TIME
8:30-9:00 REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING
LOBBY SETUP: “TASTE OF INNOVATION” SAMPLING STATIONS INCORPORATING SMALL, CURATED TASTING BOOTHS FEATURING:
• JAMAICA TOWER FARMS
• EXIM BANK
• BANYAN CATERING
• CREATE
• FRUIT BLOSSOMS
• DAINTY FACES
TASTE JAMAICA COFFEE BREAK BY CHEF ALEX THE GREAT + NETWORKING
9:00-9:10 OPENING CEREMONY
Playing of the National Anthem
WELCOME:
NICOLA MADDEN GREIG, OD, Chairman, Gastronomy Tourism Network
REMARKS:
DR. CAREY WALLACE, Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund
9:15-9:30 KEYNOTE: THE HON. EDMUND BARTLETT, OJ, CD, MP, Hon LLD Minister of Tourism ACTIVITY
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ACTIVITY
9:30-10:45 HERITAGE & CULINARY IDENTITY
PRESENTATION: PRESERVING JAMAICA’S CULINARY HERITAGE INV A MODERN TOURISM ECONOMY
PRESENTER:
DONOVAN WHITE, Director, Jamaica Tourist Board
PANEL DISCUSSION: AUTHENTICITY, STORYTELLING AND THE GLOBAL APPEAL OF JAMAICAN CUISINE
MODERATOR:
NICOLA MADDEN GREIG, OD, Chair, Gastronomy Tourism Network
PANELISTS:
• KIMBERLEY DUNKLEY WATKINS, CEO, Dragonfly Experiences
• KRIS MOON, Former President, James Beard Foundation, COO Team A21
• DONOVAN WHITE, Director, Jamaica Tourist Board
• DAMIAN SALMON, Partner, Rockhouse Hotel & Rockhouse Foundation & President of the Negril Chamber of Commerce
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION LED BY MODERATOR
TIME
ACTIVITY
10:45-11:30 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY
PANEL DISCUSSION: STRENGTHENING LINKAGES BETWEEN FARMERS, TOURISM AND CULINARY ENTERPRISES
MODERATOR: CAROLYN MCDONALD-RILEY, Director, Tourism Linkages Network
PANELISTS:
• KERRIE-ANNE GRAY, Jamaica Tower Farms
• WAYNE CUMMINGS, Chairman, Agriculture Technical Working Group
• JERVIS ROWE, Central Greenhouse Supplies and Services
• MATTHEW LYN, CB Group
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION LED BY MODERATOR
11:30-12:15 PANEL DISCUSSION: AI, INNOVATION AND THE FUTURE OF GASTRONOMY
MODERATOR:
PROF. LLOYD WALLER, Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), The University of the West Indies, Mona; Global Director of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC)
PANELISTS:
• CHRISTOPHER RECKORD, National AI Task Force & Gastronomy Network
• CHEF BRIAN LUMLEY, Foodie Focused Ltd
• PJ WRIGHT, Bowl + Spoon
• ALEXA VON STROLLEY, Tooksie
• KARINA MAHBUBANI, Mystic Thai
TIME
ACTIVITY
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION LED BY MODERATOR
12:15-1:30 TASTE JAMAICA LUNCH BY CHEF ALEX THE GREAT + NETWORKING
1:30-2:00 VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTION AND MARKET EXPANSION
PRESENTATION: EXPANDING JAMAICAN FOOD PRODUCTS INTO REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETTS
PRESENTER: MS. SONJA LINTON, Vice President, Export, JAMPRO
2:00-2:30 GUEST PRESENTATION BY KRIS MOON, Former President, James Beard Foundation, COO Team A21
2:30-3:45 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION
EMERGING VOICES PANEL DISCUSSION: NEXT GENERATION LEADERS REIMAGINING JAMAICA’S GASTRONOMY INDUSTRY
MODERATOR:
NICOLA MADDEN GREIG, OD, Chair, Gastronomy Network PANELISTS:
• SIMONE GRANT, Banyan Catering
• KADEEN HARVEY, Fruit Blossoms
• CHEF GARFIELD SEIVWRIGHT JR., crEATe
• DAINTY PINNOCK, Dainty Faces
• CHRISTOPHER BOXE, Chilitos Jamexican Restaurant
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION LED BY MODERATOR
ACTIVITY TIME
3:45-4:00 CLOSING REMARKS & VOTE OF THANKS Forum Summary and Key Recommendations Mrs. Carolyn McDonald-Riley, Director, Tourism Linkages Network