Programme for the Opening Ceremony

Opening Remarks				Prof. Elsa Leo-Rhynie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Chair, Organising Committee	
Welcome and Greetings 			Prof. Kenneth Hall, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Mona Campus
Greetings					Hon. Maxine Henry-Wilson, Minister of 
						Education, Youth and Culture	
Overview of the Work of the Centre		Prof. Barbara Bailey, Regional Coordinator, Centre for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS)
Item			                                  Irvine Hall Drama Club
Introduction of the Guest Speaker		Prof. Verene Shepherd, Member, Organising                   Committee
	Keynote Address				Hon. Mia Mottley,Q.C., M.P.,  Attorney General and Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados						
Entertainment				The University Singers
Book Launch					
   Governance in the Age of Globalisation
       Eds/ K.O. Hall and D. Benn		Hon. Maxine Henry-Wilson
   Gender Equality in the Caribbean:
   Reality or Illusion?	Eds. B. Bailey 
    and G. Tang-Nain for the CARICOM
    Secretariat  					Dr. J. Massiah and Ms G. Tang-Nain
Vote of Thanks				Ms June Ann Castello, Lecturer-in-Charge,
						Mona Unit
Closing Remarks				Chair
Cocktail Reception				Mona Visitors Lodge
Music 						Panoridim Steel Orchestra