Keynote speakers

Prof Joel  Samoff – Stanford University - USA   

With a background in history, political science, and education, he studies and teaches about development and underdevelopment, with a particular interest in education, and with a primary geographic focus on Africa. For many years he has studied politics and public policy in South Africa. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1980 and is currently at the Center for African Studies. He has also been a faculty member at the Universities of California (Santa Barbara, Los Angeles), Michigan, and Zambia, and he has taught for shorter periods in Mexico, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

Prof Bob Lingard -Queensland University - Australia 
  
He has an international research reputation in the areas of sociology of education and education policy. He is the author/editor of 15 books and about 100 journal articles and book chapters. He has been Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Education at The University of Queensland since June, 2008. He has also been Professor at the University of Edinburgh (2006-2008), where he held the Andrew Bell Chair of Education, and the University of Sheffield (2003-2006) in the UK

Keynote panel

Prof Catherine Odora-Hoppers – University of South Africa

Catherine Odora-Hoppers is the South African Research Chair in Development Education at the University of South Africa. She is a UNESCO expert in basic education and lifelong learning, and is a policy specialist. She has been involved in international and regional development; South Africa’s transformation and the African Renaissance; peace and development; higher education in southern Africa; adult education; further education and training and gender and social policy

Prof Crain Soudien – University of Cape Town

Professor Crain Soudien is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor. He has been studying and writing on issues relating to education and transformation for the last 20 years, establishing himself as a recognised authority. He has penned more than 70 articles in refereed journals, as well as numerous book chapters, newspaper and magazine articles. He has been consulted by institutions inside and outside the country on policies they are developing with respect to the issues of equality, racism and other forms of discrimination

Prof  Johan Muller – University of Cape Town

Prof Johan Muller is the Director of the Graduate School at the University of Cape Town.  He has been studying and writing in the field of curriculum studies, sociology of knowledge and education policy