Two days.
One Communiqué.

Registration, VIP Lounge & Deal Room Open

VIP Lounge activated for invitation-only delegates. Deal Room opens with pre-loaded developer and investor pipeline. Morning briefings at satellite tables — ECCIRA Compliance Update, EU Regulatory Landscape, New Source Market Intelligence, Real Estate Pipeline Preview.

The Industry at the Crossroads

Chair · Summit Director

$30B+ market and accelerating. 165,000 HNWIs forecast for 2026. The UK Wexit — the largest new demand signal in European history. Simultaneously: EU visa suspension mechanism approved, US Rubio memorandum, Norway's undisclosed denials. CIS 2027 is where the Caribbean decides how it responds.

Track 1 — ECCIRA: The Caribbean Speaks With One Voice

Chair · ECCIRA Chair

Formal public institutional debut. The September 2025 agreement. Structure, mandate, current operational status. Uniform standards across 5 nations. Biometric screening. Centralized database. The diplomatic strategy for EU and US audiences. The most important single session in CIS history.

Break & VIP Lounge — First Session

Track 2 — The EU Threat — Defending Schengen

REGULATORY ANCHOR. The EU LIBE Committee vote of October 2025. The diplomatic timeline to EU Council approval. ECCIRA's arguments. Bilateral commitments that could neutralise the threat. Grenada's E-2 exclusion as a potential model. Output: Caribbean EU Engagement Strategy — presented to OECS for adoption.

Track 3 — The US Rubio Memorandum — What Comes Next?

US POLICY TRACK. The June 2025 leaked memorandum. Four nations at risk. Grenada's strategic exclusion. What the US actually wants — security data sharing, mandatory interview biometrics, due diligence audit rights. A bilateral US-Caribbean CBI framework. Closed to press — published summary only.

Hosted Lunch · Delegate Roundtables

Seated lunch at themed tables: ECCIRA Implementation · EU Diplomatic Strategy · US Bilateral Framework · Real Estate Pipeline · New Source Markets · Tax & Wealth Structuring · CBI Tech & Due Diligence · Sovereign Fiscal Architecture · Developer Experience · Investment Impact Measurement. Each table produces a 3-point position brief.

Track 4 — Program Economics: The Fiscal Cliff & Sovereign Stability

FISCAL ARCHITECTURE. SKN: 22% → 8% of GDP. Dominica: 37% GDP dependency, IMF warning. Antigua: 60% of non-grant revenue. Sovereign wealth funds for CBI receipts. Budget ring-fencing. The IMF's published guidance. Output: OECS CBI Revenue Management Framework.

Track 6 — Licensed Agents: The New Compliance Framework (NO PRESS)

COMMERCIAL TRACK · CLOSED SESSION. ECCIRA's new licensing, background-check and compliance requirements. Commission structure changes. Processing timeline expectations. Marketing permission boundaries. New source market due diligence. Facilitated by IMC with the ECCIRA compliance director and all five CIU unit heads. Chatham House rules.

Track 9 — Digital Transformation: Due Diligence, Processing & CBI Tech

PARALLEL BREAKOUT. ECCIRA's biometric mandate and centralized database architecture. AI-powered due diligence: Vcheck, GCSL, S-RM. The SKN 5-month vs. St. Lucia 18-month gap as a technology story. Blockchain document verification. The future of CBI processing.

Day 1 Synthesis — The Caribbean's Regulatory Response

Chair · ECCIRA Chair & Summit Director

What commitments have been made today? The EU Engagement Strategy. The US Bilateral Framework draft. The Revenue Management Framework. The Agent Compliance Implementation Timeline. Published publicly. Ministers invited to affirm or amend.

CIS Black Tie Gala — Caribbean Sovereignty Night

Eight CIS Awards across the full CBI value chain. Keynote from a Caribbean head of government. Development impact showcase — Dominica's airport, SKN's fiscal record, Grenada's E-2 positioning. Press-credentialed and livestreamed.