AFRICA FORUM ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

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1 PRELIMINARY DRAFT AGENDA The African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union (AU), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and UNESCO in collaboration with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) AFRICA FORUM ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH NAIROBI, KENYA APRIL 1 3, 2012 VENUE: United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), Gigiri Day 1: STI Forum April1st Higher Education & Research and Development (HERD) 9: Welcome remarks UNESCO, AfDB [names tbd] 9:30 10:00 Setting the stage Sara Farley, Chief Operating Officer, Global Knowledge Initiative Description: Scope of the forum, how can STI contribute to inclusive growth, create wealth and reduce poverty in Africa? How can science help to reach the poor and enhance the quality of life through food security, clean water, affordable health care, energy, awareness in mitigation and adaptation strategies to address climate change, connectivity/e science? Day 2: STI Forum April 2 nd Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development 9:00 10:30 SESSION III: STI IN ACTION Problem 4: How can a strengthened STI system promote clean drinking water, renewable energy, effective health care, jobs particularly for the youth, and human capital development and inclusive growth development? Chair for Water and ICT sessions TBD All speakers need to be identified for this session [[The chair will give introductory remarks, set the tone and manage the discussion]] - Water and Sanitation - ICT m/e/health Chair: Dr Feng Zhao, AfDB Health Manager and former World Bank head Day 3: Ministerial Conference April 3 rd 9:30 10:30 Opening Statements Africa, World Bank (tbc) - President of Kenyan (tbc) - Donald Kaberuka, President, AFDB - Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO - Africa Union, Chairman [name tbd] - African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology [name tbd] - Representative of ADEA [name tbd] Keynote Speech [name tbd] 1

2 of m health - Health Ken Simiyu, Peter Singer - Agriculture and Food Security Chair: Prof. Mary Abukutsa, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (to be invited) - Renewable energy and climate change, Chair: Gretchen Kalonji, UNESCO (tbc) 10:00 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 11:00 Coffee break 10:30 11:30 Coffee break /Press Conference/Photo Op /Science Laureates Ceremony / Film Projection (TBC) 10:30 12:30 SESSION I: STEM EDUCATION & LABOR MARKETS IN AFRICA Problem 1: Demand for STEM education is growing exponentially, but faculty rosters are not keeping pace and, in many cases, are actually declining. What can Africa do to meet the demand for quality STEM education in HEIs? What promising models can the AfDB support? - Mohammad Hassan, SIG Board Member, Immediate Past President of the African Academy of Sciences, former Director of TWAS - Dr. David W. Strangway, President and CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation - Dr. Romain Murenzi, Executive Director, TWAS and Former Minister of 11:00 12:30 SESSION IV: FROM S&T TO INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Problem 5: How do we build skills to find, adapt and adopt existing global, innovation and knowledge? Innovation and entrepreneurship do not have to be limited to the R&D outputs of African scientists. A vast stockpile of existing inventions and innovations generated outside Africa can be applied to solving Africa s problems. A critical challenge, however, is developing the skills and know how to find, adapt, and adopt this existing knowledge. How can this be done? What models exist in Asia and Latin America? - WIPO - Dr. Alistair Brett, Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship Centers, 11:30 12:30 Structure for the day s sessions: All speakers need to be identified for this session Report of the of the experts meeting Where are we? Where do we want to be? What can get us there? (fodder for this is the statement/call to action produced over the course of Days 1 & 2) 2

3 Science in Rwanda improvement across Africa in building a strong cadre of professors? improvement across Africa in [insert session concept]? 12:30 2:00 Lunch 12:30 2:00 Lunch 12:30 2:00 Lunch 2:00 3:30 Problem 2: How can we ensure that STEM graduates have the skills required by prospective private (and public) sector employees? How have Asia and Latin American countries tackled these issues? 2:00 3:00 Present, Discuss, & Refine Draft Call for Action that has been produced by Rapporteurs from each of the 5 SESSIONS - Christopher Tan, Regional Deputy Director for Science & Innovation, South East Asia Malaysia skills development centers - Michel Bezy, Associate Director, Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda Link between building a HEI and Labor Markets - Dan Marcek, Organization of American States (OAS) Engineering for the America s improvement across Africa in linking STEM education with labor markets in Africa? - Laurence Gielen, Presentation on Multidonor HEST Trust Fund administered by the AfDB (tbc) - Presentation from one of the Rapporteurs What will it take to finance innovative programs in S&T for Africa? 3:30 4:00 Coffee break 3:00 3:30 Coffee break 3:30 4:00 Coffee break 3:30 5:00 Problem 6: How can Africa cultivate a 2:00 3:30 Ministerial Round Table on Financing Mechanisms and Sectoral Investments for the development of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for STI in Africa Participating Ministers of Finance and Planning Africa, World Bank 3

4 4:00 5:30 SESSION II: Strengthening Scientific Research: A New Deal for African Science Problem 3: Many African research centers are trapped in a vicious circle in which low funding levels lead to low quality research with low social and economic relevance. How can a new deal for African R&D, supported and financed by the African Development Bank, provide increased funding for African science in exchange for enhanced quality and relevance? How can inter disciplinary Pan African and international partnerships support this process without diluting the focus on Africa s problems as defined by Africans? - Alfred J Watkins, Executive Chairman Global Innovation Summit. Proposal on a National Science Foundation for Africa national and regional centers of excellence - Saul Hahn, Microsoft model for Latin America a possible model for Africa - SATREPS a model of Japanese African collaboration (speaker confirmed) dynamic innovation eco system? S&T does not generate economic or social benefits unless the results of that R&D are converted into new goods and services. This entails moving from R&D and S&T to innovation and entrepreneurship. How can Africa cultivate a dynamic national, regional, and continental innovation eco system? What lessons can be learned from Silicon Valley and other innovation hot spots and how can they be applied to support and finance fledgling entrepreneurs? Chair: Al Watkins - Greg Horowitt, Global Connect University of California San Diego - Habib Haddad, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and CEO of Wamda, Founder of Yamli.com and YallaStartup.org (tbc) - Jessica Colaco, ihub Kenya (tbc) - John Kohler Director, Social Capital, CSTS & Co founder, Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University, Toniic What will it take for us to make improvements across Africa in cultivating a climate of entrepreneurship? 4:00 5:30 Panel of Ministers on the integration of STI policies in national/(sub)regional development agenda (1 per REC) Africa, World Bank Crispus Kiamba, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of HEST, and representative of the Coordination and Advancement of Sub Saharan Africa EU Science & Technology Cooperation (CAASTNET), Kenya Dr. Issa Bashari, Minister of Science and Technology, Sudan (presentation on Solar Energy) Central Africa: Rwanda SADC: South Africa North Africa: Morocco 4

5 improvement across Africa in R&D? 7:00 Dinner Seminar Universities for All: A New Model of Education for Africa Chair: tbc - Khan Academy - Bakary Diallo, African Virtual University (tbc) - MIT open courseware(tbc) - Sebastian Thrun, Co Founder, Professor or David Stavens, Cofounder, CEO, Udacity (by video) (tbc) 5:00 6:00 President Kaberuka s Special Panel with Private sector leaders Africa, World Bank speakers TBD 7:00 9:00 Official Dinner hosted by Government of Kenya Location: UN conference center 5:30 6:00 Closing Ceremony & Innovation Expo Results and Award presentation Declaration: Nairobi resolution on STI for economic growth, inclusion and job creation. Press Conference / Photo op 5

6 Parallel sessions Parallel session 1: Water and Sanitation Michel Camdessus (tbc) Foundation 2ie Ecole Polytechnique d Alger UNESCO Safe water network Parallel session 4: Agriculture and Food Security Prof. Mary Abukutsa, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (AU award winning scientist) International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (Kenya) International institute of tropical agriculture (CGIAR center based in Nigeria) Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (France) FAO Africa International Research Institute on Semi Arid and Tropical Regions Parallel session 2: ICT and E science M health, e health and Telemedicine Feng/Laurence to organize session AfDB ICT strategy Tim Kelly, ICT expert, ICT4D, World Bank UNESCO ICT division Mauritius ICT campus Ubuntunet African Technology Development and Transfer Planning (ECA) ITU Parallel session 5:Renewable Energy/Climate change STI and green society (with position papers RECS and expert contributions) Sub regional cooperation Man in the Biosphere Programme (MAB) Gretchen Kalonji, UNESCO UNEP GEF START AfDB, UNECA Parallel session 3: Health. peter singer and ken simiyu on stagnant health technologies Bio Medical engineering IAMP Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 6

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