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Technology is at the core of the development of the above-mentioned sectors. The Virtual Island Summit serves as the platform to showcase some of our companies that can provide solutions to Small Island Governments and their private sector.
Curacao’s best practices are showcased as follows:
- The Use sustainable technologies with existing island resources water, sun and wind by Omega Engineering;
- The delivery of high end services in the information value chain, stock/investing/wealth management by DCSX;
- Software Solutions for Tax, AEOI, Social Security, and Permits & Licensing by Bearingpoint Caribbean
- Solutions for Secure Digital Banking, as well as COVID 19 citizen mobility & traveler border control management systems by IBIS Management Associates Inc.
These are Curaçao born companies and homegrown solutions from our islands skilled professionals and business people at the service of islands.
Session Speakers:
Vanessa Toré
Director Foreign Economic Cooperation at Ministry of Economic Development of Curaçao
- Entrepreneur and strategic business advisor.
- Past Chairman of the Board of the Curacao Business Association.
- Founding Member of the Curacao Fintech Association.
- Founding Member of the Curacao Tech Export Association (SIMIA).
- Socially Aware and Engaged!
Clark Russel
Ibis Management
While being a true Caribbean Ambassador, he has a diverse Caribbean heritage and is fluent in English, Dutch, Surinamese, Papiamento, Spanish and German but also masters Creole and various dialects of the entire Caribbean such as (French & English) Patois.
Morales Esajas
Senior Manager Business Relations, IBIS Management Associates Inc.
After working as a journalist with the BBC, he taught for two years in Salen, Isle of Mull, where he started the Gaelic Medium Unit before moving to Fort William. Angus Brendan lives on his croft in Barra and has three daughters. He is an active crofter on Barra.
Angus Brendan MacNeil was elected MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar in 2005 and he has a high profile throughout his constituency. The main islands in the constituency, which is the length of Wales, include Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and Barra.
Over the last Parliament Angus Brendan has successfully fought for his constituents on issues as varied as coastguards, fishing, fuel and mobile phone connectivity.
In 2015 he was elected Chair of the influential Energy & Climate Committee until its dissolution in July 2016. In 2016 he was elected as the first ever Chair of the International Trade Committee, re-elected again in 2020 following the 2019 General Election.
During his 15 years in Parliament he has served as SNP Spokesperson on Transport, Foreign Affairs & Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Anthony van Sprang
Omega Engineering
Her 9 years of experience in HVAC system installation and her academic background allowed her to advise stakeholders in active building designs.
Joselyn Navarro
Engineering consultant, Omega Engineering
Luciana Petit
Engineering Consultant, Omega Engineering
René Römer
Senior Commercial Advisor, Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange
Diana Intriago
Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange
Menno Vinck
Bearingpoint Caribbean
Runy Calmera
Macro Economist Specialized, Macro Economic Analysis in Small Islands
Nelida Cathalina
Virtual Island Summit Ambassador, ProfPro Coaching
Session Sponsor:
The Ministry is responsible for policy, implementation and control on the following areas:
• Business, consisting of (micro) SME policy, economic development, capital market, competition policy, infrastructure, knowledge, economic and Agricultural fisheries production and business establishment policy.
• Economic Development and Innovation, consisting of market forces, innovation, energy, industry development, employment and macro-economic stability.
• Foreign Economic Cooperation, consisting of trade policy, international business and foreign investment.
Over the past 20 years we have provided solutions and advisory services to more than 50+ Institutions throughout the Caribbean, Americas and Europe. These include Central Banks, Retail Banks, Commercial Banks, Trusts, Corporate Service Providers and government institutions as well as Global Corporations. We are a privately owned company; our founders are ex-bankers and system engineers, with many years of experience within the international payment-processing sector as well as banking operations. The company maintains a full-time staff consisting of
experienced banking consultants, software engineers and client support staff and business- and product development responsible for specialized practice areas.
We also provide support to organizations throughout the region such as orphanages, shelters, kid's hospital programs and training centres. IBIS Management created the Banks 4 Kids Charity Fund that makes annual donations to children’s wellbeing organizations throughout the Caribbean.
Our strength lies in understanding their core business and the specific challenges they face. Unlike the traditional software provider and advisory firm, BearingPoint is a niche player by choice and exclusively focused on improving public services and enhancing compliance for governments. At BearingPoint, domain and IT experts co-create to develop solutions that deliver
fundamental results.
Our mission is to help Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and developing countries reach their full potential. BearingPoint Caribbean specializes in the digitalization of governments, and offers technology solutions that make public services better, faster, and smarter. The Public Services Suite was developed in close collaboration with the Dutch Tax Administration and is tailored to small-scale countries, including both Dutch best practices and the best practices gained in more than 30 years of serving governments in the Caribbean. With technology as a catalyst, we use our expertise and knowledge to transform small-scale countries and help them move forward.
The DCSX is licensed by the Minister of Finance and supervised by the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
The DCSX is a regulated international Exchange for the listing and trading in domestic and international securities.
Our mission is to create prosperity by connecting investment opportunities to investors and reach that by being the regional financial center of choice for listing of securities.
DCSX is an affiliate of the World Federation of Exchanges and an official member of the Association of Capital Markets of the Americas.
At the DCSX we have developed listing rules for the issuer tailored to the needs of the market. We realize that for the domestic and international business community to prosper, matured start-ups as well as small and medium-sized enterprises, must be in the position to attract capital on a regulated, practically- oriented Exchange and to do so at fair costs. It is this start-up and SME community that the DCSX is focused on servicing.
The DCSX ensures transparency for the investor and guarantees visibility for the issuer at all times.
Our strength lies in understanding their core business and the specific challenges they face. Unlike the traditional software provider and advisory firm, BearingPoint is a niche player by choice and exclusively focused on improving public services and enhancing compliance for governments. At BearingPoint, domain and IT experts co-create to develop solutions that deliver
fundamental results.
Our mission is to help Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and developing countries reach their full potential. BearingPoint Caribbean specializes in the digitalization of governments, and offers technology solutions that make public services better, faster, and smarter. The Public Services Suite was developed in close collaboration with the Dutch Tax Administration and is tailored to small-scale countries, including both Dutch best practices and the best practices gained in more than 30 years of serving governments in the Caribbean. With technology as a catalyst, we use our expertise and knowledge to transform small-scale countries and help them move forward.
Typically, in small scale economics, high energy, and water cost lead to high cost of operation for any venture. Besides, a vast amount of hard needed foreign currency is expended on the import of fuel to provide for these utilities. About 60 to 70% of all the investments, that energy providers make in generation power and electrical distribution, is to run air conditioning systems. Efforts and investments are done in deploying wind and solar sources to the energy mix, which alleviates only the production of electric energy, but does nothing to the distribution problem. OWAC™ solves both problems in the energy chain.
Omega Engineering decided to take a fresh approach towards this typical island problem from within, and made a strategic choice to make the abundancy of ocean water the prime resource for efficient cooling. OWAC™ technology is portable to the whole tropical region. More interesting is the possibility of developing refrigerated greenhouses to reach self reliance with sustainable and economical production of food crops independent of weather conditions and with a minimum of water.
