VEME2023 – From Trees to Public Health Policy

Responsible
Anne-Mieke Vandamme and Samuel Hong

TIME

CONTENT

SPEAKERS

SUNDAY 20 AUGUST 2023

16:00
to
16:40

Welcome to VEME - Stellenbosch Museum, 37 Ryneveld St.

Tulio de Oliveira

17:00
to
19:00

VEME Cocktail Event

Monday 21 AUGUST

8:00
to
8:30

Registration.​

8:30
to
9:00

Welcome and practical instructions

Tulio de Oliveira

9:00
to
9:45

What are phylogenetic trees and what can you learn from them.

Samuel Hong

9:45
to
10:30

From surveillance to containing an epidemic: a wicked problem

Marie Stockman

10:30
to
11:00

Coffee break.

11:00
to
12:30

Introductory session on Genomic Surveillance / WHO guidelines

TBA

12:30
to
14:00

Lunch.

14:00
to
16:00

Group work session 1: Country case studies (background reading)

Team

16:00
to
16:30

Coffee break

16:30
to
17:00

Group work session 2: Country case studies (background reading)

Team

17:00
to
17:30

Recap: Lessons

Team

Tuesday 22 AUGUST

8:30
to
10:30

Group presentations

Team

10:30
to
11:00

Coffee break.

11:00
to
12:30

Interactive case studies discussion

Team

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
14:30

Wicked problems and transdisciplinarity: Theory

A-M. Vandamme

14:30
to
15:30

Problem framing and Theory of Change

Sam Hong

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
18:00

Safe Space, Problem framing: Case practice

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

Wednesday 23 AUGUST

8:00
to
8:30

Case practice and reflections

Team

8:30
to
9:30

Report on reflections and results of the problem framing exercises

Team

9:30
to
10:30

Systems thinking and systems mapping: Theory

Sam Hong

10:30
to
11:00

Coffee break.

11:00
to
12:30

Systems mapping: Case practice

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
14:30

Systems mapping: Case practice (continued)

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

14:30
to
15:30

Leverage points for systems change: Theory

A-M. Vandamme

15:30
to
16:00

Leverage points for systems change: Case practice

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

16:00
to
16:30

Coffee break.

16:30
to
17:00

Case practice and reflections

Team

Keynotes: Jan Mouton Learning Centre, Stellenbosch University, De Beer Rd.

17:30
to
18:45

Keynote 1:

Edward Holmes

18:45
to
20:00

Keynote 2:

Marion Koopmans

Thursday 24 August

8:30
to
9:00

Report on reflections and results of the systems knowledge exercises

Team

9:00
to
10:30

Revisiting Theory of Change: Case practice

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

10:30
to
11:00

Coffee break.

11:00
to
12:00

Multilevel stakeholder mapping: Theory

Sam Hong

12:00
to
12:30

Actor constellation exercise: Case practice

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
15:30

Actor constellation exercise: Case practice (continued)

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
17:30

Case practice and reflections

Team

18:30
to
20:30

Course teachers dinner

Friday 25 August

8:30
to
9:00

Report on reflections and results of the actor constellation exercises

Team

9:00
to
10:00

Futures: Theory

A-M. Vandamme

10:00
to
10:30

Futures wheel: Case practice

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

10:30
to
11:00

Coffee break.

10:30
to
11:00

Futures wheel: Case practice

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
14:30

Futures wheel: Case practice (continued)

A.-M. Vandamme, Sam Hong, Jan-Peter Sandler, TinhTam Nguyen

14:30
to
15:30

Revisiting Theory of Change: Making sense of desirable futures in the context of the case study

Team

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
17:30

Pitching the output

Team