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Agenda -

Tuesday June 30th

Opening Ceremony9:00 AM - 11:05 AMCOFFEE BREAK11:05 AM - 11:20 AMFrom Hype to Impact11:20 AM - 12:40 AMCyber Resilience and Risk Transfer1:45 PM - 3:05 PMCOFFEE BREAK3:05 PM - 3:20 PMThe (Not-so) Young Turks

Opening Ceremony
9:00 AM - 11:05 AM

SPEAKERS

Nirad Tewarie

Chief Executive Officer | AMCHAM T&T

 

 OPENING REMARKS 

Senator the Honourable

Dominic A. Smith

Minister of Public Administration and Artificial Intelligence

 MINISTER'S ADDRESS 

Ryan Chaitram 

Sr VP, Strategy and Digital | Massy

 SPONSOR REMARKS 

COFFEE BREAK
11:05 AM - 11:20 AM


From Hype to Impact
11:20 AM - 12:40 AM

Making the Business Case for AI and Innovation - A Conversation Among CEOs

Decision frameworks for CEOs and CFOs. Real costs, real timelines, risks,

governance guardrails, and the cost of inaction.

Anton Alexander 

Sr Generative AI Specialist | Amazon Web Services

 PANEL KEYNOTE


Ambikah Mongroo

Group Executive VP and Portfolio CEO, Integrated Retail Portfolio | Massy

 PANELLIST

Pieter Verkade

Chief Executive Officer | Digicel Trinidad and Tobago

PANELLIST

Arvind Singh

Deputy Director | The Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre, UWI

PANELLIST

Anna Henderson

President | AMCHAM T&T

MODERATOR

LUNCH


12:40 PM - 1:45 PM 

Cyber Resilience and Risk Transfer
1:45 PM - 3:05 PM

From Operational technology Security to Cyber Insurance

Protecting industrial systems, qualifying for cyber insurance, and reducing premiums through readiness.

Marlon Cooper

Chief Executive Officer | Symptai Consulting Limited

PANEL KEYNOTE

Rodney Farah

Managing Director | PRFC Insurance Broking & Risk Management

PANELLIST

Samantha Deoraj

Major Account Manager | Fortinet

PANELLIST

Melissa Pierre

Manager, Initiatives and Policy | AMCHAM T&T

MODERATOR

Obika Gellineau

Cybersecurity Professional & Security Consultant | Fujitsu

PANELLIST

COFFEE BREAK
3:05 PM - 3:20 PM

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The (Not-so) Young Turks

3:20 PM - 4:40 PM

Building the community, changing the rules & scaling globally from right here in the Caribbean

How are we building the tech community, changing the regulatory 

environment and overcoming market constraints by using technology to scale?

Vijay Pradeep 

Co-Founder / CTO | Anvil Robotics

PANEL KEYNOTE

Arthur Thompson

Lead, Firebase Developer Relations | Google

PANELLIST

Ricardo Felix 

Director of Solutions Engineering | Lynkme

PANELLIST

Jeffrey Faustin 

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer | Jenson Ventures 

PANELLIST

Griselle Smith

Director | AMCHAM T&T

MODERATOR

Agenda -

Wednesday July 1st

OPENING FEATURE SPEAKEROPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSDPI for ROICOFFEE BREAKFinTech at a CrossroadsTogether We AchieveCOFFEE BREAKTalk to Me

OPENING FEATURE SPEAKER

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Day Two Opening Feature Speaker


The Honourable Dr. Michael Dowlath

Minister of Education

 FEATURE SPEAKER

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

9:25 AM - 9:50 AM

Day Two Opening Keynote Speaker


Arthur Thompson

Lead, Firebase Developer Relations | Google

 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

DPI for ROI

9:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Technology as a Driver of Ease of Doing Business

Practical collaboration between private sector and state to improve

licensing, trade, tax, and procurement systems through Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).

Ian John

Founder and Chief Executive Officer | CyberEye

 PANELLIST

Stuart Franco

Chief Executive Officer | The TSL Group

 PANELLIST

Donnie Singh

Customs & Excise Officer III; National Project Cordinator (ASYCUDA Project) | Customs & Excise Division - Ministry of Finance

 PANELLIST

Ria Karim

Chairman | iGovTT

 PANELLIST

Ria Karim

Chairman | iGovTT

 PANELLIST

Nirad Tewarie

Chief Executive Officer | AMCHAM T&T

 MODERATOR

COFFEE BREAK

11:10 AM - 11:25 AM

  

FinTech at a Crossroads

11:25 AM - 12:45 AM

The FinTech Opportunity in the Caribbean

Regional peers are moving faster, even as local regulatory changes create new momentum. Who is doing what, what we can learn from recent progress, and what still needs to be done to close the gap? Ultimately, winners will be those who align regulatory readiness, partnerships, and disciplined execution.

Larry Howai

Governor | Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

 PANEL KEYNOTE

Neela Marquez

Chief Executive Officer, Massy Remittance Services | Massy

 PANELLIST

Keino Cox

Chief Executive Officer | TSTT

 PANELLIST

Kirt Hills

Chief Operating Officer | Unipet

 PANELLIST

Angel Stewart

Founder/Chief Executive Officer | ANGL Pay

 PANELLIST

John Outridge

Fintech, Payments, and Digital Transformation Executive

MODERATOR

Lunch

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM



Together We Achieve

1:45 PM - 3:05 PM

Managing culture & upskilling to create tech enabled organisations.

Process intelligence, back-office automation, redesigning roles, people analytics, and building a culture of trust and resilience where employees feel equipped, not replaced, by AI.

Dara Douglas

Partner | PwC Trinidad and Tobago

 PANEL KEYNOTE

Nadia McCarthy

Group Senior Vice President, People, Culture & Communications | Massy

 PANELLIST

Kiran Deosingh

Vice President, Technology | Ramps Technology

PANELLIST

Carolina Mariño Rehbein

LATAM Client & Market Integration Head, CCA (Central America and Caribbean) Head Platform and Data Services | Citi

PANELLIST

Dr. William Huggins

VP and Country Lead | IQOR

MODERATOR

COFFEE BREAK

3:05 PM - 3:20 PM

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Talk to Me

3:20 PM - 4:40 PM

Building an Executable Data and MLOps Strategy. How and when to deploy GPTs for efficiency gains and enhanced productivity​

Operationalizing data, deploying models reliably, and turning analytics into measurable business value.

Shaun Rampersad

Chief Executive Officer | Ramps Logistics

 PANEL KEYNOTE

Shazard Mohammed

General Manager, Data Governance & Management Unit | Republic Bank

 PANELLIST

Khadine Singh

Researcher, Engineer, Creative, Googler, Climate Optimist | Google

 PANELLIST

Anesha Sadar

GM of Supply Chain and Digital Excellence | Shell

 PANELLIST

Gerardo Rivera Menjivar

General Manager | Digicel Business

 PANELLIST

Closing Cocktail

4:40 PM - 6:30 PM