2:00-5:00 PM

Registration

6:30-8:30 PM

Welcoming Reception

     S. Hunter Howard Jr., SC Chamber of Commerce

7:00-8:00 AM

Registration

8:00-9:00 AM

Breakfast

     Robert E. Freer, Jr., President, Free Enterprise Foundation

     Rhoda Green, Caribn,bean Carolina Connection

9:00-9:45 AM

Why the Caribbean?

          Kelvin Dalrymple, Chief Research Economist,  Caribbean Development Bank

     Hector E. Morales, US Executive Director, Inter-American Development Bank

9:45-10:00  AM

Break

10:00-10:45 AM

Why South Carolina?

     Joe Taylor, South Carolina Secretary of Commerce

11:00-11:45 AM

Introduction of Sector Panels for Opportunities

       Robert E. Freer, Jr., President, Free Enterprise Foundation

       Dr. Jerry Reves, MUSC

12:00-1:45 PM

Mayor's Luncheon

    Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., City of Charleston

    Mayor R. Keith Summey, City of North Charleston

     R. Mac Burdette, Mt. Pleasant Town Administrator

1:45-3:00 PM

Medical Focus

1:45-2:05 PM

2:05-2:25 PM

     Dr. Henry Fraser, UWI

     Dr. Sabra C. Slaughter, MUSC

2:25-3:00 PM

     Discussion

3:00-3:15 PM

Break

3:15-4:30 PM

Financial Services

3:15-3:35 PM

     Dr. Trevor A. Carmichael, Chancery Chambers

3:35-3:55 PM

     Mack I. Whittle, Jr., South Financial Group*

3:55-4:30 PM

     Discussion

4:30-5:00 PM

Summary

6:30-10:00 PM

Reception at the Blacklock House, 18 Bull St,

7:00-8:00 AM

Registration

8:00-9:0  AM

Breakfast

   Amb. Ellsworth John, St. Vincent & the Grenadines

9:00-9:45 AM

CARICOM Speaker

     Amb. Albert R. Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States

9:45-10:00 AM

Break

South Carolina World Trade Center

10:45-12:00 AM

10:45-11:15 AM

University Collaboration (See Our Early Success!)

David Edey, Site Sell Education (See David's presentation On-Line)

12:00-1:00 PM

Luncheon

1:15-2:30 PM

Logistics & Transportation

1:15-1:35 PM

     Mr. Lincoln Price, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery

1:35-1:55 PM

     Bernard S. Groseclose, SC State  Ports Authority

1:55-2:30 PM

     Discussion

2:30-2:45 PM

Break

2:45-4:00 PM

Internet & Telecommunications

2:45-3:05 PM

   Dr. Jerrol Thompson, St. Vinent Ministry of Telecommunications, Sciences, & Industry

3:05-3:25 PM

     Ernest Andrade, Charleston Digital Corridor

3:25-4:00 PM

     Discussion

4:00-5:00 PM

Summary

* Schedule subject to change