This was held in Pretoria on 3 May 2013 and was attended by a number of representatives from academia, civil society, research organisations and the diplomatic corps. The discussion was led by Prof. Chris Landsberg, South African Research Chair in African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg, and Dr Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), with Dr Siphamandla Zondi, Director of the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD), acting in the role of discussant. This report is a synthesis of the presentations and the interactive discussion that followed, of which a video interview with selected speakers is also available on the IGD’s website (www.igd.org.za).  Download the full report here.