Large corporates, governments and startups in the region are poised
to benefit from the purpose-built curriculums of Tech Beach’s 2021 TBR Lab.

A new venture from Tech Beach, TBR Lab has been designed to drive innovation in organisations- through learning, development and direct connections to local and global companies with the resources necessary to foster the digital shift in the
Caribbean.

TBR Lab evolved from the entity’s annual series of events in the Caribbean and North America called Tech Beach Retreat (TBR). The programme
will provide some US$500,000 in value to be allocated to each participating tech startup based in Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago and direct access to insights from the best minds in the world as well as collaboration opportunities for corporates and governments.

Tech entrepreneurs Kyle Maloney and Kirk-Anthony Hamilton, co-founders of Tech Beach Inc, have embarked on this and other massive plans for Tech Beach, a technological ecosystem which connects people and organisations to position partnerships with approximately 60 globally recognised companies.

Their aim is to mobilise a tech movement of sorts to challenge the status quo and empower businesses in Jamaica and the region for the new
digital economy – with a focus on learning, development and deep access resources.

“The TBR network has become even more relevant during this time. Based on the challenges and opportunities presented by COVID-19, large organisations are looking more to tech companies and innovative start-ups to assist in helping them shape the new digital economy and also as a means of diversifying their existing operations,” Hamilton said.

Tech Beach and its founding partners, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Toronto-based DMZ, and an almost 50-member strong TBR Lab Advisory Board, remain the driving force behind the network’s varied projects.

Plans for TBR Lab will be revealed during a virtual launch on November 12 at 1:30 pm.

Speakers at the 2021 TBR Lab include:

• Irene Arias Hoffman, IDB Lab CEO
• Therese Turner-Jones, IDB Caribbean Country General Manager,
• Jeff Hoffman, former CEO of Priceline.com and chairman of Global Entrepreneurship Network
• Abdullah Snobar, DMZ Executive Director