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Tuesday, 10 November 2009

09:30 – 10:15 Welcome

Frank Spengler, Deputy Head Department of International Cooperation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)

Thomas Wollenzien, First Vice President, KfW Entwicklungsbank

Imme Scholz, Deputy Director, German Development Institute

Zhang Yongpeng, Deputy Director, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, National Director, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

10:15 – 11:30 Session 1:

What is business’s role in fostering social, economic and ecological sustainable development?

Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich, former Secretary of State, Germany

Respondent: Tim Hughes, Research Fellow, SAIIA

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee-break

12:00 – 13:30 Session 2:

Managing Differences - Modes of interaction for African development

Chair: Sven Grimm, German Development Institute

Panel discussion

Jürgen Langen, Secretary-General, Deutsche Afrika Stiftung

Zhang Yongpeng, Deputy Director of International Studies, Institute of West Asian and African Studies and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

William Gumede, Senior Associate and Programme Director, Africa Asia Centre, University of London and Honorary Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:30 Session 3:

Business to Business linkages

Chair: Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, SAIIA

Panel Discussion

Christian von Drachenfels, German Development Institute

Prof. Yao Guimei, Deputy Director of Division of African Studies, Institute of West Asian and African Studies and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Sanusha Naidu, Research Director: China in Africa programme, Fahamu

Neuma Grobbelaar, Director of Studies, SAIIA

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

09:30 – 10:30 Keynote Address:

Business, law and sustainable development

Prof Kader Asmal, Former Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry and Professor Extra-ordinary, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape

Chair: Natalia Fedossenko, Ministry for Generations, Family, Women and Integration of the German State of North-Rhine-Westphalia

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee-break

11:00 – 12:30 Session 4:

The role of the state in creating sustainable economic growth in Africa

Chair: Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich, former Secretary of State, Germany

Panel Discussion

Dr. Norbert Kloppenburg, Managing Board of KfW Bankengruppe

Dr. Yuan Wu, Assistant Professor, Institute of West Asian and African Studies and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Sven Möller, President, Southern African German Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Dr. Mzukisi Qobo, Programme Head, Emerging Powers, South African Institute of International Affairs

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Session 5:

Leveraging trilateral cooperation – country case Mozambique

Chair: Gerd Juntermanns, KfW Office Mozambique

Panel Discussion

Michael Fischer, Country Director DEG South Africa

Liu Naiya, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of West Asian and African Studies and Chinese Academy of Social Science

NN, Finance Ministry of Mozambique (tbc)

15:00 – 15:30 Summary and Concluding remarks