2001
U.S.-Africa Business Summit
“Building Global Partnerships”
Agenda
Tuesday, October 30
Wednesday, October 31
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Registration
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Plenary Breakfast
Theme:
Small Business and Africa
Speakers: Mr. Jack Edlow,
Vice-Chairman
Corporate
Council on Africa , President
Edlow Resources
International
The Honorable Manuel Rosales,
Assistant Administrator for
International Trade
U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA)
The Honorable Thelma Askey, Director
U.S. Trade & Development
Agency (USTDA)
His Excellency Ahmed Lahlimi,
Minister of Social Economy, Small
and Medium Business and Handicrafts,
responsible for general governmental
affairs of Morocco
His Excellency N’Guessan Affi, Prime
Minister
Republic of Côte
d’Ivoire
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Workshop Sessions
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Plenary Lunch
Theme: Regional Peace and Business
Speakers:
Mr. Carl Masters, President
Goodworks International
His Excellency Joseph Kabila,
President
Democratic Republic
of Congo
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Workshops
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Philadelphia Night
Reception
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Plenary Dinner
Theme:
Honoring the New African Initiative
Speakers:
Mr. Stephen Hayes, President
Corporate Council on Africa
Mr. Maurice Tempelsman, Chairman of
the Board
Corporate Council on
Africa
The Honorable John F. Street, Mayor
of Philadelphia
Mr. Peter J. Robertson, President
ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum
His Excellency Ambassador Lawrence
Agubuzu, Assistant
Secretary-General, Organization of
African Unity/ African Union
The Honorable Joseph L. Biden, Jr.,
Chairman
U.S. Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
Entertainment by the KanKouran West
African Dance Company
Thursday, November 1
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Plenary Breakfast
Theme: Financing Business Investment
in Africa
Speakers:
Mr. Lionel Johnson, Vice-Chairman
Corporate Council on Africa and
Vice-President, Citigroup
Mr. Anupam Basu, Deputy Director of
the African Department
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Mr. James Harmon, CEO
J.A. Harmon and Associates
Immediate Past President of the U.S.
Export-Import Bank
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Workshop Sessions
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Plenary Lunch
Theme: The United States and Africa
Speakers:
Mr. Ken Evans, Vice-President for
Exploration in Africa ExxonMobil
Special film presentation on the
Corporate Council on Africa
Mr. Carl Ware, Executive
Vice-President
The Coca-Cola Company
The Honorable Walter Kansteiner,
Under Secretary of State for African
Affairs
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Workshops
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Networking Reception
Friday, November 2
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Plenary Breakfast
Theme:
Combating HIV/AIDS in Africa
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Special film presentation on the
life of South African AIDS Activist Nkosi Johnson
Speakers:
Mr. Joe Sills, Co-Chairman
Corporate Council on Africa Task
Force on HIV/AIDS in Africa
The Honorable Joy Phumaphi, Minister
of Health
Botswana
The Honorable Scott Evertz,
Director
White House Office of
National AIDS Policy
Mr. Callisto Madavo, Vice
President for Africa
World Bank
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Workshop Sessions
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Closing Lunch
Speakers:
Mr. Maurice Tempelsman,
Chairman
Corporate Council on
Africa
Mr. Robert Allison, Jr., Chairman
and CEO
Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation
His Excellency Abdelaziz Bouteflika,
President
People’s Democratic
Republic of Algeria
Presentation of Award to President
Bouteflika
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"[THE SUMMIT IS] UNPRECEDENTED ... IT IS
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT FOR
COMMERCIAL INTERESTS ON BOTH CONTINENTS."
Eric Mercer
International Marketing Specialist
Department of Economic Development
State of Missouri
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"THE
LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT CCA HAS PROVIDED IN
AREAS RANGING FROM POLICY AND ADVOCACY TO
BUSINESS LINKAGES, HAS SURPASSED OUR
EXPECTATIONS ... I WANT TO COMMEND CCA FOR
ITS VISION AND COLLABORATION."
Oren
Whyche - Shaw
Regional Director for Africa
TechnoServe
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