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TABLE 7 - Conference Comparison (Budgeted vs. Actual)
Host Attendance Figures
Utill 8ud eted Actual
Human Resource March NVGEBE Sint Maarten 61 74
& Corporate 12th-14th
Communications
2 CEOs & Corporate M'h LUCELEe St. Lucia 176 169
Communications 16t ·19th
Symposium
3 Engineering July JPS Jamaica 231 346
Conference 23rd ·26th
4 Renewable September N. V. Energiebedrijven Suriname 102 66
Energy 17th-2Oth Suriname
TOTAL
Conference Activity
Four (4) conferences were su(cessfully hosted in
2017, under the overarching theme; "Our TABLE 8 - Analysis of Participation 2013-2017
Evolving Business - The New Utility Model" Conference .4.'@ •• 4·'I··4.' .... 4." •• 4.'.
Occupational Health & Saf,ty 70 62
These were:
• Corporate Communications, Human Human Re$Ource Managers
Human Re$Ource& 69 67 74
Resource and Customer Service Conference
Corporate Comm u nications
• Chief Executive Officers and Finance
PR & Corporet, 115 117
Conference Communications
• Engineering Conference & Exhibition CEOs & Finance 118 151 169
• Renewable Energy Conference
Engineering 242 235 203 244 346
Tables 7, 8 and 9 show the quantitative data for Renewable Energy 82 64 62 108 66
these events. Regulatory Forum 51 75
TOTAlS
Table 7 - Conference Comparison (Budgeted
vs. Actual)
This table illustrates that the MMS department
surpassed the total budgeted participants for the FIGURE 4 - Trends in Conference Participation 2013-2017
year 2017. 700 ,--------------------------------
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V> /
Table 8 - Analysis of Participation 2013 - 2017 z 600
11: ~
The table's analysis of attendance for the period Ci 500 ~
2013 - 2017 revealed that over the period 2012 ~ 400
to 2013 conferences recorded a steady increase in 11:
~ 300
participation. However in 2013 the conference 0
d 200 Trends in
participation decreased by 86 participants. z Conference
100 Participation
Albeit, there was a decrease in the figures in
2013, the combining of the conference only 0
resulted in increased participation in the twi nned YEAR 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Occupational Health & Safety (OSH) and Human
Resource {HR} conferences in 2013. A continued
attendance decrease was also recorded in 2014,
with a continued downward trend in 2015, whilst
2016 & 2017 recorded a significant increase in
attendees of 118 and 85 respectively.
Figure 4 - Shows trends in conference
participation over the la st 5 years.

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