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International Business & Finance Summit 2019
February 28, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - March 2, 2019 @ 2:00 pm
$825 – $900
Agenda
| Thursday | Feb. 28, 2019 | |
| 7:00P | Welcome Reception | - Early Registration |
| Friday | Mar. 1, 2019 | |
| 8:00A | Registration | |
| 9:30A | Welcome | Antoinette Russell BFSB Chairman |
| 9:40A | Opening Remarks | Hon. T. Brent Symonette Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Industry and Immigration |
| 10:00A | The Future of International Financial Centres | John Delaney, QC Senior Partner, Delaney Partners Former Attorney General James Smith, CBE Former Governor of Central Bank Diego Zuluago Policy Analyst, The Cato Institute – Washington D.C. |
| 10:50A | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:00A | International Initiatives and The Bahamas’ Response | Michael Paton Partner, LennoxPaton |
| 11:40A | The Death of Privacy? | Michael Halkitis CEO, GBO Bank |
| 12:10P | Global Tax Enforcement Measures – A Case Study | Linda D’Aguilar Partner, Glinton Sweeting O’Brien |
| 12:50P | LUNCHEON PRESENTATION | Expo 2020 Team Mr. Michael Diggis Mr. John Michael Clarke |
| 2:20P | Fintech: Balancing Innovation and Regulation | Christina R. Rolle The Securities Commission of The Bahamas |
| 2:55P | Panel Discussion: Aviation and Financial Services: Creating Linkages | Michael Allen Partner, Higgs & Johnson Llewelyn Boyer-Cartwright Partner, Callendars & Co. |
| 3:30P | Advising the LATAM Client | Hal Webb Partner, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP |
| 4:00P | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 4:!5P | Professional Expertise, Substantial Presence: Keys to Continuity | Aliya Allen Partner, Graham Thompson |
| 4:50P | Day 1 Sessions End | |
| 7:00P | Cocktail Reception & Dinner | Keynote Address: Hon. K. Peter Turnquest Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance |
| Saturday | Mar. 2, 2019 | |
| 7:30A | BREAKFAST | |
| 8:30A | Recap of Day 1 | |
| 9:00A | Ministers' Roundtable | Hon. K. Peter Turnquest Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance Hon. T. Brent Symonette Minister of Financial Services, Trade, Industry & Immigration Hon. Elsworth Johnson Minister of State for Legal Affairs |
| 10:00A | What Do We Want the FSI to look Like? Group Vision Board Experience | Facilitators: Michele Thompson Country Manager, EY Valdez Russell CEO, VKR Insights |
| 11: 30A | Feedback on Vision | Each Group Reports |
| 12:00P | Closing Remarks | Tanya McCartney BFSB CEO |
| 12:20P | LUNCH | |
| 2:00P | Summit Ends |
*** REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED ***