KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana

SESSION 1: Environmental Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr. C. Adam Schlosser, Senior Research Scientist, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT

Prof. Guy F. Midgley, Head, Global Change & Biodiversity Group, Botany & Zoology Dept, University of Stellenbosch

SESSION 2: Development Prospects and Challenges in the Region

Prof. Finn Tarp, Director, United Nations University-WIDER

Mr. Kuben Naidoo, Deputy Governor, South African Reserve Bank

SESSION 3: Energy Development and Investment Opportunities

Ms. Hanna Caroline Wirschke, Head, Communications, Sub-Saharan Africa Development & Production Int’l, Statoil

Dr. Sergey Paltsev, Senior Research Scientist, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT

SESSION 4: Water, Agriculture, and Adaptation

Dr. Yohannes Gebretsadik, Nile Basin Initiative (NBI); United Nations University-WIDER

Prof. John M. Antle, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

SESSION 5: Productivity, Development, Job Creation and the Environment

Dr. Mustafa H. Babiker, Energy and Environment consultant, Saudi Arabia; Visiting Scholar, MIT Joint Program

Dr. Channing Arndt, Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University-WIDER

SESSION 6: Developing Countries and the COP - panel

Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana

Dr. KhanyisaBrian Mantlana, Chief Director, Climate Change Monitoring & Evaluation, Environmental Affairs, RSA

Mr. Xolisa Ngwadla, Manager, Global Change Competence Area, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

Dr. Daniel Noll, Policy Fellow, Office of International Affairs, Climate and Clean Energy Division, US Dept. of Energy