4th November 2018 – RDA Pre-Plenary Side Meetings/Events
14:00 – 18:30 RDA Funders Forum (by invitation only) (Room: Serondela 1 and 2)
15:30 – 18:00 RDA TAB and Working/Interest Group Chair Meeting (Room: Okavango 1) 
5th November 2018 – RDA 12th Plenary Meeting – Day 1
08:00 – 08:40 RDA for Newcomers (Room: Okavango 1)
07:00 – 08:40 Registration Open
09:00 – 11:00 Welcome & Dignitary Addresses

Director of Ceremony: Dr Theophilus Mooko – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology

-8:55am Arrival of His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Botswana, Dr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi and University of Botswana delegates.

-9:00am NATIONAL ANTHEM Led by Marimba band and Solo Vocalist.

-9:05am PRAYER Rev. Kresi K. Mbae.

-9:10am INTRODUCTION OF DIGNITARIES Professor David Norris, Vice Chancellor – University of Botswana

-9:20am WELCOME ADDRESS Honourable Minister Mr Ngaka Ngaka, Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology.

-9:30am ENTERTAINMENT – Marimba Band.

-9:35am INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE THEME Prof Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the New Library of Alexandria.

-9:50am ENTERTAINMENT – Traditional dance.

-9:55am KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND OFFICIAL OPENING His Excellency Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana.

-10:30am TOKEN OF APPRECIATION TO HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT by Dr Bonnie Carroll , IDW Committee Member.

-10:35am ENTERTAINMENT – Traditional troupe and Marimba Band.

-10:40am VOTE OF THANKS by Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General – Research Data Alliance

-10:55am GROUP PHOTO SHOOT with His Excellency the President, Visiting Ministers, Botswana Ministers, PS-MoTE, Ambassadors, Council Chairman, Chancellor, LOO, Vice Chancellor UB, Keynote Speakers and IDW Committee

(Room: Tsodilo C)

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break and Poster Session / Exhibition (Entrance / Circulation Area)
11:30 – 13:00 Science and Data in Africa: High Level Strategy Panel (Room: Tsodilo C)                                                                                                                     
11:30 – 13:00 RDA Plenary 12 – Breakout 1                                                                                                             
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and Poster Session / Exhibition (Marquee)
14:00 – 15:30 RDA Plenary 12 – Breakout 2                                                                                                                   
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session / Exhibition (Entrance / Circulation Area)
16:00 – 17:30 Plenary Session and Panel Discussion: Data and Health (Room: Tsodilo C)

  • – Phaik Yeong Cheah, Associate Professor at Oxford University and Head of Dept at Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unity
  • – Joy Phumaphi, Executive Secretary, African Leaders Malaria Alliance
  • – Lisa Federer, Data Science and Open Science Librarian, National Library of Medicine
17:30-19:00 Welcome Reception and Poster Session (Entrance / Circulation Area / Tsodilo A)

 

6th November 2018 – RDA 12th Plenary Meeting – Day 2
08:30 – 09:30 Plenary Session: Science Policy and the Future of Science (Room: Tsodilo C)

09:30 – 11:00 RDA Plenary 12 – Breakout 3 
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break and Poster Session / Exhibition (Entrance / Circulation Area)
11:30 – 13:00 RDA Plenary 12 – Breakout 4                                                                                                                          
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break and Poster Session / Exhibition (Marquee)
14:00 – 15:30 SciDataCon Sessions 2
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session / Exhibition (Entrance / Circulation Area) 
16:00 – 17:30 SciDataCon Sessions 3
17:30 – 19:00 SciDataCon Sessions 4
17:30 – 19:00 RDA Adoption & Business Plenary Session (Room: Tsodilo C)

– Shelley Stall

– Wim Hugo

– Wouter Haak / Martin Fenner

 

7th November 2018 – RDA 12th Plenary Meeting  – Day 3
08:30 – 9:30 Plenary Session and Panel Discussion: Pan-African Infrastructure Investment (Room: Tsodilo C)

  • – Jörg Helmschrot, Director of Science and Technology and Capacity Development, SASSCAL
  • – Rob Adam, Director, South African Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope
9:30 – 11:00 SciDataCon Sessions 5 
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break and Poster Session / Exhibition  (Entrance / Circulation Area)          
11:30 – 13:00 SciDataCon Sessions 6
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break and Poster Session / Exhibition (Marquee)
14:00 – 15:30 RDA Plenary 12 – Breakout 5                                                                                                                      
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session / Exhibition  (Entrance / Circulation Area)
16:00 – 17:30 RDA Plenary 12 – Breakout 6                                                                                                                     
17:30 – 19:00 SciDataCon Plenary Session on CODATA and WDS Initiatives (Room: Tsodilo C)
19:00 – IDW2018 Cultural Dinner (Room: Marquee)

 

8th November 2018 – RDA 12th Plenary Meeting – Day 4
08:30 – 09:30 Plenary Session and Panel Session: Data Science (Room: Tsodilo C)

  •  Ian Foster, Director, Data Science and Learning Division, Argonne National Laboratory
  • – Fosca Giannotti, Director of Research, Information Science and Technology Institute “A. Faedo”
09:30 – 11:00 RDA Plenary 12 – Breakout 7                                                                                                                  
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break and Poster Session / Exhibition (Entrance / Circulation Area)
11:30 – 13:00 SciDataCon Sessions 7 
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break and Poster Session / Exhibition (Marquee)
14:00 – 15:30 SciDataCon Sessions 8 
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Breakand Poster Session / Exhibition (Entrance / Circulation Area)
16:00 – 17:30 Plenary Session and Panel Discussion: Data and Scholarly Communications (Room: Tsodilo C)

  • – Elizabeth Marincola, Senior Advisor for Communications and Advocacy, African Academy of Sciences
  • – Tshilidzi Marwala, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Johannesburg
  • – Simeon Materechera, Director, Indigenous Knowledge Systems Center, North West University
17:30 – 18:00 Closing Session (Room: Tsodilo C)

 

9th November 2018 – RDA Post-Plenary Side Meetings
09:00 – 15:00 RDA Secretariat Meeting (Secretariat Members only)
 IG established / WG < 6 months)  WG 6-12 months  WG 12-18 months  WG in maintenance mode