As Good as it Gets?
A WORLDwrite Summit for Serious Development
Wednesday 5th Nov 2003 - The Oval Hospitality Suite, Surrey County Cricket Club, The AMP, Oval, Kennington, London, SE11 5SS, (Near Oval Tube Station).
A unique opportunity for students to critically assess contemporary development issues.
The day will be organised around five key sessions.
These will examine:
- Development in Action - the state of development policies today and where this leaves the developing world
- Documenting Development - the need for objective reporting, film and research
- Ghana Exchange Launch - an opportunity for volunteers to join a film crew and take part in a unique exchange visit to Ghana
- Development could happen - the possibilities provided by global innovation, projects that could happen and the partial 'take off' in China
- What can we do - a panel debate on the action needed to assist our peers in the developing world.
Invited speakers and specialists are promising a critical perspective, to cut through the jargon and take us beyond the usual rhetoric.
Invited speakers and specialists are promising a critical perspective, to cut through the jargon and take us beyond the usual rhetoric. The summit will be recorded and highlights will feature in a short film. Everyone is welcome to attend what promises to be a very lively day of discussion.
Agenda
9.00-10.00 - Tea, Coffee and Registration
Session One - 10.00 - 11am - Development in Action-Panel Presentation and discussion
- Subsistence farming or Agribusiness
- The Changing face of World Bank Policy
- The Role of NGOs and Anti-development preoccupations
11.00-11.20 - Coffee Break
Session Two - 11.20 - 12.30 - Documenting development-Round Table and discussion
- Documentary Film-Making: Justin Smyth
- Brazil's sustainable state (Amapa) - A film-case study - John Conroy
- The World Bank and "Voices of the Poor"-John Pender
12.30-1.15 Lunch
Session Three - 1.15-1.45 - Ghana Exchange Launch
Session Four - 1.45 -3.00 - Development could happen
- Global innovation - Professor James Woodhuysen
- China, a case in point - Daniel Ben Ami
- Projects stopped versus project potential-Barrie Collins
3.00-3.30pm Tea Break
Session Five - 3.30 - 4.30pm Student Panel: What can we do?
Announcements and close
Download full details of the day's events and a booking form in PDF format here.
The booking form is also available here in Microsoft Word format here.
Download The WORLDwrite Critical Charter (PDF format)
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