The 16th Business Forum of the Greater Caribbean

Suriname 16TH BUSINESS FORUM OF
THE GREATER CARIBBEAN

Fostering Sustainable Growth through Increased Production and Improved Connectivity

The 16th Business Forum serves as a dynamic platform for fostering sustainable growth, facilitating increased production, and enhancing connectivity within the Greater Caribbean region. This premier event brings together government officials, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and international organizations to explore collaborative opportunities, share insights, and forge strategic partnerships. With a focus on leveraging technology and innovation, the forum aims to address regional constraints and unlock new avenues for economic development and prosperity.

6 May

Day 1

7 May

Day 2

participants

B2B meetings

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activities of the 16TH BUSINESS FORUM OF THE
GREATER CARIBBEAN

Business Exhibition

The exhibition take place for two days in tandem with the other activities listed. It provides a venue for participating businesses to exhibit their products, services, and investment initiatives. Through the exhibition, businesses will have the chance to make connections, business deals, drive commercial synergies, and deepen business relationships.

B2B Meetings

Businesses will have the chance to make connections, business deals and deepen business relationships. The possibility is there to address challenges and offer solutions to improve transport connections, trade and investment opportunities and promote the development of regional value chains.

Seminars

The Business Forum include a series of thematic seminars and panel discussions on subjects pertinent to the productive sectors of the region. It will provide a forum for discussion with local and regional stakeholders with topics like: 'Strengthening Regional Agribusiness Value Chains' and 'Regional Tourism Development'

seminars Collaboration starts here

Mechanisms to support Regional Business Development in the Greater Caribbean

Investment to promote Sustainable Economic Development in the Greater Caribbean Region

Strengthening Regional Agribusiness Value Chains within the Greater Caribbean

Meet the participants

The 16th Business Forum attracts a diverse range of participants: Entrepreneurs, small and medium business leaders, civil partners and international partners.

speakers These Experts will Inspire you to Create the Future.

Inspirational speakers include game changers

Albert Ramdin

Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, and International Cooperation

Andres Bisono Leon

SOS Carbon, Dominican Republic

Andres Bisono Leon

SOS Carbon, Dominican Republic

Originally from the Dominican Republic, Andres is a ClimateTech entrepreneur working at the intersection of social impact and Climate Action. Since 2018, Andres has been leading SOS Carbon Inc. Sargassum Ocean Sequestration of Carbon (SOS Carbon) is a spun spin off company from the Mechanical Engineering department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). SOS Carbon is focused on scaling its unique patented technologies to turn the sargassum seaweed invasions problem into an economical natural ocean carbon sequestering opportunity. SOS Carbon currently provides services to the tourism sector and local governments with their unique technology using artisanal boats to harvest the seaweed before it makes landfall. SOS Carbon provides a true social impact by hiring fishermen full-time to provide an effective environmental sanitation while guaranteeing effective results for tourism partners. The venture is also working to also deploy at an operational scale its validated technology for carbon and methane capture. The amount of carbon sequestered from the sargassum is about 3-5 times more than the carbon generated by gathering, making SOS Carbon the only truly intensely carbon negative economical carbon sequestration process. SOS Carbon is committed to solving one of the Caribbean’s most threatening problems, generate employment and value chains to the region, and fight climate change for a global impact.

Andres holds a dual-major in Mechanical Engineering and Finance from Drexel University. Social and environmental impact has always been part of Andres’ life endeavors. While in Philadelphia, he supported the community and empowered students and professionals by being part of LeBow BRIDGE Advisory Board and Prospanica Philadelphia Board. He worked at New Hudson Facades, a related company subsidiary, in the development of three skyscrapers with a project scope worth over USD$170 M at the iconic Hudson Yards in NYC. Leading SOS Carbon and as a member of MIT Sloan School of Management, Andres’ motivation is his capacity to transform society and the environment for a better tomorrow.