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
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