Tuesday, June 20

3:00 -            Registration opens at Lombardy Hotel.  Pennsylvania and Eye Streets.

3:30 - 5:00     Optional for Early Birds: Smithsonian Museum of African Art - Curator V. Janke

6:00 -            Reception hosted at Hotel by WACA President Jerry W. Leach

7:00 -            Dinner with Amb. William C. Harrop and Ms. Anne Harrop on
                     "Past, Present, and Future of Africa" (c)

Wednesday, June 21

7:30 - 8:45      Breakfast

8:45 - 9:00      Opening of Workshop - Melissa Lawrence

9:00 - 10:15    Why Africa is Poor - George Ayittey, Professor, American University (c)

10:15- 10:30    Coffee Break

10:30              Walk to State Department

11:00 - 12:00   US and Africa - Amb. Mark Johnson, Executive Director, Montana Council (c)

12:15              Lunch at State Department - Amb. Michael Ranneberger on Darfur Crisis (c)

1:30               Walk to World Bank

2:00 - 3:15     Debt Relief in Africa - Mark Roland Thomas and Dino Merotto, World Bank (c)

3:15              Walk to Hotel

3:30              Coffee Break

4:00 - 5:15     Microenterprise in Africa - John Hatch, Founder of FINCA International (c)

5:45              Walk to Moroccan Embassy

6:00 - 7:00     Moroccan Embassy Reception at 21st and Massachusetts Avenue (c)

7:45              Zed's Ethiopian Restaurant in Georgetown at 28th and M.

Thursday, June 22

7:30 -  8:45      Breakfast

9:00 - 10:15     Corruption and Governance - Ray Baker, Brookings (c)

10:15 - 10:30   Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:30   What is Going Right in Africa

11:40             Walk to National Geographic

12:00 - 1:30    NGS Luncheon on My Wonderful World - Nancee Hunter and Anne Pollard (c)

1:30              Walk Back to Hotel

2:00 - 3:15     AIDS, TB, and Malaria in Africa - Nicole Bates, Global Health Council (c)

3:15 - 3:45     Coffee Break

3:45 - 5:00     Children in Africa - Rory Anderson, World Vision (c)

7:00 - 9:00     Dinner with Dr. Christopher Brown on Africa in Transition (c)


Friday, June 23

7:30  -  8:45   Breakfast

9:00   - 10:15  Botswana - Dr. Steve Morrison, Center for Strategic and Int'l Studies (c)

10:15 - 10:45   Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00   Nigeria - Olayiwola Abegunrin, Professor, Howard University (c)

12:00 - Luncheon and Wrap-up Discussion

1:00    End of Workshop