UTech, Jamaica 2015-16 Annual Report

& Construction Conference Presented By Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors & IPTI • Green, Patricia (Dr.) “Kingston, Jamaica” !Viva el Centro!: Revitalisation of Historic Centres, International Symposium Funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mexico City, Mexico. November 18-19 , 2015 • Green, Patricia (Dr .) “ Caribbean Capacity Building Programme for World Heritage”. Caribbean Training Course: Implementing the World Heritage Convention, St. Maarten Department of Culture. September 21-25, 2015 • Ishemo, Amani (Dr.) with Keniel Roberts “ Geospatial Technology and Cannabis Industry in Jamaica”, The prospective Ganga Growers Workshop University of Technology Jamaica, June 19, 2015 • Jarrett, Margaret (Arch.) “ Protecting Negril: Interrogating the Negril and Green Island Area Provisional Development Order (2013) Planning Process”. Caribbean Urban Forum 5, Fifth Meeting of the Caribbean Urban Forum, St. Lucia, June 10-12, 2015 • Lawton, Jacquiann ( Arch.) “Sustainable Economic Revitalization: methods and best practices” Urban and Regional Planning Workshop on Sustainable Economic Revitalization in Guadeloupe “Vessels of Exchange” Jacquiann T. Lawton. Keynote Speech, The French Environment and Energy Management Agency andThe Council of Architecture, Town planning and Environment of Guadeloupe. September 14- 17 th 2015 Peer-reviewed Journal • Bailey, Earl (Dr.) “ Urban redevelopment and development relationship: a critical evaluation of Downtown Kingston redevelopment and the development of the Kingston metropolitan area of Jamaica.” International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2015.104 0407 • Jackson, Anetheo Education, Economic Growth and Economic Development in Post Independence Jamaica Journal of Arts, Science, and Technology (JAST), 2015 Vol.8 • Amani Ishemo Dr. Amani Ishemo coauthored a paper titled “Farming Cooperatives: Opportunities and Challenges for Women Farmers in Jamaica” with Dr. Brenda Bushell of University of Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan. The presentation, which has been made available for the UTech/faculty staff is titled “ Farming Cooperatives: Opportunities and Challenges for Women Farmers in Jamaica” was presented at the 22 nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment in Austin, Texas in June 2016. • Simpson, Sherona (Ms) Challenges in Developing a Transportation Sustainability Rating System That Meets the Preferences of a Department of Transportation Journal of Transportation Engineering January 2016 with Caroline M. Clevenger, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE1; Mehmet E. Ozbek, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE.2; Sherona P. Simpson3; and Rebecca Atadero, Ph.D., P.E.Colorado State University Faculty of Engineering and Computing • Kavian O. Cooke (2016) Parametric Analysis of Electrodeposited Nano- composite Coatings for Abrasive Wear Resistance, Book Electrodeposition of Composite Materials, Dr A.M.A Mohamed (Ed.) Volume 1 Publisher InTech, DOI: 10.5772/62153. Available from: http://www. intechopen • Mervyn Eyre, Sonia Jackson, Vanesa Monique Tennant, Charles Douglas, Kavian Omar Cooke Silburn Clarke “Labour Market Reforms for enhancing Public Sector Productivity in Jamaica” Technical Report · March 2016, DOI: 10.13140/ RG.2.1.2264.1048 Affiliation: Public Sector Productivity Working Group, Labour Market Reform Commission, Technology, Innovation & Productivity Committee • Andrea P. Barrett · Vanesa Monique Tennant · Kavian Cooke · Ishenkumba Kahwa · Paul Ivey · Silburn Clarke Reforming Jamaica’s National Systems of Innovation Affiliation: Public Sector Productivity Working Group, (2016) Labour Market Reform Commission, Technology, Innovation & Productivity Committee, Technical report • Silburn Clarke · Vanesa Tennant · Mervyn Eyre · Marina Ramkissoon · Sonia Jackson · Andrea P Barrett · Andre Jones · Kavian APPENDICES University of Technology, Jamaica ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Page 174