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SCHEDULE DETAILS Event Schedule
9:00–9:30
Welcome & Introduction
Beakal Fasil | WRI Africa
Naomi Mwaura | Flone Initiative
Haileselassie Medhin| Country Director, Ethiopia, WRI Africa
Naomi Mwaura
Haileselassie Medhin
Beakal Fasil
9:30–10:00
Keynote Speech
Her Excellency Minister Dagmawit Moges,
Ministry of Transport
H.E. Dagmawit Moges
10:00–11:00
Accessibility & Safety, Employability and Environment
Exploring conference themes –Accessibility & Safety, Employability, Environment -through stories
Iman Abubaker | WRI Africa
Nahungu Lionjanga | Transport Truths
Iman Abdulwassi
Nahungu Lionjanga
11:00–11:30
Group Photo & Tea Break
11:30–13:00
Plenary Session: Accessibility
Understanding Accessibility Challenges in Public Transport
Naomi Mwaura| Flone Initiative
Crystal Asige | Open Institute
Jeff Turner | DFID-Funded High-Volume Transport Research Programme
Naomi Mwaura
Crystal Asige
Jeff Turner
13:00–14:00
Lunchbreak
14:00 –16:00
Parallel Research Sessions
What is "Sustainable Public Transport?"
Moderator: Jeff Turner & Heather Allen
What are the sustainability challenges facing public transport in African cities
Jeff Turner
Heather Allen
14:00 –16:00
Parallel Research Sessions
Walking as an Intersectional tool to Fight Exclusion
Moderator: Deyala Tarawneh & Ronja Schiffer
What are the sustainability challenges facing public transport in African cities
Deyala Tarawneh
Ronja Schiffer
14:00 –16:00
Parallel Research Sessions
Women Working in Transport: Issues & Opportunities
Moderator: Susan Goodwillie
Women’s employment in transportation jobs is low in African cities.
Susan Goodwillie
16:00–17:00
Recap & Afternoon Tea
9:00 – 9:40
Welcome & Screening
Welcome & Screening of "Msupa wa Nganya"
Beakal Fasil | WRI Africa
Mary Mwangi| Flone Initiative
Beakal Fasil
Mary Mwangi
9:40 –11:00
Plenary Session: Employment
Experiences of Women Working in Transportation
Anna KARUME
11:00–11:30
Tea Break
11:30–13:00
Plenary Session: Environment
Creating Gender Responsive Urban Mobility: Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Elleni Ashebir WRI | Africa
Elleni Ashebir
13:00 –14:00
Lunchbreak
14:00 – 16:00
Parallel Research Sessions
What is "Socially Just" Public Transport
Moderator: Ann Kamau, University of Nairobi
Dr. Anne Wairimu Kamau
14:00 – 16:00
Parallel Research Sessions
Interventions to Create safe walking & cycling spaces
Moderator: Jeff Turner
Jeff Turner
14:00 – 16:00
Parallel Research Sessions
Interventions on Inclusive Employment
Moderator: Mary Mwangi Flone Initiative
Mary Mwangi
16:00–17:00
Recap & Afternoon Tea
9:30 –10:00
Introduction to Seminar Day
Introduction to Seminar Day
Paul Wafula| Flone Initiative
Jeff Turner | DFID-Funded High-Volume Transport Research Programme
Segundo Lopez | WRI
Paul Wafula
Jeff Turner
Segundo López
11:00 -11:30
Tea Break
10:00 – 13:00
Paralle Seminars
Women In transport Seminar
Moderator: Paul Wafula | Flone Initiative
Location: Lower Deck
Paul Wafula
10:00 – 13:00
Research Seminar
Research Seminar
Moderator: Jeff Turner | DFID
Location: Main Hall
Jeff Turner
10:00 – 13:00
Road Safety Seminar
Road Safety Seminar
Moderator: Segundo Lopez | WRI
Location: Oval Room
Segundo López
13:00 -14:00
Lunch & Depart
8:50 am – 9:00 am
Online Conference Room Opens
9:00 am – 9:10 am
Introduction to day three and Recap
Master of Ceremony
Mbeki Mwalimu – Founder, Back to Basics Kenya
9:10 am – 10:20 am
Inclusive Employment and Launch of the Gender Employment Research Report and Policy Brief
Session Lead
Mehnaz Sarwar - An Nisa Taxi
Panelists
Paul Wafula – Flone Initiative
Sam Clark - Transaid
10:20 am – 10:30 am
10 min Break
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Interventions for Safe Walking and Cycling
Session Lead
Sonal Shah - The Urban Catalyst
Panelists
Abigail Muigai - Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NAMATA)
Chris Kost - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
11:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Women as Investors in Public Transport
Session Lead
Violet Asiko – Program Officer, Flone Initiative
Panelists
Nerica Kuguru - CEO and Design lead at Abiria
Elizabeth Njoki – Matatu Owner
Amrita Gupta – Program Director, Research Advocacy and Communications at Azad and Sakha
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
1 hour Lunch Break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Failfest
Master of Ceremony
Mbeki Mwalimu – Founder, Back to Basics Kenya
Panelists
Constant Cap – Urban Planner
Marita Walther - Electric Mobility Entrepreneur
Edward Mbogo - Technology Entrepreneur
3:00 pm – 3:10 pm
10 min Break
3:10 pm – 4:10 pm
Sustainable Public Transport: What does Socially Just Public Transport Look Like?
Session Lead
Constant Cap - Urban Planner
Panelists
Ronja Schiffer - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Jordan
Deyala Tarawneh - University of Jordan
Ahmad Zayad Abu Hussein - Greater Amman municipality
Muhairwe Geofrey - Makerere University
4:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Moving the Wheels of Change During COVID-19
Session Lead
Paridhi P Yadav - Program Manager, Research, Advocacy and Communication, Azad Foundation
Panelists
Amrita Gupta - Program Director, Research Advocacy and Communications at Azad and
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Closing Remarks
Master of Ceremony
Mbeki Mwalimu – Founder, Back to Basics Kenya
5:15 pm
End of Day 3
8:50 am – 9:00 am
Online Conference Room Opens
9:00 am – 9:10 am
Welcome & Recap
Master of Ceremony
Mbeki Mwalimu – Founder, Back to Basics Kenya
9:10 am – 10:10 am
State of the Art Research on Gender & Transport Across Africa
Session Lead
Jeff Turner - High Volume Transport (HVT) Applied Research Program
Panelists
Dr Bernard Obika - Team Leader HVT
Eva Mwai - North Star Alliance
Alemgena Araya - Alert Engineering
Paul Curtis -Vectos, EMPOWER project
10:10 am – 10:20 am
10 min Break
10:20 am – 11:30 am
Data & Gender – The Evidence Gap: You can’t change what you don’t count
Session Lead
Sheila Watson - FIA Foundation
Panelists
Lucy Mahoney
Gail Jennings
Justin Coetzee
Heather Allen - Consultant
11:30 am – 12:40 pm
Leveraging Gender to Promote Electric Mobility
Session Lead
Naomi Mwaura – Executive Director, Flone Initiative
Panelists
Emilie Martin – Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI)
Elisabeth Biber - Siemens Stitfung Foundation
David Rubia - United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
12:40 pm – 1:40 pm
1 hour Lunch Break
1:40 pm – 2:50 pm
COVID-19 and the Future of Public Transport
Session Lead
Jeff Turner - High Volume Transport (HVT) Applied Research Program
Panelists
Cyprian Moses - Hudumaplus Ltd
Ian Stott - Integrated Transport Planning
Ana Luisa Silva - ONG Lalana
Dr Stanley Ojejere - University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Dr Fatima Adamu - University of Sokoto, Nigeria
2:50 pm – 3:00 pm
10 min Break
3:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Impact of COVID-19 and Women Transport Workers Rights
Session Lead
Claire Clarke - International Transport Workers Federation (ITF)
Panelist
Anna Karume - International Transport Workers Federation (ITF)
Rebecca Kwashie - General Transport, Petroleum & Chemical Workers' Union of TUC
Naomi Njeri Ngugi - Matatu Workers Union
Judith Lusaka - Railway and Allied Workers Union
Anna Kazembe - Transport & General Workers Union
Salami Oyebode Adedamola - National Union of Road Transport Workers
Beatrice Nokuthula Sifunda - South African Transport & Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU)
Nice Amon Mwansasu - Communication & Transport Workers' Union of Tanzania (COTWUT)
Aisha Nanteza Kamya - Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union
Irene Wamuyu Ngatia - Public Transport Operators Union
4:20 pm - 5:00 pm
Maintaining Essential Health Services During a Pandemic - Integrating a COVID-19 Response into a Rural Access Initiative in Zambia
Session Lead
Caroline Barber - Chief Executive, Transaid
Panelist
Auxilia Piringondo - Director, Development Data in Zambia
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Closing Remarks
Master of Ceremony
Mbeki Mwalimu – Founder, Back to Basics Kenya
5:15 pm
End of Day 2