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Dr Christopher A. Johnson GEDS Consultants

Ron Belgrave Sankofa Televisual

Sherween and Tony Oldham Blackstone Valentine

Jacqueline Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Luxury Weddings & Events

Kofi Kursitor Colourful Radio

Sherika Miller Island Dreams

Dave Prince New Style Radio

Barbara Campbell Black Heritage Today

Magdelina Silva Roldan Silva Restaurant

Duane Mercier Photography

Mark Dalgety Dalgety Teas

Oluwaseyi M. Oke MoneyGram International

Philmon ‘Nicholas’ Smith Nugget Designs

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1. Alleyne School Alumni UK Association Dinner & Dance—Saturday 7th September 2013

2. CaribDirect Seminar #3: The Caribbean and You: West Indies Cricket, KIA (Kennington Oval) London—Thursday 26th September 2013

3. CaribDirect Seminar #4: The Caribbean and You: - Thursday 28th November: Topic and venue to be confirmed.

4. Miss Caribbean UK Beauty Pageant, Circus Tavern—Saturday 30th November 2013

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For more details: Tel: 0844 357 9707 or email: [email protected]. Website www.caribdirect.com. Upper Unit 5, The Co-op Enterprise Centre, 11 Mowll Street Brixton, London SW9 6BG UK

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Dear reader,

Thank you for attending this the second installment of our ‘The Caribbean and

You’ seminars under the CARIBDIRECT SEMINAR SERIES program. We have

realized through our work online and from our first seminar on the APD

(Air Passenger Duty) tax last November 2012 that there is a desperate need to

discuss socio-economic and cultural issues in the public domain. The main aim

of these seminars is to INFORM, EDUCATE and ENTERTAIN the vast

Caribbean Diaspora occupying these islands that make up the United Kingdom.

It is our fervent hope that you leave these seminars enriched and armed with

information and knowledge that can help you maneuver life’s challenges in the

UK and Caribbean more effectively. We sincerely hope you enjoy these discus-

sions as much as we enjoy putting them on for you.

Regards,

David F. Roberts

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Chief Executive Officer

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Welcome Message David F. Roberts

Introduction of Panelists Ron Belgrave

‘The value of the Cultural Industries in the UK Caribbean Diaspora and the potential for knowl-edge transfer with the Caribbean’

Dr. Christopher A. Johnson

‘The interest of third and fourth generation Car-ibbean descendants in the Caribbean’

Nathaniel Peat

‘Trade and investment opportunities in Jamaica.’ Laurence Jones

‘Common US Visitor and Business Visa Pitfalls.’ Amanda Rooney

‘What it means to be a member of CARICOM (Caribbean Community) and the relevance of the CSME (CARICOM Single Market & Economy)’

Edwin Laurent SLC. OBE. CMG.

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Questions and Answer Session Ron Belgrave

Networking and Refreshments CaribDirect Team

Vote of Thanks Sherika Miller

“MoneyGram International is proud to be associated with the CaribDirect Business Seminar 2013. As the title sponsor, we are delighted to support such initiatives that would help entrepreneurs grow their business ideas here in the UK or back in the Caribbean. MoneyGram will continue to help families and loved ones stay connected through our safe, secure and convenient money transfer service online www.moneygram.co.uk or at agent locations.”

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The Moderator Mr. Ron Belgrave

Ron has worked in both the public and private sectors in the UK having spent over 25 years in local and regional government and now having established his own media business (Sankofa Televisual).

His career and activity has covered many fields including immigration, youth work, oral history, equalities, hous-ing, transport and crime where, for some years, he was the most senior Black public official working on crime reduction policy for London.

Noting the alienation of young Black people in British society from the 1970s on-wards and the growing violence amongst the youth since the 1990s, Ron has been concerned about how the community sees itself, how young people develop their identity and the messages permeating through all forms of the media.

He ran the Southampton branch of the national year-long Caribbean Focus initiative in 1986, taught an adult education course in Caribbean history, was active on the board of the Kente organisation to build capacity in the Black voluntary sector and served as a governor of one of the largest primary schools in London.

In 2012 Ron also conducted the first ever nationwide (online) British Caribbean Television Survey where 98% of respondents wanted Caribbean programmes on TV in the UK, 80% felt that young people needed such programmes and 70% wanted a Caribbean TV station in Britain.

Passionate about the Caribbean and the progress of Black people at home and abroad – particularly economic strength – Ron is developing an infrastructure for helping TV programmes (especially dramas and other stories) from the Caribbean to be visible in other regions of the world.

This is because “you are what you watch” and “what you see is what you want” but also “what others see of you shapes how they judge you”!

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Mr. Nathaniel Peat In 2007 he was the first double award winner of the Enterprising Young Brits competition. 2008 saw him feature on the BBC’s The Last Millionaire TV series, which took 12 of Britain’s most successful young entrepreneurs and dropped them into six of the world’s most exciting and demanding cities, to make money from scratch in just five days. Nathaniel was very successful and created a business in

Egypt starting with only 30 Egyptian pounds that by the end of the week had made a profit of nearly 3,000 Egyptian pounds making him and his business partner the winners for that week. In 2009 Nathaniel was drafted into the Courvoisier Observers Future 500 Next Generation List and later that year he travelled to Jamaica along with 30 young people from the UK where he helped organise and spoke at Jamaica’s first Youth Diaspora conference.

A Trade and Economic Development Consultant. Career began at Saint Lucia's Ministry of Finance, then became Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade Industry and Tourism. Served as East Caribbean States Ambassador to the European Union and Belgium and St Lucia's Ambassador to France, Germany and its Permanent Representative to the WTO, the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons

(OPCW) . Special Envoy of the Heads of Government of Dominica, Saint Lucia Until last year (2012) was Head of Trade and Regional Cooperation at the Commonwealth Secretariat. Written and published extensively on trade and commodity issues. Educated at the Universities of the West Indies, Manchester and the Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies. Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies.

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Mr. Edwin Laurent SLC. OBE. CMG.

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About CaribDirect

CaribDirect is the only online portal in the United Kingdom and quite possibly the world, which focuses on bringing ALL Caribbean businesses and citizens together over the internet and offline for trade, strategic networking, specialist blogs and exposure to the latest business news bulletins affecting Caribbean communities and businesses around the world. Though the core of CaribDirect.com’s offering is business news gathering and dissemination to and from the Caribbean Diaspora around the world, the company engages in the following: 1. Staging Strategic Public Seminars every three months 2. Providing media and press support for Trade Missions to the Caribbean and Africa; and 3. Planning and implementation of high profile Caribbean cultural events:

CaribDirect is a full service media and marketing orientated online portal dedicated to enhancing the socio-economic and cultural dimensions of the global Caribbean community. Our sophisticated social media marketing program which feeds a number of dedicated Caribbean Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts ensures CaribDirect content reaches the right audience at the right time. CaribDirect’s experienced team of professionals have been in graphic design, marketing, administration, advertising and information technology for a combined period of over 100 years. This expertise is being used to assist entities such as UK based Caribbean High Commissions, Diaspora groups, Caribbean pageants (Miss Trinidad & Tobago UK and Miss Guyana UK), award ceremonies and so on to establish or enhance their presence on the internet and to engage with their respective audiences. With alliances with IROKOtv, Africa’s largest distributor of Nollywood movies; Colourful Radio, London’s most influential digital radio station; and New York based Carib PR, a division of Hard Beat Communications we are poised to be the most influential Caribbean owned and run online business, news and lifestyle organisation anywhere, in two years. Following a successful first Africa Meets the Caribbean trade mission to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (January 20th to 29th 2013), CaribDirect has begun to forge strategic alliances with key Caribbean businesses and the media for the sole purpose of increasing the visibility of the Caribbean Diaspora to the Caribbean while promoting trade and investment opportunities in the Caribbean. We believe our partnership with the Caribbean Enterprise Network (CENUK www.cenuk.net) facilitator of the Africa Meets the Caribbean trade mission and our community focused not for profit arm CCDA will be integral to that process.

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Mr. Laurence Jones LL.B (Hons.) LL.M Laurence is the Commercial Attaché at the Jamaican High Commission, London with responsibility for the European operations of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), the Government of Jamaica export and investment promotion and facilitation agency. He identifies and facilitates Jamaican exports to Europe; as well as identifies European companies and entrepreneurs that wish to be established in Jamaica. Laurence holds a masters degree in International and

Commercial Law from the University of Buckingham, and received the designation of World Trade Specialist. He is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of World Traders. He is also a member of Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the Bars of England and Wales and Jamaica in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Laurence practiced as an Attorney-at-Law in Jamaica where he represented multinational corporations doing business in Jamaica.

Ms. Amanda Rooney Amanda Rooney is a US Immigration Consultant at Ferguson Snell & Associates. Ferguson Snell & Associates is a well established immigration company which specialises in UK, India and US Immigration.

The company has processed over 100,000 visas in its history, which spans over 35 years. Amanda’s experience extends to providing US Immigration assistance to clients in the UK and

globally concerning business, individual and visitor visas. Amanda has spent a number of years living and working in the United States as a US Immigration Paralegal. She is a law and business accounts graduate, and a long standing member of The Middle Temple, The New York Business Professional Women’s Group and British & American Business Group – Atlanta.

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Dr Johnson is also an accomplished business management consultant. A former Cambridge Press Fellow, the British-Guyana-born is a Management Science Fellow, holder of a Diploma in Journalism & Professional Writing, an MBA in Marketing Management and a Doctorate in Business Management, and Founder/Strategy Executive Director of Global Enterprise Development Services, a reputable consultancy firm specialising in technical assistance and enterprise support.

Dr. Johnson also a visiting lecturer and tutor in marketing, commercial English, enterprise education, media communications, politics, economics, cultural and social issues.

As Past-President of the Lions Club (London Hornsey), he is recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellowship, the award for contributing to international humanitarianism. He has produced numerous policy studies and is the author of the biography of the first Caribbean-born Mayor of a London Borough, Randolph Beresford, MBE, Journey Through Life (1995).

Dr. Johnson’s most recent book was `British Caribbean Enterprises: A Century of Challenges and Successes’, a publication that won him the coveted 2009 Obama Shield. He also edited and published another ground-breaking book `Britain in Crisis’ by Dr. Gurbachan Singh (2010).

Dr. Johnson’s motto is `Excellence is the Fulfilment of the Human Spirit’.

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