Great Connections Gathering 2025
Great Connections Gathering 2025
A Scientific and Social Gathering on Vision, Values and Impact
15 April 2025
22 April 2025
10 March 2025
Health, Environmental Advocacy, Health & Wellness, Convergence
Welcome from the Chairs
A scientific and social gathering organized by Drs. Anthony and Annette Guiseppi-Elie to celebrate with the people who most influenced their lives and legacy.
Contributing
Authors
Essential
Presentations
Event
Attendees
Invitation to Participants
Ours is an invitation only conference.
Event Organizers
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
The American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Engineering and Innovation (AIIMSEI.org) is an academic think tank and consultancy that seeks convergence as an outcome in academic program development.
You may learn more about Tony at the following links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/guiseppi/
https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/5284
guiseppi@aiimsei.org
Annette Guiseppi-Elie
Member, Board of Directors, Rocky River Conservancy, Anderson, South Carolina, USA,
Member, Board of Visitors, Anderson University, Anderson, South Carolina, USA
You may learn more about Annette by visiting the following links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annette-guiseppi-elie-80053521a/
annette.guiseppi@gmail.com
Event Chairs
President and Sr. Fellow, AIIMSEI.org,
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Bioengineering MDPI,
TEES Collaborator, Texas A&M University
Prof. Dr. Anthony (Tony) Guiseppi-Elie is an international medical sciences, engineering, and innovation consultant at the American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Engineering and Innovation, an academic consultancy and think tank focused on convergence in education. He has 15 years of experience in industrial research and product development, at large and startup companies, and 18 years of experience as a tenured, titled, and endowed full professor, department head, associate dean, dean, and vice president at universities that include Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Clemson University (Clemson), Texas A&M University (TAMU), and Anderson University (AU). His appointments have been in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. At TAMU he held the TEES Research Professorship in Engineering and served as the founding associate dean of engineering innovation in the college of engineering where he co-founded the convergent School of Engineering-Medicine. At AU founded a unique, industry-supported, convergent liberal-arts engineering curriculum. A US citizen who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, he holds the Sc.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, the M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester (UMIST), and the B.Sc. (First Class Honors) in Applied, Analytical, and Biochemistry from the University of the West Indies (UWI). He has published over 225 peer-reviewed journal articles, holds 8 patents, and is a fellow of IEEE, AIMBE, BMES, The RSC and The RSM. His research interests are in physiological status monitoring during hemorrhagic trauma and allotransplantation, polymeric nanobiomaterials in drug delivery and tissue regeneration, and fully integrated microanalytical systems in the service of human health and medicine. (GS09.2024|h-index=52|>10,000 citations).
Environmental Civil Engineering
Registration
Invited participants are directed to register and make payment.
Register fully for the GCG2025 and make payment via credit card at the secure link [SQUARE] provided following registration.
Registration due by March 10, 2025
Payments due by April 10, 2025.
Registration is per person, double occupancy. Payment includes four nights stay in an assigned villa. Each villa has three full en suite bedrooms. Hence, each villa may be occupied by three couples, each person registering separately.
Payment also includes a daily Trin'ago-style and/or continental breakfast.
Payment also includes Sunday's Rum-punch Welcome Reception and Conference Dinner as well as Wednesday's Farewell Cocktail Hour and Departure Dinner.
Payment also includes all scheduled activities.
Monday and Tuesday dinners are offered as subscription meals (paid individually) comprising a three-course prix fixe meal and non-alcoholic beverage at the listed price.
Registration due by March 10, 2025
Payments due by April 10, 2025.
| Start date - End date | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Registration | 20 January 2025-8 March 2025 | 950.00 USD |
Cancellation policy
- Full refund allowed for cancellations made by email to guiseppi@aiimsei.org before 5:00 PM EST on March 5th, 2025.
- Partial or pro-rated refunds are not possible.
- Reservation transfer and/or participant substitutions are possible. Please consult the organizers.
Instructions for Authors
Invited participants are encouraged to share their accomplishments and perspectives. "All could, some should, none must".
Presentations are 15 min with 5 min Q@A.
Venue, Travel and Accommodation
Location: The Villas at Stonehaven, Blackrock, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, WI | https://www.stonehavenvillas.com/
The Villas at Stonehaven is a fourteen-villa retreat on the island of Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. Each villa, numbered 1 through 15, (no # 13) is designed and furnished along the traditional English colonial style, featuring a wide living-veranda for dining and lounging that subtends a family-size infinity pool with expansive pool-deck. Sleeping quarters, three per villa, are air-conditioned, with screened louvers, darkening shutters, private balconies and full en suite bathrooms. Beds may be equipped with mosquito nets upon request. You may also find this link helpful as it allows for a day/night tour of the typical villa interior.
Stonehaven Villas Property Tour
Participants wishing to extend their stay, either before or after the dates of the conference, should contact reservations to be assured of the same rates. Ms. Nicole Richardson, Operations Manager| Reservations reservations@stonehavenvillas.com | T. 868 639 0361
TRAVEL / TRANSPORTATION
Travel to ANR Robinson (Scarborough ) International Airport [TAB], Scarborough, Tobago via Piarco International Airport [POS], Post-of-Spain, Trinidad:
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From the USA: United Airlines, American Airlines and Caribbean Airlines/AA. Ports of departure include New York [JFK], Miami [MIA] and Houston [IAH]. https://www.directflights.com/to/POS
From Europe: British Airways from London Gatwick [LGW] and KLM from Amsterdam [AMS]. Direct flights to [TAB] originate in [FRA] and [AMS] via [JFK] to [TAB]
- Please make your own air-travel arrangements to Tobago [TAB].
- Generally, travelers fly into Trinidad [POS] (Port-of-Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and of Trinidad and Tobago) before taking a local flight to [TAB] (ANR Robinson International Airport, Scarborough, the capital city of Tobago). Here is a typical example using United Airlines with one stop in Houston.
- You may be able to book directly to TAB but travel still requires a stopover in POS.
- Depending upon your arrival time, you may have to stay over in Trinidad (near the airport) before traveling on to Tobago [TAB]. Hotel recommendations close to [POS] are available upon request.
United Airlines arrives at 11:23 PM at which time there are no local flights to Tobago. Hence, there is need to stay-over at a local hotel near the airport. Here are some local hotels to allow a one-night booking.
- Airport Suites Hotel, #7 Factory Road, Golden Grove. Piarco, Trinidad. W.I.| 1(868)669.0362; reservations@airportsuiteshoteltt.com | https://airportsuitestt.com/
- Regent Star Hotel, 118-119 BWIA Boulevard, Piarco, Trinidad W.I., Trinidad & Tobago | +1(868)669-7827 info@regentstarhotel.com | https://www.regentstarhotel.com/home
- Holiday Inn Express, No. 1 Exposition Drive Trincity, 340355 Trinidad & Tobago | 1 888 HOLIDAY (1 888 465 4329) Front desk: +1(868)669-6209 | reservations@hiextt.com | https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/trincity/poshi/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-EX-_-TT-_-POSHI | https://www.booking.com/Share-BR6W5C
- Runway Hotel, 170-172 Golden Grove Road, Piarco, Trinidad And Tobago | +1(868)-237-9239 | https://runway.hoteltrinidadandtobago.com/en/
- Regent Star Hotel, 118-119 BWIA Boulevard, Piarco, Trinidad W.I., Trinidad & Tobago | +1(868)669-7827 https://www.regentstarhotel.com/home
- Local Air-travel to [TAB] proceeds via Caribbean Airlines from [POS] to [TAB] every half hour; however, reservations should be made in advance with Caribbean Airlines. From this link https://www.caribbean-airlines.com/#/ select from [POS] to [TAB] return. The first flight (25 min) is at 5:45 AM and the last flight is at 8:40 PM.
- Assistance in coordinating air-travel arrangements to Tobago for group arrival on Sunday, May 11th, 2025 is available upon request.
- Local ground-travel between [TAB] and the Villas at Stonehaven
- Use designated local taxi service (20 min drive)
- Call and coordinate with the organizers for van pickup.
On-site Travel while at Stonehaven Villas:
On-site travel between/among the villas and between the villas and the Pavilion (Gathering Place) will be provided by 2-reserved, 7-seater vehicles. These vehicles will be held on-site and will be used to drive us among the villas, for local shopping and between the villas and the beaches.
Depending upon your country of origin, a visa may be required in addition to a valid, government-issued passport. Visitors to Trinidad and Tobago must obtain a visa unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries. However, citizens of most countries do not require a visa to visit Trinidad and Tobago, except for citizens from countries like China, Russia, India, and most African nations which typically need a visa to enter the country; always check the latest requirements with the Trinidad and Tobago embassy before traveling.
