Presentations from 2011 and prior, are on the CTO corporate site (copy and paste link below into your browser)
2013 – Trinidad & Tobago
Keynote Speech — Carlos Vogeler, Regional Director of the Americas, UNWTO
The Caribbean Fish Sanctuary Partnership Initiative — Judi Clarke, The CARIBSAVE Partnership
Partnership strategies to Increase Profitability and Visitor Spending – Hugh Cresser & Associates
Towards Long Term Sustainability for Caribbean Tourism, Challenges and Opportunities — Willard Phillips, UN-ECLAC
Sustainable Destination Development: Oregon,USA ~ Kristin Dahl, Senior Manager, Destination Development, Travel Oregon
Promoting Entrepreneurship through Festivals: Exploitation of the mango from seed to table’– Gia Gaspard-Taylor, President Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad and Tobago (NRWP)
Tourist-Flow Biological Biodiversity” in Small Island Developing States — Sonja S. Teelucksingh & Patrick K. Watson, UWI, Trinidad & Tobago
Bluefields Bay Fish Sanctuary: Now and Then — Wolde Kristos, Bluefields Bay Fishermen’s Friendly Society
Good Agro Tourism Practices — Alison Godwin, Grand Agro Tourism Ltd.
Creating & Managing Sustainable Caribbean Destinations: The Midtown St Petersburg Case Study — Shrimatee Ojah-Maharaj
A Green Globe Travelife Gold ISO 14001 Certified Resort — Ewald Biemans, Bucuti & Tara Resorts
Punta Cana Resort – Jake Kheel, Environmental Director at Grupo PUNTACANA
Advancing Destination Sustainability & Profitability During Economic Downturn – Dr. The Hon. Rufus W. Ewing, Premier and Minister of Tourism, Turks and Caicos Islands
The Case for Responsible Travel: Trends & Statistics – Martha Honey, Ph.D., Co-Director, Center for Responsible Travel (CREST)
Tourism – A tool for Conservation- A partnership Approach — Suzan Lakhan, Nature Seekers
Partnerships in the Development of Agrotourism – Ena Harvey, IICA
Marketing Responsible Tourism Products – Trudi Pearce, Head of Destination Partnerships, ResponsibleTravel.com
Building Sucessful Tourism Destination Network– Nildamarie Díaz Hiraldo, MBA Deputy Director, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Quality and Educational Affairs, Puerto Rico Tourism Company
Rapporteurs Report – STC 14, 2013
The Seven Rules of Green Marketing – Green Team, Hugh Hough
Tourism, Sea Turtles and the Environment as a catalyst for Developing Sustainable Communities: — Dr. Allan Bachan
Guyana Presentation: http://youtu.be/fC3BVd6oacw
2012 – Guyana
Download STC 13 Final Conference Report.
Download STC 13 Rapportuers Report
Climate Change Adaptation – Educating & Innovating for Tourism Sustainability — Dr. Maya Trotz – Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida
Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project— Annette Arjoon-Martins, Chairman, Mangrove Action Committee
Dr. Paulette Bynoe – Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Sciences, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago – Download Dr. Bynoe’s presentation.
Dr. Owen Day – Chief Technical Officer and Head of Biodiversity, The CARIBSAVE Partnership, Barbados and UK
Caribbean Challenge Initiative – Charting a new course for the Insular Caribbean’s marine and coastal environment – Eddy Silva – Sustainable Tourism Leader, The Nature Conservancy – Central Caribbean Program, Dominican Republic
Bermuda Since STC 12 – Charles Brown -Government of Bermuda: Ministry of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy
Caribsave Partnership Video:http://youtu.be/ak7cVJ9SXbk
Climate Change Impacts and Risks: The Challenge for Caribbean Ports. — Leonard Nurse – Senior Lecturer, Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
Climate Change Adaption – Reducing the Vulnerability of Caribbean Tourism Infrastructure— Dr. David W. Randle – Coordinator, Masters in Global Sustainability, Sustainable Tourism Concentration, Patel School of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida and Lead Advisor (Florida), Sustainable Travel International
Insurance and Climate Change — Ravi Rambarran – Chief Executive Officer, Sagicor International, Kingston, Jamaica
Climate Change Adaptation – Reducing the Vulnerability of the Caribbean Tourism Infrastructure: The Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Lens. — Elizabeth Riley – Deputy Executive Director (Ag.) Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, Barbados
Videos: http://investcaribbean.wordpress.com/invest-caribbean-now-guyana-april-2012/
The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)- Clean & Efficient Energy, Business Cases — Jennifer Baldwin, Research Fellow, Energy and Environment, Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), Inter-American Development Group
CHENACT — Loreto Duffy-Mayers – Project Manager, Caribbean Hotel Energy Efficiency Action Programme, Barbados & Dr. Ujjwal Bhattacharjee, Energy Consultant, Caribbean Hotel Energy Efficiency Action Programme, Tetra Tech Inc., USA
Waste to Energy — Tony Fiddy – President, Waste to Energy Division and Regional Vice President for Europe and Africa, Naanovo Energy Inc., UK
Ensuring Sustainability in Community Tourism – Recommendations from the Rupununi Community Tourism Blue Print — Curtis Bernard, Technical Manager, Conservation International Guyana
The KfW Small Grants Project- Improving Livelihoods of Communities within and in proximity to Protected Areas —Sharifah Razack – Director of the Education, Information and Training Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Guyana
The jungle strikes back: balancing the image and sustaining the development of Caribbean tourism—Donald Sinclair – Coordinator, Tourism, Transport, Infrastructure & Communication, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
Biodiversity Conservation & Sustainable Tourism – A WWF Guianas Perspective — Dr. Patrick Williams – Country Manager, World Wildlife Fund, Guyana
Using Without Losing: People First Approach to Conservation – The Iwokrama Experience — Dr. Raquel Thomas-Caesar – Director, Resource Management and Training, Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development
How to Craft, Deliver & Market Customer-Centric Sustainable Tourism Products — Judy Karwacki – President, Small Planet Consulting Inc., Canada
Building and Operating Biodiversity Friendly Hotels in the Caribbean — Giulia Carbone – Deputy Head, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland
Adventures in Sustainability — Antonio del Rosal – Executive Director Latin America, Adventure Travel Trade Association, Mexico
Agro & Culinary Toursim – Getting to the Next Level – Ena Harvey – Management Coordinator – Caribbean Region and Agrotourism Specialist, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Costa Rica
Morgan Opramolla & Laura McLoughlin – Students, University of New Haven, Connecticut, USA – New Haven Sustainability – Pandora Hotel
Asha Jannelle Jones – Caribbean Youth Environment Network Representative and Student , University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados – A Youth Perspective on the Impacts of Climate Change on Tourism and Possible Adaptation Strategies
Renee Spencer – Student, University of Guyana: Sustainable Tourism Development in Guyana – My Experience as a Volunteer