Last Updated: Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 20:15 GMT
 
  All sessions except for the Parallel Event will be held at the University of Mauritius in Reduit
 
  Our Parallel Event will be held at the Freeport Exhibition Centre in Port Louis on Monday, Jan 10th at 1:15 p.m.
 
 
8:00 - 8:30 am
   
 Registration
       
 
Monday Jan 10
8:30 - 8:45 am
  
 Welcome and Opening Remarks
     

Chair: Vinesh Y. Hookoomsing
Professor & Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Consultancy) University of Mauritius

Welcome and Opening Remarks

University of Mauritius
  Goolam Mohamedbhai, Vice Chancellor, University of Mauritius; & Representative, International Research Foundation for Development  
International Research Foundation for Development
Paul Horsman, on behalf of IRFD
     
 
 
Monday Jan 10
8:45 - 10:15 am
  
 Session 1: Climate Change, Fragile Eco-Systems and Biodiversity
     
Moderator: Randy R. Thaman
Professor, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands

a.

The Long Winding Road from Barbados to Mauritius: Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing the BPoA with Special Reference to Biodiversity

 
Sanjay Persand, Biologist/Student-at-Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

b.

The sustainable use of biodiversity-Industry and the CBD
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

  

c.

The Earth’s “Cool Spots” Under Threat:

  The Conservation Status And The Priority Need for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Atoll Biodiversity and Ethnobiodiversity in the Pacific Islands  
Randy R. Thaman, Professor, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands
d. Developing Small Islands and Climate Change
Soonil D. Rughooputh, Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius		  

e.

 Assessment of Yam Cultivar Diversity, and Women's Role in the Conservation of Yam Genetic Resources in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
Murukesan Krishnapillai, Researcher, Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia		  

 

    
       
 
10:15 - 10:30 am
  
 Coffee/Tea Break
 
 
Monday Jan 10
10:30 - 11:45 am
  
 Session 2: Population, Economies, Sustainability, and Market Access
     
Moderator: Andy Thorpe
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom  

a.

Integrating Fisheries into the National Development Plans of Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Ten Years from Barbados
Andy Thorpe, Professor and Chris Reid, Professor; Department of Economics, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom; Raymon van Anrooy and Cecile Brugere, Fishery Policy and Planning Division, Fisheries Department, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Rome, Italy

  

b.

The Potential Benefits of Agricultural Biotechnology and the Problems of European Attitudes to Biotechnology for the Economies of Small Island Developing States
Yousouf Ismael, Research Fellow; and Richard Bennett, Professor
Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, The University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

  

c.

Multilevel Governance for Sustainable Development in Small Island States. International, Regional and National Levels of Environmental Policy and their Integration
Nicholas Watts, Education Advisor, Commonwealth Human Ecology Council and Principal Lecturer, Department of Applied Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom

  

d.

The Double Edged Sword to Conservation on an Island Paradise
Rachel Atkinson, Plant Projects Coordinator, Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Vacoas, Mauritius

  

e.

Emerging Shades of Green Marketing Conscience Among the Population of a Small Island Economy - A Case Study of Mauritius
Thanika Devi Juwaheer, Senior Lecturer & Head, Department of Management, Faculty of Law and Management, University of Mauritius

 
     
       
 
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
   
 Lunch Break and Commute to Freeport Exhibition Centre in Port Louis
       
 
Monday Jan 10
1:15 - 2:45 pm
 
  
 PARALLEL EVENT to the UN MIM at the Freeport Exhibition Centre
 
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Monday Jan 10
4:00 - 5:45 pm
  
 Session 3: Managing Natural Resources, and Renewable Energy
     
Moderator: Sarah Grimes
Advisor, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), Fiji Islands

a.

Photovoltaic Powered Systems: Water and Power for Remote Island Communities
Anand Rangarajan, Executive Vice President, WorldWater Corporation, Pennington, NJ, USA

  

b.

The Positive Energy Store:
A Concept for Providing Clean Affordable Energy for Small Island States
Paul V. Horsman, Climate Change Campaigner, Greenpeace International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
c. Significance of Palaeo-environmental Research and Implications for Sustainable Ecological Management in Solomon Islands and the Tropical Pacific  
Sarah Grimes, Advisor, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), Fiji Islands

d.

Oceanographic Monitoring for Sustainable Development in Pacific Island Nations
Sarah Grimes, Advisor, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), Fiji Islands

  

e.

Access to Energy: The Key to Poverty Alleviation
Khalil Elahee, Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Mauritius

 
       
 
Monday Jan 10
5:45 - 6:00 pm
  
 Break
 
 
Monday Jan 10 6:00 - 7:30 pm
   
 Session 4: Global Economy, Finance, Trade and Investment
     
Moderator: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

a.

Bridging the Gap Between TRIPs and the CBD
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

  

b.

 Financial Globalization and Financial Sector Developments in Small Island Developing Economics: The Case of Mauritius
Kheswar Chandan Jankee, Senior Lecture, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius		  

c.

 The Mauritian Textile and Clothing Industry: Facing the Challenges Associated with Globalization
Satyadev Rosunee, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mauritius 		 

d.

 Globalisation and Sustainable Livelihoods in Mauritius
Vimla Luchmun, Lecturer in Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius		  
       
 
Tuesday Jan 11
8:30 - 9:45 am
  
 Session 5: Health Issues
     
Moderator: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius

a.

Validating Ethnomedicine with a View to Developing New Drugs
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and A. Hussein Subratty, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius

 

b.

Measuring the Quality of Service in the Public Health Care Sector in Mauritius: A Study of Patients' Satisfaction
Hemant Kassean, Lecturer, Department of Health and Management, University of Mauritius

  

c.

Health, Mobility, and Politics in a Small Island: The Case of Hong Kong's Post-SARS Revival Programme
Ma Shu-Yun, Associate Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  
       
 
9:45 - 10:00 am
   
 Coffee/Tea Break
 
 
Tuesday Jan 11 10:00 - 11:45 am
   
 Session 6: Tourism, Cultural Assets
     
Moderator: Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
Professor, Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

a.

Modeling Tourism Impacts on Small Island Economies: Evidence from Cyprus, Malta, and Mauritius
M. Thea Sinclair, Professor of Economics, Christel DeHaan Tourism and Travel Research Institute, Nottingham University Business School, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom

 

b.

Assessing the Effects of an Increase in Tropical Cyclone Activity on the Tourism Sector - The Case of Mauritius
Sanjeev K. Sobhee, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius

  

c.

Public Cultural Expenditures and Tourism Industry: The Case of Mauritius
Kheswar Chandan Jankee, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius

 

d.

Islanders Exoticism: Case Stories from Mauritius Island
Khemraj Sooknah, Projects Coordinator, Mauritius Wildlife Club

 

e.

Taking More than it Gives? Implications of Tourism for the Sustainability of Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Elizabeth Thomas-Hope, Professor and Adonna Jardine-Comrie, Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

  
       
 
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
  
 Lunch Break
 
 
Tuesday Jan 11 1:15 - 3:15 pm
   
 Session 7: Information Technology, Communication and Linking
     
Moderator: Ponnadurai Ramasami
Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Mauritius

a.

Submarine Cable Connectivity for Island States
Jim Schweigert, Executive Consultant, & Robert S.C. Munier, Tyco Telecommunications, Singapore

 

b.

Regulatory Reform in the Mauritian Telecommunication Sector: A Vain Quest for Embedded
Sandiren Jaganaden Reddi, University of Technology, Mauritius

 

c.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - As an Emerging Paradigm - Myth or Reality? A Study of the Mauritian IT Sector
Hemant Kassean, Lecturer, Department of Health and Management, University of Mauritius

 
d. Sexuality on the Mauritian Chat Room: An Internet Mediated Research (IMR)
  Komalsingh Rambaree, Lecturer in Social Policy, Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius
e. Changing Culture with Virtual Meetings
Ponnadurai Ramasami, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Mauritius
       
 
3:15 - 3:30 pm
   
 Cofee/Tea Break
       
 
Tuesday Jan 11
3:30 - 5:15 pm
  
 Session 8: Education, Human Resource Development and Capacity Building
     
Moderator: Soonil D. Rughooputh
Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius

a.

Small Island Challenges in Educational Reforms: The Case of Mauritius
Soonil D. Rughooputh, Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius

 

b.

 
Challenge and Change: The Impact of International Intervention on Human Resource and
Organizational Capacity within Tuvalu NGOs
Emma Tappin, Senior Lecturer in Rural Affairs and Environment, Harper Adams University College, 
Newport, United Kingdom
  
c. Small, Intelligent and Connected: The Future Face of the Mauritian Workforce
  Roukaya Kasenally, Head of Communication Unit, Faculty of Social Studies & Humanities, University of Mauritius  
d. Reversing the Decline - Smallness and Human Capital in Mauritius
Sheila Bunwaree, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius
       
 
5:15 - 5:30 pm
  
 Break
       
 
Tuesday Jan 11 5:30 - 7:15 pm
  
 Session 9: Population, Sustainability Development and Managing Natural Resources
     
Moderator: Roshan T. Ramessur
Senior Lecturer in Coastal Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius
a.

Population and Economics – A Case Study of Mauritius

Vimla Hanoomanjee, Consultant, Curepipe, Mauritius
b. Emerging Shades of Green Marketing Conscience Among the Population of a Small Island Economy - A Case Study of Mauritius
Thanika Devi Juwaheer, Senior Lecturer & Head of Management, Faculty of Law and Management, University of Mauritius
c. ICZM Framework Development: Proposal for Small Islands
Soonil Rughooputh, Professor; Camilla Jeetoo, Professor; and Deolall Daby, Professor; Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius
d. Towards Introducing the Blue Flag Ecolabel in SIDS: Case of Mauritius
Bye Salim Aliraja, Professor, and Soonil Rughooputh, Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius
e. Global Environmental Change Affecting Sustainable Development of the Coastal Zone in Mauritius  
Roshan T. Ramessur, Senior Lecturer in Coastal Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius
f. Upscaling Terrestrial EcoSystem Restoration on Mauritius within Available Resources
Claudia Baider, Technical Officer, Mauritius Herbarium, MSIRI; and Vincent FB Florens, Lecturer, Department of Biosciences, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
     
 
 
  
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