Embassy Michael Korff-Rodrigues will speak at the opening ceremony.
Entrance is free of charge.
Two distinguished panels of regional academics and experts will discuss Garvey's work and legacy. The keynote speaker, Prof. Hill, is affiliated with the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Earlier, he served as Associate Professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, and as Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of the Black World in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in 1983, and at the National Humanities Center, 1983-84. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Professor Hill obtained his Master's degree at UWI in 1976.