From: Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] IPC9 CONFERENCE AND CONVERGENCE PROGRAMMES - FIRST DRAFT
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:56:47 -0700
Dear all
Please find below the first draft programmes for the IPC9 convergence
and conference. Please give us a shout for any errors, ommissions and
requests.
Best regards
Walter /SCOPE PROGRAMME <zipscope@yahoo.co.uk>
www.ipc9.org Africa
THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE CONVERGENCE (IPC9)
DESIGNING SOLUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINBLE FUTURE - PLAN AFRICA: FOOD & EMPOWERMENT
Kumbali Village, Lilongwe, Malawi. 2 to 5 November 2009
Sunday 1st November 2009
ARRIVAL DAY
14.00 to 18.30
Registration
Village Roundaval
18.30 to 19.30
Dinner
19.30 to 21.00
Around the bonfire and under the full moon - meet new people with
live music in the background
Monday 2nd November
DAY ONE OF THE CONVERGENCE
07.30 to 08.30
Registration of day participants
08.30 to 09.00
Welcome remarks
Patron, Permaculture
Network in Malawi;
Member, International Permaculture Council;
IPC9 Coordinator
09.00 to 09.15
Convergence Programme and venue information
09.15 to 10.00
Key note speech. Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize for the
Environment Winner, Kenya
10.00 to 10.30
Health break
10.30 to 11.10
Overview of Permaculture in Austaralia - John Champagne
Spirituality, Water and Food
By Ed Mendoza,
Indigenous Permaculture de Atzlan, USA
Natural Herbal Remedies to Treat and Prevent Tropical Diseases.
A workshop by Godfrey Nyarutila, Global Resources Alliance, Musoma
Village, LakeVictoria region, Tanzania
11.10 to 11.50
The Role of Permaculture in Community Based Adaptation and Mitigation
in Liberia
Rosemary E. Mbone
Sweet Africa Foundation
School Health and Nutrition - Productive School Environments in
Malawi, Stacia Nordin, GTZ, Malawi
11.50 to 12.30
Permaculture Applications in Central California
By Mr. Benjamin Fahrer, USA
Slideshow presentation of Musango Cultural Centre Project. James
Mujuru, Musango Cultural Centre, Zimbabwe
12.30 to 13.30
Lunch break
13.30 to 14.30
The Permaculture Credit Union. By
Wesly Roe, Santa Barbara Permaculture, USA
Fire and Water: Tools of Habitat Development and Transformation
By Linda Weintraub, USA
Natural Habitat, no digging garden, and bottle watering.
Admire Gwatidzo, Kufunda Village, Zimbabwe
14.30 to 15.00
Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Andhrapradesh
By Pandmavatti Koppula, Aranyanet, India
Ali Sharif, Founder and International Coordinator, Permaculture
America Latina (PAL), USA and Brazil
15.00 to 15.30
Health break
15.30 to 16.20
The work of Permaculture Research International worldwide
establishing aid projects
By Geoff Lawton
Permaculture Research International, Australia
Ecological Sanitation - Seven Ways Urine Can Save the World
Type of presentation: Panel Discussion
led by Gail Swithenbank, USA
16.20 to 17.10
17.10 to 18.00
Kumbali walk about - Nature's Gift Centre
Eston Mgala, Malawi
18.30 to 19.30
Dinner
19.30 to 21.00
Video night: SEEDS etc
Tuesday 3rd November
DAY TWO
08.00 to 08.30
Announcements and lifting the spirits
08.30 to 09.00
Introduction to open space technology
09.00 to 10.00
Key note speech. John Wilson, Free Range Consultant, Zimbabwe
10.30 to 11.10
The work of Permaculture sustainable consulting internationally
By Geoff Lawton
Permaculture Research International, Australia
Natural Remedies for the Treatment and Prevention of Malaria
Dr. Tara Blasco, Global Resources Alliance, Tanzania
11.10 to 11.50
Dr. Kristin Lyons, Griffith University, Australia
Good Water in Hard Rock. by
Lyn Herbenstreit, Global Resources Alliance, Tanzania
11.50 to 12.30
12.30 to 13.30
Lunch break
13.30 to 14.20
14.20 to 15.00
15.00 to 15.30
Health break
15.30 to 17.10
OPEN SPACE 1:
Plan Africa: Food Empowerment
OPEN SPACE 2:
Permaculture Education and Training
OPEN SPACE 3: Green Economics, Gender and Health
OPEN SPACE 4: Chaordic - Open for any issues to be determined
by those who turn up
17.10 to 18.00
Kumbali walk about - Organic garden
Mada Siebert
18.30 to 19.30
Dinner
19.30 to 21.00
Networking evening with live music
Wednesday
4th November
DAY THREE OF THE CONVERGENCE
08.00 to 08.30
Announcements and lifting the spirits
08.30 to 09.30
Key note speech:
Holistic Management and grazing area management
By Osmond Mugweni, Africa 2000, Zimbabwe
09.30 to 10.30
Presentations by countries bidding to host the 10th International
Permaculture Conference and Convergence (IPC 10)
10.00 to 10.30
Health break
10.30 to 12.30
OPEN SPACE 1
OPEN SPACE 2
OPEN SPACE 3
OPEN SPACE
4
12.30 to 13.30
Lunch break
13.30 to 15.00
OPEN SPACE 1
OPEN SPACE 2
OPEN SPACE 3
OPEN SPACE 4
15.00 to 15.30
Health break
15.30 to 17.00
OPEN SPACE 1
OPEN SPACE 2
OPEN SPACE 3
OPEN SPACE 4
17.10 to 18.10
Kumbali Walk About: The farm - Guy Pickering
18.30 to 19.30
Dinner
19.30 to 22.30
Cultural Evening: Live performances by Malawian group
Thursday 5th of November
4TH and Final Day of the Convergence
08.00 to 08.30
Announcements and lifting the spirits
08.30 to 09.30
Key note speaker: Mariam Mayet, Africa Centre for Bio Safety, South Africa
09.30 to 10.00
OPEN SPACE 1
OPEN SPACE 2
OPEN SPACE 3
OPEN SPACE 4
10.00 to 10.30
Health break
10.30 to 12.30
OPEN SPACE 1: Finalise plenary presentation
OPEN SPACE 2: Finalise plenary presentation
OPEN SPACE 3: Finalise plenary presentation
OPEN SPACE
4: Finalise plenary presentation
12.30 to 13.30
LUNCH BREAK
13.30 to 15.00
Plenary presentations by rapporteurs from the open spaces
15.00 to 15.30
Health break
15.30 to 17.00
Closing procedures
From IPC 9 to IPC 10
17.00 to 18.30
Finalising displays for the conference
18.30 to 19.30
Dinner
19.30 to 21.00
Networking evening with live music
THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE CONFERENCE (IPC9)
DESIGNING SOLUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINBLE FUTURE: PLAN AFRICA -FOOD & EMPOWERMENT
KUMBALI VILLAGE, LILONGWE, MALAWI. FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2009
Conference overview
The IPC9 conference brings together Permaculture practitioners, the
public and relevant instituions to share on the inspirational stories
from grass roots people coming from all continents who have used
Permaculture and related approaches to transform their lives towards
sustainable living. The conference is an opportunity to build
alliances and to begin to shape strategies that can be used to
mainstream functional land design as a tool for sustainable
development.
Conference objectives
1. To bring together Permaculture practitioners, farmers,
learners, extensionists, members, the public and government and civil
society agencies to network and share knowledge and strategies
2. To provide a platform where ecologically sustainable
initiatives, projects, programmes, best practices are show cased and
positioned for scaling up through linkages
3. To build synergies towards a Plan Africa for the empowerment
of African communities for food sovereignity, nutrition security and
improved sustainable livelihoods.
07.30 to 08.00
Registration
08.00 to 08.30
Opening remarks
Coordinator, Permaculture
Network in Malawi;
Member, International Permaculture Council;
IPC9 Coordinator
08.30 to 09.10
Permaculture - The promise (A performance)
John Wilson and group
09.10 to 09.50
Yield in the first year of a rainfed African multi-cropping design system
Kasisi Permaculture trial plot team representative
09.50 to 10.05
Permaculture as a strategy for South African villages
Dr. Terry Leah,
Newcastle University, Australia
10.05 to 10.30
Plan Africa: Food & Empowerment - Strategies from the convergence
Rapporteur from the convergence
10.30 to 11.00
Health break
11.00 to 11.40
Tree planting : IPC9 forest
Local community and or Nature's Gift Permaculture Centre
11.40 to 12.30
Officiation of the conference
Guest of honour, Malawi Government
12.30 to 13.30
Lunch break
13.30 to 14.10
The Impact of Integrated Aquaculture Agriculture (IAA) on Livelihoods
in Northern Malawi.