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A workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
May 8-11, 2006
 
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Conference Schedule
May 8-11, 2006
Kunduchi Beach Hotel
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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MONDAY, MAY 8, 2006
Integrating the Social and Natural Sciences
Moderator: Salome Misana

7:00 – 8:30 

Breakfast

 

8:00 – 10:45

Registration

 

8:30 – 9:15

Introductions and Welcome
Professor Mathew Luhanga, Vice Chancellor University of Dar es Salaam University

 

9:15 – 10:15

Integrating the Social and Natural Sciences at the Household Level
Alice N. Pell and David M. Mbugua

 

10:15 – 10:45

Tea Break and Registration for those who have not done so

 

10:45 – 11:45

Integrating the Social and Natural Sciences at the Landscape and Regional Levels
Jennifer Olson and Joseph Maitima

 

11:45 – 12:30

Panel to identify afternoon discussion topics
Prof. Aboud, Prof. McCabe, Prof. Sam Mugisha

 

12:30 – 1:30

Lunch

 

1:30 – 3:00

Group Discussion Integration Problems
Discussion leaders: David Mbugua, Gete Zeleke, Aldo Stroebel, Charles Gachene

 

3:00 – 3:30

Tea Break

 

3:30 – 5:30

Report Back

 

5:30 – 6:00

Video Recording: This time can be used to provide an opportunity to record on video ideas that were not included in the discussion or to provide case studies/examples. The conference will be video-taped to produce a short program on how to conceive of and implement interdisciplinary research projects. Our intended audience for this tape will be people who were unable to come to this conference who are interested in interdisciplinary research.

 

 

Dinner at the Hotel

 


TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2006
Science and Society
Moderator: Abe Goldman

7:00 – 8:00 

Breakfast

 

8:30 – 9:30

David Campbell, Michigan State University
and Dan Brown, University of Michigan

 

9:30 – 10:30

Pius Yanda, University of Dar es Salaam

 

10:30 – 11:00

Tea Break

 

11:00 – 12:30

Proposal Development
(individually or in groups)

 

12:30 – 1:30

Lunch

 

Modeling Benefits and Pitfalls

 

1:30 – 3:00

Dynamic Systems Modeling
Charles Nicholson, Cornell University,

 

3:00 – 3:30

Tea Break

 

3:30 – 4:30

Agent-based Modeling
Bryan Pijanowski, Purdue University

 

4:30 – 5:30

Modeling Panel
Dan Brown, Emma Stephens, David Mbugua

 

5:30 – 6:00

Video Recording

 

 

Dinner at the Hotel

 


WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2006
Modeling Workshop
 Moderator: Prof. C. Sokoni

7:00 – 8:00 

Breakfast

 

8:00 – 10:30

Research Resources
(discussion with hands-on demonstration)
Mary Ochs, Cornell University

 

10:30 – 11:00

Tea Break

 

11:00 – 12:30

Group Discussion 1 (Burning Questions)

 

12:30 – 1:30

Lunch

 

1:30 – 2:15

Funding Discussions

 

2:15 – 3:45

Group Discussion 2 (Specific Next Steps)

 

3:00 – 3:30

Tea Break

 

4:30 – 5:30

Plenary Report Back and Next Steps

 

5:30 – 6:00

Video Recording

 

 

Dinner at the Hotel

 


THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2006
Modeling Workshop
Moderator: Dr. Charles F. Nicholson

7:00 – 8:00 

Breakfast

 

8:00 – 10:30

Hands-on Modeling Exercise
Charles F. Nicholson, Bryan Pijanowski, Emma Stephens, David Mbugua, Dan Brown

 

10:30 – 11:00

Tea Break

 

11:00 – 12:30

Continuation of Modeling Workshop

 

12:30 – 1:30

Lunch

 

1:30 – 3:30

Wrap-up of modeling workshop

 

 

 
 
 
 

Conference Presentations
(NOTE: videos require RealPlayer)

Alice Pell presents an overview of the project in Biocomplexity: Economic and Environmental Sustainability (video)

Charles Nicholson: Dynamic Systems Modeling at the Dar es Salaam conference (video)

David Campbell and Dan Brown: Multidisciplinary Partnerships in the Coupled Human-Natural Systems (video)

Pius Yanda: Role of Interdisciplinary Research in Addressing Development Challenges in Africa (PowerPoint)

David Campbell and Dan Brown: Multidisciplinary Partnerships in the Coupled Human-Natural Systems (video)

Funded by:
The National Science Foundation
(NSF)

Scientific Literature Resources
The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL)

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)

Workshop Documentation:
Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development
(CIIFAD)