 ug and cal forge new partnership to bolster research ug and cal forge new partnership to bolster research ug and cal forge new partnership to bolster research webmaster wed 12052018 116 efforts to bolster research at the university of guyana ug recently were boosted by caribbean airlines cal which underwrote attendance by several ug computer scientists at the 2018 caribbean academic of sciences conference which was held in jamaica the fourmember team comprised three female computer scientists some of whom received their firstever invitations to showcase their research at the prestigious academic gathering the cal support follows a meeting between vicechancellor professor ivelaw griffith with chief executive office ceo of cal mr garvin madera and cal guyana country manager mr carl stuart about formalising a partnership between the airline and the university  the meeting was facilitated by ug education resource ambassador captain gerry gouveia ceo of roraima airways according to madera caribbean airlines is happy to support the university of guyana in facilitating the travel of four academics to attend the caribbean academy of sciences conference in jamaica as the region s leading air carrier our corporate social responsibility programmes positively impact the communities we serve he also noted that caribbean airlines enjoys a legacy of cooperation with the government and people of guyana and the guyanese diaspora in providing consistent safe and reliable service we look forward to building on this relationship in the future vicechancellor griffith remarked i m ecstatic with the reception by ceo madera of my proposal to establish a broad partnership which will include travel support for staff and students discount travel for the new petroleum engineering degree programmes being developed with the university of the west indies and the university of trinidad and tobago and sponsorship and discount travel for the conferences being planned for next year ug and cal expect to formalise their partnership soon with a formal agreement meanwhile the vicechancellor also stated that during 2019 the university will be hosting the second diaspora entrepreneurship conference the caribbean writers conference and a conference on the guiana shield source  https wwwkaieteurnewsonlinecom 20181204 ugandcalforgenewpartnershiptobolsterresearch  