Senator, the Honourable Dwight Nelson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance will be the guest speaker at the 2009 Forum being organized by the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (ACHEA) in collaboration with the West Indian Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) Jamaica. The Forum is entitled “The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Job Security in Higher Education”. It takes place on Friday, April 3, 2009 at 9 am at the Multifunctional Room, Main Library, UWI, Mona.

The Forum features a panel discussion with Danny Roberts, Vice President of the Jamaica Confederation Trade Unions, Dr. Kofi Young, Associate Professor of Education and Financing, Vice President of Planning and Operations, University of Technology Jamaica, Robert Gregory, President, Jamaica Trade and Invest and Charles Ross, Managing Director, Sterling Asset Management. The panel will be chaired by Professor Neville Ying, Director, Business Development, Mona School of Business (MSB).

For more information and to register please visit the website at www.sta.uwi.edu/achea. Interested persons may also telephone Beverley Hunter at 977-6065 for more details.Registration fee is J $1000.