Dr. Vanus James | Former Senior Policy Advisor UNDP
WIPO Consultant
Dr Vanus James is a former Senior Policy Advisor, UNDP, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) International Consultant. He also served as Senior Research Fellow in the Scotiabank Chair in Entrepreneurship & Development and Adjunct Distinguished Professor of Economics / Econometrics, University of Technology, Jamaica. Dr. James is the author of three WIPO reports measuring the contribution of copyright-based industries to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the OECS as well as author of the UNECLAC manual “The Design and Conduct of Public Expenditure Reviews in Caribbean Countries”. He is also the co-author of the recently published book, Competing for Development: Perspectives on Self-Sustaining Growth for Caribbean Economies. The central theses of his published works in refereed journals and books is that the main development problem of Caribbean countries is that the domestic capital sector is too small.
Dike Rostant
Dike Rostant | Media and Communications Practitione A media and communications practitioner possessing twenty (20) years’ experience with main focus on community outreach and the use of popular culture for public education. Areas of ability include media broadcast...
Kelvin Jacob
Kelvin Jacob | Chief Executive Officer Spicemas Corporation - GrenadaFounder of IGNITE Mr. Kelvin Jacob is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Spicemas Corporation Grenada. He has 30 years’ experience as an educator, and holds a Master’s Degree in Carnival Arts...
Dr. Keith Nurse
Keith Nurse | Principal/President Sir Arthur Lewis Community Collage - St LuciaSenior Economist and Advisor on Structural Policies and Innovation Dr. Keith Nurse is the Principal/President of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Saint Lucia. He has worked as...
Wendell Manwarren
Wendell Manwarren | Singer, Writer, Actor, TeacherProducer, Sound Designer & Director Wendell Roger Manwarren: Singer, writer, actor, producer, teacher, sound designer & director. Having been involved in the theatre & the performing arts for the past 35...
Justin Koo
Justin Koo | Lecturer Faculty of Law UWI St. AugustineIntellectual Property Consultant with Clover Consultancy Ltd. Dr Justin Koo is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, St Augustine. Prior to joining UWI, Justin was a Visiting Lecturer at...
Matthew Clarke
Matthew Clarke | Creative Director, Illustrator, Graphic DesignerComic Book Writer and Sequential Artist – Barbados Matthew Clarke is a creative director, illustrator, graphic designer, comic book writer and sequential artist based in Barbados. He has worked in the...
Anya Ayoung Chee
Anya Ayoung-Chee | Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur, ActivistWinner of Project Runway Season 9 Anya Ayoung-Chee is a fashion designer, social entrepreneur, and strategist. In 2008, she competed at the Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam for her native Trinidad and Tobago....
Dr. Erica Smith
Dr. Erica Smith | WIPO Academy Course Author and TutorBoard Member of the Barbados Small Business Association Erica K. Smith has worked in intellectual property management and the creative industries for almost 20 years. She has undergraduate degrees in law and...
Nigel Campbell
Nigel Campbell | Music Businessman and a Podcast host of Music Matters: The Caribbean EditionA Director of Production One Ltd. Nigel Campbell is a music businessman focused on expanding the appeal of Island Music globally via new media, live performance and...
Gabriel Faria
Gabriel Faria | Chief Executive OfficerT&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce Gabriel Faria has over 40 years’ leadership experience in various companies and industries both locally, regionally, in North America, Europe and the Far East. He has come up through the...
Jason Williams
Jason Anton Mark Williams | TV & Radio HostMaster of Ceremonies Jason Anton Mark Williams was born in San Fernando on the 25th April 1979 but grew up in the close-knit community of Erin, a factor which significantly impacted his early life. From the tender age of...
Kia Moses
Kia Moses | Screenwriter & Film DirectorCo-Founder & Chief Creative Officer Of TCP Those Creative People ‘Jamerican’ Kia Moses was born at Howard University Hospital, Washington D.C., and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, where she still resides. In 2007, she...
Tristan Alleyne
Tristan Alleyne | Senior Sales & Promotions OfficerFilm, Animation & Music Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Tristan Alleyne is the Senior Officer of the Jamaica Film Commission at JAMPRO. His responsibilities include the promotion, progression, and...
Chester Wilkins
Chester Wilkins | Certified GS1 SpecialistInternational Standard Recording Coder - Dominica After years in the music industry working as an executive with record labels, Chester Wilkins aka “Massive”, has paved a new way by industrializing royalty collections on...
