Guyanese businesses make ‘solid’ connections at Houston offshore conference

By Tamica Garnett

WITH a number of connections being formed, and businesses receiving capacity building, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Kester Hutson, has described Guyana’s attendance at the 2023 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas as a “mind-blowing” experience.

Hutson highlighted the successes gained from the prestigious forum during a press conference at the entity’s Waterloo Street headquarters on Friday, where he was joined by representatives from some of the businesses that attended including Nations University, GTT, and Payroll Solutions Inc.

Measuring the success of the venture based on what was achieved by the participating Guyanese companies, Hutson said the attendance has gotten nothing but positive feedback.

“The feedback we got from our delegation was one that the attendance was welcoming, overwhelming, minding-blowing and it gave a new perspective on what we should do as local companies to build in our capacity and to cater for the advancement of our companies,” Hutson shared.

This year was the fourth time Guyana has attended the event which was held from May 1 to 4, 2023, at the NRG Centre in Houston. This year the event was held under the theme, “Delivering the

Future of Offshore Energy.”

Held annually, OTC brings together offshore energy game-changers’ technical and scientific knowledge as they share best practices, technological innovations, energy transitions, and emerging trends. The conference has a strong reputation for a world-class technical programme.

“The level of exposure that we got, that I got, I really cannot quantify it,” commented Marlon George, a representative of Guyana

Payroll Solutions Inc.

This was his company’s first year at the event.

“Being there has allowed us to observe our own local company and how they do things. It may seem simplistic so when you get out there it’s another level and we really did observe how they do things and learned a lot. We did make some solid connections in a way that we can now leverage back home. The plan is to definitely return next year with a strategic approach with how we will execute networking,” George said.

Chief Operations Officer of Nations Inc., Liam

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