8:30 – 9:00: Registration and Breakfast (MC Front Lobby)
9:00 – 9:15 Storytelling by Amadou Kouyate, Memory of African Culture (Preston Auditorium)
8:30 – 9:00: Registration and Breakfast (MC Front Lobby)
9:00 – 9:15 Storytelling by Amadou Kouyate, Memory of African Culture (Preston Auditorium)
9:15 – 9:25: Welcome Remarks by Albert Zeufack, Chief Economist, Africa, World Bank (Preston Auditorium and livestreamed)
9:25 – 11:00: Leveraging Knowledge in Times of Crisis (Preston Auditorium and livestreamed)
11:00 – 11:30: Coffee break (MC front Lobby)
11:00 – 16:00 Knowledge Expo with authors (JDW Atrium); lunch “Taste of Africa” by Chef Marie-Joseph Siatta; and entertainment by Amadou Kouyate, Memory of African Culture.
11:30 – 12:30 Centering African Knowledge: The Africa Development Forum Series in Perspective (JDW Atrium and livestreamed)
14:00-15:00 Building Bridges between Knowledge and Policy: The Role of Chief Economic Advisors (Preston Auditorium and livestreamed)
15:15-16:00 Knowledge Impact Awards (in the Preston Auditorium and livestreamed)
16:00 - Closing Remarks by Ousmane Diagana, Vice President, Western and Central Africa, World Bank (in the Preston Auditorium and livestreamed)
16:10-17:00 Closing reception: Live traditional and contemporary African music by Amadou Kouyate (JDW Atrium)
Download some of the best research shortlisted for the Knowledge Impact Award and tune in on June 1st to discover the winners (drawn from this list and others).