Changing Capital Cities in Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa
21/22 April
21 April - Day One
08:30-09:00
09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:15
10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-13:30
13:30-14:00
14:00-14:30
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
16:00-17:30
17:30-19:00
Prof. Cheryl de la Rey
Vice-Chancellor, Rector University of Pretoria
HW Mr. Kgosientso Ramokgopa
Executive Mayor of Tshwane
HE Mr. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano
Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to South Africa
Prof. Alan Mabin
Director: Capital Cities Institutional Research Theme
Prof. Maria Fernanda Derntl
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism,
Universidade de Brasília
Prof. Simon Bekker
Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology,
University of Stellenbosch
Mr. Jorge Alberto Pérez
Director: Planning Department, City of Medellin
Prof. Ann-Margaret Esnard
Department of Public Management and Policy,
Georgia State University
Dr. Britt Baillie
Capital Cities Programme, University of Pretoria
Ms. Chané Rama Dahya
Capital Cities Programme, University of Pretoria
Round table with diplomatic representatives
Tea
Welcome and introduction
Cultural Exhibit
What kind of capital city for the 21st Century?
Tea
A tale of three capital cities: Salvador, Rio de
Janeiro and Brasília
Cultural Exhibit
Capital Cities in Africa: Power and
Powerlessness
Discussion
Lunch
Medellín, a city that transforms for life
Cultural Exhibit
Catastrophes and Capital Cities: Lessons from
the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Discussion
Tea
Tshwane: Culture and Capital
The Significance of Large Foreign Diplomatic
Presence in Pretoria
Cocktails
Cultural Exhibit
Changing Capital Cities in Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa
21/22 April
22 April - Day Two
08:30-09:00
09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-13:00
13:00-14:00
Dr Myer Taub and Dr. Detlev Krige
Department of Drama and Department of
Anthropology respectively,
University of Pretoria
Ms. Linda Johnson-Bhola
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences,
University of Guyana
Argentinian /Uruguayan Guest
Mr. Msizi Myeza
Executive Director,
Office of the Deputy City Manager: Strategy
Development and Implementation,
City of Tshwane
HE Mr. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano
Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina
Tea
The Social Life of Waste Art -Conversations
about a Southern African regional
collaboration
The Consequences of Guyana's Housing
Development Programme for Georgetown's
Overspill Population
Discussion
Tea
tbc
The Capital Commission
Discussion
Closure
Lunch
Cultural Exhibit
Cultural Exhibit