Program Schedule

Education That Pays For Itself 2008, the Second International Conference on Sustainable Education, will take place at Eden Campus, Karatara, South Africa, November 18th-20th, 2008

2008 Conference Theme: The Long Road Towards Sustainability

Within the overall conference theme, discussion will focus primarily on three broad topics:

1. Education That Pays For Itself: Models, start-up & funding
2. Inside & Outside The Classroom: The what, why & how of teaching
3. Working Clever: Technology, collaboration & impact

For more detail on the areas covered within each topic, click here.

An outline of the conference structure is given below.

Tuesday 18 November 2008 :  Day One
CONNECT : What is Education that pays for itself?
Overall style :  Imbizo
TIME	DETAIL	SPEAKER / FACILITATOR	ORGANISATION
09h00 - 10h00	ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
10h00 - 11h30	SESSION 1:  OPENING SESSION
	Welcome by MC	David Germond	thewinwingroup
	Teach A Man To Fish	Nik Kafka	Teach a Man to Fish UK
	Welcome to Africa	Steve Carver	The Karatara Trust & Eden Campus
	Education that pays for itself	Martin Burt	Fundación Paraguaya, Teach a Man to Fish, Karatara Project
	Social relevance	Dr. Nomsa Masuku	Standard Bank Corporate Social Investment
11h30 - 11h45	TEA BREAK
11h45 - 13h00	SESSION 1 Continued:  OPENING SESSION
	Private Schools for the poor	James Tooley	Orient Global Education Fund
	Turning intangible assets into tangible value - Bubble Chart Brief	Steve Carver &David Germond	thewinwingroup
	UBUNTU - Speed dating
13h00 - 14h00	LUNCH
14h00 - 16h30	SESSION 2:  TURNING INTANGIBLE ASSETS INTO TANGIBLE VALUE	Facilitated by:
	Theme Group Workshops  - People, Prosperity, Planet	David Germond & Steve Carver
16h30 - 17h00	THE DAILY DOWNLOAD
17h30	DEPART FOR DINNER VENUE
18h00	SUNDOWNERS AT WILLOWPOINT FOLLOWED BY DINNER:  A TRADITIONAL SOUTH AFRICAN BRAAI
Wednesday 19 November 2008 :  Day Two
INVOLVE : Shopping for Ideas
Overall style :  Indaba
TIME	DETAIL	SPEAKER / FACILITATOR	ORGANISATION
08h00 - 09h00	Delegates set up their market stalls
09h00 - 11h00	SESSION 3:  MARKET DAY - SHOW & TELL
	Creating a physical marketplace for ideas.  In this session each initiative that has booked stall space will talk about their project while other participants 'shop' for solutions.
11h30 - 12h15	THE WHOLE STUDENT	Taddy Blecher	CIDA City Campus
12h15 - 13h00	GEO TOURISM	Douglas McMeekin	Yachana Foundation
13h00 - 14h00	LUNCH
14h00 - 14h15	PLANET HOME	Eden Campus Students
14h15 - 15h30	SESSION 4:  CO-CREATING SOLUTIONS - ROUND TABLE WORKSHOPS
	Breakaway Workshops with discussion around conference topics and an emphasis on problem-solving through collaboration.
	Table 1	Facilitated by:
	Creative transformation:  handholding and new venture creation skills for young entrepreneurs	Chris Murray	SHINTSHA
	Table 2	Facilitated by:
	Financing education through entrepreneurship	Solomon Adebola	Babcock University
	Table 3	Facilitated by:
	Micro-franchising	Arno Van Haght	Standard Bank Africa
	Table 4	Facilitated by:
	Consciousness in education	Taddy Blecher	CIDA City Campus
	Table 5	Facilitated by:
	Impacting on the community through entrepreneurship training	William Frater & Graham Lashbrooke	Eden Campus
	Table 6	Facilitated by:
	Best practices for impactful impact assessments so that one achieves funding	Sarah Joy Pond	Brigham Young University
	Table 7	Facilitated by:
	Implementing a self-sustainable school models	Sylvia Finlayson & Brian Hill	Rising Star Outreach / S4
	Table 8	Facilitated by:
	Vitality and health	Peter Philip	Standard Bank Africa
	Table 9	Facilitated by:
	Curriculum development and action learning in self-sustaining schools	Martin Burt	Teach A Man To Fish
	Table 10	Facilitated by:
	Going Green and GAIA Capitalism	Steve Carver	Eden Campus
15h30 - 16h00	THE DAILY DOWNLOAD
16h00	LEAVE TO ACCOMMODATION TO CHANGE FOR GALA EVENT
Thursday 20 November 2008 :  Day Three
UNLEASH :  Tools for Success
Overall style :  Kgotla
TIME	DETAIL	SPEAKER / FACILITATOR	ORGANISATION
09h00 - 09h30	TEACHING TEACHERS TO TEACH	Ivor Blumenthal	CEO Services SETA
09h30 - 11h30	SESSION 5:  SOLUTIONS AND ACTIONS TO TAKE AWAY
	Facilitated blue sky session focusing on the best ideas that have come out of the first two days.	Steve Carver and David Germond	The Win Win Group
11h30 - 12h00	TEA
12h00 - 13h00	SESSION 6:  CLOSING SESSION
13h00 - 14h00	LUNCH
15h00	GRADUATION CEREMONY : EDEN CAMPUS SECOND YEAR STUDENTS

Full details of session titles and speakers will be available closer to the conference dates.

Delegates with additional time may be interested in the following events which will take place immediately before and after the conference.

OCEAN SAFARI
Monday 17th November: 10.30am – 8pm
10h30am Depart Karatara by bus and travel to Plettenberg Bay (1 hour +) arriving at Plettenberg Bay Central Beach Hopwood Centre. Here, a representative of Ocean Safaris will meet you. After signing indemnity forms, walk across to the beach. Everyone gets a wetsuit and a life jacket issued to him or her. 12:30 pm depart for 2-hour ocean safari seeing whales, huge shoals of dolphins, porpoises, seals, sharks, possibly turtles and a range of seabirds. It is a very stable craft so there is no possibility of getting sick! Back to the beach Drive to Look-Out Deck for seafood lunch in a stunning setting overlooking Keurbooms Lagoon, the beach and the Formosa Mountains. Depart back to Karatara by 20:00pm.
Price: R950 ($130).
To book your place email Julia@africanleisuresafaris.com quoting booking reference code: EDEN

ADDO ELEPHANT PARK
Friday 21st November, 5am – 9pm
05:00 Depart Karatara by bus and travel to far side of Port Elizabeth to Addo Elephant Park (+ 4 hours) On arrival, get something to eat at the curio/snack shop. Then take a day game watching and hopefully, see a range of animals including lion, elephant, giraffe, various antelope, buffalo, various birds and a range of eco-systems. Very late lunch back at the entrance departing at 16:00pm Arrive back at Karatara by 21:00 pm
Price: R1300 ($175)
To book your place email Julia@africanleisuresafaris.com quoting booking reference code: EDEN

Ocean Safari and Elephant Park excursions need to be booked in advance. Places are limited so please confirm your interest early! To download an information sheet on the above excursions, click here. Full terms & conditions for these excursions are available here.

Additional Sightseeing and Travel Packages

A number of 4 to 5 day travel packages are also available offering you a chance to experience some of the best of this part of South Africa.

- Sedgefield to Cape Town 5 day 5 night leisure tour
- Sedgefield to Port Elizabeth 4 day 4 night adventure
- Sedgefield to Cape Town 5 day 5 nightgolfing leisure tour
- Sedgefield to Cape Town 4 day 4 night adventure