Regional Workshop and Meeting of Country Coordinators
Venue: CBSS, Nsukka, Nigeria
Expected participants in person: Country Coordinators, Director OAD and CBSS Staff.
Remote attendance: We invite all interested parties to join the meeting via Skype. In order to join simply connect to Kevin Govender’s skype account (user name: kevindran). We intend to be online for the entire duration of the programme below so anyone from around the world (and especially West Africa) is welcome to join for all or part of the discussions. Note that Nigeria’s time zone is at GMT+1.
MEETING PROGRAMME
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Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015
1. Courtesy call on Director, CBSS | 10:00 – 10:30 am |
2. Meeting with CBSS Staff | 10:30 – 11:00 am |
3. Tour of CBSS facility | 11:00 am – 1:00 pm |
4. LUNCH BREAK | 1:00 – 2:00 pm |
5. Meeting with Regional Office Staff | 2:00 – 3:00 pm |
6. Preparation and discussions | 3:00 pm onwards |
Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015
1. Arrival/Registration of participants/open Skype connection | 9:00 – 9:30 am |
2. Introduction of participants | 9:30 – 9:40 am |
3. Welcome Address by Director CBSS | 9:40 – 9:50 am |
4. Goodwill message by AfAS President | 9:50 – 10:00 am |
5. TEA/COFEE BREAK | 10:00 – 10:30 am |
6. IAU Strategic plan by Kevin Govender | 10:30 – 11:00 am |
7. Report from Regional Office by Bonaventure Okere | 11:00 – 11:30 am |
8. Astronomy Development in West Africa: the way forward by Patrice Okouma | 11:30 am – 12:00 pm |
9. Report from country Coordinators | 12:00 – 1:00 pm |
10. LUNCH BREAK | 1:00 – 2:00 pm |
11. Round Table/Open discussion | 2:00 – 3:30 pm |
12. Summary and way forward | 3:30 – 4:00 pm |
13. Closing/vote of thanks | 4:00 pm |
14. Close Skype connection | 4:15 pm |
15. Networking and face-to-face discussions | 4:15 pm onwards |