Meet Our 2026 Speakers
This gathering of brilliant minds and industry experts aims to address the pressing challenges and explore innovative solutions in managing and mitigating disasters.
Together, these speakers bring a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and practical insights that will undoubtedly inspire and empower us to build a safer and more resilient future for Trinidad and Tobago.
Courage. Collaboration. Change
Bridging Knowlege and Action
Hyatt Regency Trinidad
Stacey-Ann Pi Osoria
Conference Founder &
Managing Director
PODS Emergency Management Consultancy & Solutions
Mellisa Pierre
Senior Trade and Policy Specialist Officer at the American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago (AMCHAM T&T)
Ronald Jackson
Head of Disaster Risk Reduction, Recovery and Resilience Building Team within the Crisis Bureau at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Jaime Garcia Alba
Director
Green Corporate Advisory and Amazonia Forever Coordinator at IDB Invest.
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Paul Saunders
Operations Officer Environmental Sustainability
Caribbean Development Bank
Virginia Velázquez
Senior Manager of Government Solutions
Visa
Caribbean and the Northern Triangle
Nigel Baker
Principal CEO
Advanced Enterprises LLC, Florida /
Emergency Manager / FEMA Instructor
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Kimberlee Battaglia
MSN, MS-DP/EFSL, MA-EMHS, RN
Business Continuity Emergency Management Program Manager
Salt River Project
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Patricia De Leon - Henry
National Director
National Social Development Programme
Ministry of Social Development
and Family Services
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Dr. Ronald Roopnarine
Deputy Dean for Outreach and Internationalization
Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Food and Agriculture, UWI
Dr. Chaney St. Martin
International Technical Specialist Water and Soil Management at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Dr. Letetia Addison
Lecturer/Researcher (UWI)
Lead AI Expert
UNESCO Readiness Assessment Trinidad and Tobago
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Ravindranath Goswami
Manager
Information Resources at PowerGen /
Region 9 Director at REACT International, Inc.
PETAL JOSEPH ROBERTS
The Sustainability Planner
Founder & Lead Consultant,
i3 Green Consultant Ltd.
Ricardo Newallo
(TTIA), Director of Sustainability (ACLA)
Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Architects
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Lemuel Williams
MA, NCC, LPC, MT
Board Member
Certified Traumatologist
GCAT Site Director
Bobby Andrews
Planning Coordinator
Urban and Regional Planning Department
Tobago House of Assembly
Patti-Ann Williams
Chief Technical Coordinator
Disaster Preparedness
Coordinating Unit Ministry of Health
Dr. Ayanna Sebro
Public Health Specialist /
Technical Director
National AIDS Coordinating Committee Secretariat
Dr. Arianne Brown Jordan
Research Scientist/ Laboratory Coordinator
University of the West Indies
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