The Caribbean-U.S. First Trade and Investment Forum will formally open tonight at 7 pm with a welcoming ceremony at the Museo de las Casas Reales in the Colonial Zone. The event really kicks off, however, at 9 am tomorrow at the Jaragua Hotel in Santo Domingo, where it will continue until closing at 5:30 pm on Thursday, March 18th. The inaugural session tomorrow morning will feature welcomes from President Fern?ndez, Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Rossell?, and Dr. Jules Wijdenbosch, President of Suriname and current President of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and Eddy Mart?nez, Executive Director of OPI and the General Coordinator of the Forums Organizing Committee.