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A G A K H A N U N I V E R S I T Y -‐ I N S T I T U T E F O R H U M A N D E V E L O P M E N T I N V E S T I N G I N E A R L Y C H I L D H O O D D E V E L O P M E N T F O R A B E T T E R W O R L D S A F A R I P A R K H O T E L , N A I R O B I , F E B R U A R Y 1 2 -‐ 1 4 A G E N D A -‐ D A Y 1 7:30-‐8:30 REGISTRATION (Coffee and tea will be available) 8:30-‐9:15 Greetings and welcome by Aga Khan University leadership Provost Greg Moran & IHD Director Kofi Marfo Bougainville Room 9:15-‐10:00 PLENARY KEYNOTE The 1st 2000 days: Establishing trajectories to life-‐long health, learning and social functioning. Bougainville Room Dr. Stephen Lye, Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development 10:00-‐11:00 PLENARY ADDRESSES (1) Environmental influences on early brain development: Research to intervention. (2) Effect of in-‐utero environment on brain and cardiac programming: Implications on early childhood development and long-‐term disease risk. Bougainville Room (1) Dr. Stephen Matthews, Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development (2) Dr. Nuruddin Mohammed, Aga Khan University 11:00-‐11:15 COFFEE & TEA BREAK 11:15-‐12:15 PLENARY ADDRESSES (1) Promoting optimal childhood development: Understanding the In-‐utero environment. (2) Saving brains: Innovation is the path, impact is the destination. (1) Dr. Alan Bocking, University of Toronto (2) Dr. Karlee Silver, Grand Challenges Canada Bougainville Room 12:15-‐13:15 LUNCH 13:20-‐13:50 PLENARY ADDRESS Integration of care for child development in health and nutrition services: What we know and what we need to learn to move forward? Dr. Aisha Yousafzai, Aga Khan University Bougainville Room 13:55-‐15:10 PLENARY SYMPOSIUM Advances in metrics for child development: Addressing contextualization and Dr. Penny Holding, AKU Institute for Human individual variations. Development Ms. Aarti Kumar, The Thrival Lab @ Community Empowerment Lab Dr. Barak Morgan, University of Cape Town Bougainville Room 15:10-‐15:25 COFFEE & TEA BREAK Page | 1 15:30-‐16:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 16:50-‐17:50 POSTER & MEDIA SESSIONS 17:50-‐18:30 BREAK 18:30-‐20:00 OFFICIAL RECEPTION AND LAUNCH OF AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY’S INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Bougainville Room A G E N D A -‐ D A Y 2 8:30-‐9:00 PLENARY ADDRESS Optimising child development in Africa: Challenges of marshaling evidence. Dr. Robert Serpell, University of Zambia 9:05-‐9:35 PLENARY ADDRESS The Jamaica early child development intervention: Efficacy to global impact. Dr. Susan Walker, University of the West Indies Bougainville Room Bougainville Room 9:40-‐10:10 PLENARY ROUND TABLE International Collaborations to Advance Understanding of the Science of Early Child Development: Past, Present and Future Ms. Sheila Manji, Aga Khan Foundation, Geneva Prof. Janet Jamieson, Red River College, Canada & International SECD Team Bougainville Room 10:15-‐10:30 COFFEE & TEA BREAK 10:30-‐11:00 PLENARY ADDRESSES Understanding the context of child welfare services: The importance of an ecological approach. Dr. Barbara Fallon, Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development Bougainville Room 11:05-‐12:05 PLENARY ADDRESS Developmental issues in the lives of children with/affected by HIV and AIDS. Dr. Amina Abubakar, KEMRI/Tilburg University Dr. Chris Desmond, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Bougainville Room 12:05-‐13:05 LUNCH 13:05-‐13:35 PLENARY ADDRESS Parenting and the new science of child development. Bougainville Room Dr. Linda Richter, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa 13:40-‐15:10 PLENARY SYMPOSIUM IPHD field studies in early development and learning. Dr. Ghazala Rafique, Aga Khan University Dr. Michaela Mantel, Aga Khan University Dr. Almina Pardhan, Aga Khan University Dr. Pauline Rea-‐Dickins, Aga Khan University Dr. Sheila Manji, Aga Khan Foundation Page | 2 Bougainville Room 15:15-‐15:30 COFFEE & TEA BREAK 15:35-‐16:55 PLENARY FOUNDATIONS ROUND TABLE Ms. Lisa Bohmer, Hilton Foundation Ms. Tina Hyder, Open Society Foundation Dr. Alex Coutinho, Accordia Global Health Foundation Bougainville Room 17:00-‐18:15 CONCURRENT SESSIONS A G E N D A -‐ D A Y 3 8:30-‐9:00 PLENARY ADDRESS Connecting research and practice in support of young children’s development Dr. Caroline Arnold, Aga Khan Foundation in the majority world: How do we make sure we look at what’s important and not just what’s easy to measure? Bougainville Room 9:05-‐9:35 PLENARY ADDRESS Promoting ECD Capacity in sub-‐Saharan Africa. Bougainville Room Dr. Alan Pence, University of Victoria 9:40-‐10:10 PLENARY ADDRESS Global child health and development: Challenges and opportunities post-‐ 2015. Bougainville Room Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta, Aga Khan University & University of Toronto 10:10-‐10:25 COFFEE & TEA BREAK 10:30-‐11:30 PLENARY DOUBLE HEADER Muslim preschool developmental and education programs. Bougainville Room Dr. Azim Nanji, Aga Khan University & Stanford University Dr. Anil Khamis, University College London-‐Institute of Education 11:30-‐13:00 LUNCH & CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS Child development and disability: Opportunity and responsibility. Dr. Robert Armstrong, Aga Khan University Bougainville Room D. Kofi Marfo, AKU Institute for Human Development Bougainville Room 13:00 CLOSING REMARKS & VOTE OF THANKS Page | 3
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