The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), KfW Entwicklungsbank, the German Development Institute (DIE) and the Chinese Institute for Western Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) cordially invite you to an International Conference on ‘Doing business for Africa's development: German, Chinese and African engagement put to the test’.

Dear Delegate

We wish to bring to your attention changes to the programme for the "Doing Business For Africa's Development: German, Chinese and African engagements put to the test" conference and regret any inconvenience caused by this.

The cocktail reception scheduled for 9 November has been cancelled, and the conference itself will be held on 10-11 November 2009.  Please see the revised programme attached.

Please note that Professor Kader Asmal, Professor Extraordinaire in the Faculty of Law of the University of the Western Cape, and former Minister of Education, Water Affairs and Forestry will deliver his Address on Business, Law and Sustainable development in session one on Wednesday 11 November 2009 at 09h30.

To facilitate catering arrangements please indicate which days of the conference you will attend.

Thank you

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
SAIIA National Director

RSVP:       Ms Nondumiso Nqunqa
Tel:           (011) 339 2021
Fax:          (011) 339 2154
E-mail:     Nondumiso.Nqunqa@wits.ac.za

Programme

Tuesday 10 November 2009

09:30 - 10:15 Welcome

Frank Spengler, Deputy Head Department of International,

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Cooperation

Thomas Wollenzien, First Vice President, KfW Entwicklungsbank 

Imme Scholz, Deputy Director, German Development Institute

Zhang Yongpeng, Deputy Director, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, National Director, South African Institute

of International Affairs

10:15 - 11:30 Session 1: What is business's role in fostering social, economic

and ecological sustainable development?

Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich, former Secretary of State, Germany

Respondent: Tim Hughes, Research Fellow, South African Institute

of International Affairs

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee-break

12:00 - 13:30 Session 2: Managing Differences - Modes of interaction for

African development

Chair:  Sven Grimm, German Development Institute

Panel discussion

Jürgen Langen, Secretary-General, Deutsche Afrika Stiftung

Zhang Yongpeng, Deputy Director of International Studies, Institute

of West Asian and African Studies and Chinese Academy of Social

Sciences

William Gumede, Senior Associate and Programme Director, Africa

Asia Centre, University of London and Honorary Associate Professor,

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 16:30 Session 3: Business to Business linkages

Chair: Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, South African Institute of International

Affairs

Panel Discussion

Christian von Drachenfels, German Development Institute

Prof. Yao Guimei, Deputy Director of Division of African Studies,

Institute of West Asian and African Studies and Chinese Academy

of Social Sciences

Sanusha Naidu, Research Director: China in Africa programme, Fahamu

Neuma Grobbelaar, Director of Studies, South African Institute

of International Affairs

Wednesday 11 November 2009

09:30 - 10:30 Address: Business, law and sustainable development

Prof Kader Asmal, Former Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry and

Professor Extra-ordinary, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape

Chair: Natalia Fedossenko, Ministry for Generations, Family, Women

and Integration of the German State of North-Rhine-Westphalia

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee-break

11:00 - 12:30 Session 4: The role of the state in creating sustainable

economic growth in Africa

Chair: Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich, former Secretary of State, Germany

Panel Discussion

Dr. Norbert Kloppenburg, Managing Board of KfW Bankengruppe

Dr. Yuan Wu, Assistant Professor, Institute of West Asian and African

Studies and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Sven Möller, President, Southern African German Chamber of

Commerce and Industry

Dr. Mzukisi Qobo, Programme Head, Emerging Powers, South

African Institute of International Affairs

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 Session 5: Leveraging trilateral cooperation - country

case Mozambique

Chair: Gerd Juntermanns, KfW Office Mozambique

Panel Discussion

Michael Fischer, Country Director DEG South Africa

Liu Naiya, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of West Asian and

African Studies and Chinese Academy of Social Science

NN, Finance Ministry of Mozambique (tbc)

15:00 - 15:30 Summary and Concluding remarks