Sunday, July 19, 2026

 

4:00 – 5:00 pm 

Delegate Registration

7:00 – 8:00 pm 

Welcome Cocktail Reception

 

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Monday, July 20, 2026

 

8:30 – 9:00 am 

Delegate Registration

 

9:00-9:20 am

Keynote Speaker: 

Mrs. Sonji Pierre Chase (Attorney at Law and Immediate Past President of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce)

 

 

9:20- 10:50 

Panel I: The Impact of E-Commerce Growth on Caribbean Commercial Law 

• Letitia Andrews - The Impact of E-Commerce Growth on Caribbean Commercial Law: Can We Run A Race Against The Rapid Developments of E-Commerce?
• Dawn J. Grant - Reimagining Commercial Contracting in Caribbean Intergovernmental Organisations: Governance, Digital Systems, and Legal Autonomy
• Lana Ashby - Subscription Traps in Digital Markets: Rethinking Commonwealth Caribbean Consumer Protection in light of the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
• Moderator: Mr. Scott Wiles, Lexis Nexis, USA 

 

 

10:50 – 11:10 am 

Coffee break

 

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11:10 – 12:40 pm 

Panel II: Decolonial approaches to Investment, Trade, Finance, and Governance

• Gladys Young – Designing a Caribbean Intellectual Property Organisation: Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities
• Carla-Anne Harris Roper and Timothy Roper - Decolonizing Caribbean Labour Law: Reimagining Employment Frameworks for Modern Commercial Realities
• Marqueta Haynes - Investment Facilitation: The pathway to Equity and True Independence in a Post Colonial Era
• Moderator: Mr. Andrew C. Ferreira, KC, Chancery Chambers, Barbados

 

12:40- 2:00 pm 

Lunch

 

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2:00 – 3:10 pm

Panel III: Climate Change, Climate Finance and Legal Resilience

• Rachel Welch-Phillips and Nicholas Sant - Financing Resilience: Reimagining Caribbean Commercial Law for Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Development
• Khande-Jaé J.V. Fisher and Kellye-Raé J. Fisher Campbell - From Materials to Models: AI, Sustainable Infrastructure and Equitable Climate Resilience
• Moderator: Ms. Letitia A. Andrews, The Law Office of C. Peter David, Grenada

 

3:10 – 5:00 pm

Panel IV: Rethinking Legal Education in the Age of Disruption 

• Kristina Exell - Training Tomorrow’s Attorneys in the Age of Generative AI: The Continuing Role of Clinical Legal Education 
• Ayisha Richards-McKay - Full Bars, Low Bandwidth: Rewiring Caribbean Legal Education for Technology-Driven Commercial Practice 
• Tawney Bennett and Karolina Norris - Reimagining Commercial Law Education in the Caribbean through the use of AI, Experiential Learning, and Micro-credentials in the Cayman Islands 
• Dr. Christopher P. Malcolm - Rethinking Legal Education in an Age of Disruption: War, AI and Rhythm in Legal Education 
• Moderator: Ms Fiona Hinds, KC, Carrington & Sealy, Barbados

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

 

9:00-9:20 am

Keynote Speaker: 

Mrs. Sharmaine Vaughan (Chief Executive Officer, Concorde Bank Limited, Barbados) - From Regulation to Reality: Where Caribbean Commercial Law Meets Capital, Risk and Execution

 

9:20 -10:50 am 

Panel V: The Role of Courts in Commercial Transformation

• Mark-Paul Cowan - Limited Liability, Unlimited Speed: How Caribbean Courts Can Stop Digital-Age Corporate Abuse Before the Assets Vanish
• Dr. Indira Rampersad -The Caribbean Court of Justice: Catalyst of Commercial Transactions
• Dr. Justice Anthony Gafoor - Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Commercial Transactions
• Moderator: Master Anika Jackson, S.C., Master of the High Court (Ag.), Barbados

 

 

10:50 – 11:10 am 

Coffee break

 

 

11:10 – 12:20 pm 

Panel VI: Reimagining Regulatory innovation in fintech, data privacy,and e-commerce in the age of AI

 

• Jerrel Samaroo - AI Governance for the Commonwealth Caribbean: From Data Privacy to Digital Sovereignty
• Camille M. Garrison - Governed by Default: Why Caribbean SIDS Cannot Afford to Inherit Their AI Regulatory Frameworks
• Moderator: Mrs. Sonji Pierre Chase, JCS Caribbean Law, Trinidad

 

 

12:20- 1:40 pm 

Lunch

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1:40 - 3:30 pm

Panel VII: Digital transformation in Caribbean Legal and Commercial Systems

• Scott Wiles and Mark Bissett - If AI does the work, what exactly are we charging for?
• Yakima Cuffy-Bazil - Future‑Ready Regulation: Privacy‑Focused Digital Transformation
• Sola T. Hines - Digital Transformation in Caribbean Legal and Commercial Systems: A Caribbean In-House Legal Department’s Journey into the Future
• Nicole Foster - Rethinking the Caribbean Commercial Landscape: Protecting Children from the Digital Marketing of Unhealthy Commodities
• Moderator: Ms. Shelly-Anne Yarde, Concorde Bank Ltd, Barbados

 

3:30 – 5:00 pm

Panel VIII: Disruptive Technologies in Maritime and Trade Law

• Chantal S. Bennett- From Paper to Platform: Electronic Bills of Lading and the Future of Maritime and Trade Law in Jamaica and the Caribbean
• Dr. Leon E. Moller and Roseanne L.A. Hermanstein - A robust legal and policy regime as an indispensable necessity to facilitate disruptive technologies in the maritime sector
• Dr. Nicole A. Pierce - Demographic Change and Market Innovation: Reimagining Caribbean Commercial Law through the Silver Economy
• Moderator: Ms. Shalini R. Campbell, Dentons Delany, Trinidad