Opening segment
• Director of Ceremony opens
• Welcome remarks by: Representative of UNESCO
• Overview of the STI Forum: Jean-Paul Adam, Director, Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management, ECA
Keynote addresses
• Invited dignitaries and VIPs
• Vera Songwe, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ECA
• Outgoing Chair: Amon Murwira: Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development, Zimbabwe • Incoming Chair: Parfait Aimé Coussoud Mavoungou, Minister for Scientific Research and Technological Innovation, Congo
