Program

DAY 1 – Introductory Explorations		4 – 7.30pm FRIDAY 30 March
3.30 – 4	Arrival, Registration and Welcome
4 – 4.15	OPENING SESSION – Overview of the Symposium | Discussant Idris Salim
4.15 – 6	Notes on a Critique of Development: A Snapshot of Trends Sondra Hale
	The “Emptying” of Meaning and “De-politicisation” of Terms: Knowledge Representation in Development Gada Kadoda
6 – 6.30	Break & Refreshments
SESSION 1 – Zooming on Sudan | Chair Ola Hassanain
6.30 – 7.30	What does development mean to you? Sudanese Testimonies on Development (Video) Nada Ali
	The Heritage of the ‘Hakamat’: Past and Present Shadin Mohmmed Hussin
	The Development of Modern Plastic Art in Sudan: Amplitude of Imagination and Absence of Institutional Building Salah Hassan

                                                               

DAY 2 – Sudan in the Matrix		9am – 6.30pm SATURDAY 31 March
8.30 – 9	Arrival, Registration and Welcome
9 – 10	The Privilege Walk (Game) Fatima Salaheldin
SESSION 2 – Sudan’s Trajectories | Chair Balghis Badri
10 – 11	A Historical Perspective on Approaches that Influenced Development in Sudan, with an Emphasis on Civil Society Bashir Abdelgayoum
	From Implicit Progress to Explicit Retrogression: Exploring the Coincidental Correlation between Neo-liberalism and Islamism in the Sudan Development Impasse Atta Elbathani
11 – 11.15	Break & Refreshments
SESSION 3 – Urban and Rural Development Stories & Visions | Chair Ahmed Alsafi
11.15 – 12.30	The Story of Two Cities:  An Attempt to Apply Systems Theory to Urban Change Osman Elkheir
	Urban Transformation and Spacetime: Case of Khartoum and Addis Ababa Adam Chalupski
	Al Sayal 2020—a Community-Based Development Initiative Omer Sulieman
SESSION 4 – Health Development Dilemmas and Futures | Chair Suad Sulaiman
12.30 – 1.30	The Role of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Development:  Sudan in the Matrix Sahl Yasin
	With Sudan in the Matrix, Where Can Futures Thinking lead us?  The Case of Health Development Asma Elsony
1.30 – 2.30	Lunch
SESSION 5 – The Politics of Knowledge and Education | Chair Guma Komey
2.30 – 3.30	How to Learn Lessons When School is Making It Difficult: Reflecting on Experiences in Sudan Enrico Ille
	Sudanese Private Universities and Colleges: An Academic Critique Adil Yousif
SESSION 6 – Accessibility, Priorities, and Rights | Chair Asha Elkarib
3.30 – 4.30	The Trajectory of Energy Policy in Sudan: Access, Priorities, and Equity Sarah Khaleefa and Marwan Adam
	The Transformation of Sudanese Accessibility to Essential Medicines into a Profit-Making Venture: The Loss of a Social Right Sara Abdelazim
PARALLEL PANELS (with Refreshments)
4.30 – 6	PANEL 1		PANEL 2
	The Landscape of Sudan Entrepreneurship: The Links (and Delinks) with Development		Lightening the Dark Side: Media Roles for Guaranteeing Human Rights Standards in the Development Processes
	Facilitator Marwan Adam (Engineer and ICT Consultant)		Facilitator Wini Omer (Journalist and Human Rights Activist)
	Panelists Khalid Ali (Impact Hub), Widad Ali A/Rahaman  (Lecturer, Ahfad University for Women), Midhat Abdelmoneim (Engineer, IT Professional, Educator, and Entrepreneur)		Panelists Nada Amin (Development Practitioner), Samreen Alkhair (Human Rights Practitioner), Izzaldin Arbab (Journalist), Weny Mudawi (Development Practitioner)
6 – 6.30	CLOSING SESSION Feedback from Participants (Yahia Holi) Is Sudan in the Matrix? What Is Our Future? (Sondra Hale and Gada Kadoda)