are invited to attend. 

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The Department of Government, UWI, Mona will host its monthly Graduate Seminar on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 2:30 pm at Seminar Room 4 (SR4), UWI, Mona. On this occasion, Dr. Clinton Hutton and Dr. Omar Hawthorne lecturers in the Department will make presentations.  Hutton’s presentation entitled, “The Epistemology and Values of the Haitian Revolution and the Making of the Modern World” examines the ideology and foundation of the Haitian Revolution. Hawthorne’s presentation entitled, Do International Corruption Matrix Matter? will explore the impact of Transparency Index (TI) and Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and whether or not they matter. 

All are invited to attend. 

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Final year students from Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at The UWI, Mona will on Thursday, November 29 stage ‘CLICK: Sign in to Cash in’, a social media seminar aimed at exposing students to entrepreneurial opportunities in the virtual world.
 
The seminar, organised by the Public Relations Class 2013, will be held inside the CARIMAC Annex Lecture Room, The UWI, Mona from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The execution seminar is part of the students’ final assessment grade which provides the students with an opportunity to put into practice the theoretic lessons learnt.
 
All are invited to attend. 

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The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus through the Department of Government and the Centre for Leadership and Governance will host a seminar entitled, ‘The Role of Development Banks in Financing Integration’. Ambassador Lorne McDonnough, the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) will deliver the main address on this occasion. The seminar is slated for Monday, November 26, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the Executive Lecture Theatre (Mona School of Business and Management, North), UWI Mona.

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