Creative Industries Workshop

Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) with the support of the EU TRINNEX/PROINVEST Project presents:

WORKSHOP ON THE IMPACT OF TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY ON CARIBBEAN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (October 28-29, 2004) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad

AGENDA

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28th

Welcome Remarks

Ramesh Chaitoo, CRNM

Anthony Smallwood, Head, Delegation of the European Communities

 Introduction

Ms Josanne Leonard New Media 2000 Ltd 

  Opening Address

Honourable Diane Seukeran, Minister in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago                

 Caribbean Culture and the World Market:  Reflections on the Past and the Future - An Industry View

                   Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper (Click for Presentation)

 Trade Negotiations and Culture: What’s at stake?

Ramesh Chaitoo, CRNM (Click to view Presentation)

 

 The new Digital World and Creative Industries:  New Business Models

Eric de Fontenay, MusicDish Network, USA  (Click to view Presentation)

 

 Recent Developments in the Global Music/ Entertainment Business: Implications for the Caribbean

Ivan Berry, Head, Artists and Repertoire, BMG Canada (Click to view Presentation)

The Independents Strike Back: Lessons from Europe

Helen Smith, IMPALA, EU  (Click to view Presentation)

Approaches to Promoting and Protecting Cultural Industries: Lessons from Canada

Pauline Couture, PCA Consulting (Click to view Presentation)

 

Market access issues for cultural goods and services in the European Union

Jean Michel Salmon, Stradevco  (Click to view Presentation)

 

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SECTORAL FOCUS:            BUILDING DOMESTIC CAPACITY FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

Panel One - Music:  Strategies for a Successful Caribbean Music Industry in the Global Market

 

Lead: Ibo Cooper – Freshear Music/Jamaica Entertainment Advisory Board

Derek Wilkie – CRS Music Ltd.

Alison Demas – COTT

Andrea Davis- Jamaican Arts Holdings (Presentation)

  

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29th

 

SECTORAL FOCUS:            BUILDING DOMESTIC CAPACITY FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS (cont’d)

 

Panel Two – Audio-Visual industries: Broadcast, video, film, and new media

                                      Lead: Josanne Leonard – New Media 2000 Ltd/Miribai Communications  (View Presentation)

                                      Christopher Laird, Banyan/Gayelle

                                                Damali Little White, Media Mix and Palm Productions 

                                                Mary Ann Yaw, Tropical Storm Production

 

Panel Three – Business Development, Financing and Private Investment in Creative Industries

Lead: Dr. Keith Nurse

                                                Robert Amar, Amar Entertainment Group

Kama Maharaj, Sacha Cosmetics (View Presentation)

Dr. Ronald Ramkissoon, Republic Bank

Mr. Lawrence Dupres, CEO, CL Financial Group 

 

Panel Four  - Publishing: Creating linkages with other Creative Sectors         

                                       Lead: Ian Randle (Click to view Presentation)

                                       Neysha Soodeen , MACO

                                       Ken Jaikaransingh, Lexicon Publishing

                                       Keith Miller, Miller Publishing  Company

                                       Mae Wayne, SHE Caribbean

 

 Panel Five - Glamour/Fashion

Lead: Kingsley Cooper (Click to view Presentation)

Claudia Pegus, Claudia Pegus Designs Ltd

Shazi Chalon, Shazi International 

 

Panel Six - Dance, Theatre, Performing & Visual Arts

           Lead: Antoinette Stines  (Click to view Presentation)

                  Adrian Augier, JenS Designs (Click to view Presentation)

                    

WORKGROUP RECOMMENDATIONS/ WRAP-UP SESSION/THE WAY FORWARD

(Click to view Summary and Recommendations)

                                                 

CLOSING REMARKS  & VOTE OF THANKS - CRNM

 

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