Keynote Speakers for Symposium and Training Workshop Leads:
Malta, December 1-2 & 4-5, 2014
Linking Global Climate Change to Local Economic Decision-Making
Dr. Adam Fenech PhD (Toronto) is Director, Climate Research Lab,
University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He has worked extensively in
the area of climate change since 1988, starting with the IPCC First
Assessment Report. He has edited 7 books on climate change, most recently
as editor of the international journal Climate Impacts and Adaptation Science.
afenech@upei.ca
Island Products through Sub-Appellation Mapping
Professor Tony Shaw is in the Department of Geography and Fellow of CCOVI
(Cool Climate Enology and Viticulture Institute) at Brock University. He teaches
courses principally in the areas related to meteorology, applied climatology,
viticulture, and environmental sustainability. His research areas include wine
terroirs, site selection methods for new vineyards, freeze protection methods,
renewable energy, building climatology and climate change and impacts. Current
research projects include the demarcation of sub-appellations in Ontario’s main
wine regions, assessment of new areas for wine production and the potential
impacts of climate change on Ontario's main wine appellations and emerging
regions. - tshaw@brocku.ca
Climate Change Governance, Trade Policy and Small Island
States: The Case of the Caribbean
Dr Keith Nurse is the Executive Director, UWI Consulting Inc., World
Trade Organization Chair at the University of the West Indies and
former Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade
Law, Policy and Services, Barbados. He has worked as a consultant and
advisor to development agencies, such as the OAS, South Centre,
IDB/MIF, Commonwealth Secretariat, CARICOM Secretariat,
UNESCO, UNECLAC, UNIDO, IDRC, ICTSD, FOCAL, the Medical
Research Council UK, the ACP, OECD & ITC. He has published
numerous books and articles on globalization, trade policy, diasporas,
creative economy, tourism, masculinities, youth, innovation
governance and climate change. He is also the executive producer of
the documentary Forward Home: The Power of the Caribbean
keithnurse@mac.com
Diaspora.
Small Island States and Territories in the 22nd Century: Economic and Labour Market Implications
Professor Godfrey Baldacchino PhD (Warwick, UK) teaches in the
Department of Sociology at the University of Malta, Malta, where he
also chairs the Board of the Centre for Labour Studies. He is also
Island Studies Teaching Fellow, University of Prince Edward Island,
Canada. He is the Executive Editor of Island Studies Journal and
President of the International Small Islands Studies Association
(ISISA). godfrey.baldacchino@um.edu.mt
Global Environmental Change and Tourism
Professor Daniel Scott is Canada Research Chair in Global Change and
Tourism, University of Waterloo, Canada. He has worked extensively in the
area of global environmental change and tourism, including collaborations
with the United Nations World Tourism Organization, United Nations
Environment Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, and
as contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Third, Fourth, and Fifth Assessment Reports. He is currently also on the
Advisory Committee to the Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism, where
he provide expertise on reducing the vulnerability of tourism-dependent
communities to risks associated with global environmental change.
dj2scott@uwaterloo.ca