Let's talk Business Continuity Planning.

How many of us saw our businesses grind to a halt at the onset of the pandemic?

SURVIVAL in today's highly disruptive business setting means that leaders must have
a BCP-ready for any disaster or crisis situation.

AMCHAM T&T hosted this interactive 3-Day BCP workshop as a peer-learning experience to
share knowledge and good practice amongst private sector partners.

In the end, companies were better prepared and fully ready to
maintain business operations during any disruptive period. 

Click on the links below to download the speakers' presentations: 

Tisha Lewis Richardson Presentation.pptx

Protect Your Data.pptx

James Trim - Business Continuity Management.pptx

Brandon Gray Presentation.pptx

ARISE MSME Workshop Materials Session II.pptx

ARISE MSME Workshop Materials Session I.pptx

AMCHAM_ARISE_BCP - Operations FINAL with PODS.pdf

AMCHAM_ARISE_BCP - Logistics FINAL with PODS.pdf

Col.Dave Williams ARISE Crisis Communication final.pptx

Building Recovery- Amcham.pdf

TishaLewis-RichardsonGHL-BCP.pptx

Wendy Dickson Amcham Workshop - Embedding BCP.pptx

On Thursday 28th January 2021, AMCHAM T&T successfully hosted its first virtual Economic Outlook Forum. 

This year's panel of experts included Stuart Franco, CEO at The TSL Group, Therese Turner-Jones, Caribbean Country Department Manager at the IADB, and Zack Nadur, Partner (Strategy & Transactions) at Ernst & Young Services Limited. 

In the months prior to our forum, AMCHAM T&T and EY collaborated to conduct a survey to gather perspectives on how companies are driving their strategy in a pandemic-altered business world. This resulted in EY's analysis titled "Can your strategy pivot faster than the speed of change - A Paradigm Shift in driving strategy". This presentation was delivered by Mr. Nadur at the forum, and can be accessed here: 

Click here to download EY Presentation for Economic Outlook 2021. 

AMCHAM T&T hosted TWO FREE Webinars at TIC 2020

At the 2020 Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) AMCHAM T&T hosted the following two free Webinars:

1) Advancing Industry Through Tech

2) Your Digital Store & Inventory Management

  

Both webinars were part of AMCHAM T&T’s Digital Transformation Series, which was made possible by our Title Sponsor, Republic Bank and our Platinum Sponsors – Digicel Business Solution and PWC Trinidad and Tobago.

Click the links below to view both Webinars:

Advancing Industry Through Tech - Click here

Your Digital Store & Inventory Management - Click here

2020 Pre-HSSE Conference Webinar

On July 24th, 2020 AMCHAM T&T launched our first in a series of Pre-Conference Webinars aimed at providing participants key insights into our upcoming 24th Annual HSSE Conference and Exhibition.

For our first Webinar, we invited Kym Bancroft, Health and Safety Manager, People & Safety at Queensland Urban Utilities to share knowledge and insight on the topic: “Human & Organizational Performance (HOP) in Practice”.

Taking a contemporary approach, Kym incorporated psychological principles and human-centred methodologies with safety innovation and evidence-based research to drive transformation across the workplace, creating high reliability, operational excellence, and a positive workplace culture.

Click here to view the Presentation at the Pre-HSSE Conference Webinar on the topic: "Human & Organizational Performance (HOP) at Urban Utilities”.

Multiple Hazard and Systemic Risks: Addressing Climate Related Disasters in Times of COVID-19

On May 25th 2020, Patricia Ghany, AMCHAM T&T President and Melissa Pierre, Senior Trade and Policy Specialist at AMCHAM T&T attended the UNDRR-Las Américas y El Caribe Webinar Series on Multiple Hazard and Systemic Risks: Addressing Climate Related Disasters in Times of COVID-19.

Click to view the presentation Ms Ghany delivered on the topic: "Private Sector Roles, Responsibilities and Opportunities in the Context of Systemic Risk" the more than 450 attendees at the virtual conference.

On Wednesday 10th June, AMCHAM T&T hosted its first ever virtual Annual General Meeting and Business Forum. 

In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and all the changes and innovation that are coming out of it, our theme this year was "Business in the New Normal". 

To provide greater insight into this topic, we put together an exciting and dynamic panel of experts for our audience: 

• Julie Chung, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, United States Department of State. Click here to view her speech. 
• Basil Khalil, Vice President of Operations, FedEx. Click here to view his contribution. 
• Nadir Hirji, Parter & Digitial Services Leader, PWC Canada. Click here to view his presentation. 
  
  
  

On Friday 29th May, AMCHAM T&T hosted the first webinar in its Digital Transformation Series: The Time for TECH is now! 

Below are the topics covered by our 4 expert panelists. 

"The COVID-19 pandemic has totally transformed the way we interact, work, live and learn. Businesses have had to alter almost every facet of operations to survive.

The most effective means of reducing virus transmission are social distancing and rigorous sanitization. And this won’t change until a vaccine is found.

So what does your business need to know in order to survive in these challenging times? Can you future-proof your business?"

Our webinar explored these questions from four perspectives:

1. HSSE: How can we safely conduct business once countries and markets re-open? New HSSE risks and requirements are going to require the greater adoption of technology. What will this mean for businesses? To view the presentation by Balchan Jadoonanan of ATLANTIC LNG, click here. 
   
   
2. Accelerating e-payments: As the low-touch economy becomes our new business reality, many companies are having difficulty transforming their operations and maintaining cash-flow at this time. They require support and tools that meet their specific needs. Find out more on RBL's transformation of their offerings to provide this support. To view the presentation by Denyse Ramnarine, please click here. 
   
   
3. Business: Requirements are evolving all the time. What new practices will we need to adopt? What is “the new Normal” and how can technology help us thrive? To view the presentation by Liam Donnelly, please click here. 
   
   
4. The Role of Government & Private Sector: How can government work with private sector to aid in digital transformation? To view the presentation by Colin Soo Ping Chow, please click here. 

COVID-19 is forcing many companies to speed up the timeline of their digital transformations. Until this happens, many of us have been left to utilize improvised work-spaces from our homes with unsecured networks on mobile devices to conduct business.

While all the attention has been focused on containing the spread of the virus, we cannot allow ourselves to ignore another potentially dangerous threat that can cause major harm to our businesses i.e. breaches in our online security.

On Tuesday 12th May, AMCHAM T&T continued its Navigating the Pandemic series with a special webinar dedicated to Cyber Security and best practices in online security. 

Our presenters included Shanna Utgard from Defendify, Vernon Jeffery from Readiness Associates, and Anthony Subero and Daniel Gaudreau from Hitachi Systems Security Inc. 

To view the presentation by Defendify & Readiness Associates, please click here. 
To view the presentation by Hitachi Systems Security Inc., please click here. 
To view PwC's document on CyberSecurity and Enabling Secure Work-From-Home, please click here. 

On Friday 8th May, AMCHAM T&T hosted its webinar "The Usefulness of Risk Management", as part of our "Navigating the Pandemic" series. 

Participants advanced their knowledge of safety management and enjoyed presentations by Nippin Anand, Founder of Novellus Solutions and Associate Research Fellow at Cardiff University, and 
Colonel Lyle E. Alexander, CPP; FInstLM - Chairman of The Port Authority, Deputy Chair of the Airports Authority of Trinidad & Tobago, Founder & Principal Consultant of A.R.M Specialists Limited.

To view Col. Alexander's presentation, click here. 

To view Nippin Anand's presentation, click here.

On Tuesday 28th April, AMCHAM T&T hosted its webinar, " Navigating HR & IR issues during the Pandemic". This session focussed on Human Resource Management strategies and Industrial Relations practices, as they relate to business operations during this time.

Our presenters were Catherine Ramnarine - Partner at M. Hamel-Smith & Co., Teresa White - Group HR Director at ANSA McAL Limited, and Ian John - CEO of Massy Technologies InfoCom. 

To view the presentation from Ms. Ramnarine, please click here. 
To view the presentation from Ms. White, please click here. 
To access the Work from Home Procedure from Ms. White, please click here.