Upcoming events

Conferences

• Re-launch of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)
  07 September 2010
  Seminar focusing on the value of national and cross-national attitudinal data, providing an overview of the political, socio-economic and societal values of our citizens, and discussing important new developments in relation to the survey series.
• Ten years of poverty: what have we learned since 2009 and what should we do 2010-2020?
  08 - 10 September 2010
  A call for the submission of papers that conceptually explore poverty dynamics; present empirical studies on poverty reduction; explain new methodologies of measuring multi-dimensional poverty; and/or inform policymaking in poverty reduction.
• International policy and research conference 2010: Emerging trends in times of instability: New challenges and opportunities for social security
  29 September - 01 October 2010
  The conference will focus on the challenges that various socio-economic developments pose to social security worldwide. The current financial and economic crisis is having an enormous impact in terms of its suddenness, scale, and global reach.
• Global forum on agriculture policies for agricultural development, poverty reduction and food security
  29 - 30 November 2010
  ­This Global Forum is concerned with identifying ways in which governments can accelerate agricultural development and tackle the twin problems of poverty and food insecurity.
• World social security forum 2010: Securing social stability and economic development
  29 November - 04 December 2010
  The global financial and economic crisis has reaffirmed the key contribution of social security to social stability and economic recovery. The World Social Security Forum will provide a unique opportunity for over 1,000 decision-makers from all regions to share knowledge, recognize good practices and discuss key challenges and innovative strategies for Dynamic Social Security.­
• Toward universal health coverage in Africa: Second conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA)
  15 - 19 March 2011
  The overall theme of this conference, Universal coverage, is understood to mean providing financial protection against health care costs for all, as well as ensuring access to quality health care for all when needed.
• Sustainability in innovation: Innovation management challenges
  12 - 15 June 2011
  This conference will bring together innovation management professionals from research, industry and intermediary organisations. The conference format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with discussion panels and workshops.