Agenda & Schedule

Morning 

8:00 – 8:30 am: Registration/Check-In/Breakfast, Ballroom, William Pitt Union

8:30 – 9:10 am: Welcome Remarks & Keynote Presentation with Mr. Eric Whitaker, former U.S. Ambassador to Niger.

9:10 – 9:20 am: Movement to Committees and Procedural Review

9:20 – 11:00 am: Session 1 (Natural Resources & Development)- Africa is well-endowed with natural resources but the extractive sector is characterized by dispossession and displacement of people, unequal distribution of wealth generated from the resources and conflicts. How can we harness the wealth generated from these resources for equitable development of the African people?

10:15 am: Teachers’ Meeting 

Midday 

11:05 – 11:25 am: Cultural Performance  

11:25 - 11:55 am: LUNCH 

Afternoon  

12:00 pm – 2:10 pm: Session 2 (Data and Development) - The 4th Industrial revolution is driven by data, information and statistics. Data is used for modeling simulation, targeting, marketing and predictions among others. Currently, developed countries such as the United States dominate the data economy with questions of data sovereignty among other issues becoming a concern for researchers and policy makers. How can Africa use data and benefit from huge datasets generated by and on people on the continent and its diapora?

2:15 - 2:30 pm: Closing Ceremony

2:30 pm: Departure 

Thank you to our participating schools!

Avonworth High School

Baldwin High School

Hampton High School

Montour High School

Moon Area High School

Northgate High School

Norwin High School

Oakland Catholic High School

Pittsburgh Allderdice

Quaker Valley High School

Riverview High School

The Ellis School

Upper St. Clair High School

Winchester Thurston School