Monday, March 20th 2006

MC: Mrs. Malverne Lopes-Dijkshoorn

9.00 AM – 9.10 AM

Opening conference by honorable Mr. Hyden C.I. Gittens MAcc, CPA, Governor Island Territory St. Eustatius

9.10 AM – 9.20

Welcome address Mr. Ronald Courtar, President St. Eustatius Business Association

9.20 AM – 9.40 AM

New Directions by honorable Mr. Roy J. McA. Hooker MAcc, Commissioner of Finance & Economic Affairs

Major economic contributors

Moderator: Mrs. Leonora Sneek-Gibbs

9.40 AM – 10.20 AM

Valero LP by Mr. Clarence Brown, Manager Statia Terminals

10.20 AM – 10.40 AM

St. Eustatius University School of Medicine by Mr. Peter Estaban

10.40 AM – 10.50

Coffee break & networking

10.50 AM  - 11.10 AM

Utilizing economic linkages by Mr. Koos Sneek, Executive Director St. Eustatius Business Association

11.10 AM – 11.20 noon

Question & Answer

Motivational Speaker

11.20 AM – 12.00 noon

12.00 noon – 1.30 PM

Lunch break

Future Economic Development

Moderator: Mr. Winston Fleming

Tourism

1.30 PM – 1.50 PM

Golf course feasibility study by Mr. Koos Sneek, Executive Director St. Eustatius Business Association

1.50 PM – 2.10 PM

Impact Study golf course project by Mr. Koos Sneek, Executive Director St. Eustatius Business Association

2.10 PM – 2.30 PM

Historic Core Study by Mr. Marcel Dennert, IMD Consultants Curacao

2.30 PM – 2.50 PM

Question and answer

2.50 PM – 3.10 PM

Coffee break & networking

Moderator: Ms. Alida Francis

Infrastructure

3.10 PM – 3.30 PM

Airport development by honorable Ms. Adelka Spanner, Commissioner of Airport and Mr. Siem Dijkshoorn, SMD Architects

3.30 PM – 3.50 PM

Harbor Development and shipping by honorable Mr. Roy J. McA. Hooker MAcc, Commissioner of Finance & Economic Affairs and  Mr. Murvin Gittens, Harbor Master St. Eustatius

3.50 PM – 4.10 PM

Wind energy by Mr. Nicolaas Sneek, Executive Director STEBA

4.10 PM – 4.30 PM

Question & Answer

Tuesday, March 21st 2006

Keynote Speaker

9.00 AM – 9.30 AM

Keynote speaker, Honorable Mr. Victor Banks, Minister of Finance of Anguilla

Moderator: Mr. Winston Fleming

Business opportunities

9.30 AM – 9.50 AM

The role local business and residents can play by Mr. Roy J. McA. Hooker, Commissioner of Finance & Economic Affairs

9.50 AM – 10.10 AM

Business incentives by Mr. Gert Bergman, attorney at Law Bergman, Bloem & Bergman

10.10 AM – 10.30 AM

Question & answer

10.30 AM – 10.45 AM

Coffee break & networking

10.45 AM – 11.00AM

The role of STEBA by Mr. Koos Sneek, Executive Director St. Eustatius Business Association

11.00 AM – 11.15 AM

Small business support, by Mrs. Arlene Spanner, Manager Small Enterprises Stimulation Program St. Eustatius Foundation (SEF)

11.15 AM – 11.30 AM

St. Eustatius Small Business Promotion Fund (SSBPF) by Mr. Ivan Berkel, committee chairman SSBPF

11.30 AM – 11.45 PM

Development Bank Netherlands Antilles by Mr. Stanley Marks, Head of Agriculture Department & President Agrarisch Advies College

11.45 AM – 12.00 noon

Question & answer

12.00 noon – 1.30 PM

Lunch break

Moderator: Mrs. Lenora Sneek-Gibbs

Economic linkages

13.30 PM – 13.50 PM

13.50 PM – 14.10 PM

Agriculture and  fisheries by Mr. Evert Rijlaarsdam, Head Agricultural Department

14.10 PM – 14.30 PM

Airlift, ferry services and ground transportation by Ms. Alida Francis, Director of Tourism

14.30 PM – 14.50 PM

Small business opportunities by Ms. Arlene Spanner, manager Small Enterprises Stimulation Program St. Eustatius Foundation (SEF)

14.50 PM – 15.10 PM

Question & answer

15.10 PM – 15.30 PM

Coffee break & networking

15.30 PM – 15.50 PM

Creating the economic chain by honorable Mr. Hyden C.I. Gittens MAcc, CPA, Governor Island Territory St. Eustatius

15.50 PM – 16.20 PM

Upcoming events by Mr. Koos Sneek, Executive Director St. Eustatius Business Association

15.50 PM – 16.00 PM

Vote of thanks by Mrs. Malverne Dijskhoorn-Lopes, Head Government Information Services