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IDS ALUMNI REUNION 29-30 June 2009

Programme

Development in a Changing Landscape

Room
Monday 29 June
1000 / Registration and coffee / 120/121
1045 / Welcome address – Plenary.
Richard Longhurst (Chair Alumni Association, DP81) and Lawrence Haddad, IDS Director. / 120/121
1100 / Plenary Panel Overview of Theme: Development in a Changing Landscape.
Alison Evans (Director ODI, DP96), Tom Lines (Independent Consultant, MP10), Robert Chambers, (Fellow, Participation, Power and Social Change Team). Chair: Martin Greeley (Fellow, Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction, DP85) / 120/121
1230 / Lunch + photos / UCR
1400
1500 / Parallel session 1:
·  Global financial crisis, development under pressure Speaker: Naomi Hossain (IDS Fellow Participation Team and DP05), Chair: Andy Sumner (Fellow, Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team)
·  Climate change and poverty implications Speakers: Tom Mitchell and Thom Tanner (IDS Fellows Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team). Chair: Lars Otto Naes (IDS Fellow Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team)
Tea /Coffee / 119
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1930 / Plenary: How does IDS position itself in the World and what does that mean for the Alumni Association. Speakers: Lawrence Haddad, Richard Longhurst, Mary McKeown (MP14).
Keynote Speech – Simon Maxwell
What’s New in Development? Speaker: Simon Maxwell, Senior Research Associate, ODI
Drinks
Dinner / 120/121
Chichester Lecture Theatre
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Tuesday 30 June
0900 / Coffee/Tea / 120/121
0915 / Parallel Session 2:
·  How do knowledge flows happen? Speakers: The Information Department’s alumni Shanti Mehendra (MP24) and Louise Daniel (MA11). Chair: Geoff Barnard (Head of Information)
·  Health Crisis: Swine Flu – Resources and Responses to the crisis and lessons learned. Speaker: Alexandra Aguilar-Bellamy (MP24) / 120/121
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1030 / Plenary - Alumni Association General meeting
Report of activities by Chair, report by Board of Trustee alumni representative and discuss Association’s strategy / 120/121
1130 / Coffee/Tea
1145 / Alumni Association General Meeting (cont.) and committee elections.
Review the AA Constitution, discuss terms of reference for Committee and nominate new committee members / 120/121
1230 / Lunch / UCR
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1600 / Parallel Session 3
·  Life Work experiences in Development: Sharing and learning session in development related work. Speakers: Mamunur Rahman (MA20), Alessandro Palmero (MP20). Chair: Linda Waldman (IDS Fellow and convenor)
·  Role of the UN/The Brighton Woods Project. Speaker: Richard Jolly. Brighton Woods speaker: Sara Wolcott (MASSD02). Chair: Richard Jolly
·  Sussex Manifesto – a New Manifesto. Speakers: Ian Scoones Melissa Leach, (IDS Fellows, KNOTS Team).
Tea/ Coffee
Parallel Session 4
·  Overview on responses and gaps in Sexuality, HIV and Development Speaker:Divya Bapai (Programme Manager HIV/Aids Alliance, MP20). IDS Sexuality and Development Programme. Speaker: Susie Jolly, Convenor, IDSSexuality and DevelopmentProgramme, MP22), and Sexual Rights Activism in Beijing. Speaker: Xiaopei He (Director of Pink Space, MA13
·  Experiences from the field. HakiElimu's work (Right to Education) in Tanzania. Speakers: Maria Kalavo (MAGov08) / 120
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1800 / ‘Development in Flux’ panel discussion: ‘We’re not in Kansas anymore.’ Speakers: Lawrence Haddad, Nikos Georgiadis (MP14), Tracy Williams (MAGov06). Chaired by Paddy Coulter, Reuters
Drinks and Dinner and Eavesdroppers Band / 120/121
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