Tony L. Henthorne, PhDAssociate DeanUniversity of Nevada

Ravi Peiris, LLBDirector GeneralChief Executive Officer The Employers’ Federation - Ceylon

Donovan Thomas, PhDFounder/PresidentChoose Life International - CLI

Fritz H. A. Pinnock, PhDExecutive DirectorCaribbean Maritime Institute

Michele EnglishPresident /COOColumbus Communications Jamaica Ltd

Doug SmartSmart Business, Inc.President, ProfessionalSpeaker and SeniorManagement Adviser

D A V I D S . C O H E N , PhDDavid Cohen is passionate about helpingorganizations understand the linkagesbetween the behaviours of their employeeswith the corporate values and the executionof the business plan. He works with organizations around the globe on all aspects of talent management integration.His focus is on corporate culture alignment.He presents on all aspects of talent management and teaches Behavioural Interviewing and Succession Planning atboth the Schulich School of Business,York University,Toronto, ON. CA and theSingapore Institute of Management.

H O N . D E R R I C K K E L L I E RThe Honourable Derrick Kellier is the Minister of Labour & Social Security. He isalso a businessman and a farmer and hasbeen Member of Parliament for SouthernSt. James since February 1989. He hashad significant experience and a distin-guished record of service in Government,and is the recipient of the award of theOrder of Distinction in the rank of Com-mander (CD) which was conferred in 2009.Before his current re-assignment as Ministerof Labour and Social Security in January2012, he was Leader of Opposition Businessin the House of Representatives and ShadowPortfolio Minister for the Ministry of Labour& Social Security.

D O U G S M A R TDoug Smart is an internationally knownkeynote speaker.

For over twenty years, Doug has shownpeople around the world how to discoverand use their personal strengths for leadership success. With his experience, Doug knows how to deliver keynotes in aprofessional, exciting and educationalmanner and also knows how to nuance hisprogram to make it relevant for every memberof his audience. Doug’s programs are intelligent, fun and interactive. People at alllevels – from the CEO to individuals intheir first job - learn skills they can use fora lifetime.

ROBERT ST. F. CHUNGRobert Chung is currently the Director withresponsibility for Occupational Safety andHealth with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security – a post he has held for 7years. He has over 30 years’ experience inOSH and is very widely trained in the area.He is a certified Teacher with over 20 years’experience.

VANESSA THOMAS WILLIAMS, LLBVanessa Thomas Williams is an Attorney at Law who also specializes in Industrial Relations and legal issues surrounding Employment. She is an Industrial Relations (Corporate) Consultant and is currently engagedin private practice. Her professional work alsocovers Administrative Law, OccupationalSafety and Health Management, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Managementtraining. She has held management positionsin the public and private sectors of Trinidad andTobago and Guyana. She represents a rangeof employers in collective bargaining.

A N N E C R I C K , PhDAnne P. Crick is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Behavioural Science and General Management Unit at the Mona School of Business & Management. She was a formerHead of the Department of Management Studies and the Centre for Hospitality andTourism Management located in Nassau, Bahamas. She is also a former AssociateDean of the Faculty of Social Science and isalso a certified trainer in hospitality manage-ment and is a trained facilitator.

P A T R I C K S T E R L I N G , PhDPatrick Sterling, PhD, is the former Chairmanof the JEF Convention Committee. He hasserved as educator, trainer, facilitator, moderatorand presenter. His experience is in insurance,retail marketing, telecommunications, manu-facturing and distribution. He previously heldSenior HR Management positions in LIME Jamaica, Pepsi-Cola Jamaica and CarrerasLimited.

Within academia Patrick has lectured coursesin Management and Human Resources Management at both the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree levels.

HABIB CHAMOUN-NICOLAS, PhDOver the past 25 years, Habib Chamoun-Nicolas has been conducting negotiation andbusiness development activities in diversifiedsectors, oil and gas, petroleum, petrochemical,chemical, industrial, commercial, institutional,for the sales and marketing of services andproducts. Dr. Chamoun-Nicolas is a member ofthe advisory board of the Frank Evans Centerfor Conflict Resolution at the South TexasSchool of Law. Also he is a board member ofthe American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Genesys, ITS, and the CELH(Chamber of Latin entrepreneurs of Houston).Dr. Habib Chamoun-Nicolas was awarded withthe title of honorary professor at the Faculty ofentrepreneurial specialties at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil.

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J A V E T T E N I X O NJavette Nixon is the Founder, President &CEO of Point Global Marketing Limited(POINT), where he oversees and directs itsoperations and business Developmentprocesses. POINT is a brand design andbrand development firm that focuses on themarketing, promotions and brand design forcompanies both locally and internationally.Javette has over a decade of experience in a variety of industries gained both in theUnited States and Jamaica. His passionsand experiences are diverse, ranging fromvolunteerism and philanthropy, to web development, economics, commerce, media, e-commerce, banking and Internet marketing.

D E N Z I L T H O R P EDenzil Thorpe is the Director of Social Security with the Ministry of Labour andSocial Security. He has direct responsibilityfor the delivery of the Ministry’s social programmes including the NIS and PATHas well as programmes seeking to advancethe welfare of senior citizens and personswith disabilities. He previously served asthe Director of the National InsuranceScheme.

Denzil has over 16 years experience in makingpresentations at various local and interna-tional expos/fora and over 11 years’ experiencein making presentations on the NIS.

LEACHIM SEMAJ, PhDLeachim. Semaj, a Consulting Psychologistand Motivational Speaker, is a frequent facilitator for Strategic Planning Retreats, Cultural Alignment and Organizational Restructuring and has conducted Staff Development Programmes for many sectorsincluding Hospitality, Finance, Gaming,Telecommunications, Security, Agriculture,Shipping, Distribution, Manufacturing andGovernment, across the Caribbean. Entities inJamaica, Antigua, The Cayman Islands, St. Kitts,Belize, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, andTrinidad & Tobago have employed his services.

Dr. Semaj has designed programmes and presentations that target the heart of the challenges faced by the entities that invite hisintervention. He has assisted both companiesand individuals to prepare for the New WorkOrder by explaining how international trendsin the world of work impact the lives of peopleand organizations everywhere and by aiding in the understanding of how it is possible tobenefit from those changes.

D E V O N R O W EDevon Rowe is the Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Planning.He has over thirty two years experience inthe public service in areas of fiscal policyand local government. He previously servedas Deputy Financial Secretary and PermanentSecretary.

TONY L . HENTHORNE, PhDTony Henthorne teaches Marketing Planning &Strategy and directs all graduate programmes,research activities and international programmesfor his college. He has worked with resort entities throughout the Caribbean and Mexicoon market planning and customer service. Hislatest work deals with destination image andbrand personality of Jamaica.

He has been a marketing professor for over 25years and, as such, has made hundreds of presentations. He has worked with tourism andresort entities in the US, Caribbean and Mexico,primarily in marketing planning and customerservice. He has spoken to numerous organiza-tions, meetings and conferences ranging in sizefrom small dinners to gatherings of severalhundred listeners. He is a frequent travellerthroughout the Caribbean where the diversecultures of the region continue to draw him back.He has visited Jamaica 78 times and is lookingforward to his 79th visit.

FRITZ H. A . PINNOCK, PhDFritz Pinnock is the Executive Director ofthe Caribbean Maritime Institute. His visionand leadership style have resulted in ateam-oriented work environment. He is verypurpose-driven and goal-oriented and isno stranger to top managerial positions,having been in management since he was21 years old. Having progressed and movedon to serve in other management positionsover the years, Dr. Pinnock explains thatto lead effectively, one has to have the abilityto influence and maintain a good rapportwith staff.

Dr. Pinnock is also an author, with his mostrecent work titled – Caribbean CruiseTourism: Power Relations amongStakeholders.

WILLIAM W. LAWRENCE, PhDWilliam Lawrence is a veteran consultant andresearcher in the field of strategic management.Currently, his work focuses on developingbusiness models for organizational transfor-mation. He has a book that is forthcomingfrom UWI Press and tiled “Business Renewal– A Roadmap from Jamaican Firms.”

W A Y N E C H E NWayne Chen is Chairman of the JEF 2014Convention Committee, President CaribbeanEmployers’ Confederation (CEC), ImmediatePast President of the Jamaica Employers’Federation (JEF). He is also Chairman andCEO of Super Plus Food Stores and hepresently serves on the Boards of CVM Television Group and National CommercialBank. His commitment to national service is manifested through his service in variouscapacities on many other Boards and committees.

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S T E V E N B U R C H

Steven Burch is the Senior Partner at Quaestus,a UK consulting firm specializing in creativeand effective training and develop- ment initiatives. He is a lively and engaging trainer,great coach, skillful facilitator and effectivecommunicator, with persons at every level in the organization.

He is, a Member of the Chartered Institute ofPersonnel and Development, a past councilmember of the Association for ManagementEducation and Development and has trainedover 30,000 people in his career to date…He also facilitates and presents at conferences,and is an author with Kogan Page businesspublishers in the UK.

J O H N P I L G R I MJohn Pilgrim is the Executive Director of the Barbados National Productivity Council. He has been involved in the design and development of Productivity Improvement Programmes in Barbados and throughoutthe wider Caribbean. He is the past VicePresident of the Caribbean Management Development Association and a member ofthe Project Advisory Committee of the ILOProgramme for the Promotion of Managementand Labour Cooperation (PROMALCO).

Mr. Pilgrim has also produced a number of“Productivity In Focus” publications and is theAuthor of several papers and booklets someof which are: “The Feasibility of DevelopingProductivity Index for the Public Sector; “Developing a Productivity and Performance -based Measurement System for the PublicSector: A Payment Perspective for Workers”;“A Framework for a Public Sector Performance -Based Bonus”.

He is also a Fellow of the World Academy ofProductivity Science.

A L L E N K E E L EPrincipal of Certified Information Security,Allen Keele is accredited as ISO 31000 Certified Internal Controls Risk Analyst, ISO 22301 Certified Business Continuity Manager, ISO 27001 Certified Internal Controls Architect, Certified Fraud ControlManager, Certified Fraud Examiner, CertifiedInformation Security Manager, a Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Information Systems Security Professional,and has over 20 other professional and technical accreditations.

Allen shares over eighteen years of experiencein information security and risk management,including thirteen years of conducting profes-sional advanced business lectures and seminars across the United States, the UnitedKingdom, Asia, and Caribbean.

R A V I P E I R I S , L L BRavi Peiris is an Attorney-at-law by professionand is currently the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Employers’ Federationof Ceylon, a post he has held since 2007. Mr. Peiris is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Colombo Faculties of Law andManagement, Post Graduate Institute of Management and the Faculty of GraduateStudies. He has also been invited as a Resource Person by the International Labour Organization to conduct training programmesfor Employers Organizations in Cambodia,Vietnam, Mongolia and China. He has writtenmany articles and publications on topics related to Employee Relations.

ROBERT OPPENHEIMER PhDRobert Oppenheimer is a Professor of Management and the Director of the Centrefor Mature Students at Concordia Universityin Montreal, Canada. Bob teaches Organiza-tional Behavior and a course he created, Developing Managerial Skills, in the MBA programs.

The focus of his work has been the effectiveutilization of organizations’ Human Resources.He has been conducting workshops andteaching in the MBA programmes for the Institute of Business of the University of theWest Indies in Trinidad and Tobago since 1995.

Robert has extensive experience consultingand conducting workshops for small andmedium-sized privately held corporations aswell as with large organizations in both theprivate and public sectors.

A C R E S S T O W EAcres Stowe has twenty (20) years’ proven trackrecord in the Information Technology Industry,having spent seventeen (17) of those years inSenior Executive Management roles.

He is currently serving as a Director on the following Boards: Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC), Medical BenefitsScheme, Antigua & Barbuda National Develop-ment Foundation and the Caribbean Export Development Agency'. He previously served as President of the Antigua & Barbuda Employers’Federation (ABEF) for four terms (2009 - 2013).

REV. DR . HENLEY MORGANRev. Dr. Morgan is a Managing Consultantwith Global Management Solutions Limited andCaribbean Applied Technology Centre Limited.With over 20 years experience in the field, he is highly regarded in the Caribbean regionas an Education Administrator, OrganizationDevelopment Specialist, a Strategic Planner,and a Human Resource Development Professional.

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C o n f e r e n c e S p e a k e r sA N N E K N O W L E S , L L BAnne Knowles is currently the Senior Specialist on Employers’ Activities with theILO. She has extensive experience in all areasrelated to employer interests, having workedfor over nine years with the ILO and Employers’ Organizations and their membersin South East Asia, Central and EasternEurope and, since 1 August 2012, theCaribbean. Prior to joining the ILO she spent12 years with the New Zealand Employers’Federation – the last four as Chief ExecutiveOfficer.

Anne Knowles’ practical industrial relationsexperience was gained representing the interests of the meat export processingcompanies in New Zealand in her role asIndustrial Executive and Legal Adviser. Shewas the Industry’s advocate in all nationalcollective agreements. She was also instrumental in developing a new legislativeframework for labour relations in NewZealand.

Her other areas of expertise include OSH,CSR and International labour standards.

W A Y N E W E S L E Y , PhDWayne Wesley is the Executive Directorof the HEART Trust/NTA. He joined theOrganization in 2009 as National ProgrammesDirector, and was subsequently promotedto the position of Chief Technical Directorwith responsibility for the developmentand execution of the Organization’s strategicpriorities. Dr. Wesley also provides regionalleadership in workforce development asthe Chairman of the Caribbean Associationof National Training Agencies (CANTA). A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Wesley has overtwenty years' experience in the delivery, development and administration of Technical Vocational Education and Training(TVET) both locally and internationally. Hisprofessional experience spans industrialtechnology, technical education and ]leadership.

GARY (BUTCH) HENDRICKSONGary C. Hendrickson, also known as Butchserves as the principal and chairman of Continental Baking Company Limited andDirector of National Continental Corporation.He is also a member of the American Societyof Bakery Engineers.

Through his initiative, an affirmation pro-gramme dubbed "The Bold Ones - NewChampions of Manufacturing”, he providesaspiring Jamaicans with the motivationneeded to consider the creation of their ownenterprises as a viable career path and topromote manufacturing and production as apart of the solution to Jamaica's economicgrowth.

M I C H E L E E N G L I S HMichele is president and chief operating officer of Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited, operators of the Flow andColumbus Business Solutions brands in Jamaica. In this role since 2008, Micheleprovides strong leadership for the team atColumbus that has transformed telecommuni-cations in Jamaica. She has been named atop business leader and nationally recognizedfor her contributions to the economy, innovations in technology and customerservice and for the Company’s contributionto corporate social responsibility. Micheleand her team are driven by their mission to“enable people to transform their lives byproviding leading communications technologiesand services that inspire them to achieve.”The company’s innovative, broad- bandpowered cable TV, landline telephone andinternet services continue to have a profound impact on the way Jamaicans live,play, learn and do business and are keyenablers for economic growth and nationaldevelopment.

S A N D R A H U S B A N D SSandra Husbands has over twenty (20) years’ business experience as a consultant.Her background, training and experiencespans five fields of business endeavour,namely Training, Management Consulting,Tourism, Sales & Market Research.

Over the past decade she has devised trainingmaterial that has impacted greatly on the workattitudes and work effectiveness of all staff layersin an organisation. This life changing material isdesigned around the complexity of the Caribbeanperson and addresses the underlying psycho-cultural issues that impact on productivity andefficiency within organizations. The response ofparticipants has been gratifying, enabling her tobuild a large regional clientele, private and public.

D O N O V A N T H O M A S , PhDDonovan A. Thomas is Founder and Presidentof Choose Life International (CLI), a non-profitorganization registered in Jamaica. He is also aformer National Director of Jamaica Youth ForChrist and past Regional Director for Youth ForChrist International in the Caribbean.

Dr. Thomas has made presentations to churches,schools, the business community and the publicat large on the subject of suicide prevention andis the author of the book, “Confronting Suicide: Helping Teens at Risk”, which hasbeen endorsed by the Ministry of Education.He has served in partnership with the Ministriesof Education and Health, providing specialisttraining to Guidance and Master Counselors insuicide intervention and prevention.

DAY1

T H U R S . M A Y 8

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM “Termination Conversations: Right, Wrong, Reason and Liability”

“Manage that Project! .. Don’t let it manage you”

12:30 PM - 1:30 PMLUNCH @ Leisure

1:30 PM - 2:00 PMORIENTATION SESSION“Your Blueprint to Convention 2014”

2:15 PM - 5:15 PM“Fulfilling Jamaica’s Regulatory Requirements for Enterprise Risk Management”

“Prosperity starts from within”

“Becoming a Talent Champion: Leaders Building Leaders”

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Expo Opening Ceremony

Viewing & Cocktails

SUPER-SIZED THURSDAY

D A Y 2 F R I . M A Y 9

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS “Social Media as a Business Strategy: Profit Maximization Through Digital MarketingAnd Customer Engagement”.

“Transforming Organizational Behaviour through Strategic Foresight”

“From Confrontation to Collaboration: The Sri Lankan Experience”

3:20 PM - 3:40 PMVENDOR PRESENTATIONS

3:45 PM - 5:00 PMCLOSING GENERAL SESSION“Branding for Recognition and Profit”

5:30 PM - 8:00 PMLYME IN THE GARDENS@LAUGHING WATERS

5:30 AM - 6:30 AMSUNRISE FUN RUN / WALK

8:30 AM - 10:15 AMOPENING SPECTACULAR &KEYNOTE PRESENTATION“Know Your Personal Strengths: Get with the 21st Century Winning Leadership Styles and Strategies”

10:15 AM - 10:45 AMCoffee Break and EXPO Viewing

11:00 PM - 12:15 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS “The 4 Real Pathways To Prosperity”

“Fiscal Policy & The Economy: Implications for the Growth Agenda”

“Blueprint for Growth & Development:Towards a Skilled and Trained Labour Force”

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM LUNCH @ Leisure

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM EXECUTIVE WOMEN’S FORUM LUNCHEONB Y I N V I T A T I O N O N LY

D A Y 3 S A T . M A Y 1 0

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM “Give me solutions not problems!”

“Transforming Performance Conversations to Dialogues for Accountability”

“From Contribution and Growth to Prosperity: A Roadmap for The Reform Of the National Insurance Scheme”

“Reputation is everything; why responsible corporate behaviour is good for your brand reputation”

4:00 PM - 5:30 PMCLOSING GENERAL SESSION

5:30 AM - 6:30 AMRISE & SHINE WITH KARELLE ASHLEY

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM OPENING GENERAL SESSION“Business Development & Sustainability: The Logistics Hub in focus”

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS“Creating Value: A Contemporary Approach to Performance-based Pay”

“Managing Gen X, Y, Z”

“Complaints Matter! How to get your customers to complain more (to you)”

“OSH Legislation & Implications”: Is your Organization ready..?

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM“Unravelling the ‘Grey Areas’ of CorporateGovernance & Business Ethics”

“The Curious Case of the Injured/ Ill Employee”

“Misfortunes, mixed fortunes or missed fortunes”: From here to there towards public sector transformation

“Building Your Dream Team

12:45 PM - 2:00 PMLUNCH @ Leisure

12:50 PM - 2:15 PMLUNCHEON FOR CEOS

CEO SATURDAY

8:30 PM - 1:00 AM

Saturday Night Party!

8:30 AM - 11:00 AM CLOSING PROCEEDINGS

Praise and Worship and the “Word”

Closing Keynote

Closing Remarks

Departure

DAY4 S U N . M A Y 1 1

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