List of organizers (alphabetical order) List of confirmed speakers

List of organizers (alphabetical order)
1. Prof. Dr. Andreas Freytag
School of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and
Director, Jena Africa Study Group
2. Prof. Dr. John Kirton
Director and Founder, G8 Research Group, Co-director and Founder, G20 Research Group,
BRICS Research Group, Global Health Diplomacy Program
3. Heiko Schwiderowski
Director Foreign Trade, Development Policy, DIHK
4. Rima Al-Tinawi,
Director Africa and International Policy of Raw Materials, DIHK
5. Madeline Koch
Managing Director, G8 & G20 Research Group, Global Health Diplomacy Program
6. Sebastian Spiegel
Research Assistant, Jena Africa Study Group
7. Luong Thanh Tran
Research Assistant, Jena Africa Study Group
List of confirmed speakers (alphabetical order)
1. Prof. Dr. Helmut Asche
University of Mainz, Former Director, German Institute for Development Evaluations (DEval)
2. Dr. Matthias Bauer
Senior Associate, ECIPE
3. Prof. Christian Bjørnskov, PhD
University of Aarhus, Denmark
4. Caroline Bracht
Senior Researcher, Global Governance Program, Munk School of Global Affairs
5. Prof. Dr. Axel Brakhage
Director, Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI)
6. Prof. Dr. Estian Calitz
Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch
7. Prof. Dr. Uwe Cantner
Vice President, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
8. Peter Draper
Director, Tutwa Consulting, South Africa
9. Susanne Fricke
Research Assistant, Jena Africa Study Group
10. Christoph Kannengießer
CEO Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft (German-African Business Association)
11. Prof. Dr. Robert Kappel
Senior Research Fellow, GIGA Institute of African Affairs
12. Prof. Dr. Ilona Kickbusch
Director, Global Health Programme, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
13. Prof. Dr. Stephan Klasen
Head of Chair, Chair of Development Economics, Georg August University Göttingen, Head
of Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research
14. Dr. Ella Kokotsis
Director, External Relations of G8 and G20 Research Group, Munk School of Global Affairs
15. Julia Kulik
G8 Research Group
16. Dr. Gerd Meier zu Köcker
Director, Institut für Innovation und Technik (iit)
17. Tswelopele Cornelia Moremi
Ambassador to Germany of the Republic Botswana
18. Dr. Mzukisi Qobo
Senior Associate, Tutwa Consulting
19. Dr. Michael Rabbow
Communications Department, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Chairman of Private Sector
Advisory Board, GIZ
20. Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt
University of Applied Science, Flensburg
21. Abebe Aemro Selassie
Deputy Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund
22. Dr. Tobias Thomas
Head Research, Media Tenor International
23. Matthias Wachter
Head of Department Security and Resources, BDI
List of Participants (alphabetical order)
1. Alecsandra Dragus
G8 Research Group
2. Robert Bowen
University of Jena
3. Doan Quang Huy
Research Assistant, Jena Africa Study Group
4. Kathryn Kotris
G8 Research Group
5. Lodovico Muratori
Research Assistant, Jena Africa Study Group
6. Julian Schmied
Research Assistant, Jena Africa Study Group
7. Sarah Scott
G8 Research Group
8. Alissa Wang
G8 Research Group
9. Stacy-Ann Welsh
G8 Research Group