Programme Main Conference
Moderator: Sam Okello, Kisumu Local Interaction Platform trustee and former Mayor of Kisumu
Monday 13 November 2017
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:00 Entertainment
9:00-9:15 Welcoming remarks
H. E. Governor Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, The Governor of Kisumu County, Dominic Makawiti, Board Chairman, Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform, Kisumu and Stefan Bengtsson, President and CEO of Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
9:15-09:45 Introduction and official opening of the conference
H. E. Governor Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, The Governor of Kisumu County, Professor Stephen Agong, Director, Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform, Kisumu and Professor David Simon, Director, Mistra Urban Futures
9:45-10:25 Keynote − Translocal urban lives: Rescaling justice in African cities
Conceptions of the right to the city are located within principles that assume that all urban dwellers seek political, social and economic inclusion in a particular space. In cities and neighbourhoods with high levels of mobility and translocal imaginations, justice is achieved at multiple geographical and temporal scales. As such, policies based on sedentarist and space bound conceptions of justice may ultimately work against the desires of large numbers of current and future urban dwellers. This talk explores how we might rethink ‘rights to the city’ and urban inclusion in 21st century African cities.
Dr. Caroline Kihato, Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg, Global Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington DC, Board Member, Mistra Urban Futures
10:25-11:10 Panel discussion − Urban governance in the context of urban sustainability transitions and challenges
Invited political leaders and official representatives from Kisumu, Cape Town, Gothenburg and Sheffield/Manchester (TBC) will discuss the topic of urban governance in the context of urban sustainablity.
Chair: Professor David Simon, Director, Mistra Urban Futures
11:10-11:30 Health break and poster exhibition
11:30-13:00 Mistra Urban Futures' international comparative projects
Introduction
Artistic Professor Henrietta Palmer, Deputy Scientific Director, Mistra Urban Futures
Urban food security and value chain
Professor Stephen Agong’ Director, Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform, Kisumu
Migration and urban development
Helene Holmström, Head of Operations - Integration, City of Gothenburg
Transportation and urban development
Professor George Mark Onyango, Maseno University/Researcher, Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform, Kisumu
Cultural Heritage and urban development
Dr. Rike Sitas, Researcher, African Centre for Cities, Co-ordinator, Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform, Cape Town
Solid waste management
Dr. Michael Oloko, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology/Deputy Director Research, Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform, Kisumu
Neighbourhood transformation and development
Dr. Magnus Johansson, Senior lecturer, Malmö university
Public finance
Liza Rose Cirolia, Researcher, African Centre for Cities, Mistra Urban Futures Local interaction Platform, Cape Town
Participatory cities
Professor Beth Perry, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield, Director, Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform, Sheffield-Manchester
13:00-14:00 Lunch and poster exhibition
14:00-17:00 Study visits to railway station, Kachok and Dunga
During the study visits the delegates will get a chance to see the old railway station, Kachok dumpsite and Dunga Beach a site that has experienced phenomenal growth and development in terms of tourism activities due to involvement of Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform in Kisumu.
17:00-17:30 Reflections on the study visits
Chair: Alfred Otom, Coordinator, Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform, Kisumu
Tuesday 14th November 2017
8:30-9:10 Keynote − Grounding Agenda 2063 in Local Practice: Implications for Interdisciplinary Practice
The lecture will unpack the vision for African cities embedded in the Agenda 2063 aspirational statement of the African Union. It will explore the urban development implications of the “structural transformation” economic agenda that underpins Agenda 2063. Through a series of examples of ongoing experiments across the Continent, the talk will seek to animate the potential and risks of Agenda 2063. The talk will conclude with a series of reflections on what the institutional and knowledge implications might be of this exciting horizon.
Professor Edgar Pieterse, Director, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
9:10-10:30 Panel discussion – The nexus between Mistra Urban Futures research agenda and the global arena (SDGs)
Laura Petrella, Leader City Planning, Extension and Design Unit, Urban Planning & Design Branch United Nations Human Settlements, UN-HABITAT, Sandra Valencia, Lead researcher, Mistra Urban Futures and Kenyan local and national speakers (TBC). Klas Groth, Expert Urban Planning and Design. Chair: Professor David Simon, Director, Mistra Urban Futures
10:30-10:50 Health break and poster exhibition
10:50-11:55 Highlights from Mistra Urban Futures collaborative PhD projects
Dr. Eva Maria Jernsand, University of Gothenburg
Doctoral student Helena Kraff, University of Gothenburg
Dr. Frankline Otiende, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology
Dr. Lilian Omondi, Maseno University
Dr. Fredrick Odede, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology
Dr. Fredrick Owino, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology
11:55-12:00 Closing remarks
Professor David Simon, Director, Mistra Urban Futures' introducing next year's conference in Cape Town with local host Dr. Warren Smit, Research Manager, African Centre for Cities and Director, Mistra Urban Futures Local Interaction Platform, Cape Town.
