Magdalen College School, Cowley Place, Oxford

Chairman: Dr Colin Bundy (Warden of Green College, Oxford)

Problems

9.15: Prof Gabriel Ogunmola (Executive Director, Science & Technology Development Foundation and President Nigerian Academy of Science): Overview of Africa’s  problems

  Solutions: Energy

10.00: Prof Terence Ryan (formerly Head of Dermatology, Oxford University; Trustee of OIBC): Meeting fuel needs for small communities
10.20: Dr Osman Benchikh (UNESCO, Paris): Energy requirements for Africa’s development

Health

10.40: Dr Julia Hasler (UNESCO, Paris): Improving healthcare in Africa: the role of UNESCO

11.30: Jon Pender (Director of Governmental Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline): Improving healthcare in Africa: the role of the pharmaceutical industry
 

Agriculture

12.00: Dennis Rangi (Executive Director, International Development, CABI, Nairobi): African agriculture: New threats, new tools

Knowledge

12.30: Dr Theophilus Mlaki (Director of Information and Documentation, Tanzania Commission for Science & Technology): Reduction of poverty through knowledge

Chairman: Prof Gordon Clark (Director, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)

Environmental dangers

2.00: Dr Camilla Toulmin (Director, International Institute for Environment and Development, London): What will climate change mean for Africa?

Debate

2.45 – 4.30: All participants