7:30 - 8:30 | Join us for coffee at nearby cafés | ||||
08:45 | Take your seats | ||||
09:00 - 09:05 | Welcome to Cape Town | Bonnie Horbach | |||
09:05 - 09:10 | Designing the future | Erica Elk | |||
09:10 - 09:20 | BEYOND THE CRISIS | ALL | Rashiq Fataar | ||
Turning our biggest crises into an opportunity | |||||
Can our crises can be turned into an opportunity to build greener and more climate resilient cities? Is the political will towards ecological solutions being rediscovered? | |||||
09:20-09:50 | DESIGNING FOR A WORLD IN CRISIS | Lecture | ALL | Alfredo Brillembourg | |
Turning our biggest crises into an opportunity | |||||
From Caracas to Athens to Cape Town, Alfredo Brillembourg has designed with communities facing political, socioeconomic and environmental crises. He was involved in the Empower Shack project in Khayelitsha which was recently nominated for a RIBA prize. |
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09:50-10:00 | FROM WATER SCARCITY TO WATER LEADER | Lecture | WATER | Amanda Gcanga | |
Why governance of water is key | |||||
Amanda Gcanga is studying socio-technical sustainability transitions and will shed light on how to accomplish sustainable transitions in the water space in light of the increased water scarcity threat. | |||||
10:00 - 10:10 | COCREATING THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORT | Lecture | MOBILITY | Rehana Moosajee | |
Collaboration at the heart of how we will move | |||||
Fixing our public transport system will require more than just fixing our infrastructure. Rehana Moosajee believes how we cocreate and collaborate will be even more important. | |||||
10:10 - 10:55 | FOOD AS THE GAMECHANGER | Panel Discussion | FOOD | Zayaan Khan | Moderated by: Dr. Nancy Onyongo |
Rethinking our supply chains | Sumayya Vally | ||||
Gareth Haysom | |||||
How can farmers, businesses, activities and government work together to feed our urban population? | Dr. Mao Angua Amis | ||||
10:55-11:00 | Pitching Session/Break | ||||
11:00-11:45 | A NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT | Panel Discussion | MOBILITY | Yusry Frizlar | Moderated by: Sean Cooke |
All on board | Gail Jennings | ||||
Public funding cuts and failed transport agencies require a new world of delivering and operating our transport systems. Can private sector come on board to form a “new deal”? |
Brett Herron Rehana Moosajee |
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11:45-12:30 | GOVERNMENT 2.0 | Panel discussion | GOVERNMENT | Catherine Stone | Moderated by: Naadiya Moosajee |
New ways to govern our most complex issues | Jodi Allemeier | ||||
Luyanda Mpahlwa | |||||
Our societies have transformed, but why are our governance structures the same? |
Jason Mingo | ||||
12:30-14:00 | LUNCH | ||||
14:00-14:10 | Pitching Session/Break | ||||
14:10-14:20 | IN THE FACE OF JOHANNESBURG | Lecture | FOOD | Sumayya Vally | |
Designing inside out | |||||
Sumayya Vally runs an all-women architecture company which studies and designs solutions for the social and environmental crises facing Johannesburg. | |||||
14:20-14:30 | A CITY WATERSCAPE | Lecture | WATER | Rani Izhar | |
Improving urban life with design tools | |||||
Climate change and growing city populations require integrated solutions for the city water systems. Rani Izhar of OKRA has been promoting the use of urban water sensitive design tools to improve living conditions in cities around the world. | |||||
14:30-15:15 | FROM CRISIS TO LEADER | Panel discussion | WATER | Rani Izhar | Moderated by: Rashiq Fataar |
Building a vision for water | Amanda Gcanga | ||||
How can cities facing a water crisis seize the opportunity to become the next water role-model on the continent? |
Julia Mclachlan Alison Lewis John Holmes |
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15:15 - 15:30 | THE FUTURE OF HOPE | Lecture | FOOD | Chido Govera | |
Feeding the world | |||||
Chido Govera is a farmer, campaigner, and educator who teaches mushroom cultivation to thousands of people from across the world, from her native Zimbabwe to Colombia. |
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15:30-16:00 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
16:00-16:10 | THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL FOOD INEQUALITY | Lecture | FOOD | Dr. Mao Angua Amis | |
The Future of Food | |||||
There is a global food insecurity crisis, with Africa being the most impacted. According to FAO, in the last two years malnutrition has been increasing in the continent despite the improving economic conditions. Food systems Innovation presents great opportunity to address this crisis, such as technology that improves productivity at farm level, food waste management etc. | |||||
16:10 - 16:20 | BLUE-GREEN WATER LATTICE | Lecture | WATER | Julia McLachlan | |
From Singapore to Cape Town | |||||
Julia McLachlan spent 15 years in Singapore observing the transformation of their water systems. Now she has a long term plan to design our public open spaces as water harvesting catchments. | |||||
16:20-16:35 | ARCHITECTURE AS DIALOGUE | Lecture | SOCIAL COHESION | Rod Choromanski | |
A language to connect people and culture | Mhlengi Gumede | ||||
Rod Choromanski designed the first new museum in Durban for 100 years on a site he describes as a “disaster”. The building recently won the Grand Prix award at the Africa Architecture Awards 2017. | |||||
16:35 - 17:20 | TIME TO COME TOGETHER | Panel Discussion | SOCIAL COHESION | Zahira Asmal | Moderated by: Bonita Bennett |
Social cohesion is needed more than ever | Rod Choromanski | ||||
More than design tools, we need to connect, listen, and learn from each other, beyond our divides and differences. How can we come together, bridge our divides and forge new paths beyond the crises of our time. |
Mhlengi Gumede Brenda Skelenga |
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17:20 - 17:30 | WHERE TO FROM HERE? | Closing | Luyanda Mpahlwa | ||
A path to move beyond the crisis | |||||
Closing remarks by one of Africa’s most recognised architects. | |||||
17:30+ | TIME TO PARTY | ||||
Films | The Electric |