Program

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Conference Schedule - Monday, December 12, 2011 (Draft)
   
PRE - 8:30 AM
 REGISTRATION
  
8:30 AM
 Welcome
Chairman, Professor Evan Duggan, Executive Director
Mona School of Business, UWI
  
8:35 AM  Remarks
Mr Joseph M Matalon President, The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)

Dr. David Lowe Advisor to the Minister of Industry, investment and Commerce

8:55 AM
 Mobile Financial Services in Jamaica – Motivation & Rationale
Professor Terrence Forrester, Solutions for Society, UWI
  
9:00 AM
 Mobile Financial Services: the Big Picture
Dr. Maurice McNaughton, Director, Mona School of Business
9:15 AM
 Policy Considerations: Retail Payments Regulatory Framework
Mr Livingstone Morrison, Deputy Governor, Bank of Jamaica
  
9:30 AM
 The Jamaica Interoperable Mobile Payments System (JIMPS): Design Rationale, Technical Architecture & Commercial Business Model
Mr. Carl Rosenquist
10:30 AM
 BREAK  
10:40 AM
 Researching the Unbanked: The economic opportunity of a Jamaica Mobile Payments System
Dr. Dawn Elliot
11:40 AM  Panel Discussion:  Moderator – Mr Howard Armstrong
  • Mr. Omar Howell, Mobile Financial Services Product Development, LIME
  • Mr Wendell Smith, Chairman, MC Systems
  • Mr. Livingstone Morrison, Bank of Jamaica
  • Mr Aidan Heavey, Head of Business Development, Digicel Group
  • Dr. Wayne Henry, Jamaica Bankers Association
  
12:20 PM
 Closing Remarks
Professor Gordon Shirley, Principal, Mona Campus, UWI
12:30 AM
 END OF CONFERENCE