Caribbean risk conference 2025 opens registration

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the Caribbean Development Bank and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean have opened registration for the 2nd Wider Caribbean Regional Risk Conference.

The conference will be on September 3 & 4, 2025 on Barbados. It will be a hybrid conference, partly in-person and partly virtual. The exact location is to be announced.

The theme of the conference is: ‘Perspectives on Country Risk Management to Advance the Sustainable Development of the Small Island and Coastal States of the Region’.

This conference will build on the inaugural regional risk conference held in 2022. It will again provide a platform for policy makers and technocrats to explore risk governance and the concept of integrated country risk management, focusing on the myriad risks and the multi-hazard environment that Caribbean countries exist in. It will allow for governments to showcase best practices in the region in integrated risk management and how they are mapping and reflecting the global risk landscape in their national development planning frameworks.

National, regional and international experts will discuss and share global best practices that can be applied to the region. The conference will reflect on the progress and setbacks resulting from the current risk landscape (economic, social, technological, health, etc.) and the pursuit of development pathways to advancing regional development prospects. This will also lead into reflections and strategic thinking around new areas/trends as well as new and emerging issues, challenges and risks that the region is likely to face and how collectively strategies and actions can be devised to mitigate these. 

Some panel topics include:  

• Economic Tensions, Uncertainty and Geoeconomic Confrontations – Perspectives on how the Wider Caribbean Region Must Navigate these new Global Economic Relations 

• Demystifying Misinformation, Disinformation and Fake News… How Risky is it to our Region’s Development?

• Climate Risks, Non-Weather-Related Natural Risks, Biodiversity Loss and Ecosystem Degradation Risks are Increasing – How is the Caribbean Levelling Up to this Development Challenge? 

• Has the Global Sense of Societal Fragmentation Trickled Down to the Wider Caribbean Region?

According to the organisers more information will follow on the various regional and international speakers that have been confirmed, along with registration details.  

The 2025 Wider Caribbean Regional Risk Conference is open to all interested stakeholders from across the public and private sectors, civil society organisations, development partners, academia, youth and the media.

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