Nov. 4 Keynotes:Why Would a Government Want Independent Advice? Hon. Patrick Amuriat Oboi, Member of Parliament, Uganda What Is Unique About Advice from an Academy? Dr. Bruce Alberts, editor-in-chief of Science magazine, Professor at UCSF, and former President of U.S. National Academy of Sciences Session II Making Aid More Effective Through Local Insight Brenda Killen, Head of Aid Effectiveness Division, Development Cooperation Directorate Department for International Development (DFID) Dr. Yusaf Samiullah, Deputy Director & Head of Profession, Infrastructure, Policy & Research Division, UK DFID Improving Biosafety and Biosecurity in Africa Dan Schar, VMD, Biosecurity Engagement Program, Africa Regional Coordinator, U.S. Department of State The Research and Innovation Program in Netherlands’ Development Cooperation Fon van Oosterhout, Research and Communication Division Session III Annual Meeting of the African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) Carol Medlin, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Science Academies as Partners for Improving the Impacts of Policies in Africa Dr. Pat Goodwin, Head of Pathogens, Immunology and Population Health, The Wellcome Trust Working with Non-Governmental Agencies: Our African Experience Jack Watters, Vice President, External Medical Affairs, International Pfizer Session IV Virtues of Academy Advice David Mbah, Executive Secretary Cameroon Academy of Sciences How a young British Academy Approaches Advising Mary Manning, Executive Director, The Academy of Medical Sciences Capacity Building: Enabling Excellence in Science in Africa Hans Hagen, Executive Director, The Academy of Medical Sciences Jackie Olang, Acting Coordinator, NASAC Investing in a National Treasure: African Science Academies Patrick Kelley, MD, DrPH Director, ASADI
What Is Unique About Advice from an Academy? Dr. Bruce Alberts, editor-in-chief of Science magazine, Professor at UCSF, and former President of U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Session II Making Aid More Effective Through Local Insight Brenda Killen, Head of Aid Effectiveness Division, Development Cooperation Directorate
Department for International Development (DFID) Dr. Yusaf Samiullah, Deputy Director & Head of Profession, Infrastructure, Policy & Research Division, UK DFID
Improving Biosafety and Biosecurity in Africa Dan Schar, VMD, Biosecurity Engagement Program, Africa Regional Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
The Research and Innovation Program in Netherlands’ Development Cooperation Fon van Oosterhout, Research and Communication Division
Session III Annual Meeting of the African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) Carol Medlin, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Science Academies as Partners for Improving the Impacts of Policies in Africa Dr. Pat Goodwin, Head of Pathogens, Immunology and Population Health, The Wellcome Trust
Working with Non-Governmental Agencies: Our African Experience Jack Watters, Vice President, External Medical Affairs, International Pfizer
Session IV Virtues of Academy Advice David Mbah, Executive Secretary Cameroon Academy of Sciences
How a young British Academy Approaches Advising Mary Manning, Executive Director, The Academy of Medical Sciences
Capacity Building: Enabling Excellence in Science in Africa Hans Hagen, Executive Director, The Academy of Medical Sciences Jackie Olang, Acting Coordinator, NASAC
Investing in a National Treasure: African Science Academies Patrick Kelley, MD, DrPH Director, ASADI
Nov. 5 Session V Critical Issue 1: Health National Health Research Systems and Science Academies Carel IJsselmuiden, Council on Health Research for Development Doris Duke Charitable Foundation African Health Initiative Helen Smits, Doris Duke Foundation Critical Issue 2: Education Possible Role of an Intermediary Academy Partner Jutta Schnitzer-Ungefug, Secretary-General, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Critical Issue 3: Water Critical issues related to Water, Health and Sanitation in Africa Salif Diop, United Nations Environment Programme Urban Water Issues Kala Vairavamoorthy, UNESCO-IHE and University of Birmingham Critical Issue 4: Science & Technology for Development Science Academies as partners for Imroving the Impact of Policies in Africa Mustafa El Tayeb, Director Science Policy and Sustainable Development, UNESCO Science and Technology for Development Shem Arungu-Olende, Secretary General, African Academy of Sciences National Health Research Systems and Science Academies Jeremy McNeil, Royal Society of Canada Creating International Research and Education Networks Petra Ruth Mann, The International Bureau of the BMBF (IB) Closing Keynotes Bridging the divide between science and politics David Dickson, Director, SciDev.Net Investing in Academy Advice for Sustainable Health and Development of Africa Dr.Ham-Mukasa Mulira, Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Uganda
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation African Health Initiative Helen Smits, Doris Duke Foundation
Critical Issue 2: Education Possible Role of an Intermediary Academy Partner Jutta Schnitzer-Ungefug, Secretary-General, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Critical Issue 3: Water Critical issues related to Water, Health and Sanitation in Africa Salif Diop, United Nations Environment Programme
Urban Water Issues Kala Vairavamoorthy, UNESCO-IHE and University of Birmingham
Critical Issue 4: Science & Technology for Development Science Academies as partners for Imroving the Impact of Policies in Africa Mustafa El Tayeb, Director Science Policy and Sustainable Development, UNESCO
Science and Technology for Development Shem Arungu-Olende, Secretary General, African Academy of Sciences
National Health Research Systems and Science Academies Jeremy McNeil, Royal Society of Canada
Creating International Research and Education Networks Petra Ruth Mann, The International Bureau of the BMBF (IB)
Closing Keynotes Bridging the divide between science and politics David Dickson, Director, SciDev.Net
Investing in Academy Advice for Sustainable Health and Development of Africa Dr.Ham-Mukasa Mulira, Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Uganda
