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DSA Annual Conference September 2007
In association with the Institute of Development
Studies, University of Sussex
Connecting Science, Society and
Development
Tues 18th - Thurs 20th September 2007
FINAL PROGRAMME
Please download the Final Programme here
(PDF File) or here (Word Document)
Page last updated: 4th September 2007
Day 1 - Tuesday 18th September 2007
| 11.30 – 13.00 |
Registration |
| 11.45 – 13.00 |
DSA Council meeting (lunch
provided) |
| 12.00 – 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 – 14.00 |
Welcome
and Introduction
Sam Jackson, DSA President
Lawrence Haddad, IDS Director
Alasdair Smith, Chair of the IDS Board |
| 14.00 – 15.30 |
Opening
Plenary
Sam Jackson, DSA President (chair)
Gordon Conway, Chief Scientific Adviser, UK Department for
International Development
Judi
Wakhungu, African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya and
Chair of the STEPS Board |
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee |
| 16.00 – 17.30 |
Parallel Sessions 1 (click
here) |
| 17.30 |
‘Provoking Ideas: Zed
celebrates 30 years of Progressive Publishing’ - joint Zed
Books/IDS Reception |
| 18.00 |
Pre-dinner drinks to
celebrate the opening of DSA 2007 and the STEPS Centre Symposium |
| 19.00 |
Informal dinner |
| 20.30 |
The Eavesdroppers Irish Band
play the IDS Bar |
Day 2 - Wednesday 19th September 2007
| 09.00 – 09.30 |
Coffee |
| 09.30 – 10.45 |
Plenary
Two:
Biotechnology and the Media
David Dickson, SciDev.net and STEPS Board member
Ehsan Masood, freelance journalist
Erik Millstone, University of Sussex and STEPS Board member
Ranjana Smetacek, Monsanto
Rod Harbinson, Head of Environment Programme, The Panos Institute |
| 10.45 – 11.15 |
Coffee |
| 11.15 – 12.45 |
Parallel Sessions 2 (click
here) |
| 12.45
- 14.15 |
Lunch |
| 13.15 – 14.00 |
Earthscan’s
book launch for The
Power of Labelling (edited
by Joy Moncrieffe and Rosalind Eyben).
What
does it mean to be part of the mass known as ‘The Poor’? What
visions are conjured up in our minds when someone is labelled
‘Muslim’? Join a debate on how we categorise and why it matters.
Speakers: Rosalind Eyben and Joy Moncrieffe, IDS |
| 13.15 - 14.15 |
DSA AGM |
| 14.15 – 15.30 |
Plenary
Three:
Agricultural Technology and Development
Paul Richards, Wageningen University
Pedro Sanchez, Scientific
Director of UN Millennium Project |
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee
Launch of Oxfam’s new series ‘Small Guides to Big Issues’,
co-published with Pluto Press.
Browse and buy copies of the first three books: Climate Change, Women’s
Rights and Cities.
Also enjoy a piece of Fairtrade cake. |
| 16.00
- 17.30 |
Parallel
Sessions 3 |
| 17.30 |
Reception hosted by the
Journal of Development Studies, with presentation of the Dudley
Seers prize to Professor Mick Moore, IDS. |
| 17.30 |
Practical
Action
Publishing’s double book launch and reception for Springs
of Participation: Creating and Evolving Methods for Participatory
Development (edited
by Karen Brock and Jethro Pettit) and The
Aid Chain: Coercion and Commitment in Development NGOs (by Tina
Wallace with Jennifer Chapman and Lisa Bornstein).
Speakers: Robert Chambers, Jethro Pettit and Tina Wallace
Please RSVP to j.stevens@ids.ac.uk. |
| 19.00 |
Conference dinner
Prize-giving for the European Journal of Development Research and
the Journal of International Development
After dinner speaker: David King, UK Government Chief Scientific
Adviser |
Day 3 - Thursday 20th September 2007
| 09.00 – 09.30 |
Coffee |
| 09.30 – 10.45 |
Plenary
Four:
How Radical is the Change in the Global Distribution of
Innovation Activities?
Hubert Schmitz, Institute of Development Studies (chair)
Raphie Kaplinsky, Open University
Martin Bell, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
Cristina Chaminade, University of Lund, Sweden |
| 10.45 – 11.15 |
Coffee |
| 11.15 – 12.45 |
Parallel Sessions 4 (click
here) |
| 12.45 – 14.15 |
Lunch |
| 13.00 |
Routledge African &
Development Studies Journals Reception |
| 13.15 – 14.15 |
DSA Study Group Convenors
meeting |
| 14.15 – 15.00 |
Final
Plenary:
Rethinking Risk and Regulation
Sheila Jasanoff, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard; Science and
Democracy Network; and STEPS Board member
Melissa Leach, IDS and co-convenor of STEPS (chair)
Conference Wrap-up
Sam
Jackson, DSA President
Lawrence Haddad, IDS Director |
| 15.00 – 16.00 |
Conference
Wrap-up and Reflections
Shiv visvanathan, Centre for the study of Developing Societies,
India
Andrew Scott, Director of Policy, Practical Action
Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Director, Monitoring & Research
Division, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi.
Joachim Voss, Director-General, International Centre for tropical Agriculture,
Colombia
Sam Jackson, DSA President
Lawrence Haddad, Director IDS (chair) |
| 16.00 – 17.30 |
Final Parallel Sessions 5 (click
here) |
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