December 3 & 4, 2004
Day One

    9:00 – 11:00am Welcome & Morning Plenary

        Part 1 – The State of Africa: Muthoni Wanyeki (FEMNET) (read presentation)
        Part 2 – The State of US Africa policy: Ann-Louise Colgan (Africa Action) (read presentation)

    11:15 – 1:00pm Panels (Concurrent)

        1. Who You Gonna Call?: When Intervention is Necessary in Africa

            Panelists:
            Bill Fletcher, Jr. (TransAfrica Forum)
            Emira Woods (Foreign Policy in Focus/Africa Action Board Member)
            John Prendergast (International Crisis Group)

            Moderator:
            Salih Booker (Africa Action)

        2. Washington’s Picks: The Trend Toward Selectivity in U.S. Africa policy

            Panelists:
            Imani Countess (American Friends Service Committee)
            William Martin (SUNY-Binghamton)
            Edmond Keller (UCLA)

            Moderator:
            Marie Clarke Brill (Africa Action)

    1:00 – 2:30pm Lunch

    2:30 – 4:15pm Panels (Concurrent)

        1. The Answer to AIDS in Africa: How the Pandemic Can Be Defeated

            Panelists:
            Karin Santi (UNIFEM)
            Matilda Moyo (Pan African Treatment Access Movement)
            Adam Taylor (Global Justice)

            Moderator:
            Ann-Louise Colgan (Africa Action)

        2. Follow the Money: U.S.-Africa Economic Ties

            Panelists: Njoki Njoroge Njehu (50 Years is Enough/Africa Action Board Member)
            Marie Clarke Brill (Africa Action)
            Horace Campbell (Syracuse University)

            Moderator:
            Howard Wolpe (Woodrow Wilson Center)

    4:30pm Closing Plenary – It’s a Wrap!

Day Two

    9:00 – 11:00am Morning Plenary

        How to Make Friends & Influence U.S. Foreign Policy: Historic Precedents & Current Strategies

            Presenters:
            Aram Hamparian (Armenian National Cmte of America)
            Salih Booker (Africa Action)
            Ronald Walters (University of Maryland)

            Moderator:
            Joe Volk (Friends Committee on National Legislation/Africa Action Board Member)

    11:15 – 1:00pm Panels (Concurrent): “Africa’s Giants”

        The Future of U.S. relations with Nigeria

            Panelists:
            Howard Jeter (Good Works International/Africa Action Board Member)
            Sulayman Nyang (Howard University)
            Leslie Fields (Friends of the Earth)

            Moderator:
            Mobolaji Aluko (Howard University/Africa Action Board Member)

        The Future of U.S. relations with South Africa

            Panelists:
            Rev. Dr. Molefe Tsele (South African Council of Churches)
            Daniel Ngwepe (Embassy of South Africa)
            Jennifer Davis (Washington Office on Africa)

            Moderator:
            Jim Cason (AllAfrica.com)

    1:00 – 2:15pm Lunch

    2:15 – 3:30pm Group Photo

    2:30 – 4:00pm Afternoon Plenary

        OogaboogaJournalism: Misrepresenting Africa in the U.S. media

            Presenters:
            Hugh Hamilton (WBAI Radio) (read presentation)
            Gumisai Mutume (Africa Renewal)
            Marie Nelson (ABC Nightline)
            Lynne Duke (The Washington Post)

            Moderator:
            Makani Themba Nixon (Praxis Project/Africa Action Board Member)

    4:00 – 4:30pm African Oracles: “A Forecast for Africa in 2005"

            Presenters:
            Rt. Rev. Peter Njenga (ret. Anglican Bishop of Kenya)
            Matilda Moyo (Pan African Treatment Access Movement)

    4:30pm Closing

    5:30pm Reception