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Development Research Communications Workshop, Paris, 10-11 October 2024

Together with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) we are happy to invite communications specialists and interested researchers from our community to the second research communications workshop this year

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Thursday, October 10th

 

Venue: Mistral Auditorium (3, place Louis Armand, 75012, Paris)

10.00-10.30:

 

 

Welcome remarks and introductions
Speakers: Thomas Melonio, Chief Economist and Executive Director for Innovation, Strategy and Research, French Development Agency; Sophie Salomon, Deputy Head, Department of Economic Analysis and Public Policy, French Development Agency; Christiane Kliemann, Communications Officer, European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes.
 

10.30-12.30:

 

 

 

Keynote presentations I 
Building an Audience Across Global Divides: Towards Greater Inclusivity in Development Research Communications

Input givers: Rosebella Apollo, Program Officer, Partnership for African Social and Governance Research; Linda Khumalo, Researcher, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp; Marisol Ruiz Celorio, Senior Communications Officer, Society for International Development; Radhika Takru, Communications Specialist, French Development Agency.

12.30-14.00:

 

Break (lunch provided by host institution)

 

14.00-15.30:

 

 

Input and Discussion Session I
The Media Toolbox for Development Communicators: Evolving Strategies for Media Pitching and Media Relations

Input giver: Isabelle Dedieu, Head of the Media Relations Unit, French Development Agency

15.30-15.45:

 

Coffee Break

 

15.45-17.00:

 

 

Input and Discussion Session II
Beyond Event Fatigue: Organizing and Promoting Better In-Person, Hybrid and Online Development Research Events

Input givers: Karima Cherif, Head of Communications and Outreach, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development; Sabrina Hadjadj Aoul, ResearchCommunications and Events Specialist, French Development Agency

19.00-21.00Reception    

Friday, October 11th

 

Venue: AFD Resource Center (5, rue Roland Barthes – 1st floor)

10.00-12.00:

 

Practical Workshops I (four parallel streams; participants attend two 1-hour workshops)
Podcasts                Short form videos              IA tools for social media             Webinars                                           

Venue: Jacques Alliot Auditorium (5, rue Roland Barthes – Ground floor)

12.00-13.00:

 

World Café and workshop conclusions

 

13.00-14.30:

 

Break (lunch provided by host institution)

 

14.30-16.30: 

 

 

Keynote presentations II
Development research blogs and digital media

Speakers: Catherine Otayek and Stephania Cajero Callejas, GlobalDev; Leighton Kille, The Conversation