Agenda

Conference Agenda

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Time	Activity	Outcomes
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Check-in, registration	Register, meet the experts and colleagues, review the schedule.
6:00 pm	Welcome reception
7:30 pm	Dinner at any of hotel restaurants

Monday, September 22, 2014

Time	Activity/Presenters	Outcomes
8:30 am – 11:30 am	Plenary session. Presenters include: Ms. Denise Herbol, USAID Honorable Roger Clarke, Minister of Agriculture, Jamaica Honorable Ronald Thwaites, Minister of Education, Jamaica Honorable Robert Pickersgill, Minister of Land, Environment, Water, Climate Change (pending) Ms. Therese Turner-Jones, Inter-American Development Bank (pending) Mr. Wayne Beecher, Inter-American Development Bank (pending)	Introduction to aquaponics and current international priorities for addressing climate change, food security, nutrition and income generation, including support for small- and medium-sized enterprises. Audience participation, questions and answers.
11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Lunch buffet	Recharge, network, prepare for field visits.
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Site visits and field practicum: farmers’ cooperative and school	Experience and learn first-hand aquaponic system construction and operation, fish types/nutrition/production, crop productiona nd special development issues from diverse groups on the ground.
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Reception and special chef’s demonstration of creative and healthy food preparation from aquaponics	Experience exciting ways to enjoy and prepare aquaponically-grown fresh and produce.
8:00 pm	Dinner under the stars	Network with colleagues.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Time	Activity/Presenters	Outcomes
8:30 am – 11:30 am	Plenary session: Presenters include: Mr. Christopher Somerville, FAO Dr. Thad Jackson, INMED Practitioners from the Caribbean, Africa and South America	Learn the immediate and alternative applications of aquaponics and related innovations for development. Explore special issues related to climate change and food security, and adaptations for specific populations and countries. Ask questions and share your own experiences.
11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Lunch buffet at hotel	Recharge, network, prepare for field visits.
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Site visits and field practicum: youth group and people with disabilities	Experience and learn first-hand aquaponic system construction and operation, fish types/nutrition/production, crop production and special development issues from diverse groups on the ground.
7:00 pm	Dinner at any of hotel restaurants

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Time	Activity/Presenters	Outcomes
8:30 am – 11:30 am	Plenary sessionPanel representing the producers, the market, business planners and lenders	Understand the economics of aquaponics. Learn to develop—and how to teach others—business plans, market analysis, etc.