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 08:15 - 08:55 | Registration and refreshments | ||||
| 08:55 - 09:05 | Welcome remarks and introduction Lanre Akinola Editor, This Is Africa Hugh McLean, Director Education Support Program, Open Society Foundations | ||||
| 09:05 - 09:20 | Back to school! A master class with Archbishop Desmond Tutu Patron of The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign | ||||
| 09:20 - 10:00 | Keynote A conversation with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Shane Immelman, Founder and COO, The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign Centre Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Shane Immelman will discuss the history of The Tutudesk Campaign and how the Tutudesk is an innovative, African solution to a fundamental challenge experienced by children undertaking their basic education in schools across sub-Saharan Africa. Gain insight into the personal perspectives, rationale and vision which has shaped and informed The Tutudesk Campaign from inception, and learn more about the critical 2020 objective. MODERATOR Lanre Akinola, Editor, This Is Africa | ||||
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Presentation: Current Status of The Tutudesk Campaign Incorporating both scientific as well as anecdotal analysis, Rebecca Sweetman CEO, The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign Centre (UK) and Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, Director, The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign Centre, will share important insights and perspectives with regard to The Tutudesk Campaign.
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| 10:20 - 10:55 | Coffee break | ||||
| 10:55 - 11:05 | The Tutudesk Campaign’s role in the delivery of universal education Rebecca
Winthrop, Senior Fellow and Director, Centre for
Universal Education, The Brookings Institution | ||||
| 11:05 - 12:00 | Moving The Tutudesk Campaign forward to the 2020 objective; providing 20 million children with 20 million Tutudesks in sub-Saharan Africa Join Archbishop Desmond Tutu in a uniquely intimate, interactive discussion. Through professional facilitation this session aims to solicit the input and support offerings of all attendees in generating important, next-step traction to the exisiting Tutudesk Campaign process and strategy - in order to set the path to ensure the provision of 20 million Tutudesks to 20 million African children by 2020. Alison Chartres, Counsellor (Development), Australian Mission to the UN
Shane Immelman, Founder and COO, The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign
Hugh McLean
Director, Open Society Foundations
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane. Jnr,
Director, Barclays Bank (South Africa & Mozambique)
Advisory Board Member, The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign Centre
Michael “Gus” Schmedlen, Vice President, Worldwide Education, HP
Sam Singh, Chairman, The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign (UK) Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe
Director, The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign Centre
Rebecca Winthrop
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution
MODERATOR
Lanre Akinola
Editor, This Is Africa
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| 12:00 - 12:10 | Closing remarks Lanre Akinola, Editor, This Is Africa | ||||
| 12:10 - 13:30 | Coffee & light refreshments will be served | ||||
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