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ILRI ‘seminal seminars’
Presentation by task force
(Ewen Le Borgne, Iain Wright, Silvia Silvestri, Susan MacMillan, Vish Nene)
Connecting the dots, seeing the bigger picture, achieving more impact
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Overview
1. Why these seminars?
2. What we propose?
3. Who’s involved?
4. When and where?
5. What next?
6. What else?
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Why these seminars?
• ILRI now holds lots of seminars with little:
• Promotion
• Relevance for all of us
• Attendance / participation
• Documentation
• Impact
We want to improve this!
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Why these seminars?
• Our ‘seminal seminars’ should:
• Map existing ILRI work ‘out loud’
• Make better use of in-house expertise
• Tap into visitors’ experiences
• Engage with thought leaders on inspiring issues
• Unlock the power of interdisciplinary research
• Raise and change our game as an open, vibrant, cutting edge livestock research institute
• Achieve more impact via joined up thinking, actions and connections, inside and outside
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What we propose? (1)
• A regular series of seminars to ‘increase awareness of ILRI staff and partners of research topics of importance to ILRI, including the wider research context, and to provide a space and platform for conversations’.
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What we propose? (2)
• One-hour seminars: 20-minute presentations (max) or 30/40-minute chat shows, followed by conversation or questions and answers.
• Possibly with assigned ‘questioners’ (people commenting the presentation).
• Facilitated in Nairobi/Addis
• Involving all ILRI offices (via WebEx)
• Promoted properly and consistently
• Enhanced through a ‘dry run’ (except visitor seminars)
• Documented live and later through a short ‘info brief / communiqué’on the ILRI news site
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What we propose? (3)
• Topics used:
• Livestock-associated diseases
• Research in vs. for development
• The mobile phone-enabled farming future?
• Livestock and the climate change community
• Pastoral research back on the agenda?
• And many other relevant topics, including the series of big ideas (running in parallel)
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Who’s involved? (1)
• To organize the series?
• Our task force (Angela, Ewen, Silvia, Susan, Tadelle, Tezira, Vish)
• To give the seminars?
• Any ILRI staff (anywhere)
• Any visitor that has something interesting to share
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Who’s involved? (2)
• To attend?
• ILRI staff across all locations (see how next slide)
• Partners that can join our ILRI offices
• Anyone…
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When and where?
• When?
• (+/- Every last Wednesday of the month, 3-4pm (EAT)
• And opportunistically with visitors
• Where?
• In rotation between Nairobi, Addis and other offices
• On WebEx for virtual participants
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Schedule 2013
• Monday 21 January: People, the planet and sustainable livestock
• Thursday 7 February: The water footprint of livestock
• Wednesday 27 March: Research for development in the livestock sector: Experiences of the IPMS project
• Wednesday 24 April: How to make agriculture more attractive to young people in Africa: The case of Well Told Story comic books
• Friday 31 May: Innovation platforms and systems
• Wednesday 26 June: Dairy hubs in East Africa: Lessons from the East Africa Dairy Development Project
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What else?
• The other seminars: Theme/team seminars (including from visiting scholars), PhD & PostDoc seminars
• What we suggest:
• - We can offer guidance & support: share our checklist to organize events, coach on public speaking, support scheduling, design (facilitation), documentation, promotion
• - But we cannot organize or streamline these other seminars. For now, we want to have a good routine in place
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What else?
• Possible connection with CG-wide Addis campus seminars
• Connection with Town Halls
• We need strong and reliable ICT facilities
• And some budget to invite speakers (USD 5.000)
• What do you think?
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