Program
Saturday 4th February, Ras Amba Hotel, Conference Room.

9:20-9:30 Opening Speech
Masayoshi Shigeta

9:30-9:40 Introductory remarks
Bekele Gutema

9:40-10:10 African indigenous knowledge and the potential for development resources
Gebre Yntiso

10:10-10:40 Creativity and indigenous techniques in Southwestern Ethiopia: The case of the women potters among the Ari
Morie Kaneko

10:40-11:00 Tea Break

11:00-11:30 Gender and positive cultural practices among the Sidama, Southwestern Ethiopia
Dilu Teshome

11:30-12:00 Female-centered social space in the 'patriarchal' pastoral society: Wives’ activities in the space of coffee drinking among the Daasanetch
Toru Sagawa

12:00-13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-14:00 Sustainable plant use in Gera, the forest area of Southwestern Ethiopia
Yoshimasa Ito

14:00-14:30 Belete -Gera regional forest priority area, local wisdom on participatory forest management
Mohammed Seid

14:30-15:00 A potential for development among the Rendille pastoralists in Northern Kenya
Sun Xiaogang

15:00-15:20 Tea Break

15:20-15:50 Improving conservation through better understanding of factors that enhance and maintain landrace diversity at farm level: The case of the bottle gourd in Kenya
Yasuyuki Morimoto

15:50-16:10 The creative aspect of the code of communication shared by Ethiopian minorities
Itsushi Kawase

15:50-16:10 Break

16:10-17:30 Round Table Discussion

Sunday 5th February