| Science for Development Workshop: 30-31 January 2020, South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town |
| Programme as at 28th January 2020 |
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Item |
Speaker |
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Day 1: 30th January 2020 (“Talk”): |
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| 08:30 |
Registration with tea/coffee |
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| 09:00 |
Welcome and logistics |
(co-facilitators Vanessa McBride from OAD and Daniel Nyanganyura from ISC) |
| 09:05 |
Goodwill messages from partners |
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DSI |
Takalani Nemaungani |
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NRF |
Clifford Nxomani |
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SAAO |
Petri Vaisanen |
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HSRC |
Thokozani Simelane |
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ASSAf |
Stanley Maphosa |
| 09:15 |
Introductions (10 seconds each) |
Led by Carolina Odman and Mmaki Jantjies |
| 09:30 |
Opening keynote by ISC President |
Daya Reddy |
| 09:50 |
Opening keynote by IAU President |
Ewine van Dishoeck |
| 10:10 |
What scientists should know about development: a Development Economist’s perspective |
Tawanda Chingozha |
| 10:20 |
Discussion: what is “science for development”? |
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| 10:30 |
Lightning talks (Innovation for development: commercial, non-profit, improving practices) |
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| 10:35 |
Building resilience in local development of communities in the context of climate change |
Mitulo Silengo |
| 10:40 |
Coastal hazard mapping imperatives to socio-economic development of rural coastal communities |
Effiom Antia |
| 10:45 |
Climate Change: Developing a climate risk framework for the West Africa coast |
Regina Folorunsho |
| 10:50 |
Break |
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| 11:15 |
Lightning talks (contd) |
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| 11:15 |
Need for multi-disciplinary approach to address landslide hazards in Africa |
Kifle Woldearegay Woldemariam |
| 11:20 |
Addressing Sustainable Development Goals through Biowalk with Bioproducts |
Julienne Nguefack |
| 11:25 |
Science-for-development projects “on the ground”using Remote Sensing Technology |
Leon Orotta |
| 11:30 |
Remote Sensing for Forecasting Emergence of Edible Insects |
Evans Nyakeri |
| 11:35 |
Need for a coordinated African small satellite development community. |
Olajide Olufemi AFOLABI |
| 11:40 |
Panel Discussion (Innovation for development: commercial, non-profit, improving practices) |
Chair: Mmaki Jantjies |
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A Need for University Innovation Ecosystems: The Case of the National University of Lesotho |
Thimothy Thamae |
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Synergizing Science for Suicide Prevention –Artificial Intelligence and Medicine |
Olumuyiwa Adebayo |
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Making our farmers climate resilient – a Science-for-Development project from the island of Mauritius |
Sunita Facknath |
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Astronomy for Livelihood |
Sonal Asgotraa |
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The role of Industry in Engineering Training Quality |
Alberto J Tsamba |
| 12:15 |
Leg stretch |
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| 12:25 |
Lightning talks (Science for society: knowledge, skills, engagement) |
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| 12:25 |
A Holy Alliance: Balancing the Academic Act with Outreach Action |
Jamal Mimouni |
| 12:30 |
Astronomy for Development: IDP Children’s Astronomy Outreach Project |
Onuche Ogu |
| 12:35 |
Lessons learnt: how to make South African STEM more inclusive |
Margherita Molaro |
| 12:40 |
Promoting Radio Astronomy in Ghana through School Visits and Astronomy Clubs |
Joshua Kalognia |
| 12:45 |
Highly qualified personnel for development in Burkina Faso through Astronomy |
Sie Kam |
| 12:50 |
Astronomy as an example of Inter-and Multi- Disciplinary Sciences |
Areg Mickaelian |
| 12:55 |
Panel discussion (Science for society: knowledge, skills, engagement) |
Chair: Niruj Mohan Ramanujam |
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Pale Blue Dot – A Universe Awareness Project (PBD-UNAWE) |
Michelle Willebrands |
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Mobile apps for the illiterate Knowledge production and self-learning among the Yoruba people in Benin Republic |
Dafon Aimé SEGLA |
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Soapbox Science project and opportunities |
Lucia Marchetti |
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Anticipating Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time |
Ranpal Gill |
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Innovative And Transformative Education for Africa. |
Nadeem Oozeer |
| 13:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30 |
Lightning talks (Science’s influence on development: science advice; optimisation, negative impacts) |
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| 14:30 |
Synergies and trade-offs in SDGs |
Philip Osano |
| 14:35 |
Helping the Mozambican Government to see Science as a Tool for Development |
Cláudio Paulo |
| 14:40 |
SKA South Africa: Moving from Stakeholder Management to Stakeholder Engagement a case study |
Anton Binneman (could not attend) |
| 14:45 |
Health and Happiness: The role of Data Science implementation in enhancing the well being of citizens through effective Data Policy-making |
Felix Emeka Anyiam |
| 14:50 |
Integrated data and decision-support tools: the development of South Africa’s Open Data Platform |
Claire Davis-Reddy |
| 14:55 |
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources |
Juan Steyn |
| 15:00 |
The role of IT industry in science-for-development |
Niyi Abiola Kushimo |
| 15:05 |
Panel discussion (Science’s influence on development: science advice; optimisation, negative impacts) |
Chair: Kevin Govender |
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Policy@Manchester |
Tanya Graham |
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“Bridging gaps between scientists and policy makers”. |
Stanley Maphosa |
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Data Science for Education Policy Making |
Vukosi Marivate |
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Mind the Gap ! Community Engagement for Bridging Divides in Research |
Kylah Forbes-Biggs |
| 15:40 |
Coffee, then proceed to unconference venues |
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| 15:50 |
Unconference session (parallel sessions on topics that are chosen from a whiteboard that people populate and vote on during earlier breaks) |
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| 17:00 |
End of Day 1 and networking time (with optional tour of SAAO) followed by Conference Dinner at same venue |
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Day 2: 31st January 2020 (“Work”): |
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| 08:30 |
Morning tea/coffee |
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| 09:00 |
Welcome and logistics |
(co-facilitators Vanessa McBride from OAD and Richard Glover from ISC) |
| 09:05 |
Reflections from Unconference and Day 1 |
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| 09:20 |
Introductory Talk: Interdisciplinary collaborations in Africa |
Nomasomi Gasa |
| 09:30 |
Discussion: Interdisciplinary collaborations – best practice and challenges |
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| 09:50 |
Show and tell: Resources that could be shared across disciplines e.g. cloud computing, research infrastructure, etc |
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| 10:30 |
Break |
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| 11:00 |
Pitches: <5-minute “pitch” to invite collaboration on a specific project |
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| 12:00 |
Extended working lunch for collaborations to form around pitches (initial hack session) |
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| 14:00 |
The randomista revolution in the social sciences: measuring cause and effect amid complexity |
Dieter von Fintel |
| 14:05 |
Evaluation of the Impact of Science on Development (WHY and HOW) |
Joyce Khunou |
| 14:10 |
Discussion: Evaluation of Science for Development |
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| 14:20 |
Presentations from working lunch discussions and invitations for further participation on specific projects |
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| 15:00 |
Hack session/unconference (people can start work on a project, or choose to have a discussion) |
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| 16:00 |
Groups present progress/plans for specific projects |
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| 16:30 |
Round up discussions and way forward (including a prize in the form of seed funding, for an outstanding project that emerges) |
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| 17:00 |
End of Day 2 and end of workshop |
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