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2nd GlobalTech Workshop on Sub-Saharan Africa: Cooperation & Capacity Building
May 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The second GlobalTech Workshop on Sub-Saharan Africa was held at the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC), Dej. Baltcha Aba Nefso Street, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23rd – 24th May 2011.
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Programme - Monday, 23rd May 2011 |
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| 9:00am |
Welcome Address
Prof Su Guaning, President, Nanyang Technological University & Chairman, GlobalTech Prof Ralph Eichler, President, ETH Zurich
Dirk Hebel, Scientific Director, EiABC
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| 9:15am |
Keynote Address
“Capacity Building And Research Collaboration In Sub-Saharan Africa”
Nthoana Tau-Mzamane, Walter Sisulu University, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
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| 9:45am |
Input Lecture
“Rural Urbanism And Academic Research – Learning From A Real-Life Experiment In Ethiopia” Franz Oswald, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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| 10:15am |
Coffee Break
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| 10:45am |
Introduction to Participants and Workshop Programme
Margrit Leuthold, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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| 11:00am |
Case Study 1
“Academic collaboration between ETH Zurich abd EiABC”
Dirk Hebel (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) and Elias Yitbarek (EiABC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) |
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| 11:30am |
Case Study 2
“Curriculum development and educational aids”
Devang Khakhar (IIT Bombay, India) and Desta Berhe Sbhatu (Mekelle Institute of Technology, Mekelle, Ethiopia)
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| 12:00pm |
Lunch break (visit to student exhibition) |
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| 1:30pm |
“Principles for research in partnership with developing countries and transdisciplinary approaches from research to policy”
Jakob Zinsstag (Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland) and Bassirou Bonfoh (CSRS, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)
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| 2:00pm |
Case Study 3
“Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia”
Brian D. Robertson (Imperial College, London, UK) and Abraham Aseffa (Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
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| 2:30pm |
Case Study 4
“Managing the Nile at a time of social and environmental change”
Aris Georgakakos (Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA) and Mamdouh M. Hassan (Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
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| 3:00pm |
Coffee break |
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| 3:30pm |
Case Study 5
“Long-term partnership between the Swiss Centre for Scientific Research (CSRS) and ETH: towards food security in Côte d'Ivoire”
Emmanuel Frossard (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) and Bassirou Bonfoh (CSRS, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)
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| 4:00pm |
Parallel Break-Out Sessions
“From Nest-Town to SUDU”
Philippe Block (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) and Fasil Giorghis (EiABC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
“Education and outreach programmes”
Devang Khakhar (IIT Bombay, India)
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| 5:15pm |
Break |
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| 6:00pm |
Dinner and cultural event in Yod Abyssinia (Bole Branch) |
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End of Day 1 |
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Programme - Tuesday, 24th May 2011 |
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| 9:00am |
Wrap-up of Day 1
Gerhard Schmitt, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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| 9:10am |
Case Study 6:
“Information and communication technologies and African development”
Michael Best (Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA)
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| 9:40am |
Case Study 7:
“Schistosomiasis control in Sub-Saharan Africa – from implementation to research”
Mike French (Imperial College, London, UK) and Miguelhete Lisboa (Catholic University of Beira, Beira, Mozambique)
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| 10:10am |
Presentations of NTU, Singapore
“Burden of malaria - a continuing problem for global health”
Peter Preiser, NTU, Singapore
“Rule of law norms: The African Union and ASEAN charters in comparative perspective”
Joel Ng, NTU, Singapore
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| 10:40am |
Instructions for group work
Margrit Leuthold
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| 10:45am |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00am |
Group work
(5 groups with one facilitator each)
“Lessons learnt” or “best practices” in capacity building, research collaboration and education / outreach programmes with the goal to develop a GlobalTech strategy
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| 12:30pm |
Lunch break |
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| 2:00pm |
Presentation of group work results and discussion
Working group facilitators |
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| 3:15pm |
Coffee break |
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| 3:45pm |
Parallel break-out sessions based on case studies and informal inter-action
Drafting of final synthesis by preparatory team and working group facilitators |
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| 4:45pm |
Break and relocation to Hotel Intercontinental |
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| 6:00pm |
Closing Ceremony
Swiss Embassy reception at Hotel Intercontinental
Welcome address by the Swiss Ambassador, Dominik Langenbacher
Speech by an Ethiopian Official
Presentation of workshop results by ETH Zurich President, Ralph Eichler
Closing remarks by GlobalTech Chairman and NTU President, Su Guaning
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End of Workshop |
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