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PROGRAM INFORMATION


Partnership Board
Program


Academic Advisory Group Program


Coordinators Group
Program


Presidents Forum
Program - coming soon

GENERAL PROGRAM

WUN AGM 2024

  • Sunday/Monday 19&20 May

    Pre-AGM: University of Cape Town visit

    See UCT program here

  • Tuesday, 21 May

    See WUN general program here

    12.00 - 16.30 | WUN-ARUA networking opportunities

    Venue: Conference Hotel

    16.30 - 18.00 | Informal cocktail reception for those who have arrived

    Venue: Conference Hotel

  • Wednesday, 22 May

    OFFICIAL AGM PROGRAM BEGINS

    09:00 - 17:00 | WUN Presidents Forum 2024

    Venue: Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria

    Addressing Global Research Challenges in an African Context

    The WUN Presidents Forum 2024, organised jointly with the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), will characterize research challenges of importance in Africa. It will focus particularly on global challenges on which research in an African context can be particularly illuminating, and will highlight the research areas in which collaboration among members of an international/global network like WUN can be especially valuable.

     

    17.00 - 17.45 | WUN Presidents Forum cocktail with ARUA

     

    19.45 - 21.45 | Governance Group Working Dinners

    - Partnership Board

    - Academic Advisory Group

    - Coordinators

  • Thursday, 23 May

    09.00 - 12.00 | Welcome and Research Highlights

    Venue: Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria

    Welcome

    Peter Lennie - WUN Executive Director

    Themba Mosia – Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Pretoria

    WUN Research Highlights

    13.45 - 16.00 | Governance Group meetings: special topic sessions

    - Partnership Board

    - Academic Advisory Group

    - Coordinators

    19.00 - 21.30 | WUN AGM Conference Dinner

  • Friday, 24 May

    09.00 - 12.15 | Governance Group business meetings

    Venue: Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria

    - Partnership Board

    - Academic Advisory Group

    - Coordinators

     

    13.15 - 14.45 | Joint meeting & campus tour

    - Partnership Board & AAG with ARUA Presidents: joint meeting

    - Coordinators: special campus tour

    Venue: Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria

     

    15.30 - 16.00 | AGM Plenary Session

    Venue: Conference Hotel

     

    16.00 | End of program

    Bus departs Conference Hotel for JNB airport

    Cocktail reception at hotel for those staying on

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