Programme

Thursday 8 August – Day 1

EVENING

16:00h

Arrival and registration

16:50h

Cumberland Lodge welcome

17:00h

Group tours of Cumberland Lodge

17:30h

Formal welcome

Dr John Kirkland, Deputy Secretary General, the Association of Commonwealth Universities

18:00h

Introductions and selection of policy groups

18:30h

Dinner

19:30h

Keynote speech: ‘Will the world exist in 2113?’

Professor Rolph Payet, Minister for Environment and Energy, Seychelles; and Pro-Chancellor, University of Seychelles

21:00h

Networking/Socialising

Friday 9 August – What kind of world in 2013?

MORNING

08:00h

Breakfast

09:00h

‘How will we communicate in 2113?’

Professor Tim Unwin, Chief Executive, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation and Chair, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

10:30h

Refreshment break

11:00h

‘Who will we be communicating with in 2113?’ – Language and culture

Professor Graham Furniss, Pro-Dean, SOAS

12:30h

Pre-lunch policy group meetings

13:00h

Lunch

AFTERNOON

14:00h

‘The challenge of 2113 – How will the brain cope?’

Professor Colin Blakemore, University of Oxford

15:30h

Policy group meetings

(followed by free time)

EVENING

18:00h

Reception for speakers and external guests

18:30h

Barbeque

20:30h

Quiz night

Saturday 10 August – What policies will we need in 2013?

MORNING

08:00h

Breakfast

09:00h

‘2113 – Will we need an international development policy?’

Professor Jeff Waage, Director, London International Development Centre

10:30h

Day trip to London

EVENING

18:30h

Dinner

19:30h

‘Science and research in 2113’

Professor Robin Grimes, Chief Scientific Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

21:15h

Networking/Socialising

Sunday 11 August – Who will be making the policies?

MORNING

08:00h

Breakfast

09:00h

Policy group meetings

10:00h

Church or free time

12:00h

Participatory 'Democracy trends - What will it mean in 2113?'

Patrcik Wintour, The Royal Commonwealth Society

AFTERNOON

13:30h

Lunch

14:30h

‘Will we need a gender policy in 2113?'

Jan Grasty, President, UN Women UK

15:30h

Refreshment break

16:00h

Policy group meetings and manifesto writing

EVENING

18:30h

Dinner and drinks

20:00h

Manifestos from the policy groups followed by elections for the World Government of 2113

22:00h

Networking/Socialising

Declaration of election results

Monday 12 August – The Commonwealth in 2113

MORNING

08:00h

Breakfast

09:00h

‘Will there be a Commonwealth in 2113?’

Professor Philip Murphy, Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies

10:15h

Refreshment break

10:45h

Panel Discussion

‘Shaping Tomorrow’s Commonwealth – How can student leaders help shape the Commonwealth?’

• Katherine Ellis, Director and Head of Youth Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat


• Layne Robinson, Programme Officer, Youth Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat


• Daniel Wilson, Caribbean Region Representative, Commonwealth Students' Association

12:00h

International Youth Day Session

• International Youth Day address by Tamara Baboo-Sadgrove, Papua New Guinea Commonwealth Representative

• Launch of Commonwealth Students’ Association’s strategic plan and website by Francesca Danmole, UK Youth Commonwealth Representative and Daniel Wilson, Caribbean Region Representative, Commonwealth Students’ Association

AFTERNOON

13:00h

Lunch

14:00h

Treasure hunt

15:15h

Departure