1.   Welcome and Opening Remarks: President Bharrat Jagdeo
                                                           Secretary-General, CARICOM

2.   Chairman’s Remarks

3.   OPEN SESSION 1:

Global and Regional Trends Driving Agri Business and the Requirements for New and Different Investments - Mr. Deo Persaud, CEO, Neal and Massy

Open Dialogue

4.   OPEN SESSION 2:

Best Prospects: Presentation of Viable Agri Business Investment Opportunities

Presentation of a Dossier of Bankable Projects

LUNCH: Address - The Role of Agriculture in Expanding the Tourism Experience - Sen. Allen Chastanet, Managing Director, Coco Resorts and Minister of Tourism, Saint Lucia

5.   OPEN SESSION 3

“How have they Done It?”: Presentation of Success Stories from Producers/Processors

- Misha Peretz, Montpelier Farms Antigua.  Supplier to the Cruise Ship Industry
- Dr. Cecile La Grenade, de la Grenade Industries.  Nutmeg bi-products
- Mr. Duane Dove, Tobago Cocoa Estate, Sommelier and Cocoa Farmer

Networking Opportunity: Investors, Entrepreneurs, High-level Ministers of Government

Day 2

6.   OPEN SESSION 4

Available Financing for Agri Business projects:

The World Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank
The Caribbean Development Bank

7.   SESSION 5: Working Groups

(i) Bankers’ Working Group – Approaches to Agri-Business Loans and Portfolio Management

(ii) Investors’ Working Group - Consideration of investment proposals and discussion on inter-firm collaboration.

LUNCH: Address - The Mega Farm Concept in Trinidad and Tobago - Representative of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Plenary: Report of Working Groups

8.   PRIVATE DIALOGUE

Networking Opportunity: One-on-One Dialogue on Specific Proposals

A mini exhibition demonstrating the commercialisation of innovation in agriculture will be on simultaneously with the Forum discussions.

AGRI BUSINESS IS GOOD BUSINESS