Inaugural Edition
CHWIS '27 is the Caribbean's first executive-tier convening where health ministers, multilaterals, investors, practitioners and innovators meet in the same room — and leave with a signed, time-bound regional health and wellness compact. Produced by OPEN Interactive under the patronage of the Ministry of Health, Wellness & Environment, Antigua & Barbuda.
The mandate
Non-communicable disease accounts for 77% of Caribbean mortality. The region's nursing workforce is in a crisis-level shortage. Mental health operates, in the words of one regional diplomat, in "embarrassed secrecy." Health-system fiscal space is contracting. And the wellness, medical tourism and HealthTech opportunities sitting in front of the region remain, for the most part, unbuilt.
The CHWIS '27 doctrine is simple: every plenary produces a named, dated commitment; every track yields a framework with attributed ownership; every Declaration category carries a 90-day reporting obligation. No panel theatre. No diplomatic photo opportunities without follow-through.
Four pillars
Pillar I
77% of Caribbean deaths from non-communicable disease. 18 years of declarations. The accountability cycle ends at CHWIS '27 — with named targets, named owners, and a 90-day reporting obligation.
Pillar II
The 2025 CARICOM-UNICEF research surfaced what regional diplomats called 'embarrassed secrecy.' CHWIS '27 is the first Caribbean health summit to make mental health a mainstage plenary track, not a side event.
Pillar III
A $990B global market growing to $2.4T by 2035 — and a Caribbean per-capita spend ten times below North America. The region's natural assets are world-class; the investment infrastructure to monetise them is not yet built.
Pillar IV
124 Caribbean HealthTech companies, $49.4M cumulative funding, and an ecosystem without infrastructure. CHWIS '27 hosts the region's first dedicated HealthTech showcase with real health-system buyers in the judging panel.
The numbers
Founding Leadership
Co-Founder · Executive Producer
Forty years of brand and communications discipline from Citigroup, Mayo Clinic, Disney, and 3M — applied to Caribbean sovereign mandates across the region since founding OPEN Interactive in 2009. Originator of the Caribbean Investment Summit franchise and now Executive Producer of CHWIS '27.
Co-Founder & CEO
National of St. Kitts & Nevis. CEO since 2014, when OPEN Interactive transferred its headquarters to the Caribbean. Carries executive responsibility for every sovereign mandate, every summit edition, and the firm's national eGovernment infrastructure delivery to the Government of SKN.
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