Conference Agenda

9:00 am

Registration

9:30 am

Welcome & Housekeeping | Donna Bush

Media Veteran and Communications Specialist

9:35 am

Welcome + LIFE Video

9:45 am

Welcome Remarks | Her Excellency Jane Owen

Governor of the Cayman Islands

9:50 am

Remarks | Premier Hon. André Ebanks

Premier of the Cayman Islands

9:55 am

Building the Brain: Why the Earliest Years Shape a Lifetime | Dr. Laurence Van Hanswijck de Jonge

Clinical Psychologist, KidsAbility

10:35 am

Coffee Break

10:55 am

Every Child Has a Voice | Grace Byers

Actress and Author

11:35 am

What Children Are Telling Us | Faith Rochez

Speech and Language Therapist, Cayman Islands Health Services

12:05 pm

“When Early Needs Go Unmet: Understanding the Cost of Inaction”

Moderator: Donna Bush, Media and Communications Professional

Panellists:
Delores Thompson, President, Cayman Islands Early Childhood Association
Dr. Cheryl Rock, Early Intervention Programme Coordinator, Department of Education Services
Dr. Shannon Seymour, Clinical Psychologist, The Wellness Centre
Helen Reynolds, HM Cayman Islands Prison Service

12:45 pm

Lunch

1:35 pm

Investing Early: The Economics of Opportunity | Paul Byles

Director, FTS Cayman Islands

2:05 pm

LIFE Discussion Paper Presentation | Erica Dell’Oglio

Executive Director, LIFE

2:35 pm

Coffee Break

2:55 pm

Presentation | Hon. Rolston Anglin, JP, MP

Minister for Education and Training

3:25 pm

“Shared Responsibility. Shared Success: From Awareness to Action”

Closing Leadership Forum

4:05 pm

Closing Remarks | Sam Nehra

4:15 pm

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