With more than 10 year work experience in the land governance sector collaborating with both UN Agencies and Civil Society Organizations in information and knowledge management, partnerships building and communication for development, Laura is strongly committed towards social change and the improvement of life conditions of disadvantaged groups within societies, focusing in particular on gender dynamics and ITC for dev.

Dr. McNaughton is currently Director of the Centre of Excellence for IT-enabled Innovation at the Mona School of Business & Management, UWI. His research focus spans a range of emerging Open ICT’s including open source software, open data, mobile and cloud computing. He has a strong passion for higher education and teaches courses in Modeling & Decision Support Systems; Software Engineering/Economics; IT Governance & Strategic Use of ICT.

Mr.Donovan McLaren by profession is a Farm Management and Community Development Training Consultant and the Executive Director the international accredited NGO KCDI Jamaica.

Under his stewardship as Executive Director, Kevoy Community Development Institute (Jamaica) he has made tremendous advancements and most noted is the securing of the United Nation Special Consultative Status.