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Warwick International Development Summit
Students' Union North
The University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL

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• What were the social and political impacts of colonisation and how does one have to factor these in when discussing development and migration?
• Are former colonies still responsible for the countries they colonised?
• Should they be playing a larger role in the development of these regions and thus making migration less attractive?
• Given that there are currently large volumes of migration, should countries have immigration laws favouring those immigrants that come from their former colonies?

Confirmed Speakers:

Chair: John Rex - Professor Emeritus, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, Warwick University

Ronald Skeldon - Centre for Migration Research, Sussex University
Ibrahim Awad - Director International Migration Programme, International Labour Organisation
Ndioro Ndiaye - Deputy Director General, International Organization for Migration

• Free versus Fair trade: to what extent are they compatible? Can free trade ultimately lead to fair trade and what conditions are required to reach it?
• Is fair trade really the way forward to sustainable development?
• How can global governance mechanisms ensure that trade is fair?

Confirmed Speakers:

Chair: Dr. Amrita Narlikar - Centre of International Studies, Cambridge University

Prof. Richard Higgott - Co-Director CSGR, Director of the Warwick Commission on Trade
Patrick Low - Chief Economist WTO
Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Director, Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development
Duncan Green - Head of Research, Oxfam

Confirmed Speakers:

Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera - Former President of Uruguay (1990 - 1995)

• Is aid conditionality necessary to lead to development and what is the best way to ensure the effectiveness of aid?
• Should aid-receiving countries have more of a say in the policies they have to adhere to in order to receive aid?
• The guiding motto of the German G8 presidency is “Involving emerging economies in the system of global responsibility”, what has been done to achieve this?

Confirmed Speakers:

Paul Talbot - Assistant General Secretary, Amicus
Julius Coles - President of Africare
Prof. Paul Cammack - Head of Politics & Philosophy Department, Manchester Metropolitan University

• What is the role of industrialised countries in contributing to the sustainable development of developing countries?
• Can we speak of the debt in ecological terms - Do industrialised countries owe an “ecological debt” to the developing countries?
• How can we find a balance between economic growth and environmental protection for developing countries?

Confirmed Speakers:

Chair: Edward Page - Associated Professor, Politics and International Studies, Warwick University

Rachel Berger - Climate Change Policy Advisor, Practical Action
Jon Taylor - Principal Consultant, HTSPE
Rudolf Amenga Etego - Founder Grassrootsafrica Ghana, Winner of Goldman Prize

• What is the role of corporate social responsibility in development?
• What is the role and impact of the informal sector on developing economies? How can the informal sector be formalised to increase revenue streams?
• Are public private partnerships the way forward and do they create new governance structures?

Confirmed Speakers:

Chair: Prof. Uprenda Baxi - School of Law, Warwick University

Ann Zammit - ex-Consultant, UNRISD, independent researcher/consultant
John Hilary - Director of Campaigns and Policy. War on Want
Zahid Torres-Rahman - Director of Business Action for Africa

18.10-18.20 Introduction: James Clarke, WIDS President.

18.25-19.00 On the importance of development: Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith.

20.00-22.00 The role and impact of International Organisations and International Financial Institutions: Sir Richard Jolly, Co-Director of the UN Intellectual History Project and former UN Assistant Secretary General; Paul Andre De La Porte, former UNDP Representative in Kenya; John Hilary, Director of Campaigns and Policy, War on Want.

11.00-13.00 On environmental protection and human/industrial development: Craig Bennett, Head of Corporate Accountability Campaign with Friends of the Earth; Richard Clarke, former High Commissioner to Tanzania, Angelique Orrs, Practical Action. Chair: Prof. Shaun Breslin.

14.00- 16.00 The impact of conflict on development: Linda Melvern, author of “A People Betrayed” and “Conspiracy To Murder”; Prof. Frances Stewart, Director of CRISE, Oxford; Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval, Head of Policy Co-ordination Division in the Development Cooperation Directorate of the OECD. Chair: James Darcy, ODI.

17.00-19.00 Is the media in developed countries the gatekeeper of the development agenda? Ramesh Jaura Inter Press Service; Guy de Launey BBC Cambodia Correspondent; Prof. Christine Ogan, Professor of Journalism, University of Indiana; Catherine Meenan, Director of Connect World. Chair: Celine Tang (Warwick).

11.00-13.00 On effective management of HIV/Aids and other infectious diseases: Prof. Franklyn Lisk, former Director of the ILO HIV/Aids program; Dr. Richard Barker, General Director ABPI; Dr. Masias Cowper, HIV/AIDS Activist and Winner of the “Nelson Mandela Health and Human Rights Award” Chair: Renske Doorenspleet (PAIS, Warwick).

14.00-16.00 On public and private water provision: Belinda Calaguas, Head of Policy, WaterAid; Dr. Paul Trawick, Senior Lecturer, Cranfield University; Vicky Cann (Head of Water Campaign, World Development Movement; Jean Pierre Mas, Chief Executive Officer of Johannesburg Water Management Ltd; Dr. Roger Duclaud-Williams, University of Warwick.

17.00-18.30 The role of the private, public and voluntary sectors: Kurt Hoffman, Director of the Shell Foundation; Sam Sharpe, Acting Director of Policy Division at DfID; Sam Bickersteth, Head of Programme Policy Team, Oxfam.

(20 Minute break)

18.50- 19.45 The future- the role of social sciences, research, universities, students and young people in development: Diane Stone, Marie-Curie Chair Central European University; James Clarke, U8 co-President; David Woollcombe, Director of Peace Child International.