THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT See:   https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/dfat-inaugural-aid-supplier-conference-2017-tickets-29564591489 ‘DFAT’s Aid Supplier Conference 2017 will be an opportunity for those involved in the delivery of the Australian Aid Program to find out about opportunities, policies and priorities. The conference will focus on practical aspects around procuring and implementing effective aid activities, and will include opportunities to discuss

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Inaugural Anthony Low Commonwealth Lecture by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC FASSA FAIIA, Chancellor of The Australian National University, Canberra, 17 November 2016. The text of this lecture can be found by accessing https://www.gevans.org/speeches/Speech621Cth_Diplomacy_Apartheid.html and by clicking on the link for this speech

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President Adegboyega Adeniran Vice President Chernor Bangura Secretary Emily Wakesho Assistant Secretary Thabani Zondo Treasurer Wellington Barchue Public Relations Officer Storm Viall

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  Chodziwadziwa (‘Cho’) Kabudula from University of the Witwatersrand has been awarded the 2017 JC Caldwell Fellowship and will be visiting the ANU’s School of Demography sometime next year. Cho is a Population Health Data Scientist and Researcher affiliated with the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health & Health Transitions Research Unit (the MRC/Wits-Agincourt Research Unit) at

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This inaugural lecture is in honour of former ANU Vice–Chancellor and great Commonwealth of Nations scholar and Africanist the late Professor Anthony Low. The speaker ANU Chancellor Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC  describes what remains one of the Commonwealth’s proudest achievements: its role in hastening the end of apartheid in South Africa. The

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A UNITED KINGDOM The Canberra premiere of the inspirational true story and Opening Night film of the BFI London Film Festival, A UNITED KINGDOM, starring David Oyelowo (Selma) and Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl). This film is about Seretse Khama’s marriage to Englishwoman Ruth Williams which led to his exile from Bechuanaland (now Botswana). PALACE ELECTRIC

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From the Australian Institute of International Affairs ACT Branch A panel discussion with Jacqueline Zwambila and Matthew Raymond will held on Thursday 27 October 2016, 6:00pm Refreshments served from 5:30pm AIIA Conference Centre – Stephen House 32 Thesiger Court Deakin ACT 2600 This panel discussion will address political and development challenges facing Southern Africa. Former

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Crawford School of Public Policy | Resources, Environment and Development Group Date & time Monday 10 October 2016 10.00am–11.00am Venue Lennox Room, Level 1, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU Speaker   Dr Keith Shepherd, World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. Keith Shepherd is a Principal Scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi

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Date & time Thursday 29 September 2016 1.00pm–2.00pm Venue Brindabella Theatre, Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU Speaker Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, MBE, Director, Up!-Africa Limited; Chukwu-Emeka was born in London to a Nigerian father and Sierra Leonean mother. He was formerly a Senior Economic Advisor to the Mauritian government on the private sector

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ANU’S Contribution to Science and Communication in Africa Thursday 15 September, 2016, 6-7 pm. Venue: Australian Centre on China in the World Building Address: 188 Fellows Lane, ANU   For more details about registering etc., see https://www.anu.edu.au/events/science-and-innovation-in-africa Panellists include: Professor William Foley, Leader Animal-Plant Interactions Lab, ANU Research School of Biology. Mr Gboyega Adeniran, PhD

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