It is a true joint effort involving the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve Board, the BMW Institute for German and European Studies at Georgetown University, and the Centre for Financial Studies at Goethe University in Frankfurt. You have a very full agenda for the next two days.
David Estwick, Minister of Economic Affairs; Senator Sir Roy Trotman, General Secretary of the Barbados Workers Union and Chairman of CTUSAB, distinguished heads of the Private Sector Agency, the Barbados Employers Confederation, and the Barbados National Productivity Council; Dr. Hensley Sobers, Director of Human Resources, Central Bank, Chairman; specially invited presenters and coordinators; other distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.