Africa Update 2013 - Crawford School

Africa Update 2013: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity/Africa Union

Monday 27 May 2013 Finkel Lecture Theatre, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU (Corner of Garran and Ward Roads) *Note that the program may be subject to change and that the final program will be available closer to the date
Time	Topic	Moderator/Panellist
8:30am	Registration
9:00am	Welcome and opening	H.E. Mr Molosiwa Selepeng, Botswana High Commissioner and Dean of the African Heads of Mission
Panel 1: Australia’s relations with Africa Moderator : H.E. Dr Hassan El-Laithy, Ambassador for Egypt
9:10am	Australia’s diplomatic relations	Andrew Barnes Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
	Australia’s development assistance program to Africa	Lisa Rauter, Africa Branch, AusAID
	Australian NGO programs	Marc Purcell, CEO, Australian Council for International Development
	The role of Australian Business Organisations	Roger de Robillard, President, Australia Africa Business Council, NSW Chapter
	Discussion
10:30am	Morning Tea
Panel 2: Trade and Aid in Africa Moderator: Dr Daniel Connell (ANU)
11:00am	Australian Aid	Professor Stephen Howes (ANU)
	Australia and Africa going forward	Ann Harrap, AHC Consulting
	Resource companies and economic development	Dr Brian Fisher, BAEconomics Pty Ltd
	Corporate Social Responsibility in the Egyptian mining sector: the case of Centamin	Adjunct Prof Bob Bowker (ANU) and Director, Centamin
	Trade and aid (continued)/Australian Organisations working with Africa Moderator: Professor Helen Ware (UNE)
12:10pm	Austrade	Dr Matthew Durban, Austrade
	A humanitarian view of aid	Helen Horn Director, Humanitarian Partnership Agreement
	Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN)	Dr Nesrin Varol AAUN /Sydney University
	African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP)	Dr Alec Thornton, Vice-President, African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific
	Discussion
1:00pm	Lunch
1:40pm	Corporate social responsibility	A discussion conducted by The Australian National University African Student’s Association
Panel 3: Millennium Development Goals and post-2015 Development Agenda Moderator: Clare Walsh, International Programs and Partnerships, AusAID
2:00pm	Food Security	Mellissa Wood, Director, Australian International Food Security Centre
	Water, food and climate change	Dr Jamie Pittock (ANU)
	Millennium Development Goals and what next	Dr Joel Negin, Sydney University
	Discussion
3:15pm	Afternoon Tea
Panel 4: Australian Entrepreneurship in Africa Moderator: Prof Sue Stocklmayer, ANU
3:45pm	Applying windpower	Dr Nathan Steggel, GM Operations Winlab
	Trends in renewable energy : applications and development in Africa	Dr Geoffrey Munyeme, Dyesol Australia
	Vaccines, poultry and the poor	Assoc. Prof Robyn Alders, Sydney University Director of KYEEMA Foundation
	Discussion
Reflections and Prospects Mrs Yvonne Wamalwa , Acting High Commissioner for Kenya
4:45pm	Rapporteur	H.E. Mr Ayo Ayoola Olukanni (High Commissioner for Nigeria)
4:45pm	Discussion
5:30pm	Close
Side Session: Roundtable on small foundations and social enterprises in Africa Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre, ANU (NCEPH Corner of Eggleston and Mills Roads)
2:00pm	Small foundations and social enterprises in Africa	Moderator: Associate Professor Robyn Alders, Sydney University, Director of KYEEMA Foundation
2:00pm	Rapporteur	Dr Penny Farrell Sydney University