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RUFORUM AGM 2025 > Event

Strategic partnerships for growth: Building bridges for the future

Day - 01
12 01 25

Plenary session 1: Africa-China High Level Dialogue on Higher Agricultural Education, Science and Technology

08:00 - 10:30
Day - 01
12 01 25

Health Break

10:30 - 11:00
Day - 01
12 01 25

Official opening of the 21st RUFORUM AGM by Advocate Duma Gideon Boko, President of Botswana

11:00 - 13:00
Day - 01
12 01 25

Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00
Day - 01
12 01 25

Official viewing of posters and exhibitions

14:00 - 15:00
Day - 01
12 01 25

Transformative Education and Ecosystem engagement

14:00 - 17:00
Day - 01
12 01 25

Africa-Europe High Level Dialogue on Higher Agricultural Education, Science and Technology

15:00 - 17:00
Day - 02
12 02 25

Official launch of the RUFORUM Regional Nodes

08:30 - 10:30
Day - 02
12 02 25

Strategic high level policy meeting for TAGDev

08:00 - 10:30
Day - 02
12 02 25

Health Break

10:30 - 11:00
Day - 02
12 02 25

Africa-North America High Level Dialogue on Higher Agricultural Education, Science and Technology

11:00 - 13:30
Day - 02
12 02 25

Green Economy and Climate Finance Side Event

11:00 - 13:30
Day - 02
12 02 25

Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30
Day - 02
12 02 25

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
Day - 02
12 02 25

RMRN Side Event (RUFORUM/FARA)

14:30 - 17:00
Day - 02
12 02 25

RMRN side event (ICIPE)

14:00 - 17:00
Day - 02
12 02 25

Vice Chancellors’ Forum (Work Transitions)

14:00 - 17:00
Day - 03
12 03 25

TAGDev Partnership Council meeting

08:30 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Data science (geoinformatics, Bioinformatics, Bioversity, Econometrics /modelling)

08:00 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Artificial intelligence in agriculture and related fields (Robotics, Nanotechnology and design engineering)

08:30 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Biosystems engineering

08:30 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Productivity enhancement (food, feeds)

08:00 - 13:00
Day - 03
12 03 25

Climate Change

08:30 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Economic growth

08:00 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Markets, policies, wealth and jobs

08:30 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Scaling out of science and innovations (what we have learnt-TAGDve and others)

08:30 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Building capacity for Innovation (Engineering degree PhD programme)

08:30 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Digitally enabled knowledge management

08:30 - 13:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Transformative education evidence and practice

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Agripreneurship Alliance Side Event

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Partners Round Table Dialogue

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

AICCRA side event

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Practice Side event

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Communication for impact side event

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Special Meeting of Principals and Deans from SADC

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Proposed side event 3 (TBC)

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 03
12 03 25

Proposed side event 4 (TBC)

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 04
12 04 25

University-TVET engagement and reporting back (general discussions and resolutions)

08:30 - 10:30
Day - 04
12 04 25

Board Meeting

08:30 - 10:30
Day - 04
12 04 25

TAGDev Partnership Council meeting

08:30 - 10:30
Day - 04
12 04 25

Tree planting at chosen schools in and around Gaborone

08:30 - 10:30
Day - 04
12 04 25

Health Break

10:30 - 11:00
Day - 04
12 04 25

RUFORUM AGM Business Meeting

11:00 - 13:30
Day - 04
12 04 25

TAGDev Partnership Council meeting

11:00 - 13:30
Day - 04
12 04 25

Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30
Day - 04
12 04 25

AGM Closing Ceremony

14:30 - 16:30
Day - 04
12 04 25

Gala Dinner

19:00 - 22:00
Day - 05
12 05 25

Open day for Tourism

08:30 - 17:00
Day - 05
12 05 25

LOC-ROC-Zambia Neeting

11:00 - 13:30

Science for Development

Day - 01
12 02 25

Plenary session 3: Official launch of the RUFORUM Nodes

08:00 - 10:30
Day - 01
12 02 25

Health Break

10:30 - 11:00
Day - 01
12 02 25

Plenary session 4: Africa-North America High Level Dialogue on Higher Agricultural Education, Science and Technology

11:00 - 13:00
Day - 01
12 02 25

Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00

Capacity Sharing

Day - 01
07 15 18

Introduction Business

09:00 - 16:30
Day - 01
07 15 18

Marketing Strategy

11:00 - 16:30
Day - 02
07 16 18

Digital Marketing Theory

10:30 - 15:00
Day - 02
07 16 18

Mass Marketing

09:00 - 14:00
Day - 03
07 17 18

Marketing Workshop

10:00 - 15:00
Day - 03
07 17 18

Marketing Workshop 2

10:00 - 15:00

RUFORUM Business Meeting

Day - 028
07 15 18

Introduction Business

09:00 - 16:30
Day - 029
07 16 18

Marketing Strategy

11:00 - 16:30
Day - 029
07 16 18

Digital Marketing Theory

10:30 - 15:00
Day - 030
07 17 18

Mass Marketing

09:00 - 14:00
Day - 031
07 18 18

Marketing Workshop

10:00 - 15:00