 cuf conference cuf conference andydindial mon 6142021 931 president to keynote at university of guyanacaribbean urban forum s 10 th international conference from june 16th to 18th sixtyeight presentations hundreds of international scholars to attend president dr ifraan ali himself with a phd in urban planning will keynote at the university of guyanacaribbean urban forum cuf 10 th urban forum which is to be held virtually from june 16th to 18th 2021 this major annual regional urban planning networking event will bring together hundreds of urban planners environmental experts municipal managers community developers policymakers academics and allied professionals who will address critical urban issues impacting the region it is being held under the theme urbanisation processes policies and emerging challenges and is designed to address specific policy issues within the caribbean s urban sector it will not only support the collaborative efforts of planners in the caribbean and wider americas region but across the globe cohosts of the cuf include the caribbean network for urban and land management cnulm based at the university of the west indies trinidad and tobago the central housing and planning authority the european union and other national regional and international organisations the opening ceremony will be chaired by dr temitope oyedotun dean of the faculty of earth and environmental sciences university of guyana and key features of this session include the keynote address by his excellency president mohamed irfaan ali and remarks by prof paloma mohamed martin vicechancellor xi university of guyana other speakers include ms eleanor mohammed president of the commonwealth association of planners dr emanuel cummings deputy vicechancellor academic engagement university of guyana and chairman of the central housing and planning authority dr asad mohammed cochair of the cuf and director of caribbean network of urban and land management mr william ashby portfolio manager economic infrastructure division caribbean development bank and ms carolyn trenchsandiford president of the caribbean planners association it is noteworthy to recall that it was president ali who delivered the keynote address at the very first caribbean urban forum session held in georgetown guyana in april 2011 in his ministerial capacity as minister of housing and water the president therefore has played a key part in cuf from the very start to register for the opening ceremony please click  https zoomus webinar register wniatx3g0wszoxqlo2pxsdna following the opening ceremony the cuf sessions will largely be focused on technical presentations by experts in the field of urban planning and allied professions along with several panel discussion sessions on various issues under the broad thematic area of urbanisation processes policies and emerging challenges the focus of the conference is to confront the issue of urbanisation in the caribbean context with a view to critically examine the range of policy responses to this phenomenon the dialogue starts with the recognition that the caribbean is one of the fastest urbanising regions in the world participants are invited from the caribbean the guyanese and caribbean diaspora communities faculty members and students of the university of guyana and other universities in the caribbean region the cuf also includes participants from other institutions agencies such as unhabitat the caribbean development bank and uneclac as hosts of this conference the university of guyana is providing free registration to interested persons please register by clicking on the following link  https caribbeanurbanforumuogedugy registration  groups institutions and individuals are encouraged to participate the opportunity for engagement will be provided for persons working on projects and or who have ideas which they believe could be usefully applied for community and national development the conference is also open to members of the international community who are engaged in the teaching or practice of urban planning the caribbean urban forum builds on the principle of collaboration both at the regional and international levels in this regard regional agencies such as the organisation of eastern caribbean states and caricom are usual cuf supporters at the international level usual support from organisations such as the european union and unhabitat is also worthy of mention more details about the conference can be found on the conference website at  https caribbeanurbanforumuogedugy   contact us conference contacts  cuf uogedugy submissionscuf uogedugy    ug in brief the university of guyana is the 58th year state university of guyana it offers 136 programmes in over 60 disciplines online and facetoface in 8 campuses across guyana with a student population of now 10000 ug has provided education learning and research for over 50000 alumni the mission of the university is to discover generate disseminate and apply knowledge of the highest standard for the service of the community the nation and of all mankind within an atmosphere of academic freedom that allows for free and critical inquiry ug s forward thinking blueprint 2040 is currently setting the course for the university s future design and institutional response to the changing needs of guyana contact ms krest cummings public relations officer 5926235104 department of events conferences and communications decc cuf conference  