Theme : “Positioning Africa’s Universities and the Higher Education Sector to effectively impact development processes on the continent”

Programme

Pre-AGM Activities and main event

#	Topic	Time	Hall
1	Plenary session 1: Africa-China High Level Dialogue on Higher Agricultural Education, Science and Technology	08:00 - 10:30	GICC Main Hall
2	Health Break	10:30 - 11:00
3	Official opening of the 21st RUFORUM AGM by Advocate Duma Gideon Boko, President of Botswana	11:00 - 13:00	GICC Main Hall
4	Lunch Break	13:00 - 14:00
5	Official viewing of posters and exhibitions	14:00 - 15:00	GICC
6	Transformative Education and Ecosystem engagement	14:00 - 17:00	GICC Main Hall
7	Africa-Europe High Level Dialogue on Higher Agricultural Education, Science and Technology	15:00 - 17:00	GICC: Okavango

#	Topic	Time	Hall
1	Official launch of the RUFORUM Regional Nodes	08:30 - 10:30	GICC Main Hall
2	Strategic high level policy meeting for TAGDev	08:00 - 10:30	GICC : Okavango
3	Health Break	10:30 - 11:00
4	Africa-North America High Level Dialogue on Higher Agricultural Education, Science and Technology	11:00 - 13:30	GICC: Okavango
5	Green Economy and Climate Finance Side Event	11:00 - 13:30	GICC: Moremi 2
6	Lunch Break	13:30 - 14:30
7	Centers of leadership (bilateral/multi-lateral meetings - max 10 pple) for the following centers -blue economy, crop improvement, Climate Science, policy, futures and economy, Digital economy	14:30 - 17:00	GICC
8	RMRN Side Event (RUFORUM/FARA)	14:30 - 17:00	GICC: Moremi 1
9	RMRN side event (ICIPE)	14:00 - 17:00	GICC: Moremi 3
10	Vice Chancellors’ Forum (Work Transitions)	14:00 - 17:00	GICC: Okavango

#	Topic	Time	Hall
1	TAGDev Partnership Council meeting	08:30 - 13:30	GICC: Okavango
2	Data science (geoinformatics, Bioinformatics, Bioversity, Econometrics /modelling)	08:00 - 13:30	GICC: Moremi 2
3	Artificial intelligence in agriculture and related fields (Robotics, Nanotechnology and design engineering)	08:30 - 13:30	GICC: Okavango
4	Biosystems engineering	08:30 - 13:30	GICC: Moremi 1
5	Productivity enhancement (food, feeds)	08:00 - 13:00	GICC: Serondela A1
6	Climate Change	08:30 - 13:30	GICC: Serondela A2
7	Economic growth	08:00 - 13:30	GICC: Serondela A3
8	Markets, policies, wealth and jobs	08:30 - 13:30	GICC: Serondela B1
9	Scaling out of science and innovations (what we have learnt-TAGDve and others)	08:30 - 13:30	GICC: Serondela B2
10	Building capacity for Innovation (Engineering degree PhD programme)	08:30 - 13:30	GICC: Serondela B3
11	Digitally enabled knowledge management	08:30 - 13:30	GICC: Serondela B4
12	Lunch Break	13:30 - 14:30	GICC: Serondela A1
13	Transformative education evidence and practice	14:30 - 16:30	GICC: Serondela A1
14	Agripreneurship Alliance Side Event	14:30 - 16:30	GICC: Serondela A2
15	Partners Round Table Dialogue	14:30 - 16:30	GICC: Okavango
16	AICCRA side event	14:30 - 16:30	GICC: Serondela A3
17	Practice Side event	14:30 - 16:30	GICC: Serondela A4
18	Communication for impact side event	14:30 - 16:30	GICC: Serondela B1
19	Special Meeting of Principals and Deans from SADC	14:30 - 16:30	GICC: Serondela B2
20	Proposed side event 3 (TBC)	14:30 - 16:30	GICC: Serondela B3
21	Proposed side event 4 (TBC)	14:30 - 16:30	GICC: Serondela B4

#	Topic	Time	Hall
1	University-TVET engagement and reporting back (general discussions and resolutions)	08:30 - 10:30	GICC Main Hall
2	Board Meeting	08:30 - 10:30	GICC: Okavango
3	TAGDev Partnership Council meeting	08:30 - 10:30	GICC: Moremi 1
4	Tree planting at chosen schools in and around Gaborone	08:30 - 10:30	Gaborone
5	Health Break	10:30 - 11:00
6	RUFORUM AGM Business Meeting	11:00 - 13:30	GICC Main Hall
7	TAGDev Partnership Council meeting	11:00 - 13:30	GICC: Moremi 1
8	Lunch Break	13:30 - 14:30
9	AGM Closing Ceremony	14:30 - 16:30	GICC Main Hall
10	Gala Dinner	19:00 - 22:00	TBC