 Pleasants good morning and warm welcome to all of you to the media breathing of the 68th annual health research conference Hosted by the Caribbean Public Health Agency and the Ministry of Health Wellness and elderly affairs. I Wish to recognize the Honorable Moses Jabatis the Minister of Health Wellness and elderly affairs Dr. Joyce and John executive director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency Miss Jenny Daniel permanent secretary of the Ministry of Health Wellness and elderly affairs Dr. Michelle Fraswa the national epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health Mistress Lloyd Felix the acting director of the substance abuse Secretariat Other officials of the Ministry of Health Wellness and elderly affairs The conference planning team between car for the Ministry of Health Ministry of tourism events planning The staff from the Caribbean Public Health Agency and the members of the media warm welcome to all of you our feature speakers this morning include Dr. Joyce and John the executive director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency and Honorable Moses Jabatis the Ministry of Health Wellness and elderly affairs This year's theme violence in the Caribbean a public health crisis is Timely and relevant to St. Lucia and the region not increases in crime and violence According to the World Health Organization Public health refers to all organized measures with a public or private to prevent disease promote health The centers of these controls further defines public health as the science of protecting and Improving the health of people and their communities This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles researching disease and injury prevention detecting preventing and responding to infectious diseases This conference, which will be held in St. Lucia this year provides an excellent opportunity for all health related practitioners to actively Participate it will also strengthen the research agenda, which is a priority of the Ministry of Health It will also allow innovative thinking and promote best practices Further the conference will seek to address the public health concern and provide scientific evidence epidemiological data That will demonstrate the nature of crime and violence and how health systems Can help to prevent and respond to violence as part of the multi-sectoral response, which is needed The conference is the longest running health research conference in the English-speaking Caribbean It aims to provide support and facilitate the strengthening of two key attributes of health research systems in the region Developing and sustaining the capacity and knowledge production translation and utilization I Would like to welcome the first feature speaker Dr. Joyce and John the executive director of car for Dr. Sen John became the first Barbadian chief medical officer of Barbados in 2005 she also represented Barbados on the executive board of the World Health Organization and then became the first Caribbean person to chair the executive board from the year 2012 to 2013 Dr. Sen John became the assistant director General of the World Health Organization headquarters where she held the portfolio of climate and other determinants of health and successfully completed the first phase of the climate change and health Small islands developing states initiative in July of 2019 Dr. Sen John became the executive director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency Koffal led the caracom regional public health response to the over 400 speaking engagements about COVID nine she sorry she became the Koffal led the caracom regional public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Dr. Sen John's leadership Has seen her have over four hundred speaking engagements about COVID-19 Koffal is currently one of the partners in the project entitled the pathway to policy Integrating security and public health responses to firearms trafficking and violence in the Caribbean Please join me in welcoming Dr. Sen John to the podium Thank you, Madam master of ceremonies Dr. Sharon Belmar George I would like to say all protocols observe, but I can't do it. So bear with me Honorable Moses Jean-Baptiste Minister of health wellness and elderly affairs I Understand that Dr. Diddakas Jules director general of the organization of Eastern Caribbean states May be joining us online miss Jenny Daniel permanent secretary ministry of health wellness and elderly affairs miss Sorry, let me go down Event St. Lucia Julie Bonnet National Youth Council acting coordinator Substance abuse secretary at Natasha Lloyd Felix Other officials ministry of health health wellness and elderly affairs Ministry of education ministry of commerce ministry of external affairs members of the St. Lucia Medical and Dental Association and the nurses Association conference planning teams comprising ministry of health wellness and elderly affairs and car for car for staff members of the media good morning It is a pleasure to be here in St. Lucia especially to announce some exciting news This simply beautiful island known for its iconic petons a walking volcano and Friendly people will be hosting the 68th annual health research conference organized by the Caribbean Public Health Agency Car for This year's theme violence in the Caribbean a public health crisis addresses a scourge inflicting harm across our entire region crime and violence threatened public safety economies and mental well-being and is no friend to anyone It affects all levels of society From the 25th to the 27th of April this year in partnership with the St. Lucia Ministry of Health wellness and elderly affairs Car for will welcome researchers medical and public health officials and Professionals and those from related fields to participate We encourage lively discussions and exploration of research analyses and proposed solutions to address this public health crisis Every year without fail except 2020 because of COVID-19 Car for delivers more than just a conference Pre-conference meetings will focus on public health governance of the region and the carry calm chief medical officers meeting the much Anticipated and prestigious awards banquet will acknowledge Caribbean scholars who have made significant contributions to regional public health advancements sincere gratitude goes to the St. Lucia government for coast hosting this conference During a time when combating crime and violence is a priority across the Caribbean Beyond the conference itself attendees will have the opportunity to experience St. Lucia scenic landscape rich cultural heritage a captivating blend of French influence from language and food to cultural practices Finally a heartfelt. Thank you to the media for your vital role in disseminating this information and attracting a diverse and engaged audience Carrefour looks forward to a successful conference in beautiful St. Lucia. Thank you Thank you very much. Dr. St. John and as she indicated combating crime and violence is a priority in St. Lucia and also in the region So apart from all of the benefits which was highlighted for the conference She also highlighted that it can also be seen as a vacation time because of the beauty that our island possesses and as we know The importance of the public health approach having car for come down to discuss crime and violence We're aware that the public health approach is concerned with health well-being and safety of the entire population It's evidence-based data driven and ensures Collaboration across partners stakeholders. It's make multi sectoral as well and multi agency So utilizing this approach which kafa is very well known for And using our data with our various stakeholders will definitely get a wonderful outcome And I'm also extremely pleased for the opportunity especially for our public health teams within the Ministry of Health But kafa is bringing this conference into St. Lucia So it will give us a greater opportunity for our officers to be exposed to this conference being held in St. Lucia At this point I would like to introduce our second feature speaker Honorable Moses Jabatis the Minister for Health Wellness and elderly affairs Honorable Moses Jabatis Currently represents the constituency of you fought north and is a fourth term parliamentarian in St. Lucia's legislation He's the Minister for Health Wellness and elderly affairs and the former Minister for Agriculture Fisheries food production cooperatives and rural development in St. Lucia His goal is to champion St. Lucia's efforts to achieve good quality affordable Accessible health care for all St. Lucia's through an efficient universal health care coverage program Honorable Jabatis also has the responsibility of Developing programs for the newly established elderly affairs Department of the agency in Addition to his formal work as a teacher and school principal over the years his experience and expertise and community mobilization Poetry Traditional cultural expression and popular theater has helped to raise awareness of environmental preservation Traditional culture in St. Lucia and other islands of the Caribbean His poems have been published in Caribbean books of poetry in both English and Creole Mr. Jabatis has also used his formal training in agriculture to help create awareness of Sustainable food production systems and to promote the practical expansion of local agriculture in St. Lucia and in the wider Caribbean He attended tertiary institutions in St. Lucia the St. Lucia teachers College Jamaica the College of Agriculture and Trinidad and Tobago the University of the West Indies Center guests in campus and he also holds a masters of science degree in Agricultural and Rural Development a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management Associate science degree in general agriculture and a Certificate of Education in teacher education Help me to warmly welcome our Minister Thank you very much CMO. I did say to Dr. To Dr. St. John that I'm very shy so CMO has exposed a lot there, but let me All right, let let let me say good morning to all but in a very special way Good morning to Dr. Joy St. John the Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency Dr. Dr. Didacus Jules online Let me all who's the direct the executive director of the organization of the Of the OECS the OECS. Let me greet our prominent secretary. Ms. Jenny Daniel Also, we have with us Dr. Michelle Francois the national epidemiologist Mrs. Natasha Lloyd Felix was the acting director of the Substance Abuse Secretariat I also wish to say good morning to the other officials of the Ministry of Health Wellness and Elderly Affairs members of the Saint Lucia Medical and Dental Association and the Nurses Association Who have joined our Serenon online the conference planning team members Both Carthor and the Ministry of Health Wellness and Elderly Affairs and you heard a while ago events and Lucia Ministry of Tourism and all the other members of the conference planning committee Let the conference planning team that may also say good morning to Members of the media who who have joined us today It is my pleasure to express the gratitude of the Prime Minister Honourable Philip J. Pierre The government and also the gratitude of the people of Saint Lucia for the opportunity to co-host the 68th annual Health Research Conference with the Caribbean Public Health Agency in 2024 the government of Saint Lucia has hosted the conference in 1975 and also in 2009 the government is pleased to collaborate with Kaffir to host the 2024 annual Health Research Conference and related pre-events which include meetings and training workshops the theme for this year 68 annual Health Research Conference is violence in the Caribbean a public health crisis This theme is both timely and relevant as escalating levels of violence and crime of serious concern both locally and for the region as you heard from Dr. St. John This has been addressed in the past as a developmental issue focusing on the balance between tough tough law enforcement social development and crime prevention strategies Crime affects every sector of our society from families communities the tourism sector Education health sector and the documented economic impacts on our country The effects on the health sector our particular concern to me as the minister for health wellness and elderly affairs The effects range from the increase physical injuries with loss of limb and disabilities to mental health disorders due to psychological distress Anxiety and depression especially in the community is most impacted The health sector is also affected through increased costs as you could well imagine through treatment hospitalization diagnosis and sick leave days Etc. This leads to competing resources for the management of chronic and other conditions and the health sector workforce stress that can result in burnout of health workers when managing victims of violent crimes and also Witnessing traumatic events the public health approach which is proposed will assist in the identification of the determinants prevention strategies and facilitated the holistic approach utilizing multiple agencies to address crime and violence Excuse me this research conference will provide great insights into research and clinical findings of significance to policy makers Allowing evidence-based decision-making the delegates will be engaged in full discussion on priority public health issues to spark insights on How problems can be addressed and generate action This will strengthen the fostering of a research culture among local health and allied health professionals The conference will allow capacity building in research grant writing and implementation science and other research skills for health and allied health professionals It also provides a forum to establish mentorships Partnerships and collaborations that would strengthen the capacity of researchers in St. Lucia to attract grants and conduct and utilize research the Kaffa Health Research Conference Will attract approximately 200 regional and international delegates Meeting attendees and sponsors to St. Lucia Some of these delegates may become repeat visitors After experiencing St. Lucia's beautiful culture and of course the attractions the conference offers special rates for nationals and So we encourage the full participation of students teachers and health-related Professionals also alumni on the island I wish to encourage the members of the medical and dental association the nurses association Pharmacy allied health professionals and related disciplines to participate fully This is an excellent opportunity for self-development The public is invited to join us on Wednesday 24th April from 6 p.m. For a town hall discussion Theme violence and the youth the venue is the Financial Administration Center at Point Seraphine castries There are sponsorship and exhibition opportunities for businesses as a sponsor Of the conference brands will gain on parallel exposure. So we invite one and all Once again, I would like to acknowledge and thank Kaffa for giving us in St. Lucia the opportunity to co-host the 68th annual Health Research Conference in our beautiful island St. Lucia We must say Kaffa, who is the organization Kawaibla, who is the head of the Center, with Dr. Joyce St. John, who is the chief Kaffa with the side-in-face discussion, who is the co-founder of Kaya and Avui Co-founder of Kagaibla, who is the head of the Center, with Kawaibla With Konozadi, who is the co-founder of Kakaibla, who is the head of the Center And who has a lot of difficulties with Dr. St. John, his doctors, his nurses, his policemen, his own people Who have a lot of different types of violence, who have come to help these people And who have affected the country's economy, the country's violence, the country's health sector And also affected the psychological effects. I would like to say that Kisa Kikawaibla has fought against the idea of people who are north with doctors, with firewood, with police Everyone, who helped the people who have been affected by violence Because it's true that Kamehane the professional who came out of Kawaibla He came out for a sip of this North Doctor with people who have done research and done violence with the Health Department He came out of the center, again becoming a participant to come here to discuss the violence and how it affects the health of the community. I would like to thank all of you for working with us, with a diverse lot of agencies, with tourism, with events in Luscia, with a wide variety of agencies that work with us to have a good co-finance. We are working here with a lot of people who have a business. I would like to thank all of you for coming here to help make co-finance successful. I would like to thank all of you who are here with us today to work with us. I would like to thank all of you for coming here to have a good co-finance. I would like to thank Dr. St. John John for all of you who are here today. And I wish to say to one and all how pleased I am to be here this morning. And I look forward to a conference in April. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Honorable Minister. And as you heard, our minister highlighted the effects of crime and violence on every single sector within St. Lucia. And of course, his main concern is the effect that it is having on our health system. And in particular, our healthcare workers, we have to pay very close attention to as we note those increases. He also indicated the priority in terms of looking at how we can prevent and use the public health approach to reduce what we are seeing presently on island with crime and violence. And the level of joy that it brings having Dr. Joyce and John here with us and also the opportunity to work with CAFA for the conference coming up in April. And we are really hoping that we get the full support of all, not only our healthcare workers, but all sectors. As we said, managing violence and crime requires a multi-sectoral approach. At this point, I open the floor if there are any questions that you may have for our future presenters at this time. I will hand over to you if you have any questions that you would like to pose. Are there any questions from the audience? Or are there any questions online? Are there any questions online or from our audience? Okay. So at this point, I would like to thank our future presenters, Honorable Moses Jabatis and Dr. Joyce and John for their presence here this morning, the media for covering these events, and all of you who came in today from the Ministry of Health, from CAFA, from all of our stake. Excuse me, you have a question? Sorry. Come forward. Dr. Moses mentioned that a lot of our nurses and firemen and other medical practitioners, they have to on a daily interact with patients who have serious injuries and the traumatic experiences which are impacted on them, and them having to go now to their families. What measures will be put in place in long term or short term where they can get debriefing probably before entering work or leaving work or even having psychiatrists available for them so that now they'll be more sensitized and more, I would say, prepared to deal with these experiences without now going home to their family and having to release that stress which may not be so positive for children especially. I am a child of a fireman and my dad has been in the service for about 30 years and sometimes it takes away your human aspect or your empathy when you see these things on a recurring basis. So what measures will be placed providing psychiatric assistance for these personnel, firemen, nurses and doctors who interact with the extreme cases? Would you like me to answer? I can say some. No problem. Do you want to start or do you want me to start? I'll let you start. I suspected you want to send Lucian answer but I'm going to give you a regional answer. So first of all, I want to thank you for that question. That was an excellent question and it shows some insight into this whole issue of the complexity of mental health in our communities. And I think one of the best examples of a specific program designed for the mental health of the health staff is something called Stress in the Workplace which was a program specifically designed with the help of the Pan-American Health Organization for addressing just that. The mental health, the debriefing of staff in a crisis for example post hurricane or even day to day as you said in dealing with situations which are pretty extreme and gross. And there was a specific way of debriefing, not just the nurses and the doctors but the administrative professionals who have to support. One of the things that we're hoping will come out of this conference is a discussion of these fine tuned responses. And during the conference we're planning to have a special panel discussion involving persons from the region and outside of the region to discuss what are some of the programs that are in place in this region and internationally which address not just the health professionals but the effects on the entire community. So thanks for that question. I am hoping that Dr. Belmar George can give you some solution perspectives but those are the regional and international perspectives. So yes there's been a recognition but the money to implement this region wide is something that we hope will come out of the conference. Over to you. Thank you very much Dr. St. John for that. On a local level it is one of the areas which we note is of increasing concern. We see it quite a bit with our nurses, our staff from the emergency room and we know that our EMTs and the fire service workers are also affected. So the importance of debriefing especially after managing a situation involving violent crime and it's one of the things we have to ensure is done regularly. The Ministry of the Public Service also has an employee assistance program which is currently running to provide support in times like this. We know it's one of the areas that we need to strengthen and as a part of the CAFA conference one of the areas that we know from a preventative point of view is looking at the family members of persons who were directly involved or victims of violence. For example the children of someone who may have been killed the rest of the extended family and ensuring that we have social services to be able to manage. I think this is one of the gaps that we have within our system. One of the discussions that we will be having on the 24th of April is violence under youth. So we'll be looking at the young persons within the communities, the children of persons who may be affected by violence and crime, the education sector, what we are seeing within the schools. So we are really hoping that the discussions that come out of that forum would come out in the way of some of the recommendations and we really want to take an approach where we don't speak down, we don't make recommendations for the young people but we want to have the voices of the young persons indicating their issues, indicating how they are affected and also getting the recommendations directly for them. We think that will be most effective ensuring that they are involved as a part of the solution. So I'm hoping that you will attend as well to put your voice because your children of our healthcare workers are also affected by violence and crime. So we really look forward to that where we'll get the voice of the youth in the effects of violence and crime on Island. Any other questions? Just stand up. The mic please. Please state your name and designation. Hi, good morning everyone. My name is Shelley Duncan, president of the Solutions Association and I'd like to say that I'm very happy to be here this morning at this event. I could see that we are very excited about this conference. First of all, I want to say that this conference is very timely because as we know as a country, we have recently experienced an increase in crime and violence in our communities and some of our facilities are actually located in those high-risk areas. And of recent, we had a few cases where we actually had some of the violence kind of reaching one of our facilities in the south. And so we wanted to know as an association in our role as advocates for our members with regard to their working conditions, we would like to know if it is possible that the government of St. Lucia or corporate citizens are willing to support some of our nurses to attend this grand conference because as we know, they are the ones who are first in line to take care of those patients, to be able to provide support to the families who are hurting, to do home visiting in those very communities where the crime has increased. So we would like to know what is the plan for the government of St. Lucia with regards to supporting staff to attend this conference. Okay, this is one of the areas which we are in discussion on. The Ministry of Health will be supporting various sectors, departments within the ministry, to ensure that our officers get some exposure to the research agenda. I don't know if minister, if you want to give any remarks on it. Okay, thank you. Thank you very much, nurse Duncan, for your intervention and let me say I'm very pleased that the nurses association is represented here. I want to join the CMO, Dr. Sharon Belma George, but I want to add the policy perspective. While the ministry will ensure that the officers from the various departments that the various departments are represented, I want to assure the nurses and the medical professionals that the government is very serious about ruling out a program which will ensure a measure of security and increased security, a measure of increased security at the various facilities. Over the last few months it is public knowledge that some of the facilities were impacted by some of the violent incidents which we had, especially over the last few months. I can tell you in discussions with the Prime Minister, he assured me that we will be, over the next few months, looking at increased security. We have been having discussions at the level of the ministry, especially with the permanent secretary, to see what may be possible with the rollout in a phased way of security cameras, at least as a first step, and to increase the level of security. In some cases we have to consider additional armed security and in some cases introduce armed security. And I am saying so publicly because it is a discussion which we are having at the level of the minister for finance and the prime minister. So we are very concerned as a government that our healthcare workers are in this ambit of the increase. It is possible that they are in areas where increased violence may reach them inadvertently or as a result of individual seeking shelter at the wellness centers. Some people believe that this is probably the secure place to be and therefore they would go there. Just this morning, just going through the news in the Caribbean, I looked at what happened in St. Vincent. I am sure some of you may have read that there was an incident, someone who went to one of the facilities for medical treatment received what was at the receiving end of more violence even at the medical facility. And it is not uncommon in the Caribbean for people to feel threatened in the workplace, in the health centers, in the hospitals. Some of it has happened here. So we are cognizant of it and I think it is important for everybody, government officials in particular, to look at the situation square in the face and to ensure that we do our best. So discussions are ongoing and we will be in touch with the association very soon. Thanks. Thank you very much, Honourable Minister. I now invite Dr. St. John to also respond. So from the regional perspective, this is information which is very hard to press. Only this morning we got the word from CARFA's research ethics committee that they have okayed some research that we are going to be undertaking. This is all part of the Pathway to Policy project where we have partnership with Carey Com Impacts, the University of the West Indies, George Alley and Chronic Disease Research Centre, CARFA. We are doing this also with a small arm survey, an organization based in Geneva. And we are going to be actually doing research with healthcare workers about some of the issues that they are seeing coming into their hospitals. So we are looking at it from two perspectives. What are the kinds of injuries that are coming in and also the impacts on the actual healthcare workers. So we will be doing that research as part of the Pathway to Policy project. So we will have Caribbean data about some of the impacts that we can actually then go on to propose policy, two policy makers so that we can have some way of addressing what is actually happening in the healthcare centres. Over. Thank you very much, Dr. St. John, for that. And this is another example of using research and evidence-based data to guide the policies for the region, not only for St. Lucia, but also for the region who is experiencing similar issues. There are some questions online. Can I get the questions that are being placed online so that we can address them please? The online... Okay, the persons who are online with the questions, please raise your hand and then we will allow you to pose your questions to our presenters. There's a question. While we wait for the online persons, there's another question in the room, so please go ahead. All right, morning again. My name is Manasa Stanislas from DBS Television. The other question I want to pose, since April is celebrated as Youth Month, what measures or what programs are put in place where youth, for example, the student bodies, the student bodies will be allowed to enter the forum and gather information so that they can also impact that on their peers at school, knowing that we have pay helpers and other organisations that will be shaping the youth and since youth are heavily affected by crime so that they can more or less educate them on how to be more cognisant of how crime affects various aspects of daily living and also as an SBA component for social studies, would that be something considered by the ministry so that case studies can be driven and also since you are looking into having research platforms and research teams, would that also be considered so that the students can gather that information and put it to practical use and understand that it relates to them on a daily basis? Thank you very much for that question. We have invited the National Youth Council, the Ministry of Education and the tertiary level educators to the youth, the town hall meeting, discussion, violence and the youth so that we can get the voice from all of the students as well. We have also shared the information on the CAFA conference to all of the various ministries and organizations to ensure participation from as wide a stakeholder group as possible. I noted as you said it is the youth month so we will reach out a little bit more even to the youth agency to ensure we have the full participation of the youth at the conference. I think this is a very good recommendation coming from you to ensure we have that level of representation as you are very important stakeholder when we manage crime and violence. Thank you for that. Can I get some of the questions from the crisis of the family in the Caribbean? Will the 68th meeting also address the crisis of the family in the Caribbean? Might the root of the crime crisis such as child abuse in the households? I'll read that again. Will the 68th meeting also address the crisis of the family in the Caribbean? Maybe child abuse in the households. So we are working on the agenda for the actual scientific papers which were delivered. I am not sure if we have a scientific paper which deals with abuse in the family. I can't remember that. But in the panel discussion that I spoke to you about we had wanted to get as wide a perspective as possible so perhaps what we can do is to get the moderator to bring out some of those family elements from the perspective of violence in the family so we can get some discussion there. Can I get another question from the online viewers please? Are there any other questions from the audience? I think given we had a few questions I think I would like to get some closing remarks from Dr. St. John and also from the minister at this point. Just some closing remarks from you. So I have now done three launches in country for the CARFA conference and I have to tell you that this is the best set of questions I've ever had in the launches. Thank you. Thank you minister and CMO for getting that level of interest and involvement. So even at the launch we know that St. Lucia is on track. I really enjoyed this experience. I'm just here for a few hours but it was such a nice introduction to the loveliness of St. Lucia to have intellectual food for thought. Thank you so much. Thank you Dr. St. John. Minister I invite you for a few closing remarks. I want to thank Dr. Joyce St. John for joining us today. I'm told that her visit to St. Lucia today is very brief and so I'm hoping that when she returns for the conference she will spend a lot more time Dr. St. John. Very good. Let me say thank you to her and her husband for joining us and also thanks to our CMO for organizing the chairing of this session. Let me thank all those of you who have joined us and let me say to the audience online and also those who will view this press conference after today to join us. I'm sure in April there will be online discussions and I'm sure our professionals are looking forward to this. So thanks everyone, thanks to the professionals from the ministry, the permanent secretary and the whole team and the other partners who will join us. The associations, nurses the St. Lucia Medical and Dental Association and everyone else I invite you to join. I want to thank everyone for coming this morning and I want to thank everyone for coming to this press conference with the chairing of the CMO and I want to thank everyone for their questions and I want to thank everyone for joining us. Thanks very much. Thank you. So I once again, I thank our feature presenters Hon. Moses Jabatis and Dr. St. John for your presence here this morning the media for covering this event and for all of you, the planning committee, the PS our team from the Ministry of Health I also think it necessary to thank the cabinet of ministers for agreeing to co-offer St. Lucia to be a co-host of this event as well. I also want to take the last opportunity today to invite all of you, in particular our health related practitioners, physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians our EMTs, health educators, environmental health officers nutritionists, students, our youth groups everybody to participate in our town hall discussion on violence and the youth which will be held on Wednesday the 24th of April at 6 p.m. at the Financial Administrative Centre at Point Seraphine and the 68th annual health research conference themed violence in the Caribbean a public health crisis from Thursday, April 27 to the 25th of the 27th at the Royal Town Hotel in Grosally. Thank you and good morning and good morning. Thank you.