Time

Session Type

Topic

Presenter/Panelist

8:00-9:00

Registration

9:00-10:00

Opening Ceremony

Welcome and conference roadmap

• Opening speeches

• Photo

• Minister feature address

Speakers:

• Kim Mallalieu (TATT)
  
  [Speech]

• Bernadette Lewis (CTU)

• Peter Nicholls (ECLAC) 
  
  [Speech]

• Cleveland Thomas (ITU)
  
  [Speech]

• Hon. Darcy Boyce (Barbados)
  
  [Speech]

Vote of Thanks: Dr. John Prince (TATT)

MC: Selby Wilson (CTU)

10:00:10:15

PHOTO

10:15-10:45

Coffee

10:45-12:00

SESSION 1

Mini-case exploration: Encouraging participation in the digital economy

• What is the opportunity (local and intl. payments)?

• Traditional merchant payment solutions and alternatives

• Perception amongst SMEs

• Adequacy of existing solutions

• Need for better solutions?

• Presenters:

  • Hon. Melford Nicholas (Antigua & Barbuda)

  • Robert de Gannes (Entrepreneur)
    
    [Presentation]

• Respondents:

  • Jason Julien (FCB)

  • Glynis Alexander-Tam (InfoLinx)

• Moderator: Shiva Bissessar (Pinaka)

12:00-12:45

SESSION 2

Presentation:

The ITU Focus Group - Digital Financial Services (FG DFS) update

Outcomes of the ITU FG DFS initiative

• Accomplishments

• What’s next

• Presenter : Vijay Mauree (ITU)
  
  [Presentation]

12:45-1:45

Lunch

1:45-3:00

SESSION 3

Panel discussion: Caribbean challenges and the need for new payment solutions

• Challenges

  • Correspondent banking

  • Financial exclusion

  • Inefficiency of Commerce

• How can tech/innovation assist?

  • G2P /PATH (Jamaica)

• Creating functional / productive national payments committees

• Presenter : Dr. Damien King (CaPRI)
  
  [Presentation]

• Respondents:

  • Dr. Maurice McNaughton (UWI Mona)

  • Leslie Ann Des Vignes (CBTT)

• Moderator: Robert Bobby Williams (ECLAC)

3:00-3:30

Coffee

3:30-4:45

SESSION 4

Panel Discussion: FINTECH 3.0 Getting the regulatory environment right

• Does regulatory uncertainty stymie innovation?

• Enabling innovation

  • ‘No objection’

• Banks led models vs. Non-banks & regulators’ remit

• Consumer Protection

• Interoperability

• Presenter: Dr. Maurice McNaughton
  
  (UWI Mona) 
  
  [Presentation]

• Respondents:

  • Terrence Clarke (BidRate)

  • Nigel Stoddard (FIU)

• Moderator: Nigel Cassimire (CTU)

4:45 – 5:00

Recap and close

8:00-8:25

Registration

8:25 - 8:45

• Recap of DAY 1

• Tribute to Michel Stéphane Bruno

• TATT

• Jacqueline Morris

8:45-10:00

SESSION 5

Mini Presentations: Mobile Money implementations in the Caribbean region: Consumer Protection Focus

• Consumer Protection

• Tiered service provision

• Effects to products offered

• Jamaican ‘mobile money’ license

• Security & Privacy concerns

• Presenters:

  • Michael Mc Naughton (Grace Kennedy) 
    
    [Presentation]

  • Kavin Hewitt (MCONEC)
    
    [Presentation]

  • Dr. Kevin Butler (University of Florida) 
    
    [Presentation]

• Moderator: Karel Douglas(TATT)

10:00-10:30

Coffee

10:30 -11:15

SESSION 6

Presentation:

• UK Regulatory sandbox

• Digital Identity

Experience of participating in the UK regulatory sandbox & digital identity

• Presenter : Nikola Tchouparov (Oraclize) 
  
  [Presentation]

11:15 -12:30

SESSION 7

Panel discussion: Financing aspects

• Next generation funding models for emerging market startups and SMEs

• OECS Electronic Payment Forum

• Crowd funding workshops (Presentation, Updates from the OECS)

• RegTech

• Presenter (REMOTE): Ms Telly V. Onu (Quintessence Consulting) [Presentation]

• Respondents:

  • Marlon Marie (OECS)

  • Rachel Simms-Sealy (TTSEC)

• Moderator: Glynis Alexander-Tam (InfoLinx)

12:30-1:30

Lunch

1:30-2:45

SESSION 8

Mini Presentations:

Digital Currency - Caribbean Landscape

• What is the opportunity to bring relief to customers?

• Consumer protection

• KYC/AML

• Challenges?

  • Becoming operational

  • Regulatory response

• Digital Fiat

• Distributed ledger protocol in financial inclusion

• Blockchain-based settlement frameworks

• Presenters:

  • Robert Williams (ECLAC) [Presentation]

  • David Wen (eCurrency) [Presentation]

  • Gabriel Abed (Bitt) [Presentation]

• Moderator: Dr. Damian King (CaPRI)

2:45-3:15

Coffee

3:15-4:30

SESSION 9

Plenary: Next Steps

• Can we emulate other countries towards better payments e.g. Jamaica mobile money

• What is required at policy regulatory and legislative levels?

• How can national payments councils be improved?

• Is a more inclusive approach required?

• Is it a question of capacity? Prioritization of issues?

• Where does it fit into regulator’s agenda at present?

• Panelists:

  • Hon. Darcy Boyce (Barbados)

  • Vashti Maharaj (Attorney General Office, Trinidad)

  • Shiva Bissessar (Pinaka)

• Moderator: Kwesi Prescod

4:30 – 4:45

• Wrap up

• Vote of thanks

• Close