WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS

MARCH 20

First Global Bank hosts FGB SME Summit and launches the FGB SME Hub, at Spanish Court Hotel, 1 St Lucia Avenue, New Kingston, 8 a.m. tassia.stewart@gkco.com MARCH 20 Jamaica Business Development Corporation/Ministry of Culture workshop ‘Monetising You Talent – Publishing 101’, at the JBDC Resoure Centre, 76 Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, 8:30 a.m. fssu@jbdc.net

MARCH 21

JAIAC/Jamaica Chamber of Commerce/Construction Industry Council training workshop ‘Construction Project & Dispute Management’, March 21-23, at the Executive Conference Room, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Kingston. chris@malcolmgordonlaw.com

MARCH 23

Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation public forum and financial fair ‘Empowering Today’s Financial Consumer for the Future’, at Old Hospital Park, Gloucester Avenue, Montego Bay, 10 a.m. jdic@jdic.org

MARCH 26

Jamaica Stock Exchange e-Campus leadership seminar ‘Level Up – Find Your Voice’, at Knutsford Court Hotel, 16 Chelsea Avenue, New Kingston, 8 a.m. jseecampus@jamstockex.com

MARCH 26

Joan Duncan School of Entrepreneurship Ethics & Leadership symposium ‘Honouring the Past, Treasuring the Present and Shaping the Future’, at the Shared Facilities Building, University of Technology Jamaica, Old Hope Road, Kingston, 9 a.m. krys.brown@yahoo.com

MARCH 27

Caribbean Maritime University maritime and logistics conference ‘Technology and Innovation – A Paradigm Shift in Logistics’, March 27-28, at the Caribbean Maritime University, Palisadoes, Kingston. cmuconference2019@gmail.com

APRIL 8

Jamaica Institute of Financial Services workshop ‘Introduction to VBA Excel’, April 8-9. info@jifsjm.org

APRIL 16

Jamaica Business Development Corporation workshop ‘Applied Research Methods – Using Data to Inform Solutions – Driven Decisions’, April 16-18, at Pollyana Caterers and Banqueters, Stanton Terrace, Kingston. pmrd@jbdc.net

CONTRIBUTED Lexford Johnson (right), principal of Norman Gardens Primary School, is introduced to Peter Donkersloot, general manager of Caribbean Cement Company, by Dr Margaret Bailey, principal of Rollington Town Primary School, during a school tour on Monday, March 11. Caribbean Cement donated $724,000 to help fund a reading programme that benefits seven primary schools and 300 students in the east Kingston area.