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2:00pm – 2:10pm CAT Opening by MC and Welcome to the audience
2:10pm – 2:30pm CAT Opening Speeches
2:30pm – 2:40pm CAT NEF Fellows Award Ceremony
2:40pm – 2:45 pm CAT Africa Science Week (ASW) 2019 Video
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm CAT Leaders’ panel: “A conversation with Neil Turok & a global leader:  Finding the Next Einstein – Africa, leading the world in scientific discovery”

Moderator: Nozipho Mbanjwa (TBD)

Panelists:

  1. Neil Turok, AIMS-NEI founder
  2. Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel Laureate, Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs
3:45pm – 4:00pm CAT Break


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Parallel session 1
4:00 pm – 5:00pm CAT Breakout session 1: Panel discussion on Combating Disease Outbreaks: Preventing Future Shocks – Focus on Ebola and COVID-19.

Special highlight: Pool testing spotlight by AIMS-NEI

Moderator: Sara Suliman, NEF Fellow – Harvard University

Panelists:

  1. Dr. Alpha Keita Kabinet, NEF Fellow
  2. Dr. Jean Jacques Muyembe, Director General, DRC National Institute for Biomedical Research
  3. Dr. Wilfred Ndifon, Chief Scientific Officer, AIMS
  4. Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, Director General, Rwanda Biomedical Center
  5. Dr Francisco J. Marmolejo Cossio, Career Development Fellow, University of Oxford
4:00 pm – 5:00pm CAT Breakout session 2: Panel discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on already vulnerable groups such as youth and women

Moderator: Dr. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, AIMS- Rwanda Research Chair in Climate Change Science

Panelists:

  1. Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro, Deputy Director – GODAN Secretariat
  2. MCF Representative
  3. UN Women representative
  4. Agnes Binagwabo, UGHE Vice-Chancellor
5:00 pm – 5:30pm CAT NEF Fellows Spotlight Session 2 (5 Pre-recorded videos)

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Parallel session 2
5:30 pm – 6:30pm CAT Breakout session 1:  Panel discussion on the Leadership during COVID-19: best practices and recommendations for futuristic policies to combat pandemics.

Moderator: Sanushka Naidoo

Panelists:

  1. Dr. Daniel Ngamije, Minister of Health, Republic of Rwanda
  2. Dr. Senait Fisseha, Global Director of Programs, Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation
  3. Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (Oliver as replacement)
5:30 pm – 6:30pm CAT Breakout session 2: Panel discussion on the role of science in informing recovery from global crisis such as COVID-19.

Moderator:  Yvonne Mburu, NEF Fellow – Member of French Presidential Commission for Africa

Panelists:

  1. Zaheer Allam, NEF Fellow
  2. Dr. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, AIMS-Rwanda Research Chair in Climate Change Science
  3. Dr. Rachel Middlemass, Research Impact Manager, London School of Economics
  4. Dr. Tollulah Oni, Senior Research Fellow – MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge University

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2:00pm – 2:20pm CAT Opening presentation

“Imaging, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence: How Mathematics invent the Future of Surgery, a new Hope for Africa.”

Prof. Jacques MARESCAUX, MD, FACS, Hon. FRCS, Hon. FJSES, Hon. FASA
2:20pm – 2:45 pm CAT NEF Spotlight Session 3 (5 Presentations Pre-recorded videos)
2:45pm – 3:45pm CAT Plenary session: The state of Africa on digitalization, skills development and infrastructure? Digital infrastructure: a key pillar to building a resilient Africa.

Moderator: Hennie Bester, Lead, Insight2Impact/CENFRI

Panelists:

  1. Ben Roberts, Groups Technology and Innovation Officer – Liquid Telecom Group
  2. Dr. Komminist Weldemariam, Senior Technical Staff Member, Research Africa
  3. Joseph Nsengimana, MCF
  4. Sylvia Mulinge, Chief Customer Officer, Safaricom
  5. UNIDO Representative
3:45pm – 4:00pm CAT Break

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4:00pm – 5:00 pm CAT Breakout session 1: Panel on the tapping into the virtual workforce to stimulate youth transition to employment in the new normal.

Moderator: Peter Szyszlo, Senior Programme Coordinator, Skills for Employability Programs, AIMS

Panelists:

  1. Daniel Annerose, CEO – Manobi Africa
  2. Dr. Judene Pretti, Director of Work-Learn Institute, University of Waterloo
  3. Dr Joseph Asare, University of Ghana
  4. Wambui Kinya, Vice President of Partner Engineering, Andela
4:00pm – 5:00 pm CAT Breakout session 2: Top COVID-19 innovations from Africa – highlight entrepreneurs & researchers.

Moderator: Philippa, NEF Ambassador -Uganda

Panelists:

  1. Abasi Ene-Obong, CEO, 54Gene
  2. Daniel Ndima, Founder and CEO, CapeBio
  3. UNDP Representative – Rwanda
  4. Dr. Amadou Sall – Director – Institut Pasteur Dakar
  5. UNIDO Representative
5:00pm – 5:25pm CAT NEF Fellows Spotlight Session 4 (5 Presentations Pre-recorded videos)
5:25pm – 5:30 pm CAT Break

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5:30 pm – 6:30pm CAT Breakout session 1: Addressing misinformation on research outcomes regarding infection projections and control.

Moderator: George Ndirangu (TBD)

Panelists:

  1. Dr. Samuel Fosu Gyasi, University of Energy and Natural Resources
  2. Dr. Betty Kivumbi Nannyonga, Senior Lecturer, Makerere University
  3. Dr. Ebele Mogo, NEF Fellow
5:30 pm – 6:30pm CAT Breakout session 2:  The role of data governance in better managing diseases and outbreaks.

Moderator: Prof. Franca Hoffman, AIMS – Carnegie Research Chair in Data Science

Panelists:

  1. Peter Martey Addo, Head of DataLab, AFD
  2. Moustapha Cisse, AMMI founder
  3. Rebecca Finlay, VP, Engagement & Public Policy, CIFAR
  4. Dr. Agnes Kiragga, NEF Fellow & Research Scientists, Infectious Diseases Institute
  5. Dr. Stephane Eloise – CEO Digital Africa (as addition)
  6. Abdoulaye Banire Diallo (as addition)

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12:00pm – 1:30pm CAT Opening Remarks IDRC Documentary
1:30pm – 2:30pm CAT Plenary session: International Day of Mathematics: “Mathematics for A better World”

Moderator:  Prof. Loyiso Nongxa, Vice-President, International Mathematical Union

Panelists:

  1. Dr. Aisha Walcott-Bryant, IBM Research Africa:  Towards Malaria Elimination – The Power of Math for High Impact Decision Making
  2. Dr. Josephine Kagunda Wairimu, President, Kenya Women in Mathematics Sciences Association: “Mathematics in the Fight Against the Infectious Disease Problems in Africa”
  3. Terence Tao
2:30pm – 2:55 pm CAT NEF Spotlight Session 5 (Presentations (Pre-recorded videos)

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3:00pm – 4:00pm CAT Breakout session 1: The contribution of Mathematical Sciences in supporting robust disease prevention and modelling in Africa

Moderator: Eva Ujeneza

Panelists:

  1. Prof. Samuel Mwalili, Adjunct Professor, Strathmore University
  2. Prof. Livingtsone Luboobi, Makerere University
  3. Prof. Francis Benyah, University of Cape Coast
  4. Dr. Wilfred Ndifon, Chief Scientific Officer, AIMS
3:00pm – 4:00pm CAT Breakout session 2: Disruptive thinking for resilient educational systems

Moderator: Raissa Malu, NEF Ambassador – DRC

Panelists:

  1. Anne- Marie Fannon, Director of Work-Integrated Learning Programs, University of Warteloo
  2. Dr. Valentine Uwamariya, Minister of Education, Government of Rwanda
  3. Teresa Mbagaya, Principal, Imaginable Future
  4. Prof. Romain Murenzi, President, the World Academy of Sciences
  5. Dr. Connie Nshemereirwe, Co-chair of the Global Young Academy
4:00pm – 4:15 pm Break

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4:15pm – 5:15 pm CAT Breakout session 1: Big data innovations for COVID-19 in Africa (highlight specific big data innovations)

Moderator: TBD

Panelists:

  1. World Bank Representative
  2. Prepr Foundation Representative
  3. Dr. Shikoh Gitau, CEO, Qhala Limited
  4. IDRC Representative
4:15pm – 5:15 pm CAT Breakout session 2: Foster innovative multi-stakeholder’s partnerships to support African economies during pandemics – With emphasis on creating new opportunities for youth and women to increase their resilience in the New Normal

Moderator: Kemo Toure (TBD)

Panelists:

  1. Dr. Diane Karusisi, CEO, Bank of Kigali
  2. Omar Cisse, CEO, InTouch
  3. Prof Isaac Rutenberg, Director, Center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, Strathmore Law School
  4. Traore Pierre C. Sibiry, Director of Research and Development, Manobi Africa
  5. Victoria Schorr, Regional Manager and Research Associate, Open AIR
5:15pm – 5:40pm CAT NEF Fellows Spotlight Session 6 (5 Presentations Pre-recorded videos)
5:40pm – 5:45pm CAT Break

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5:45 pm – 6:10 pm CAT Closing Remarks
6:10 pm – 6:20pm CAT NEF Ambassadors Flag Ceremony (Pre-recorded video)
6:20 pm – 6:30 pm CAT Vote of thanks to partners and sponsors

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