List of speakers, discussants and chairpersons

Alan Hirsch	Deputy Head, Presidency’s Policy Unit, South Africa
Alicia Leiva	Chief, Social Division, Ministry of Planning and Cooperation (MIDEPLAN), Chile
Andras Uthoff	Director, Social Development Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago de Chile
Andrew Donaldson	Deputy Director-General of Finance in South Africa
Anver Saloojee	Advisor to Minister in the Presidency, South Africa
Aziz Pahad	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in South Africa
Carlos Vergara	Regional Advisor, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago de Chile
Daniel Fernando Arroyo	Secretary, Secretariat of Social Policies and Human Development, Ministry of Social Development, Argentina
Duncan Hindle	Director-General of Education, South Africa
Eduardo Zepeda	Senior Researcher, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia
Edwell Kaseke	Professor, School of Social Work, University of Zimbabwe
Essop Pahad	Minister in the Presidency in South Africa
Fábio Veras Soares	Researcher, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia
Fezile Makiwane	Head of Social Security Agency in South Africa
Gustavo Merino Juárez	Vice-Minister for Social and Human Development, Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL), Mexico
Haroon Bhorat	Director, Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU), South Africa
Amb. Jerry Matjila	Director-General of Foreign Affairs, South Africa
Jean Swanson-Jacobs	Deputy Minister of Social Development, South Africa
Jody Kollapen	Chairperson, Human Rights Commission, South Africa
Joel Netshitenzhe	Head, Presidency’s Policy Unit, South Africa
Kefiloe Masiteng	Head of Social Statistics, Statistics South Africa
Malcolm Ridout	Resilient Livelihoods Theme Leader, UK Department for International Development, Pretoria
M. Ramatlhapeng	Minister of Social Development, Lesotho
Marcella Naidoo	Director, Black Sash, South Africa
Marcelo Medeiros	Senior Researcher, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia
Marius Olivier	Director, Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law, South Africa
Mercedes González de la Rocha	Researcher, Research and Graduate Centre on Social Anthropology (CIESAS), Mexico
Murray Leibbrandt	Director, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), South Africa
Olive Shisano	Director, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka	Hon. Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa
Raul Campos e Castro	Minister, Brazilian Embassy, representing Ambassador Luiz Henrique Pereira da Fonseca, Director, Brazilian Cooperation Agency, Ministry of External Relations
Roberto Wagner da Silva Rodrigues	Secretary of Evaluation, Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger, Brazil
Sarah Ssewanyana	Senior Research Fellow, Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda
Scholastica Kimaryo	United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in South Africa
Sebastian Levine	Economist, UNDP Namibia
Selwyn Jehoma	Head of Social Security, Department of Social Development, South Africa
Sergei Soares	Researcher, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil
Sophia Simba	Minister of Community Development, Gender and Children, Tanzania
Stephen Kasaija	Assistant Commissioner, Planning Division, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Uganda
Terry McKinley	Director, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia
Thami Mseleku	Director-General, Department of Health, South Africa
Trevor Manual	Minister of Finance in South Africa
Udo Etukudo	Deputy Chief, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa, Johannesburg
Viviene Taylor	Professor, Social Development Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Vusi Gumede	Chief Policy Analyst, Presidency’s Policy Unit, South Africa
Vusi Madonsela	Director-General of Social Development, South Africa
Wiseman Magasela	Head of Social Policy, Department of Social Development, South Africa
Zola Skweyiya	Minister of Social Development, South Africa
Zolile Magagula	Advisor to Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa