Programme

Time

Start of the day

Break

Begin of the afternoon session

End of the day

Ghana

8:30

10:00 / 10:30

11:00 / 11:30

14:00 / 14:30

Cameroon, Nigeria

9:30

11:00 / 11:30

12:00 / 12:30

15:00 / 15:30

Germany, South Africa

10:30

12:00 / 12:30

13:00 / 13:30

16:00 / 16:30

Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia

11:00

13:00 / 13:30

14:00 / 14:30

17:00 / 17:30

Date

Time Line (CEST)

Activity

Remarks

Day 1:

4^th October

Welcome and introduction day

Morning session

Official Opening Ceremony

10:30 – 11:00

Words of welcome  

Prof. Dr. Carsten Drebenstedt

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Feistel

Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden (HTWD)

11:00 – 11:30

11:30 – 12:00

Words of welcome by the Convenor of the Seminar after WACEE

Short presentation about the WACEE

-- impressions from WACEE

-- lessons learnt from WACEE

-- experiences with a virtual industry fair  

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Bongaerts,

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Edmund Hassan

REMS World Ghana Limited

Lunch Break and “Family photo”

Afternoon

Poster

Session

13:30 – 16:00

Short presentations (fifteen minutes) of contributions by alumni on their projects: posters in a virtual room

Link to the virtual room:  https://alumni.erdalchimisten.club

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Bongaerts and Dr. Jiangxue Liu as co-ordinators

END OF DAY 1

Day 2

5^th October

Clean Water Day

Morning session

Lectures and discussion

10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:00

Water in Africa: challenges, water pollution and treatment technologies

Hydrological modelling

Edmund Hassan and Dr. Jiangxue Liu as moderators

Dr. Justin Maganga

Taita Taveta University, Kenya

Prof. Dr.-Ing- Ulrike Feistel

Lunch break

Afternoon

13:00 – 13:30

13:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 14:30

14:30 – 15:00

An overview of water resources in Ghana - its challenges and future

Enhancing environmental monitoring at a Basin Scale using GIS: Gully erosion mapping in Mwatate Watershed, Kenya

Impact of Artisanal And Small-Scale Gold Mining On Water Quality and Environmental Sustainability In Kakamega And Migori - Western Kenya

Café break

Dr. Asare Asante-Annor

University of Mines and Technology (UMat)

Francis Gitau, Taita Taveta University

Audrey Mulama

Taita Taveta University

THE WATER GAME

15:00 – 16:30

Participants engage in a virtual game about use of different resources to build road and houses

Link to the virtual room:  https://alumni.erdalchimisten.club

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Bongaerts, Dr. Jiangxue Liu, Marc Hoffmann as moderators

END OF DAY 2

Day 3

6th October

Clean Energy day

Morning session

presentations

and

Research Reports

10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 11:30

11:30 – 12:00

12:00 – 12:30

Renewable energy in Africa: Top down – bottom up, grid connected – off-grid?

AGRO-PV: an innovative technology for better hydrological soil conditions, plant output enhancement and clean energy

Life Cycle Analysis and the Climate Footprint of renewable energy technologies – focus on solar energy

Short film: Smart Biogas Pilot project at TU BAF

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Bongaerts and Edmund Hassan as moderators

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Bongaerts

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Feistel, HTWD

Dr. Jiangxue Liu

Erik Ferchau, Warqar Ahmed, Torsten Mayer, Azuhchum Clovis Khan

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Lunch break

Afternoon

13:30 – 14:00

Biogas for Africa: an innovative technology as a pilot project at Taita Taveta University in Voi, Kenya

Dr. Benard Alunda

Taita Taveta University, Kenya

Clean Energy for Africa: Scenario Planning (Group workshops)

14:00 – 17:00

Group work: Participants engage in group workshops on scenario planning for Clean Energy for Africa, taking into account a set of criteria as follows:

(i)                  access to electricity,

(ii)                affordability and inclusion,

(iii)              reliability,

(iv)              business plan,

(v)                lifting out of poverty and economic development

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Bongaerts as moderator

END OF DAY 3

Day 4

7^th October

Workshop / training day

10:30 – 12:00

Business model and new digital business strategy

Franziska Böhler

Business Coach at Blackpoint Consulting

Lunch break

13:30 – 16:00

·       Group work on business model of e-commerce

Franziska Böhler

END OF DAY 4

Day 5

8^th October

Government and Industrial partners day

Morning session

GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS DAY

10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30

Circular economy: good practice of packaging recycling and the implementation opportunity in Africa

-          Panel discussion

Water in Africa: Status-quo, challenges, future?

Speakers:

Jonathan Gador, Managing Director of TBL Resources Limited, Ghana

Dr. Asare Asante Anor, UMaT

Peter Görlitz

Sustainability Manager Europe at Sonoco

Moderator: Edmund Hassan

Lunch Break

Afternoon

Farewell event + Alumni Meeting

13:30 – 14:30

Farewell event of DAAD

-    Short report about the Alumni Seminar by an alumni representative

-    Hand-out of Certificates

Arngard Leifert

Yan Chen

(DAAD)

14:30 – 15:30

Alumni Meeting

-    Debriefing

-    Initiatives for further Networking

·        

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Bongaerts

15:30 – 16:30

Cultural event: Music in virtual room

Free Networking time  

Link to the virtual room:  https://alumni.erdalchimisten.club

END OF DAY 5