I had the privilege of joining the panel on “Future-Ready Caribbean Tourism: Technology, Talent and Sustainable Transformation” at SOTIC 2026 in Georgetown, Guyana. The moderator’s questions brought a broad discussion about technology down to practical concerns for Caribbean businesses and the peopl...
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At the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry's inaugural Youth Entrepreneurship Conference, I stood with primary and secondary school students from across Guyana and gave them the part of the story that is easy to avoid: nobody is promising them the job they are studying for.
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We cannot make more time. It is the one honest constraint every professional shares, no matter the field or the title. Yet over two Saturdays this July, more than one hundred professionals here in Guyana spent their mornings learning how to reclaim much of it. That was the whole idea behind The Intelligence Worker, the opening workshop in the national AI-Ready Professional series, which I designed and delivered. It was offered completely free to every participant, courtesy of the Industry and Innovation Unit of the Office of the Prime Minister.…
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Over the past several months I had the privilege of partnering with Guyana's Ministry of Education to deliver Preparing for Your AI Future, a seven-part series built to move everyday Guyanese from AI-curious to AI-capable. My conviction going in was simple: artificial intelligence is the m...
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I recently had the privilege of presenting at the WCCIG, WE3A Conference on a topic that is reshaping our world—AI in business. The theme, "Digital Intelligence Unlocked," couldn’t be more relevant as we witness AI's transformative impact across industries. Raising AI Awa...
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THAG approached me to kick off their very first installment of their new THAG Talks series where I presented on "Digital Transformation in Hospitality: Leveraging AI for Success". THAG, the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to serving and advo...
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If we can agree that our education system has traditionally aimed to produce those who can produce, then we must also recognize the inevitability of advancements in the tools that enhance their productivity. Today, we are witnessing the emergence of generative AI, a significant leap forward in t...
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At the Caribbean AI4Education Conference 2024, organized by Camille's Academy in collaboration with the Caribbean AI4Good and Permaculture Institute and in association with the AI4D Showcase, Eldon Marks delivered the keynote address, highlighting key themes and expressing gratitude to the event org...
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Truth be told, this is just the beginning - a view from the other side of 18 hour days over the span of several months of envisioning, planning, building, failing, adapting, coordinating, sacrificing, but ultimately believing and achieving with a phenomenal community of teammates, collaborators and...
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In May 2023, I joined a distinguished panel for Episode XII of the Transforming Guyana webinar series — Digitization & Guyana's Emerging Oil and Gas Economy — produced by the Guyana Business Journal and the Caribbean Policy Consortium. The conversation brought together Dr. Terrence Blackma...
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