Plenary 1: The Millennium Development Goals: Progress and Priorities

Speakers:

• Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi (United Nations Development Programme)

• Archbishop Ndungane (Chair of Council, University of Cape Town, South Africa)

• Professor David Hulme (Institute for Development Policy & Management (University of Manchester, UK) - Universities and 'the end of poverty': What can we learn from the MDG experience and what do we do in the future?

The Reduction of Poverty:

Venue: Leslie SocSci LT2B

Chair: Professor B. H. Bhebe - Vice-Chancellor, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe

Presenters:

• Knowledge Systems for Pro-Poor Development - Professor Martin Hall (University of Salford, UK)

• Pro-Poor Tourism Research Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange for East Africa - Associate Professor Jockey Baker Nyakaana (Makerere University, Uganda)

The Elimination of Hunger:

Venue: Leslie SocSci LT3A

Chair: Professor James McWha - Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide, Australia

Presenters:

• Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger in Africa: the role of Faculties of Agriculture in African Universities - Dr. Guy Poulter (Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK)

• The Elimination of Hunger: The University of Agriculture Experience - Professor D. Verisha Uza (University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria)

• A new paradigm to activate African agriculture - Professor Johan van Rooyen (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

Gender Equality:

Venue: Leslie SocSci LT2C

Chair: Professor Saeeda Khan - Vice-Chancellor, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan

Presenters:

• Gender, power and HIV/AIDS: Reflecting on the role of higher education in promoting gender equality and women's empowerment  in and through hetrosexual relationships and reproductive health - Professor Tamara Shefer (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

• Empowerment of Women and Gender Equality: Lessons from South African Higher Education - Professor Cheryl de la Rey (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

• Institutions of higher learning and the achievement of Gender Equality: A case study of Makerere University - Professor Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza (Makerere University, Uganda)

Health:

Venue: Leslie SocSci LT2B

Chair: Professor Pamela Gillies - Principal, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

Presenters:

• Water Quality and Water Scarcity: Drinking Water in South Africa under a microscope. What can Universities contribute? - Professor Bhekie Mamba (Department of Chemical Technology, University of Johannesburg)

• NUST initiatives for clean water in Pakistan - Engr Muhammad Ismail (National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan)

• Topic TBC - Professor Marian Jacobs (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Sustainability:

Venue: Leslie SocSci LT2C

Chair: Professor Goolam Mohamedbhai - Secretary General, Association of African Universities

Presenters:

• The Centre for Sustainable International Development, University of Aberdeen - Dr Hilary Homans (University of Aberdeen, UK)

• Developing a sustainability agenda in Higher Education institutions in developing countries with special reference to Malaysian experiences - Professor Dzulkifli Abdul Razak (Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Education:

Venue: Leslie SocSci LT3A

Chair: TBC

Presenters:

• Challenges of success and failure in the campaign for Universal Primary Education: The secondary surge and the teacher shortage -  Sir John Daniel (Commonwealth of Learning)

• The open educational resources movement: possibilities for innovative initiatives for teacher professional development - Namhla Sotuku (University of Fort Hare, South Africa)

• Teacher education and classroom contexts: towards building quality in primary education - Professor Maureen Robinson (Cape Peninsula University of Technology)

• Interrogating the role of higher education in the delivery of the MDGs - Piyushi Kotecha (Southern African Regional Universities Association)

Plenary 2 - Institutional Commitments

Speakers:

• Professor Russel Botman (Stellenbosch University) Science for Society: Building Hope in Africa

• Professor Andrew S. Downes (University of the West Indies) The MDGs and the role of universities in the Caribbean

• Professor Kerry O. Cox (Edith Cowan University, Australia) Enough for Everyone Forever 

The Reduction of Poverty:

Venue: Helderberg Room

Chair: TBC

Presenters:

• Inequality and poverty in post-apartheid South Africa - Professor Ben Cousins (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

• Urban Poverty: progress towards the MDGs - Professor Edgar Pieterse (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

The Elimination of Hunger:

Venue: Simonsberg Room

Chair: Professor Roger Field - Vice-Chancellor, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Presenters:

• Contributions of wild plant foods to food security and health among rural people of Buhera district in Zimbabwe - Dr Maud Muchuweti (University of Zimbabwe)

• Addressing food security and hunger - a multi-disciplinary research initiative - Professor Jimmy Volmink (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

Health:

Venue: Auditorium

Chair: Professor Lap Chee Tsui - Vice-Chancellor, University of Hong Kong

Presenters:

• Global Health Development - Glasgow Caledonian University and the Grameen Trust Partnership - Professor Pamela Gillies (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)

• Barriers to involving adolescents in health care and decisions about treatment: Impact of a communications skill workshop with Zambian health professionals - Professor J. Anitha Menon (University of Zambia)

• The role of universities in addressing Africa's health crisis - Professor David Sanders (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

Sustainability:

Venue: Helderberg Room

Chair: Professor Dzulkifli Abdul Razak - Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sans Malaysia

Presenters:

• Transforming the academy to deliver education for sustainability - Professor Deborah Buszard (College of Sustainability, Dalhousie University, Canada)

• Sustainability and Transdisciplinary Research: Overcoming Disciplinary Apartheid at Stellenbosch University -  Mark Swilling (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

Education:

Venue: Simonsberg Room

Chair: Professor M. D. Tiwari - Vice-Chancellor, Indian Institute of Information Technology, India

Presenters:

• Topic: TBC - Duncan Hindle (Department of Education, South Africa)

• KISS Model to be replicateded in all Indian states:  A unique way of addressing all aspects of the MDGs through education - Dr Achyuta Nanda Samanta (KIIT University, India)

• Building research capacity for global development through North-South relationships in higher education: The Irish African Partnership Model - Dr Mary Goretti Nakabugo (Makerere University/Mary Immaculate College, Irish-African Partnership for Research Capacity Building)

Plenary 3:

Chair: Baroness Tessa Blackstone, Vice-Chancellor, University of Greenwich, UK

Speakers:

• Albie Sachs, former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa - Universities and the Millennium Development Goals in times of conflict and post-conflict reconciliation

• Professor Brandon Hamber (University of Ulster) & Professor Colin Harvey (Queens University, Belfast) - The Role of Universities in Conflict Transformation: The Case of Northern Ireland
  

South Africa

Professor Brian O'Connell, Vice-Chancellor, University of the Western Cape

Zimbabwe

Professor Lindela Ndlovu, Vice-Chancellor, National University of Science & Technology

Sri Lanka

Professor Nagalingam Shanmugalingam, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jaffna

Professor S. B. S. Abayakoon - University of Peradeniya

Rwanda

Professor Silas Lwakabamba, Rector, National University of Rwanda

Northern Ireland

Professor Brandon Hamber (University of Ulster)

Conclusion..what happens now?

Professor John Tarrant - Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities