Changing Capital Cities in Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa
21&22 April - UP Conference Centre
08:30-09:00
09:00-10:30
09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:15
10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-13:30
13:00-15:00
13:30-14:00
14:00-14:30
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:15
21 April - Day One
Tea
Session Chair: Prof Tinyiko Maluleke, UP Department of Theology
Prof. Cheryl de la Rey
Welcome and introduction
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
What kind of capital city for the 21st Century?
Director: Capital Cities Institutional Research Theme
Tea
Session Chair: HE Mr. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano
Prof. Maria Fernanda Derntl
A tale of three capital cities: Salvador, Rio de
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism,
Janeiro and Brasília
Universidade de Brasília
Prof. Simon Bekker
Capital Cities in Africa: Power and Powerlessness
Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology,
University of Stellenbosch
Discussion
Lunch
Session Chair: HE Mr Carlos Fernandez De Cossío, Ambassador of Cuba
Prof. Ann-Margaret Esnard
Catastrophes and Capital Cities: Lessons from
Department of Public Management and Policy,
the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Georgia State University
Mr. Jorge Alberto Pérez
Medellín, a city that transforms for life
Director: Planning Department, City of Medellin
Discussion
Tea
Cultural Exhibit
Sanlam Hall Foyer &
Conference Centre
Reception Hall
Cultural Exhibit
Sanlam Hall Foyer &
Conference Centre
Reception Hall
Cultural Exhibit
Sanlam Hall Foyer &
Conference Centre
Reception Hall
Changing Capital Cities in Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa
21&22 April - UP Conference Centre
15:15-16:30
15:15-15:45
15:45-16:05
16:05-16:30
16:30-17:30
17:30-19:00
08:30-09:00
09:00-10:30
09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-13:00
13:00-14:00
Day One Continued
Session Chair: HE H.E. Mrs. Cheryl Spencer, High Commissioner of Jamaica
Dr. Britt Baillie
Tshwane: Culture and Capital
Capital Cities Programme, University of Pretoria
Ms. Chané Rama Dahya
The Significance of Large Foreign Diplomatic
Capital Cities Programme, University of Pretoria
Presence in Pretoria
Discussion
Round table with diplomatic representatives
Chair: Prof. Alan Mabin
Cocktails
22 April - Day Two
Tea
Session Chair: Ms. Mpho Tshivhase, UP Department of Philosophy
Dr Myer Taub and Dr. Detlev Krige
The Social Life of Waste Art -Conversations
Department of Drama and Department of Anthropology
about a Southern African regional collaboration
respectively, University of Pretoria
Mr. Dario Hernan Schoulund
Studio South-South+Cooperation
Faculty of Architecture of Córdoba, Argentina
Associate and Collaborator at Albonico Sack MetacityArchitects and Urban Designers, Johannesburg
Discussion
Tea
Session Chair: Ms. Carin Combrinck, UP Department of Architecture
Mr. Luis Taboada
Changing Montevideo in three sections: the
President: African-Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce
view from the academy, laws and bylaws, and
the built environment
Mr. Msizi Myeza
The Capital Commission
Executive Director,
Office of the Deputy City Manager: Strategy
Development and Implementation, City of Tshwane
Discussion
HE Mr. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano
Closure
Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina
Lunch
Cultural Exhibit
Sanlam Hall Foyer
(only)
Cultural Exhibit
Sanlam Hall Foyer &
Conference Centre
Reception Hall
Cultural Exhibit
Sanlam Hall Foyer &
Conference Centre
Reception Hall