Plenary
1:
Rethinking Labour
Policy in the New Economy – National, Regional
& Global
9:00 a.m.
Chairman: Ms Sandra Shirley
Senior Assistant General Manager, Wealth Management
,
NCB Group
Speaker 1 Professor Gordon Shirley,
Executive Director, Mona School of Business, UWI
Speaker 2: Professor Andrew Downes
University Director, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of
Social &
Economic Studies (SALISES), Cave Hill Campus, UWI
Speaker 3: Professor Charles Cambridge
Dept of Management, California State University, USA
Speaker 4: Dr Rose-Marie Antoine
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus,UWI
Discussion Panel: Mr Herbert Lewis,
President, Jamaica Employers’ Federation
Senator Dwight Nelson
Vice-President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Union
Dr Wesley Hughes
Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica
10:30 - 11:00 B R E A K
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Plenary
2:
Labour Policy &
Vulnerable Groups in the New Caribbean Economy –
Preserving and Protecting the Workforce.
11:00 a.m.
Chairman: Mrs Beverly Anderson Manley
Journalist/Talk Show Host
Speaker 1 Mr John Langmore
Director, ILO Liaison Office, United Nations, New
York
Speaker 2 Dr Peter Figueroa
Chief, Epidemiology & HIV/AIDS
Speaker 3 Dr Barbara Bailey
Regional Co-ordinator, Centre for Gender &
Development Studies, Mona Campus, UWI
Speaker 4 Professor Ishenkumba A. Kahwa
Head, Department of Chemistry, Mona Campus, UWI
Discussion Panel: Mr Daniel Gordon,
National Programme Director,International Programme
for The Elimination of Child Labour, ILO
Mrs Helene Davis-Whyte,
Vice President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Union
Ms Jackie Irons
General Manager, Human Relations, Wray & Nephew
Ltd
12:30 - 1:30 L U N C H
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Plenary 3:
Labour Legislation
& Labour Standards in the New Caribbean Economy
1:30 p.m.
Chairman: Mr Alvin McIntosh
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Social
Security, Jamaica
Speaker 1 Professor Marius Olivier
Director, Centre for International & Comparative
Labour
& Social Security Law (CICLASS), South Africa
Speaker 2 Dr Orville Taylor
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Psychology &
Social Work
Mona Campus, UWI
Speaker 3 Professor Sarosh Kuruvilla
Comparative Industrial Relations, Collective
Bargaining & Asian Studies,
Cornell University, USA
Speaker 4 Professor William Cooke
Director, Fraser Centre for Workplace Issues Wayne
State University, USA
Discussion Panel: Mr Danny Roberts
Vice President, Jamaica Confederation of
Trade Unions
Mr Donovan Hunter,
Chairman, Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT), Jamaica
3:00 –3:15 B R E A K
3:15 - 5:00
Concurrent Policy Workshop - Gender
& Child Labour
Chairman: Dr Barbara Bailey
Regional Co-ordinator, Centre for Gender & Development
Studies,
Mona Campus, UWI
Facilitators: Dr Leith Dunn
Mrs Heather Ricketts
Mrs Faith Innerarity
Senior Director, Social Security
Ministry of Labour & Social Security, Jamaica
3:15 - 5:00
Concurrent Policy Workshops - Labour
Policy & HIV/AIDS
Chairman: Professor Brendan Bain
Co-ordinator, UWI HARP
Facilitators: Ms Michele Jankanish
Senior Specialist, International Labour Standards
& Labour Laws,
ILO Caribbean Office
Mr Rodger McLean
Lecturer, Health Economics Unit, St Augustine Campus
3:15 - 5:00
Concurrent Policy Workshops
Alternative Dispute
Resolution in the New Economy
Chairman: Mr Novar McDonald
Industrial Relations Consultant -NCB
Facilitators: Mr Richard Giacolone
Director, International & Alternate Dispute Services
Division
US Federal & Mediation Conciliation Services,
USA
Mr Paul Hines
Parish Co-ordinator, Disputes Resolution Foundation,
Jamaica
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