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FORUM AGENDA


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Thursday, November 10

10h00 – 18h00   Registrations  
13h30 – 14h45   Students Workshops  
14h45 – 15h00   Coffee-Break & Students Networking  
15h00 – 16h15   Students Workshops  
16h30 – 17h45   WUSC's Members Regional Networking Meeting  
18h00 – 19h15   Opening Cocktail  
18h00 – 19h15   Opening Ceremony
H.E Piragibe S. Tarrago
Ambassador of Brazil in Canada

 

Friday, November 11*

08h00 – 08h45   Networking Breakfast  
08h45 – 11h45   Session N˚1 - Good Governance   Joseph Ingram
North-South Institute
Pascal Boniface
IRIS France
Rockfeler Herisse
USAID
Charles Brigham
World Bank
Barbara Darling
Consultant
Rajendra Theagarajah
Hatton Bank
08h45 – 10h00   Plenary: New Patterns & Furture Directions
10h00 – 10h30   Coffee-Break / Networking / Spot Light Series
10h30 – 11h45   Break-out Sessions : Public-Private Partnerships / New Media & Technologies / Political Leadership  
11h45 – 13h00   LUNCH  
13h00 – 14h00   Research Seminar Presentations Tran Phuong Linh
Vietnam
Isaac Odoom
Canada
Giacomo Zanello
United Kingdom

14h15 – 17h15   Session N˚2 : Challenges Of Social Inclusion   Eric Dienes
UNOSDP
Furio De Angelis
UNHCR Canada
Chan M. Awuol
Gov. of South Sudan
Marguerite Berger
IADB
Nancy Pecford
Equal Voice
Carolyn Waldo
CTV
14h15 – 15h30   Plenary: Bold Approaches & New Policies For Social Integration  
15h30 – 16h00   Coffee-Break / Networking / Spot Light Series  
16h00 – 17h15   Break-Out Sessions : The Role Of Diaspora / Women's Empowerment / Sport For Development And Peace  
17h15 – 17h30   Coffee-Break & Networking    
17h30 – 18h30   Research Seminar Presentations   Catherine Arkell
Canada
Kyrke Gaudreau
Canada
19h30 – 22h00   Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony    
    * The Remembrance Day Celebration will be included in the agenda

 

Saturday, November 12

08h00 – 08h30   Networking Breakfast  
08h30 – 09h45   WUSC Business Meeting  
09h45 – 10h00   Coffee-Break & Networking  
10h00 – 12h45   Session N˚3 - Fostering Economic Development Robert Bayigamba
EABC
Dr. Hanif Rahemtulla
World Bank
Mercy Karanja
Gates Foundation
Alanna Rondi
Devonshire Initiative
Bill Singleton
Government Of Canada
10h00 – 11h15   Plenary : National Visions And Strategic Directions
11h30 – 12h45   Break-Out Sessions : Sustaining Smallholder Agriculture / Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship / Mineral Extraction
13h00 – 13h30   Forum Conclusion  
13h30 – 14h30   Lunch / Research Seminar Snapshot Tim Fauquier
NPSIA
Tim Shaw
University Of West Indies
14h00 – 16h00   SRP National Training Session (Part 1)
SRP New Arrivals Workshop
 
16h00 – 16h15   Coffee-Break  
16h15 – 18h30   SRP National Training Session (Part 2)  

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