EDCTP

08:00-09:00 Registration continues

09:00-10:50 Official Opening address: Brief statements

Master of Ceremony from host country: to be advised by protocol service of the President of Tanzania

09:00-09:10    Prof. Charles Mgone, EDCTP Executive Director
09:10-09:20    Dr Pascoal Mocumbi, EDCTP High Representative
09:20-09:30    Dr Diana Dunstan, EDCTP Assembly Chairperson
09:30-09:45    Prof. José Manuel Silva Rodríguez, EC Director General 
                      Research
09:45-09:55    Dr Janez Potocnik, EU Commissioner for Science and Research
09:55-10:10    Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Assistant
                      Regional Director
10:10-10:50    Tanzanian Government High Officials

10:50-11:20  Coffee/Tea break

11:20-12:00  Plenary session I: The Global Picture

Theme:          The need for clinical trials and EDCTP

Chairs:            Dr Matshidiso Moeti and Dr Pascoal Mocumbi

11:20-11:40     Prof. Charles Mgone, EDCTP Executive Director
                       Introduction of the theme: Fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria 
                       and tuberculosis: one world one partnership
                       Include an overview of the research and capacity strategy and  
                       EDCTP contribution
11:40-12:00     Dr Diana Dunstan, EDCTP Assembly Chairperson
                       European and African programmes partnership: role of  
                       European member states and agencies 

12:00-13:00   Electronic and paper poster presentations

13:00-14:00   Lunch

14:00-15:45

Plenary session: The Global Picture (continued)

Chairs:            Dr Andrew Kitua, Dr Steven Shongwe and Dr Rafael De Andrés Medina

14:00-14:15     Ambassador Juma Mwapachu, Secretary General, East African Community 
                       African Commitment to Health and Research
14:15-14:30     Ambassador Staffan Herrström, Swedish Embassy, Tanzania
                       Higher education and capacity development as a means to fight  
                       poverty and poverty related diseases
14:30-14:45     Dr Placido Cardoso, Director General, West African Health Organisation (WAHO)
                       Health research initiatives in West African Region
14:45-15:00     Dr Marlyse Peyou Ndi, Head of Studies, Planning and Training, OCEAC 
                       Health research initiatives in Central African Region
15:00-15:15     Mr Steven Sianga, Director of Human and Social Development, SADC 
                       The SADC Research Health Research Agenda / strategy (Initiatives in Southern Africa Development Community
                       (SADC) region)

15:15-15:45    Discussion

15:45-16:15    Coffee/Tea break

16:15-17:30 

Plenary session II: Global development

Chairs:            Dr Aïssatou Toure and Prof. Juhani Eskola

16:15-16:30    Dr Andrew Kitua, Chairperson DCCC
                      Networks of Excellence: Overview
16:30-16:45    Prof. Francine Ntoumi, Coordinator 
                      Central Africa Network of Excellence in Clinical Research, CANTAM
16:45-17:00    Dr Liliana Chocarro, Scientist, WHO/FCH/IVB/QSS 
                      Regulatory Pathway
                      Harmonisation and strengthening of regulatory activities in sub-Saharan Africa
17:00-17:15    Prof. Carel IJsselmuiden, Director, Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)
                      Ethics strengthening in Africa- to include EDCTPs ethics mapping project and other EDCTP ethics activity
17:15-17:30    Dr Nandi Siegfried/Ms Amber Abrams, PACTR 
                      Coordinator/Manager
                      The Pan African Clinical Trials Registry (PACTR): Leading the way in prospective clinical trials registration in 
                      Africa

19:00-20:30  Conference Dinner