Two days. Ten tracks. One Declaration.

Registration & HealthTech Showcase Opens

20 curated companies across telemedicine, EHR, mental health apps, AI diagnostics, cannabis tech, and health insurance platforms. Satellite-table morning briefings on NCD data, the PAHO-CARICOM Strategy, mental health research, wellness investment landscape, and cannabis regulation.

The 77% Problem: Why the Caribbean Cannot Afford Its Own Disease Burden

Summit Director & Host Government Health Minister

The data without euphemism. US$17.2B projected Jamaica economic output loss over 15 years. Barbados losing US$75M annually. Fiscal space contracting. Nursing in crisis-level shortage. Mental health in 'embarrassed secrecy.' CHWIS '27 exists because declarations alone have not worked.

PAHO-CARICOM 2025–2029 — What Five Years of Unified Action Requires

PAHO Caribbean Sub-Regional Representative

The JSCS framework signed July 2025. The Pandemic Agreement endorsed at the 78th WHA. The CARICOM HEDPAC MOU. A call to the room: what are you committing to support over the next five years?

Break & HealthTech Showcase — First Walk

30 minutes. Deal Room first rotation: medical tourism investment meetings, cannabis finance 1:1s, wellness resort development introductions.

Track 1 — The NCD Accountability Session

Not a panel about NCDs — a panel about why 18 years of declarations have not reduced NCD mortality at the pace they promised. Moderated by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition. Patient advocates have equal time with ministers. Output: Caribbean NCD Implementation Charter with attributed targets.

Track 2 — Mental Health: The Caribbean Conversation We Keep Not Having

First Caribbean health summit to make mental health a mainstage plenary. 2025 CARICOM-UNICEF findings presented by the research team. Practitioner shortage, stigma, school-based programmes, social media's specific impact on Caribbean youth. What policy changes are achievable in 24 months?

Lunch: Health and Wellness Roundtables

Themed seated tables: NCD prevention · mental health investment · nursing solutions · medical tourism · wellness investment · cannabis · HealthTech · UHC financing · climate & health · prevention economy. Each table produces a 3-point commitment brief.

Track 3 — The Nursing Crisis: Retention, Return, Regional Deployment

CARICOM Regional Nursing Body crisis finding. 85% Jamaica emigration. CSME enforcement. Return migration incentives. CARICOM HEDPAC MOU implementation. Output: Caribbean Nursing Workforce Action Plan.

Track 6 — Caribbean Cannabis: From Boutique to Industry

Cannabis track. Barbados dispensary opened June 2025. Jamaica's investor brand. OECS regulatory harmonisation, pharmaceutical-grade standards, export licensing, UWI research pipeline. Output: Caribbean Cannabis Industry Development Framework.

Track 8 — Health Financing: Building Fiscal Resilience

Parallel breakout. Fiscal space contracting. NHF Jamaica as UHC expansion model. Social health insurance architecture. Diaspora remittances as health financing. Blended finance for health infrastructure.

Day 1 Synthesis — Commitments Made, Accountability Structure Set

Summit Director & PAHO Rapporteur

NCD Implementation Charter draft. Nursing Workforce Action Plan outline. Mental health funding commitments. Cannabis Industry Framework first draft. Health financing commitment table.

CHWIS '27 Wellness Experience Night

Not a black tie gala — a wellness immersion. Caribbean-grown food with nutritional provenance labelled. Traditional medicine demonstration, fitness experience, meditation session led by a regional wellness practitioner. CHWIS '27 Awards presented during the experience. Press-credentialed.

Morning Deal Room & HealthTech Showcase — Final Session

Technical briefings: medical tourism investment requirements, wellness resort development finance, cannabis export licensing, health insurance digitisation, climate-health finance windows.

Track 4 — Medical Tourism: The Caribbean's Health Economy Anchor

Barbados US$538M market, healthcare visits doubled 2021–2023, Tourism Development Act extension. Cayman luxury tier model. Jamaica's undermarketed assets. The coordinated Caribbean Medical Tourism strategy — quality standards, patient journey, insurance coverage, digital pre-consultation.

Track 5 — The Wellness Economy: From $607 to $6,000 Per Capita

The gap between Caribbean per-capita wellness spend (US$607) and North American premium tier (US$6,029) is the investment opportunity. Marriott's 38% guest satisfaction driver. Traditional medicine and indigenous healing plants as differentiated assets. The Caribbean Wellness Economy Investment Framework.

Break & Deal Room — Final Rotation

Medical tourism investment commitments. Cannabis MOUs. HealthTech investor-founder introductions. Wellness resort development term sheets.

Track 7 — Caribbean HealthTech Showcase: Investment Pitch Session

6 Caribbean HealthTech founders pitch to IDB digital health, CDB, regional health insurance, and private health investors. 6 minutes pitch + 4 minutes Q&A. Categories: telemedicine, mental health app, EHR, AI diagnostics, health insurance tech, cannabis tech. Winner: named development financing access. Livestreamed.

Ministerial Roundtable Lunch (By Invitation)

Summit Director & CARPHA Executive Director

Private working lunch. Health ministers, PAHO Caribbean representative, DFI health division heads, selected private sector leaders. Agenda: three specific commitments each government will include in the CHWIS '27 Declaration.

Track 9 — Climate, Environment & Health: Connecting the Finance

Climate-health track. Hurricane Beryl's nutritional consequences. Vector-borne disease expansion. Disaster trauma. GCF, IDB and CDB climate finance windows applied to health system resilience. Output: Caribbean Climate-Health Investment Framework.

Track 10 — Sports, Fitness & the Prevention Economy

Parallel breakout. Physical inactivity as primary NCD driver. Sports tourism — academies, training camps, cycling, swimming — as health and tourism investment. Corporate wellness programmes in BPO. WHO: every US$1 in NCD prevention saves US$5–7 in treatment.

Caribbean Health System of 2035 — What CHWIS '27 Success Looks Like

Closing vision plenary. NCD mortality declining measurably. Mental health care accessible and destigmatised. Nursing workforce stable. Globally recognised medical tourism. A Caribbean Wellness Economy generating US$5B annually. Cannabis as a US$500M+ export. Climate-resilient health systems.

Ministerial Commitment Session

Closing plenary. Health ministers present CHWIS '27 Declaration commitments. DFIs announce health and wellness investment pipeline activations. Private sector partners present tourism and wellness commitments. Summit Director reads the full CHWIS '27 Declaration.

CHWIS '27 Declaration Signing

Formal signing by government representatives, PAHO, CARPHA, DFI partners, private sector health and wellness leaders. Six working groups activated with named chairs and 90-day deliverables.

Closing Wellness Reception & CHWIS '27 Next Edition Announcement

Caribbean natural wellness products, herbal teas, healthy Caribbean cuisine. Next host nation announced. Declaration, deal room summary, HealthTech investor contacts, and working group documents distributed digitally within 24 hours.