9th IRF Caribbean Regional Congress: Full Schedule

9:00am EDT

Country Panel: Status of Road Safety in the Caribbean

Speakers

Tirso Galvez

Chief Transport Officer, Ministry of Transport of Belize

Tirso Galvez was born in the Town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District, attended and graduated from Sacred Heart College in the town of San Ignacio and then later attended and graduated from Belize Technical College with an Associate Degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering... Read More →

Kester Hinds

Manager-Traffic/Safety/Maintenance, Ministry of Public Works (Guyana)

Kester Hinds has been working with the Ministry of Public Works (Guyana) for the past 18 years, where he held various positions, but his responsibilities have always been in the department responsible for Road Traffic Safety and in recent years he has added maintenance of Guyana’s... Read More →

Marion Pandohie

Transportation Planner, NRA

Marion Pandohie is a Transportation Planner at the National Roads Authority, Cayman Island Government. She has a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University as well as a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Liverpool. She is a certified... Read More →

Sharon Inglefield

President, Arrive Alive (Trinidad & Tobago)

SHARON INGLEFIELD is the President of Arrive Alive, a Road Safety NGO in Trinidad and Tobago. She is passionate about working with all stakeholders of road safety and offers her unwavering support, knowledge and commitment at every opportunity. She is result oriented and recommends... Read More →

Kishan Firtoe

Engineer, Road Authority Suriname

Kishan Firtoe has Bachelor of Science degree in Infrastructure (Civil Engineering).Starting his career in the road industry as a lab technician at an engineering firm and after, began working as a civil an engineer at the Road Authority Suriname since 2012. His core focus is to establish... Read More →

Michael Hudson

Traffic Control & Safety Officer, Road Traffic Department, Ministry of Public Works Bahamas

Michael Richard Hudson was born on the island of New Providence a former Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Bahamas Defense Force from the 2nd may 1977 to March 2010.He was seconded to the Road Traffic Department in July of 1997 where he worked in Road Safety Division of the Transportation... Read More →

Edward Howard

Deputy Managing Director, National Road Authority (Cayman Islands)

Edward has enjoyed an illustrious career in Government that includes more than twenty (20) years of educational experience and practical know-how in urban and regional planning, transportation engineering, and public sector management. He holds a masters degree in Civil Engineering... Read More →

Kenute Hare

Director of the Road Safety Unit, Ministry of Transport and Mining (Jamaica)

Kenute Hare has been working in the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining for the past twenty years where he has acquired profound road safety intelligence. Whilst viewing road safety as challenging, he sees it as a rewarding career as one gets the opportunity to... Read More →

Mark Cummins

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport , Works and Maintenance (Barbados)

An honours graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C., Mark Cummins holds Bachelor and Master's degrees in City Planning. He also holds a Certificate in Historic Preservation from the Preservation Institute, University of Florida and a Post Graduate Diploma from the University... Read More →

Patrick Thompson

Chief Transport Officer, Ministry of Public Infrastructure (Guyana)

Thursday October 29, 2020 9:00am - 11:00am EDT

Country Panel

9:00am EDT

Country Panel: Delivering Climate Resilient Transportation Infrastructure & Services

The existence of persistent threats to region’s network of roads is regularly underscored during major weather events, but also through the longer-term impacts of natural erosion on coastal roads.
Many of the region’s countries have established, or are developing operational climate resilience sector policies and investment plans, frequently with support from multilateral institutions. Which major risks have been identified? How are these initiatives beginning to impact infrastructure planning as well as disaster response strategies?

Speakers

Ariel Perez

Department of Transport & Public Works

Mr. Ariel Pérez is a civil engineer with 25 years of experience in highway engineering, geotechnical investigations and site design. He is a registered professional engineer in both, Puerto Rico and Florida. He holds a BSCE from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, and... Read More →

Kishan Firtoe

Engineer, Road Authority Suriname

Erickson D. Lewis

Deputy Chief Technical Officer, Ministry of Public Works and the Digital Economy

Erickson D. Lewis is a Registered Civil Engineer in the Commonwealth of Dominica (Dominica) with over 20 years of experience in the infrastructure and transportation sector, to include planning, design and delivery of transportation and civil infrastructure projects. During his tenure... Read More →

Albert Jn. Baptiste

Chief Engineer, Ministry of Infrastructure, Ports, Energy and Labour

As Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ports, Energy and Labor, Mr. Albert Jn Baptiste is responsible for programs and projects and managing all externally funded road and bridge infrastructure in St. Lucia. His experience in Disaster Risk Management and Response Planning... Read More →