Preliminary Programme

 

Monday 22 May

 

10:00 African cities – lighting practices and challenges (1)
Invited cities present their urban lighting context and challenges, featuring, amongst others:

• Sérigne Leye THIOUNE, Director of Technical Services, City of Dakar
• Charles NACOULMA, Director of Public Lighting, City of Ouagadougou
• Abderrahmane MEJDOUBI, Head of the Public Lighting Department, City of Rabat
• El Hadji Malick DIAKHATE, Director of Municipal Technical Services, City of Saint Louis
• Steven Jeremy NTAMBI, Operations Manager at Kampala Capital City Authority

 

12:00 Q&A session

 

12:30 Lunch

 

14:00 African cities – lighting practices and challenges (2)
Invited cities present their urban lighting context and challenges, featuring, amongst others:

• Blaise O. A. GLELE, Mayor of Abomey
• Saloua BERDHI, Vice President, Municipality of Chefchaouen
• Djibril SIDIBE, Director of Traffic Management and Urban Transport, City of Bamako
• Tounde Evariste ADJAGBA, Head of Department, Urban Mobility, Roads and Public Lighting, City of Porto Novo

 

16:00 Q&A session

17:00 LUCI Charter on Urban Lighting – presentation and signature ceremony
Signature by elected representatives of d’Abomey, Bamako, Dakar, Ouagadougou, Porto Novo, Rabat, Saint Louis

19:30 Dinner followed by visits of Dakar’s public lighting installations

 

Wednesday 24 May

 

9:30 Round Table 1 – Sustainability, energy efficiency and technology

Given the challenges of sustainable urban development in Africa, public lighting installations must adapt and increase their energy efficiency. One of the solutions is undoubtedly solar lighting. What technological and industrial issues affect its development? What are the practices and experiences of cities in this area?

• Ibrahim SOUMAILA, Energy Effciency Expert, ECREEE, CEDEAO
• Mamadou Lamine NDIAYE, Research Professor, ESP/CIFRES
• Emmanuel TATIN, Head of Expansion Countries, OSRAM
• Reginald NXUMALO, General Director, South Africa, Philips Lighting
• Stéphane REDON, Commercial Director, Sunna Design
• Bruno LAFITTE, Lighting Expert, ADEME

Moderator: Cheikh GUEYE, Mayor of Dieuppeul-Derklé

 

12:00 Q&A session

 

12:30 Lunch

 

14:00 Round Table 2 – Lighting infrastructure, public spaces and urban security

Cities and their partners should work together on issues of public lighting. How can they conceive a coherent lighting strategy that takes into account social cohesion and urban security? What are the models for financing sustainable public lighting in African cities?

• Fatou Bintou NDIAYE CAMARA, Administration and Finance Director, City of Dakar
• Marième LO, Project Manager, Agence Française de Développement (French Development Agency) – Dakar
• Jean-Marc SENEGAS, Director Africa, Thorn Lighting
• Isabelle Corten, Lighting Designer, Concepteurs Lumière Sans Frontière
• Ousmane SOW, Director of the Prefiguration Committee for the Urban Planning Agency of Bamako
• Marie Chapalain, Export Manager, Sogexi-Lacroix

Moderator: Oumar Cissé, Executive Secretary, African Institute of Urban Management

 

16:30 Q&A session

 

17:00 Closing of the conference
Soham El Wardini, 1st Deputy Mayor
Ms Mary-Ann Schreurs, Vice Mayor of Eindhoven, LUCI President

 

Thursday 25 May

10:00 Visit of the Gorée Island (optional)