The Transformational Impacts of Information Technology GLOBINAR happened on Saturday, January 9, 2021. Thank you to all who joined us, and for being part of the conversation — our first ever 24-hour relay of online #2021Debate on World Heritage and networking across all time zones!

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PLENARY

Souayibou Varissou (African World Heritage Fund)

PANEL 1: MONITORING (ENGLISH)

Moderated by Aziliz Vandesande (University of Leuven) & Youssouph Diedhou (IUCN West and Central Africa)

Speakers:

Abdessatar Belkhouja (Ministery of Agriculture, Tunisia)

Marwa Adwan (Ministery of Tourism & Antiquities, Palestine)

Rohit Jigyasu (ICCROM)

Munyaradzi Elton Sagiya (Great Zimbabwe National Monument)

Méryas Kouton (University of Abomey-Calavi)

PANEL 2: DIGITIZATION/ARCHIVING (ENGLISH)

Moderated by Naa Dedei Tagoe (University of Mines and Technology)

Speakers:

Yichuan Shi (Independent)

Petr Maděra (Mendel University)

Nizar Al Adarbeh (USAID SCHEP)

Bijan Rouhani (EAMENA, University of Oxford)

Ali Haloob (Ministery of Agriculture, Iraq)

PANEL 3: INTERPRETATION & INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (ENGLISH)

Moderated by Haifa Abedalhaleem (World Heritage 4 All) & Nathalie Peutz (New York University, Abu Dhabi)

Speakers:

Shadreck Chirikure (University of Oxford)

Pascall P. Taruvinga (Robben Island Museum and World Heritage Site)

Henry Wellington (University of Ghana)

Emmanuel Wabwire (Faraja Africa Foundation)

Abdulrahman Al Eryani (Independent)

PANEL 4: NATURE-CULTURE LINKAGES (ENGLISH)

Moderated by Kay van Damme (Ghent Universtity)

Speakers:

Susan Keitumetse (University of Botswana)

Saleh Al Noaimat (Wadi Rum Protected Area)

Salah Amokrane (Algerian Cultural Parks Project - PPCA)

Maya Ishizawa (ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership)

PANEL 5: CROSS-BOUNDARY COLLABORATIONS (ENGLISH)

Moderated by Mohammed Al Hennawy

Speakers:

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Souayibou Varissou (African World Heritage Fund)

Mc Phillip Rosary Mwithokona (Lake Malawi National Park)

Khalifa Al Khalifa (Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities)

Boris Erg (IUCN ECARO)

Technology Facilitating the Decision-making Process: Tackling the Monitoring and Conservation Challenges - Abdulrahman Al Eryani (Independent)

Transboundary Collaboration: New Approaches & Technologies to Transboundary Conservation - Boris Erg (IUCN ECARO)