ICPOW 2022 – African Parasite Network Meeting

AFRICAN PARASITE NETWORK MEETING

Embracing and advancing interdisciplinary research in parasitology on the African continent

– For established and early-career researchers only –

12 September 2022, 15:00-18:00
Kruger National Park, South Africa

Programme Outline

Welcome (10 minutes)
– Sonja Matthee (President of PARSA)

Guest Presentations on their experience of Africa-Africa collaborative research projects (40 minutes)
– Simbarashe Chitanga (University of Namibia, Namibia),
– Maxwell Barson (Botswana University, Botswana) and
– Nico Smith (North-West University, South Africa)

Open discussion: key points/issues (115 minutes)

  1. How to facilitate Africa-Africa collaborations.
  2. The need for training and capacity development.
  3. Opportunities for faculty/student exchange visits.
  4. Multi-institutional collaborative funding options.

Summary & The way forward (15 minutes)

Group photo

Guidelines:

  1. The meeting is open to established and early-career researchers that are conducting research in Africa and or working on African taxa.
  2. The meeting is free of charge for all delegates that register for the ICPOW congress.
  3. Confirmation of attendance on the conference registration form.

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