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25.05.2023

African-South Tyrolean Leadership Forum 2023

An international conference dedicated to bringing together emerging African leaders and innovators with their counterparts in the autonomous European Union region of South Tyrol.

    • Date: 25.05.2023, 14.00 - 19.15
    • Place: Conference Hall, Eurac Research
    • Typology: International Conference
    Credit: Eurac Research | Oscar Diodoro

    As Africa is set to become “the continent of the future” and has one of the most ambitious young generations on the globe garnering it unprecedented chances for progress, South Tyrol with its exemplary autonomy model and ethnic reconciliation experience strives to become one of the most sustainable regions in the European Union, as it advances from its high level of development and wealth. Although obviously of different sizes, structures and stages, in both cases, leadership is crucial for progress. Synergies for cross-continental leadership approaches are sought by integrating the best parts of both partners in the perspective of a truly inter- and trans-disciplinary leadership build-up, which requires new models of social and political methodologies based on cooperative scientific efforts.

    Organized by the UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation at the Eurac Research Center for Advanced Studies which is dedicated to implementing the UNESCO Strategy 2022-29 which features a strong focus on Africa, the condensed exchange between African and South Tyrolean leadership excellence breeds new ideas and creates a breath of fresh air in the relationship between African and European Union leadership traditions. The Forum is all about building strong and concrete leadership partnerships which are defined by a focus on mutual inspiration, participation and practical cooperation.

    Participation is free of charge.
    Registration is required.
    Please confirm your participation by 22.05.2023: https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/T9TPVW5

    In case you cannot join us in Bolzano, it is also possible to participate in the conference online.
    Registration: https://scientificnet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Rv3MFahvRLajpf-SNOHP_w#/registration

    Language: English (no simultaneous translation)

    Roland Psenner

    President, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

    Roland Benedikter

    UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

    Harald Pechlaner

    Head of the Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

    Hellicy Ngambi

    CEO of Mutepa RARE Solutions and Former Vice-Chancellor of Mulungushi University, Zambia

    Gloria Chuku

    Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

    Susanne Dammer

    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Management Specialist, Italy

    Sadio Barry

    Opposition leader, Bloc pour l’alternance en Guinée, Presidential Candidate, Guinea

    Thomas Spielbüchler

    Senior Lecturer, Institute for Newer and Contemporary History, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria

    Ismaila Ouedraogo

    EU4EU Scholar, PhD Student in Health Informatics, University of Bordeaux, France, Nazi Boni University, Burkina Faso

    William Mensa Tsedze

    Africa Programs Director, Earth Guardians, Senegal

    Manuela Bertagnolli

    President, Association of Young Entrepreneurs South Tyrol, Italy

    Robert Mudida

    Director of Research, Central Bank of Kenya

    Hans Karl Peterlini

    UNESCO Chair on Global Citizenship – Culture of Diversity and Peace, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

    Programme

    14:00

    Greetings & welcome address
    Roland Psenner, President, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

    14:05

    Joint leadership development as a core goal of the UNESCO Strategy 2022-29. Motivations behind the African-South Tyrolean Leadership Forum 2023
    Roland Benedikter, UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

    14:15

    Leadership in today’s re-globalizing world: Bringing Africa and South Tyrol together. A visionary framework for shared progress
    Harald Pechlaner, Head of the Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

    14:30

    Female leadership in Africa
    Hellicy Ngambi, CEO of Mutepa RARE Solutions and Former Vice-Chancellor of Mulungushi University, Zambia

    15:00

    Women in colonial and postcolonial economies
    Gloria Chuku, Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

    15:30

    Responding talk
    Susanne Dammer, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Management Specialist, Italy

    15.45

    Coffee Break

    16:15

    The need for new leadership in transiting countries: The case of Guinea (Language: German)
    Sadio Barry, Opposition leader, Bloc pour l’alternance en Guinée, Presidential Candidate, Guinea

    16:45

    Responding Talk
    Thomas Spielbüchler, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Newer and Contemporary History, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria

    17:00

    How to preserve the new brains? Involving the young generation of African intellectuals and leaders
    Ismaila Ouedraogo, EU4EU Scholar, PhD Student in Health Informatics, University of Bordeaux, France, Nazi Boni University, Burkina Faso
    William Mensa Tsedze, Africa Programs Director, Earth Guardians, Senegal

    17:30

    Responding Talk
    Manuela Bertagnolli, President, Association of Young Entrepreneurs South Tyrol, Italy

    17:45

    Podium discussion and plenary debate: Reaching beyond the exchange of best practices. Integrating leadership’s best to advance African-European relations in a glocal view

    Hellicy Ngambi, CEO of Mutepa RARE Solutions and Former Vice-Chancellor of Mulungushi University, Zambia
    Gloria Chuku, Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
    Robert Mudida, Director of Research, Central Bank of Kenya (online)
    Thomas Spielbüchler, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Newer and Contemporary History, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
    Hans Karl Peterlini, UNESCO Chair on Global Citizenship – Culture of Diversity and Peace, University of Klagenfurt, Austria (online)

    Moderation: Harald Pechlaner, Head of the Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

    19:15

    Reception with refreshments

    Follow-up report and picture gallery

    HERE you can find the follow-up report in italian language as well as a picture gallery.

    Organisation

    Eurac Research
    Center for Advanced Studies
    Drususallee 1 / Viale Druso 1
    39100 Bozen / Bolzano
    T +39 0471 055 801
    advanced.studies@eurac.edu

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