Proud sponsors and organisers of the Future of Cayman 2012 Forum – the event was a huge success, and we hope all the delegates and speakers had a great day!
The 23 November conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, is part of the ongoing collaboration between the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce and government launched in 2010. It’s hoped that Friday’s forum will become a regular series of conferences to apprise people on the status of the programme.
For the past two years, government and business leaders have been working on five key economic drivers: “build a smarter infrastructure”, “develop talent”, “create a business friendly climate”, “enhance quality of life” and “diversify the economy”.
The 2012 forum focussed on two of those drivers, concerning infrastructure and talent.
Conference chair and Chamber Past-President David Kirkaldy said those were chosen because they “were identified as the two most important drivers at this time”.
Describing the country’s infrastructure and talent can be seen as “the bedrock of our economy”, Kirkaldy said all of the drivers interrelate.
New Chamber president Chris Duggan urged all candidates for office in the May 2013 general election to read the Future of Cayman strategic report and evaluate the five drivers.
As did others during the day, Duggan lamented the apparent lack of process on some major proposals that had been identified two years ago.
“Several infrastructure projects continue to languish in uncertainty despite several false starts,” he said.
