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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:
- Education That Pays For Itself: Models, start-up & funding
- Inside & Outside The Classroom: The what, why & how of teaching
- 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.
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Day One: PROBLEM DEFINITION
Tuesday 18th November |
9H00 – 10H00
10H00 – 12H30 |
ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
OPENING SESSION
Theme: Ubuntu
Speakers
- Naledi Pandor (Minister of Education, South Africa) - TBC
- Martin Burt (Founder, Fundacion Paraguaya)
- Taddy Blecher (Founder, CIDA)
- Christo Fabricius (Nelson Mandela University)
STRATEGY MAP
Open interactive discussion session on sustainability issues |
13h00 – 14h00 |
LUNCH |
14h00 – 14h30
14h30 – 17h30 |
THE NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION
Group facilitation exercise
THEMES & CHALLENGES
Break Away Workshops with discussion around conference topics and the challenges faced in these areas. |
17h30 – 18h00 |
THE DAILY DOWNLOAD
Group debrief sessions focused on synthesis and sharing of the days learnings. |
20h00 |
TRADITIONAL SOUTH AFRICAN 'BRAAI' BARBECUE
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Day Two: SHOPPING FOR IDEAS
Wednesday 19th November |
09H00 – 13H00 |
MARKET DAY - SHOW & TELL
Creating a physical marketplace for ideas, in this facilitated session each initiative will be given a stall space where they can talk about their project while other participants 'shop' for solutions. |
13h00 – 14h00 |
LUNCH |
14h00 – 17h30 |
CO-CREATING SOLUTIONS
Break Away Workshops with discussion around conference topics and an emphasis on problem-solving through collaboration. |
17h30 |
THE DAILY DOWNLOAD
Group debrief sessions focused on synthesis and sharing of the days learnings |
20h00 |
POTJIE SUPPER
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Day Three: ACTIONS & TANGIBLE SOLUTIONS
Thursday 20th November |
09H00 – 13H00 |
SOLUTIONS TO TAKE AWAY
Facilitated blue sky session focusing on the best ideas that have come out of the first 2 days. |
13h00 – 14h00 |
CLOSING SESSION
Closure by high profile keynote speaker (tbc) & Eden students
Celebration ceremony followed by lunch
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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.
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