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PROGRAMIsland States/Island TerritoriesSharing Stories of Island Life, Governance and Global EngagementThe 1st International Conference on Small Island States (SIS) and Subnational Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs)

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Day One

Wednesday, March 27, 2019Day Two

17:00-20:00

18:00-20:00 Opening receptionPatio 2

10:30-11:00

10:00-10:30

Morning breakPatio 1 and Patio 2

Group photo

11:00-12:30 PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 11A ISLAND-TO-ISLAND CONNECTIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN Aula

Registration opensUniversity of Aruba Patio 1

9:40-10:00

9:00-09:40

KEYNOTE ADDRESSEvelyn C. Wever-CroesPrime Minister of Aruba andMinister of General Affairs,Integrity, Energy, Innovation, and Government OrganizationAula

Aruban cultural welcome

08:00-08:30 Registration Morning coffee & teaPatio 1

08:30-09:00 Opening welcomesAulaDr. Glenn Thodé, Rector, University of ArubaDr. Jim Randall, Conference Chair, University of Prince Edward IslandMr. Erwin Arkenbout, Representative of the Netherlands in Curaçao, Aruba, and St. Maarten, Dutch Ministry of Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations

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Stanley D. Brunn, University of KentuckyRegional and extraregional hyperlinks of Caribbean capital cities: A Mosaic of fragmented cores and peripheral linkagesTiarra Simon, Universiteit van AmsterdamThe current migration crisis in Latin America and its effects on the migration trajectories in Small Island Development States (SIDS): The case of transna-tional migration of Venezuelans to ArubaLuc Alofs, University of ArubaCohesion within the Kingdom: ‘Disunited we stand’Kalim Shah, University of Delaware Adding industry associations into the SDG equation for Caribbean islands: A new institutionalism perspective


11:00-12:30 PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 11B POLITICS AND GOVERNANCERoom B

1D GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTHRoom 3

1C CONSTRUCTING ISLAND IDENTITIES: SOCIAL CAPITALRoom C

Laurie Brinklow, University of Prince Edward IslandFrom cultural cringe to cultural confidence: The role of island identity and social capital in creating strong island jurisdictions

12:30-14:00 LunchPatio 1 and Patio 2

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Solange Ludmila Duncan, University of Birmingham Small island politics, power and the will of the people: Explor-ing perceptions on participatory governance in St. MaartenElliot Bulmer, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral AssistanceParliamentary democracy in Tuvalu: Scale, tradition, and non-party governmentDerek O’Brien and Rhian Minty, Truman Bodden Law School, Cayman IslandsThe fight for LGBT rights in the British Overseas Territories: Bermuda and the Cayman IslandsPatrick Lévêque, University of Prince Edward IslandPersonalistic politics in subnational island jurisdictions: The case of Prince Edward Island

Owen Jennings, University of Hawai’iMaking ends (of-the-earth) meet: ‘Getting by’ in Saint HelenaMargaret Paterson, University of Prince Edward IslandThe inertia of islandness: When nationalism eclipses island-ness, and ‘island-made’ isn’t an option

Stephen Snider, Harvard UniversityCooperation in the management of coral ecosystems Iain Hall, Sophia University, TokyoDeveloping national environmental policy in a nation of semi-au-tonomous states: A case study of the Federated States of Micro-nesiaKimberly Wishart Chu-Foon, University of Prince Edward IslandEnvironmental governance of forests in small island developing states of the Caribbean

14:00-15:30 PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 22A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT I Aula

2C CONSTRUCTING ISLAND IDENTITIES: CULTURAL CAPITALRoom CEmiel Martens, Erasmus University Rotterdam The audio-visual industries as national development strategy in Small Island Developing States in the CaribbeanBirgit Kreykenbohm and Renske Pin, University of ArubaExploring multi-institutional collaboration to strengthen small island mediascapesLara Giordana, Università di TorinoAn archipelago of cultural creativity: The Belep Islands of New Caledonia

2B GOOD GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNMENTALITYRoom B

15:30-16:00 Afternoon breakPatio 1 and Patio 2


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Barney Pacheco, The University of the West IndiesLeveraging diaspora networks: A strategy for non-tourism services transformationDanny Pieters, Leuven University, BelgiumLegal transplants to help smaller states protect their population and identity Edward Erasmus, University of Aruba Creating social impact in small island communities through social entrepreneurship

Kim Williams-Pulfer, Indiana UniversityNarratives of Bahamian civil society: Stories of resilience and challengeLay Hing de Kort-Yee, Court of Audit of ArubaThe governance arena of supreme audit institutions of subna-tional island jurisdictions within the Dutch Kingdom in the 21st centuryCatherine Gallant, University of Prince Edward IslandAustralia’s Pacific Solution: Its evolution and maintenance from a governmentality perspectiveGeneve Phillip-Durham, University of the West IndiesDeconstructing the good governance agenda

16:00-17:30 PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 33A INDEPENDENCE/DECOLONIZATION AulaBeatriz Llenin-Figueroa, Universidad de Puerto Rico Imagining an archipelagic, decolonial future for Puerto RicoLodesca Livingston, Dependency Study ProjectChallenges to self-determination in the Western Caribbean: The case of the Raizal people of the archipelago of San Andres, Providence, and Santa CatalinaMarcel August Farinelli , Managing the island territory: A historical perspective on Corsica and SardiniaValérie Vézina, Kwantlen Polytechnic University‘Nationals’, but not nationalists? The development of nationalist demands in American Samoa and Puerto Rico

3B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IIRoom BWinston Dookeran and Preeya Mohan, University of the West IndiesThe circular economy in the Caribbean: Implications for the banking sectorRendell de Kort, Cornerstone Economics, Aruba Arthur Lewis and the fourth industrial revolution in Caribbean SIDS: An assessment

3C CONSTRUCTING ISLAND IDENTITIES: “CARIBBEANNESS”Room CHelmut Vink, University of ArubaAruban traditional churches and their shifting role in public service provisionMorgane Le Guyader, Université des AntillesBetween regional invisibility and daily vulnerability: the construction of a Raizal heritage on San Andres Island(Archipelago of San Andres, Old Providence & Saint Kathleen, Colombia)Artwell Cain, University of ArubaThe narratives of institutions in small islands with an emphasis on Aruba


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Bauke Feenstra, University of ArubaCircular business and waste management in Aruba

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16:00-17:30 PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 3


3D SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) AND CLIMATE CHANGERoom 3

4A IRMA AND MARIA: REFLECTIONS ON RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTIONRoundtable hosted by Peter Clegg, with Senator Allison DeGazon (US Virgin Islands), Beatriz Llenin-Figueroa (Puerto Rico), Arjen Alberts (Sint Maarten), Arno Boersma (Centre of Excellence for the Sustainable Developmentof SIDS)Aula


Thursday, March 28, 2019Day Three

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18:15-20:15 Conference dinnerThe Old Cunucu House RestaurantPalm Beach 150, Noord, Aruba

08:00-08:30 Morning coffee & teaPatio 1

08:30-09:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESSHonorable Leona Romeo-MarlinPrime Minister of Sint Maarten &Minister of General AffairsAula

09:30-10:00 Morning breakPatio 1 and Patio 2

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Loïza Rauzduel, Université des AntillesSustainable development policies and strategies in Guade-loupe and Martinique: A focus on the social and human dimensionSimron Singh, University of WaterlooCan the Caribbean live within the doughnut? Assessing the social and environmental performance of five island nationsJocelyne Croes, SDG National Commission, Government of ArubaUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A case for good governance for SIDSFrancielle Laclé and Elena Palacios Nieto, Yabi and Wolfs CompanyNature2SDGs: A practical toolkit to mainstream ecosystem services in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in SIDS: An application in Aruba

10:00-11:30 PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 44B INDEPENDENCE/DECOLONIZATION: THEORY AND PRACTICERoom B

4C EDUCATION: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN CREATING SUSTAINABLE ISLANDSRoom C

Thursday, March 28, 2019Day Three

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17:00-19:30 Dinner on your own

19:30-21:30 PUBLIC EVENTKEYNOTE ADDRESSDr. Godfrey Baldacchino“Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head:A day in the life of a SNIJ resident.”Aula

12:30-17:00 FIELD TRIP TO SAN NICOLASBus departs from and returns to University of Aruba

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Azell Francis, Viveka Jackson, and Nadia Mohammed, Georgia Institute of Technology Prospering beyond dependencyJoris Sylvie, Université des AntillesTheorizing external action of French overseas territories: Between paradiplomacy and multi-level diplomacy Carlyle Corbin, Dependency Studies Project Democratic deficiencies in dependency governance of small island territoriesJohn Connell, University of SydneyIt’s the demography, stupid. Twenty years on from The Last Colonies.

Arno Boersma, Centre of Excellence for the Sustainable Development of SIDSBuilding bridges between islands of sustainable development knowledge Bonnie Benesh and Michael Willem, Think To DO InstituteThink Different. DO ChangeZhannah Voukitchevitch, University of OttawaSmall island jurisdictions and observer status in the Arctic Council?

Eric Mijts, University of ArubaResearch and higher education programsfor sustainable development in small island states

10:00-11:30 PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 55A DISASTER CAPITALISMAulaRachel Dodds, Kelly-Ann Wright, and Ilan Kelman, Ryerson UniversityIslands and disaster capitalism: Is the focus on island vulnerabilities comprehensive enough?Kristen de Kroon, University of WaterlooA material vulnerability account of building services in Grenada from a spatial perspectiveJohnella Bradshaw, University of WaterlooThe weight of the islands: "You can't manage what you can't measure."

5B THE ARCHIPELAGO AND REGIONAL INTEGRATIONRoom B

5C SUSTAINABLE ISLAND TOURISMRoom CSonya Graci and Logan Van Vliet, Ryerson UniversityExamining the potential for sustainable tourism development in Savusavu, FiijHilary Symes, Temple UniversityTourism and anthropogenic climate change in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Arjen Alberts, Ministry of Health, Social Development and Labor, Sint MaartenAruba and Sint Maarten: SNIJs that became Small Island Tourism Economies, by accident or by plan?

Friday, March 29, 2019Day Four

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08:00-08:30 Morning coffee & teaPatio 1

9:30-10:00 Morning breakPatio 1 and Patio 2

8:30-09:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESSDr. Peter CleggUniversity of the West of England“Beyond Brexit and Cotonou: New regionalisms in the Caribbean?"Aula

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Christian Bouchard, Laurentian UniversityFrance’s island territories in the Southwest Indian Ocean: Success and challenges of this ‘France of the Indian Ocean’Carlos Amaral, University of the Azores Insularity and regional autonomy in EuropeGerard Prinsen, Massey UniversityCentrifugal forces in four pairs of Pacific island jurisdic-tions: Wallis-Futuna, Rarotonga-Manihiki, Tahiti-Man-gareva, Chuuk-Pohnpei

13:00-14:30 PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 66A ISLAND TOURISM: WHOSE TOURISM IS IT?AulaLouise Campbell, University of Prince Edward IslandWho's in charge: Safeguarding island culturesDon Taylor, University of Aruba Legal systems, tourism and economic development: The case of islands in the Caribbean

10:00-11:30 PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 55D CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCERoom 3Anne McDonald and Bertha Reyuw, Sophia UniversityTurning up the volume on ‘island her-stories’: Exploring gender mainstreaming potentials in resource management and climate policies in the FSMKeron Niles, Island InnovationFacilitating the development of inclusive cultural industries as a form of climate change adaptation: The case of Trinidad and TobagoJames Ellsmoor, Island InnovationGreen islands: Communicating sustainability through islandness


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6B NATURAL DISASTERS: TAKING STOCKRoom BFrancisco Xavier Felix Martin del Campo, University of WaterlooDynamics of socioeconomic metabolism on islands: Material stock-flow-service of the Bahamas Jana Braziel, Miami University What is the current state of Caribbean ecocritical studies?Jeanne de Brujin and Leo Huberts, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamHow does quality of governance relate to resilience in small island states? The Case of Hurricane Irma in Saint Martin

Michele Maccari, University of Ferrara, and Filippo Arfini, University of ParmaPrivate-public partnerships to develop sustainable agro-tourism: The Sao Tomé and Principe case study


14:30-15:00 CLOSINGwith Jim Randall, Conference Chair, and Glenn Thodé, Rector, University of ArubaAula

6C BUILDING RESILIENCERoom CBianca Peters, 360º of InnovationHow do we make our islands future proof?Jemi Laclé and Stephen Snider, World Bank(Y)our responsibility to (y)our environmental heritageGerard Prinsen, Massey UniversityPanic and policy: Island responses to pandemic threats and to global guidelinesJemi LacléThe Power of the NextGen: Youth shaping small island states


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