Over the period May 8th – 12th, 2017, CARIRI took a significant step towards enhancing its contribution to the national climate change mitigation agenda via the hosting of a four-day…
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The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and Republic Bank Limited (RBL) under its Power to Make a Difference programme have launched a new and exciting free education programme for the…
On Friday 19th February 2021, the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) hosted the Grand Reveal and Prize Giving Cereomy for its AR/VR Challenge. The winner was revealed as Roam Reality…
On Wednesday 20th February, 2019, The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) signed a General Technical Cooperation Agreement at CARIRI’s Head Office in…
On Friday 16th November 2018, the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) hosted the PitchIT Caribbean’s Alumni Network Launch at the Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre, which represents an important next step…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) has launched a new project which aims to encourage the innovative spirit of the national community. This 3-year project is backed by the Inter-American…
This was the theme of the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute’s (CARIRI’s) mega Conference entitled Innovating with Emerging Technology which was held on Wednesday 18th April at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad.…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI), in collaboration with Kidavo Creations, celebrated World Book Day 2018 on Monday 23rd April 2018 with the launch of “My Tropical ABCs” at its…
During the period June 23rd to July 4th 2014, Ms. Rhea Koylass (Technologist – Food & General Microbiology) and Ms. Amanda Lalla (Technologist – Food Technology), attended a training program in…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute’s (CARIRI’s) Industrial Materials Unit (IMU) – Civil held its first workshop for the year on Wednesday 24th January, 2018 at the Centre for Enterprise Development,…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) recently hosted their first 3 day workshop on “Introduction to Animation” on Saturday 4th/11th/18th November at the Centre for Enterprise Development, Innovation Avenue, Freeport. The…
With the aim of facilitating a greater awareness of programmes which will assist businesses to incorporate innovation into their processes, The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) in partnership with the…
On July 20, 2017 as part of its thrust to expand its service base to meet public and private sector demands the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) assembled a working…
St. Kitts – June 17, 2017: Tech start-ups from five Caribbean territories scored big at the PitchIT Caribbean Challenge mobile app entrepreneurship competition on June 17, each winning US$5,000 in…
At CARIRI our flagship development known as the Centre for Enterprise Development (CED) is aimed at facilitating not only Research, Development and Innovation capacity building but also the fostering of…
On Wednesday 3rd May at its flagship hub for innovation, the Centre for Enterprise Development in Freeport, the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) launched one of its newest services for Innovation…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute’s (CARIRI’s) Air Quality Management Services (AQMS) and Civil Engineering department recently hosted an information session entitled, “Indoor Environmental Quality- Issues faced in the workplace” at…
On Monday 12th December, 2016, The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) launched its newest service, Slip Resistance Assessment, to a full house at the Centre for Enterprise Development, Innovation Avenue, Freeport.…
Port of Spain – December 7, 2016: Dispelling notions of male domination in the field, five mobile app developers – two each from Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago and the…
Kingston – October 1, 2016: Mobile entrepreneurs around the Caribbean can apply for places in the region’s premier pre-accelerator programme as of today. According to an announcement by PitchIT Caribbean,…
Date: Thursday 28th July 2016 Venue: CARIRI’s Centre for Enterprise Development (CED), Innovation Avenue, Freeport The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute’s (CARIRI’s) Idea Advisory Service (IAS) in collaboration with the Danish Technological…
After having a similar session back in April, there was a lot of interest from the Corporations for a specific session on Infrastructure Projects, and CARIRI accepted the challenge to…
On Wednesday 3rd August, 2016, CARIRI and the Engineering Institute of The University of the West Indies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will see greater collaboration between the two…
Congratulation to the graduates of Cycle 6 CARIRI’s Business Hatchery Programme! On July 16th 2016, a diverse group of entrepreneurs and business start-ups completed the CARIRI Business Hatchery Programme. The…
On Thursday 7th July 2016, the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) launched a new initiative, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Help Desk for Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs)…
As part of its ongoing efforts to build capacity in ICT, the Institute, in collaboration with some of its valuable partners like the Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce hosted…
Date: Wednesday 1st June 2016 Venue: CARIRI’s Centre for Enterprise Development (CED), Innovation Avenue, Freeport The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute’s (CARIRI’s) Air Quality Management Services (AQMS) unit in collaboration with the…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute’s (CARIRI’s) Industrial Materials – Civil Unit held their first session for the year on Tuesday 12th April 2016 and was aptly named “Quality in Construction”. …
On Thursday 21st April 2016, CARIRI’s mCentre hosted 15 competitors who were all vying for the chance to be the local representative in a regional app competition to be held in…
Date: Friday 22nd January 2016 Venue: CARIRI’s Centre for Enterprise Development (CED), Innovation Avenue, Freeport The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute’s (CARIRI’s) Caribbean Food Safety Centre (CFSC) launched their enhanced Hazard Analysis Critical Control…
On December 21st, 2015, the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs renewed their commitment to…
In November 2015, The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) hosted an ICT Sustainability Forum at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre. This event…
The Caribbean Climate Innovation Center (CCIC) is one of the three components of World Bank/infoDev’s Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean (EPIC). This is part of a seven-year $20…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institutes (CARIRI’s) Metallurgy department recently hosted a “Root Cause Failure Analysis Seminar” on Wednesday 15th July 2015 at the Cara Suites Hotel and Conference Centre. The…
On Wednesday 29th July 2015 the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) hosted its second Root Cause Failure Analysis Seminar at the Centre For Enterprise Development (CED), Innovation Avenue, Freeport. Due…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) have teamed up to host ‘The Intellectual Property Clinic’. The first of its kind in Trinidad and Tobago,…
Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) Centre for Enterprise Development (CED) held its first Indigenous Innovative Fiery Foods Festival on the 25 April 2015, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. The Competitors included…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and The Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which would encourage and promote co-operation in technology/technology-related and management…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) hosted its first-ever App Club event “From Mind to Market” in August 2014 at The Centre for Enterprise Development (CED) compound located at Innovation…
With the expert technical support of the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI), Arawak and Company Limited recently enhanced its status as a supplier to international quick service restaurant McDonald’s in…
On 1st December, 2017 The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago formalized a partnership agreement which cements the relationship between the two organizations. In 2014, CARIRI and…
The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago have partnered together to form the Microsoft Innovation Center, the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. On…
On March 17, twenty-six beneficiaries of the i2i (Idea to Innovation) Programme exhibited their projects at CARIRI’s Centre for Enterprise Development (CED) in Freeport. This Programme is an initiative of…
“Increasing Competitiveness Through Innovation and Public-Private Partnerships” was the title of a two-day Networking Forum, which took place in Port of Spain on March 19 and 20, 2014. CARIRI organised…
The Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Developmentthrough its established Council for Competitiveness and Innovation (CCI) developed the “Idea 2 Innovation” (i2i) programme which gives an opportunity to innovators and inventors…
CARIRI and Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago are partnering to hold a series of events titled the “TekMania Code Rush Hackathon”. The event which starts on November 16th and will run…
On November 30, 2017 CARIRI hosted a workshop, the Theme of which was “Practical Applications of Solar & Wind Energy in the Energy Efficiency Matrix”. This workshop was a follow…
