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3rd Americas Regional Conference

The Annual Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference and Mary J Seivwright Research Day is held May/June annually attracting approximately three to five hundred nursing and health professionals from the Caribbean, North America and Europe.  This year, The UWI School of Nursing, Mona is hosting the 3rd Americas Regional Midwifery Conference which will be held May 26 – 28, 2010 in Kingston Jamaica. This event is being hosted collaboratively with the Jamaica Midwives Association and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM).

  • 3rd Americas Regional Conference

    May 26, 2010 – May 28, 2010

    The UWI School of Nusing (UWISON) in collaboration with the Jamaica Midwives Association, and the International Conferation of Midwives, proudly presents The 3rd Americas RegionalConference.

    The Conference will be held on 27-28 May 2010 at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, Jamaica. An opening and welcoming reception will be on the evening of the 26th at the UWISON Courtyard, Mary J. Seivwright Buliding, 9 Gilbraltar Camp Way, UWI, Mona Campus starting at 5:30pm.




Macro- and Supramolecular Architectures and Materials (MAM)

5th IUPAC-Sponsored International Symposium on Macro- and Supramolecular Architectures and Materials: New Science and Technologies for the Improvement of Human Living Standards.

  • MAM-10 Conference

    August 15, 2010 – August 20, 2010

    MAM-10

    5th IUPAC-Sponsored International Symposium on Macro- and Supramolecular Architectures and Materials: New Science and Technologies for the Improvement of Human Living Standards.

MSB Roundtable 2010

The Mona School of Business Roundtable Forum is designed to present vital issues to major private sector leaders which are having an impact on business, and which have to be considered in the context of the ongoing and future globalization of business.

  • MSB Roundtable 2010

    March 4, 2010 – March 5, 2010

    The Mona School of Business, The University of the West Indies, Mona in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics, UWI and the Caribbean Actuarial Association invites you to register and participate in MSB Roundtable 2010. The Roundtable will be held at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge & Conference Centre, UWI, Mona Campus, March 4 - 5, 2010. This forum will be convened under the theme “Managing Risk for Growth & Development.”

International Network on Energy and Environmental Sustainability (INEES)

A workshop exploring barriers, drivers and unused potential of sustainable energy systems.

Foss in Business Workshops

Foss in Business Workshop

  • FOSS in Business Workshops

    November 18, 2009 – November 24, 2009


The Rastafari Studies Conference

2010 will mark 50 years since the “Report on The Rastafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica” was first published by the then University College of the West Indies. This Report authored by M.G. Smith, Roy Augier and Rex Nettleford validated the University’s sense of its social responsibility and remains one its most successful monographs, having gone through eight reproductions without change in form or content, on its way to becoming a most highly referenced document on the Movement.

In recognition of these two anniversaries and on the birthday of the Pan-African champion and nation’s first National Hero, the Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the Institute of Caribbean Studies announces the inaugural Rastafari Studies Conference to be held at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies August 17 - 20, 2010, under the Joint Chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Rex Nettleford and Emeritus Professor Sir Roy Augier.

  • The Inaugural Rastafari Studies Conference

    August 17, 2010 – August 20, 2010

    2010 will mark 50 years since the “Report on The Rastafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica” was first published by the then University College of the West Indies. This Report authored by M.G. Smith, Roy Augier and Rex Nettleford validated the University’s sense of its social responsibility and remains one of its most successful monographs, having gone through eight reproductions without change in form or content, on its way to becoming a most highly referenced document on the Movement.

    In recognition of these two anniversaries and on the birthday of the Pan-African champion and nation’s first National Hero, the Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the Institute of Caribbean Studies announces the inaugural Rastafari Studies Conference to be held at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies August 17 - 20, 2010, under the Joint Chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Rex Nettleford and Emeritus Professor Sir Roy Augier.

7th Annual Caribbean Internet Forum

The Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies and the Caribbean Internet Forum’s Board of Directors are pleased to invite you to register and participate in the 7th Annual Caribbean Internet Forum to be held in Kingston, Jamaica, November 25-26, 2009. This solutions-oriented two-day conference will be convened under the theme ‘Building a Caribbean Broadband Platform for Regional Development’ and will bring together regional service providers, business leaders, government policy-makers, regulators as well as policy and practice leaders in information and communication technologies, telecommunications, Internet service provision and media.

  • 7th Annual Caribbean Internet Forum

    November 25, 2009 – November 26, 2009

    The Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies and the Caribbean Internet Forum’s Board of Directors are pleased to invite you to register and participate in the 7th Annual Caribbean Internet Forum to be held in Kingston, Jamaica, November 25-26, 2009. This solutions-oriented two-day conference will be convened under the theme ‘Building a Caribbean Broadband Platform for Regional Development’ and will bring together regional service providers, business leaders, government policy-makers, regulators as well as policy and practice leaders in information and communication technologies, telecommunications, Internet service provision and media.

TropHort 2010

The Organising Committee of TropHort2010 is pleased to announce that the 1st International Symposium on Tropical Horticulture will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, November 22-26, 2010. This symposium is an opportunity to bring together researchers, technologists, workers, and commercial users interested in tropical crops. The dual aims are to promote information exchange and linkages between specialists, and to foster interchange between those with different scientific emphases in studying tropical crops.

  • 1st International Symposium on Tropical Horticulture

    November 22, 2010 – November 26, 2010

Qualitative Inquiry in the Caribbean 2009

  • Qualitative Inquiry in the Caribbean 2009

    October 29, 2009 – October 31, 2009

    This conference is the first Qualitative Inquiry Conference to be held in the Caribbean. It will be hosted by the School of Education at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.

    The conference will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners from across all disciplines to share their expertise on qualitative research issues and showcase qualitative research and innovative methods of inquiry.

    A programme of pre-conference seminars is planned for the afternoon of Thursday October 29, 2009. The conference also features workshops for participants to share their skills and build research capacity.

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ConF-IRM

The International Conference on Information Resources Management (Conf-IRM) provides a peer-reviewed forum for researchers from across the globe to share contemporary research on developments in the fields of information systems and information management. It seeks to promote effective and vibrant networking among researchers and practitioners from around the world who are concerned about the effective management of information resources in organizations.

This network of researchers views fostering the development of emerging scholars in the information systems and information management fields as its primary task. Consequently the conference is designed to provide a venue for researchers to get substantive and beneficial feedback on their work.

Conf-IRM builds on the traditions of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) Conferences. Under new leadership, the IRMA Conference has been re-positioned and will now be known as Conf-IRM.

Conf-IRM conferences are generally held in the third week of May of each year.

Caribbean Regional ITS Conference 2009

Innovation, Demand, & Competitiveness: Implications for the Caribbean Region and Beyond

  • 1st Caribbean Regional ITS Conference 2009

    June 23, 2010 – June 26, 2010

    The International Telecommunications Society (ITS) is pleased to announce that the 1st Caribbean Regional ITS Conference will be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on June 23-26, 2009. The conference will be convened by the Mona School of Business at the University of the West Indies. The conference theme is "Innovation, Demand and Competitiveness in Telecommunications: Implications for the Caribbean Region and Beyond."