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Detailed program

Wednesday 27th May 2020

8.30 - 9.30

Wellcome

9.30 - 10.00

Opening plenary

10.00 - 11.00

Plenary :
Johannie M. Bewa, UN Young Ambassador for Sustainable Development Goals

11.00 - 12.30

Poster session

12.30 - 14.00

Diner

14.00 - 15.30

Panel :
Collaborate between Africa and North America

15.30 - 16.00

Break

16.00 - 17.30

Panel :
Working in higher education in Africa

17.30 - 19.30

Poster session

Thursday 28th May 2020

9.30 - 10.30

Plenary :
Mary Teuw Niane, former Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Senegal

10.30 - 11.00

Break

11.00 - 12.30

Panel :
The importance of interafrican scientific networks

12.30 - 14.00

Diner

14.00 - 15.30

Panel :
Big companies who hire scientists in Africa

15.30 - 15.45

Break

15.45 - 17.15

Thematic workshops (parallel)

 

. Create your own company

 

. Build a return project in Africa

 

. Organize a "summer school" in Africa

 

. Sustainable cost experimental science

17.15 - 20.00

Poster session, networking, wine & cheese

Friday 29th May 2020

9.30 - 10.30

Plenary :

Catherine Beaudry, Polytechnique Montréal

Young scientists in Africa, an inventory

10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30

Ministers panel :

Which policies to bring back young scientists?