Friday 8 August 2008 (pre-conference activities)
| Time | Event | Type | Details |
| 7:30 AM | Shuttle Pick-up | Transportation | |
| 9:00 AM | Registration | ||
| International Payments for Ecosystem Services | Workshop | UNEP (coord. Fulai Sheng and Hussein Abaza) Participants: Fulai Sheng, Katharine Farrell, Tobias Wuenscher, Jan Boerner, Jean-Louis Weber |
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| Environmental Stewardship | Short Course | Dr. Paul Mumo, Professor George Krhoda, Sarah Symons | |
| Regional Council | Meeting | Regional Society Presidents with Past President Joan Martinez-Alier | |
| Environmental Accounting in Africa | Workshop | Rashid Hassan, Glenn-Marie Lange and others (continues throughout pre-conference period) | |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | Social Sustainability and Capacity Building through Higher Education | Workshop | Coordinator: Sabine O'Hara Speakers: Segun O. Adadeji, Narend Baijnath, Haroon Mahomen, Olive M. Mugenda |
| Environmental Accounting in Africa | Workshop | Rashid Hassan, Glenn-Marie Lange and others | |
| International Payments for Ecosystem Services | Workshop | Chair: Kevin Urama Participants: Fulai Sheng, Katharine Farrel, Tobias Wuenscher, Jan Boerner, Jean-Louis Weber |
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| Learning Ecological Economics with Non-governmental Organizations Through Case Studies - CEECEC Project | Workshop | Joan Martinez-Alier, Leah Temper, Mariana Walter |
Friday 8 August 2008
| 1:00 PM | Registration | ||
| 6:00 PM | Inauguration Ceremony | Plenary | Co-Chairs: Peter May, Kevin Urama, Kevin Urama, Angela Cropper |
| 6:30 PM | Inaugural Address | Plenary | Hon. Raila Odinga |
| 7:00 PM | Cocktail | Plenary | TBA |
| 9:00 PM | Shuttle Return | Transportation |