The Steering Committee for the Inugural CAS Meeting was formed in October 1987 and was comprised of the following members:

• Dr. Desmond A. Ali, Caribbean Industrial Research Institute
• Dr. Roman Antozewski, The UWI, St Augustine
• Dr. Edgar Julian Duncan, The UWI, St Augustine
• Dr. Dennis Irvine, Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Guyana
• Prof. George Norris Melville, The UWI, St Augustine
• Dr. Harold Ramkissoon, The UWI, St Augustine
• Prof. Ramsey McDonald Saunders, The UWI, St Augustine
• Dr. Compton Seaforth, The UWI, St Augustine
• Dr. Winston H.E. Suite, The UWI, St Augustine
• Dr. Winthrop W. Wiltshire, UNESCO Advisor for the Caribbean

A brief outline of their Interests and Qualifications were given in the Proceedings.