DAY 1: MONDAY, APRIL 23rd
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM REGISTRATION, INFORMATION & NETWORKING
9:00AM – 10:30 AM OPENING SESSION: (CONFERENCE + DIASPORA INVESTMENT FORUM)
- Introduction, JOHN ROSSER, Sustainable Haiti Conference + Sustainatopia
- GUSTAVO ARNAVAT, US Representative at Inter American Development Bank
- Welcoming Remarks: DR. JOSEPH BAPTISTE, National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians
- Plenary speaker: HERVE DENIS – President, Haiti’s chamber of Commerce & Industry
10:30AM- 11:00 AM BREAK
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
DIASPORA INVESTMENT FORUM: ECONOMIC GROWTH STRATEGY: OPPORTUNITIES
- Introduction: JUDGE LIONEL JEAN-BAPTISTE, Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti
- MINISTER WILSON LALEAU, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
CONFERENCE PANEL: MEDIA’S ROLE IN HAITI
- Hosted by DAVID ADAMS, Thomson Reuters
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM KEYNOTES: THE IMPACT CONFERENCE @ SUSTAINATOPIA (2nd floor)
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM LUNCH BREAK on LINCOLN ROAD
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
DOING BUSINESS IN HAITI
- KARL JEAN-LOUIS, Center for the Facilitation of Investments
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
THE ROLE OF HAITIANS LIVING ABROAD IN ADVOCACY
- VERONIQUE PLUVIOSE-FENTON, Mayet, LLC
- SOPHIA LAPHONTANT, Oxfam America
CONFERENCE: MODELS for HEALTH
- LUCY LEVENSON, Haiti Projects
- AUDE SICARD, Managed Healthcare Analyst Jackson Health System
5:00PM- 5:15PM BREAK
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM
DIASPORA INVESTMENT FORUM/CONFERENCE
- First Day Context Wrap-up panel: GENERAL SESSION with the Impact Conference @ Sustainatopia , 2nd floor
CONFERENCE: FOCUS ON HOUSING, PANEL 1
- Hosted by AL SEM, Rebuild Haiti Better
6:15PM – 7:45PM CONFERENCES & DIASPORA INVESTMENT FORUM (COMBINED)
- VIP Cocktails at the Jackie Gleason Theater
7:45PM – 9:45PM CONFERENCES & DIASPORA INVESTMENT FORUM
- Sustainatopia Honors 2012 at Jackie Gleason
** END OF DAY ONE **
DAY 2: TUESDAY, APRIL 24
7:30AM – 8:45 AM REGISTRATION, CHECK- IN & BREAKFAST
9:00AM – 10:00 AM
INTRODUCTION
- PAUL ALTIDOR, Haiti Ambassador to the United States
CONFERENCE: GROW HAITI/ GREEN HAITI
- hosted by REGINE BARJON, Biotek Solutions
10:00AM – 10:15 AM BREAK
10:15AM – 11:45 AM DIASPORA INVESTMENT FORUM: DISCUSSION: INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS and SERVICES AIMED at HLAs
● Financing Platform: EVENS ANOZINE, Leopard Capital; KATLEEN FELIX, The Haitian Hometown Association Resource Group; HAROLD CHARLES, Providenciales; JIM CHU, Life Giving Force; NATALIE LIAUTAUD, Pan American Development Foundation
11:45AM- 1:00PM LUNCH BREAK on LINCOLN ROAD
1:00PM- 1:15PM BREAKOUT LOGISTICS & INTRODUCTION: ALINE LAUTURE, Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti
1:15PM- 2:30PM DIASPORA INVESTMENT FORUM// CONFERENCE: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
(A) Investing in ICT: mobile and technology
- MATHIAS PIERRE, GAMA Group
- WILSON FIEVRE, IBM
- DAVID SHARPE, Digicel
- TRAVIS HENEVELD, Motorola
(B) Investing in solutions that respond to Haiti Energy needs – solar, bio fuel, wind, etc.
- REGINE SIMON, Biotek Solutions
- JILL VAN DEN BRULE, Shine a Light
(C) Investing in Infrastructure for Tourism and Hospitality Industry
- JOSEPH EVANS, Marriott
- FRANTZ PYTHON, Global Oasis Enterprises
- JERRY TARDIEU, Royal Oasis
(D) Investing in Haiti Food supply network: Agriculture and Food Processing
- CLAUDINE FRANCOIS, Grameen Creative Lab, Haiti
- HERVIL CHERUBIN, Heifer International
2:45PM – 3:15 PM
DIASPORA INVESTMENT FORUM: CLOSING REMARKS
- YOURY MEVS, WIN Group
** END HAITI INVESTMENT FORUM **
3:30PM- 4:30PM CONFERENCE: FATIMA GROUP PANEL
4:45PM- 5:45PM CONFERENCE: HOPE FOR HAITI PANEL
6:00PM- 7:00PM CONFERENCE: KEYNOTES, EARTH- NT & OPEN SOURCE CAPITALISM
7:00 PM- 9:00PM CONFERENCE: RECEPTION @ MIAMI BEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS
** END of DAY TWO **
DAY THREE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th
** ALL CONFERENCE, CONFERENCE TICKET HOLDERS ONLY **
9:00AM- 10:00AM
- 2012, THE YEAR OF RENEWABLE ENERGY: EARTHSPARK INTERNATIONAL
- led by DANIEL SCHNITZER, EarthSpark International
MPHISE
- DR. RISHI RATTAN, Physicians for Haiti
- ALBERT GOMEZ, First & Alton
- MICHAEL D. McDONALD, Center for Health Security and Infrastructure
10:15AM- 11:15AM
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: THE CAMPS
- ALEDA FRISCHMAN/ALISON THOMPSON, WE ADVANCE
- KYSSELINE JEAN-MARY CHERESTAL, Action Aid
- representative from Goldin Institute
10:15- 11:15AM
USING ART & SPORT
- ERIC FROTHINGHAM, One World Football
- JUDY HOFFMAN, Art Creation Foundation for Children
11:15AM- 12:30PM
NEW AGRICULTURAL INITIATIVES
- LEONIE HERMANTIN
- JASON SPINDLER, I Dev International
- ANTHONY VINCIGUERRA, St. Thomas University
SUSTAINABLE HAITI COALITION: AN UPDATE
- JONATHAN CLOUD & DOUG COHEN, Sustainable Haiti Coalition
- UMA VISWANATHAN, Nouvelle Vie Haiti
12:30PM- 2:15PM LUNCH ON LINCOLN ROAD
2:15PM- 4: 30PM OPEN SOURCE w/JOHN ENGLE
** END OF CONFERENCE **
