Director of The UWI Cocoa Research Centre
Accelerating Vision 25 by 2025
GLOBAL SPEAKERS
CEO, Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA)
Dr. Gavin M.H. Peters
CARDI Country Coordinator Jamaica (ag)
Dionne O. Clarke-Harris
CARDI Representative for Belize
Omaira Avila Rostant
Research Director at Coconut Industry Board
Dr. Millicent Wallace
Director of the Biotechnology, Centro de InvestigacionCientifica de Yucatan (CICY)
Dr. Carlos Oropeza
Head of Technical Affairs and Regional Development (Latin America and the Caribbean), UPOV
Leontino Taveira
Legal Officer
Sara Piva
President of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)
Francesco Mattina
Patent Attorney, USPTO
Kitisri Sukhapinda
Director of International Affairs on Plant Variety Protection, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF)
Minori Hagiwara
Task Manager, UNEP's Ecosystems Division
Christopher Cox
Senior Legal Officer, CARICOM Secretariat
Melanie Ffrench
Female Farmer of the Year 2023, Bahamas
Whitlyn Miller
AACARI Antigua & Barbuda Local Chapter Member, Antigua & Barbuda
Neil Gomes
Male Farmer of the Year 2023, Bahamas
Terrance Roberts III
Country Coordinator, AACARI Grenada Local Chapter, Grenada
Dr. Malachy Dottin
Treasurer AACARI & Country Coordinator AACARI Montserrat Local Chapter, Montserrat
Claude Browne
Deputy Programme Manager, Agriculture and Agro-Industries, CARICOM Secretariat
Milagro Matus
Programme Manager, Agriculture and Agro-Industries, CARICOM Secretariat
Shaun Baugh
Director, EIID, CARICOM Secretariat
Amb. David Prendergast
Assistant Secretary-General, EIID, CARICOM Secretariat