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Joining the New World Order: Perspectives from the BRICs - lessons for South Africa Details:
Category	SAIIA Events
Where:	Villa Sterne - Pretoria
Date:	Tuesday 01 Mar 2011 -Tuesday 01 Mar 2011
Time:	09:00 -13:00

Event description:
South African Institute of International Affairs invites you to a roundtable on JOINING THE NEW WORLD ORDER: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE BRICs - LESSONS FOR SOUTH AFRICA and a book launch of "BRIC in the New World Order: Perspectives from Brazil, China, India and Russia" by Nandan Unnikrishnan and Samir Saran. Date: Tuesday 1 March 2011 Time: 09:00 Registration Venue: Villa Sterne, 212 Johann Rissik Drive, Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria RSVP: Gontse Legong Tel: +27(0) 11 339 2021 ext 132 Email: Gontse.Legong@wits.ac.za Program: 9:30-10:15 Welcome and opening Ms Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, National Director, SAIIA Keynote Address BRIC and IBSA: Convergence and Divergence His Excellency Mr V Gupta, High Commissioner of India to South Africa (tbc) 10:15-11:30 Session One: The South African Perspective - Preparing for the BRICS Key questions for the discussion: What does SA hope to bring to BRIC? What does SA want to get out of BRIC? What do SA businesses want to get out of it? How are they preparing for BRIC membership? What are the implications for South Africa's role in Africa? Iaan Basson, Chief Director Asia, Department of International Relations and Cooperation Simon Freemantle, Analyst, Standard Bank Amb Dr Kaire Mbuende, SAIIA Distinguished African Fellow Discussion 11:30-11:45 Break 11:45-13:00 Session Two: The Indian, Brazilian, Russian and Chinese perspectives Key questions for the discussion: What value do India, Brazil, Russia and Brazil see in their BRIC involvement thus far? What are the current debates around BRICS in these member countries? How do various stakeholders in India (and Brazil) see the future of IBSA vs BRICS? How are their business communities taking advantage of BRIC membership? Samir Saran, Vice President, Observer Research Foundation, India Amb HHS Viswanathan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Srinath Sridharan, Senior Vice President & Head Strategic Alliances, Wadhahan Holdings Discussion 13:00 Concluding remarks and lunch SAIIA's Emerging Powers and Africa Programme is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)