“ENERGY AFRICA” - workshop and photo exhibition - Friday 23 November 2018 15:00 - 20:45

04.10.2018

AFRICA - La rivista del continente vero - in cooperation with the Project WAME, are co-hosting a workshop and photo exhibition in Milan during the 8th edition of the "dialogues on Africa" conference 23rd to 25th November

Programme 23rd November:

15:00 - 15:30 - Opening

Introduction / Marco Trovato, Director, Africa Rivista

Universal Access and the Right to Energy / Pippo Ranci, Catholic University of Milan and European University Institute of Florence, WAME

The complexity of access to energy: technologies and uses / Matteo Leonardi, Energy Policy Expert, WAME

 

15:30 - 16:20 - Is Small Beautiful ?

Moderated by: Martino Ghielmi, Founder of vadoinafrica.com

Photovoltaics and energy efficiency / Bolivie Wakam, Founder of Africa Tech Solar

Two friends, one illuminating idea / Manuel Rolando, Co-founder of SunSweetSolar in Tanzania

Energy at your fingertips / Simone Vaccari, Director of Peg Africa

 

16:50 - 18:00 - Is Big Better ?

Moderated by: Massimo Zaurrini, Journalist

The energy deficit in Africa and possible solutions / Emanuela Colombo, Professor, Milan Polytechnic

Global strategy to illuminate Africa / Guido Agostinelli, World Bank responsible for renewable energy projects in developing countries

Hydroelectric plants in Tanzania / Nicola Morganti, Acra Foundation

The case of the Inga maxi-dam on the Congo river / François Misser, Journalist

 

18:20 - 19:15 - Final Reflections and Presentation of the WAME Photo Exhibition

Moderated by: Matteo Leonardi, Energy Policy Expert, WAME

Cultures and energy: an African perspective / Alberto Salza, Anthropologist

Photographing the energy that is not there. Representing the contexts / Marco Garofalo, Photographer


Registration:

Participation in the conference and the inauguration of the photo exhibition (with buffet) is exclusively open and free of charge to subscribers of the magazine Africa.

To subscribe (30 euros): www.africarivista.it/abbonati

Reservation is mandatory at the logistics office: info@africarivista.it - Phone: 334 2440655

For further information (in Italian language): https://www.africarivista.it/ws2018/