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2003 PRIVATE SECTOR SESSION OF THE AGOA FORUM AGENDA(Second Revision) Monday, January 13, 2003
6:00 pm Preview of Exhibition Freeport of Mauritius (FOM) (Shuttles provided from Radisson)
7:00 pm Opening Reception Freeport of Mauritius (FOM)
7:30 pm Program Maurice Vigier de Latour Chair, Coordinating Committee
Paul Ryberg President, The Africa Coalition for Trade (ACT)
Stephen Hayes, President The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA)
Jean-Raymond Boulle, Chairman, Jean-Raymond Boulle Corporations
Ambassador John Price, Ambassador to Mauritius, United States
Honorable Paul R. Berenger Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Mauritius
Right Honorable Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister, Republic of Mauritius
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
9:00 am Opening Maurice Vigier de Latour Ballroom, Radisson Chair, Coordinating Committee
Stephen Hayes President, The Corporate Council on Africa
Ambassador John Price Ambassador to Mauritius, United States
Walter Kansteiner Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, U.S. Department of State
Honorable Jaya Cuttaree Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Mauritius
9:30 am PLENARY SESSION AGOA: Successes and Challenges Ballroom, Radisson Paul Ryberg, ACT (Moderator) Raj Makoond, Director, Joint Economic Council, Mauritius Marty Trust, Senior Advisor, Limited Brands, Inc. Mpho Malie, Minister of Trade, Lesotho William Thomas (R-CA), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Congress Erastus J.O. Mwencha, COMESA Secretary General Narisoa Rajaonarivony, Ambassador to the U.S.; Former Deputy Prime Minister of Madagascar
10:30 am Break Baywatch Garden
11:00 am WORKSHOPS Ballroom, Radisson Apparel Sourcing Opportunities Under AGOA: Views from Major U.S. Importers Paul Ryberg, ACT Julia K. Hughes, Vice President for International Trade and Government Relations, USA-ITA (Moderator) Brenda A. Jacobs, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Nancy Marino, Sears Roebuck and Co. Peter McGrath, J.C. Penney John E. Thomas, Global Sourcing & Trade Consultant, Oyster-World, Inc. Ron Shulman, Limited Brands, Inc.
Room 3, Radisson Accessing Private Capital in Africa from African Financial Institutions Jean-Raymond Boulle, Chairman, Jean-Raymond Boulle Corporations (Moderator) Justin Chinyanta, Chairman, Loita Group Jacques de Navacelle, Barclays Bank Iraj Abedian, Standard Bank Marc Hein, Head of Jurisconsultant Chambers; Director, Citco (Mauritius) Ltd.; Lawyer Practicing in Mauritius
Fun Club, Radisson U.S. Market Opportunities: Perspectives (Children’s Center) from the AGOA Professional Development Program Stephen Hayes, President, CCA (Moderator) Teshome Kebede, Genuine Leather, Ethiopia Moustapha Ly, APEX, Senegal Maria Kereng, White Dove, Botswana Vida Amuah, Vida International, Ghana Hussen Ladha, Ubungo Spinning Mill/Rafia Bags, Tanzania Paul Ryberg, ACT Lilowtee Rajmun, MEPZA Maurtius
11:00 am Baywatch, Radisson Linking African Agriculture to Regional and Global Markets: What Works?*
David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World (Moderator)
Erastus J.O. Mwencha, COMESA Secretary-General (Moderator) Peter Hartman, Director General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Assamoi Yapo, National Network Coordinator, BNETD, Cote d’Ivoire David Stuart, Senior Manager, External Technical Relations, Hershey Foods Bill Gerlach, Vice President of Research and Development, Melissa's World Variety Produce, U.S. Shop-Rite, South Africa (Invited) Produce Marketing Association, U.S. (Invited) David Weatherspoon, Associate Professor of Agribusiness, Michigan State University; Partnership for Food Industry Development Dave Gibson, Senior Manager, Chemonics Patricia Sheikh, Deputy Administrator, International Trade Policy, Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA
12:30 pm Lunch The Radisson Hotel
2:00 pm Trade Exhibition Opens Freeport of Mauritius (Shuttles provided)
2:45 pm WORKSHOP Freeport of Mauritius AGOA in Madagascar Conference Room Deborah Orsini, MSI, Inc. (Moderator) Honorable David Rajaon, Minister of Industry Honorable Benjamin Andriamparany Radavidson, Minister of Economy and Finance Narisoa Rajaonarivony, Ambassador to the United States; Former Deputy Prime Minster Claude Andreas, President, CAPE Mark Irwing, Spice Island Trading; Madagascar-U.S. Business Council Marty Trust, Senior Advisor, Limited Brands, Inc.
4:00 pm WORKSHOP Freeport of Mauritius Opportunities for Expanded AGOA Trade Conference Room and Barriers to Such Trade in Six AGOA Beneficiary Countries Paul Ryberg, ACT (Moderator) Charity Hanif, Cargill Technical Services Didier de Senneville, Africa-U.S. Trade Services, Ltd 6:30 pm Labourdanais Barclays Bank Reception*
6:30 pm Indira Gandhi Centre NGO Reception*
* Invitation only
Wednesday, January 15, 2003
9:15 am Simulcast Opening of Ministerial Ballroom, Radisson Gloria Cabe, Vice President, CCA
10:30 am Break Baywatch Garden
11:00 am WORKSHOPS Room 1, Radisson U.S. Security Requirements for Global Trade in a Post-9/11 WorldBonni Tischler, Product Vice President of Global Transportation and Supply Chain Security, Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations (Moderator) John Broadhurst, Vice President, COTECNA Douglas Browning, Deputy Commissioner, United States Customs Service Michael Laden, Director of Imports and Compliance, TARGET Rob Quartel, CEO, FreightDesk Technologies; Former U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner Room 2, Radisson How to Become a Boeing Supplier Bill Shaproski, Executive Director, SADC Office, Boeing Africa (Moderator) Walt Braithwaite, President, Boeing Africa Laurette Koellner, Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman and Chief People and Administrative Officer, Boeing
Room 3, Radisson Women in U.S.-Africa Trade Maggie Kigozi, Executive Director Uganda Investment Agency (Moderator) Margaret Bishop, Management and Marketing Consultant, Global Trade & Technology Network, IESC Katherine Itchoya, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Baywatch, Radisson Outsourcing Financial Services Jacques Putzeys, Director, Financial Services Promotion Agency, Mauritius (Moderator) Alex Lam, Outsourcing Institute, USA Hubert Hamaekers, Chairman, International Bureau for Fiscal Documentation, Holland Accenture
12:30 pm Lunch The Radisson Hotel
2:00 pm WORKSHOP Ballroom, Radisson Financing the Private Sector to Promote Economic Growth in Africa Carole Brookins, U.S. Executive Director, World Bank (Moderator) Development Bank Ross Connelly, Executive Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Stephen Cashin, Managing Director & Partner, Modern Africa Fund Managers, LLC Mahesh K. Kotecha, President, Structured Credit International Corporation Charles R. Stith, Director, African Presidential Archives & Research Center, Boston University; Former Ambassador to Tanzania Dirk Dijkerman, Director, USAID/South Africa
2:00 pm Trade Exhibition Opens Freeport of Mauritius (Shuttles provided)
3:30 pm Break Baywatch Garden
4:00 pm WORKSHOPS Room 1, Radisson AGOA: Next StepsWitney Schneidman, President, Schneidman & Associates International (Moderator) Honorable Alec Erwin, Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa Jim McDermott (D-WA), Co-Chair Africa Trade and Investment Caucus, U.S. Congress Donna Sims Wilson, Managing Director, Loop Capital Markets; Former Chair Africa Advisory Committee, U.S. Export-Import Bank Prega Ramsamy, Executive Secretary, SADC
Room 2, Radisson World-Wide Trade and Investment Opportunities in Africa Tony Carroll, Manchester Trade (Moderator) Edward Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the African Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee, U.S. Congress Stephen Lande,
President, Manchester Trade H. Hamutenya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Namibia
Room 3, Radisson Investment Opportunities in MauritiusPrem Nababsing, Chairman, Board of Investment; Advisor to Prime Minister (Moderator) Mahmood Cheroo, Director, Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry Gilbert Espitalier Noël, President, Joint Economic Council (JEC) Germain Comarond, Managing Director, Board of Investment Sunil Banymandhub, Director of Corporate Strategy, Rogers Group Dev Manraj, Chairman, Business Parks Mauritius Limited; Advisor to the Prime Minister
Fun Club, Radisson U.S. and African Small and Medium (Children’s Center) Sized Business Enterprises (SMEs): Strategies for Direct Business-to-Business Linkages and Trade Capacity Development Ronald Langston, Minority Business Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce (Moderator) George Person, Acting Director of African Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy Steve Cashin, Managing Director and Partner, Modern Africa Fund Manager, LLC Jim McDermott (D-WA), Co-Chair Africa Trade and Investment Caucus, U.S. Congress Philip Fischer, Chairman, AGOA Exporters Association, Botswana Navin Beeckary, President, ICAC, Mauritius
6:30 pm Trade Exhibition Closed
8:00 pm U.S. Embassy Reception* Domaine Ana (Shuttles provided)
8:00 pm Air Mauritius Dinner* Hong Kong Palace, Grand Baie (Shuttles provided)
* Invitation only
Thursday, January 16, 2003
9:00 am Opening Ballroom, Radisson
Jon Huntsman Deputy United States Trade Representative
9:20 am PLENARY SESSION Ballroom, Radisson Transportation, Logistics and Communication Maurice Vigier de Latour, President, Mauritius Freeport Development, Ltd. (Moderator) Lars Reno Jakobsen, Maersk Sealand Vinod Chidambaram, Air Mauritius. Bill Killeen, CEO, Acrow Corporation Laurette Koellner, Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman and Chief People and Administrative Officer, Boeing
10:30 am Break Baywatch Garden
11:00 am WORKSHOPS
Room 1, Radisson What is the Future of Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa? Potential and Risks for Trade and Food Security*
Peter McPherson, President, Michigan State University; Co-Chair, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa (Moderator) Seyfu Ketema, Executive Secretary, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa Honorable Pravind Jagnauth, Minister of Agriculture, Republic of Mauritius Peter Gregory, Director for Biotechnology, International Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University C.S. Prakash, Director, Biotechnology Program, Tuskegee University Jennifer Thomson, Professor of Microbiology, University of Capetown, South Africa Gregory Jaffe, Center for Science in the Public Interest Alan Larson, Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, U.S. (Invited)
Room 2, Radisson Public Sources of Funding for U.S.-Africa Trade and InvestmentEric Henderson, Deputy Commerce Liaison, U.S. Executive Director's Office, The World Bank (Moderator)John Richter, Export-Import Bank of the United States Terry Johnson, Board of Directors, OPIC Henry Steingass, U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA)
Room 3, Radisson AGOA Business Opportunities in the COMESA Free Trade Area Erastus J.O. Mwencha, Secretary-General, COMESA Representatives from Djibouti, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius and Rwanda (Invited)
Fun Club, Radisson Doing Business with the U.S.(Children’s Center) Jennifer Mulbeny, Sandler, Travis & Roseburn (Moderator)Dwayne A. Gathers, President & CEO, The Hanover Group, Inc. J. Frank Mermoud, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State Tony Grant, Managing Director, Financial Bank of Zambia
Baywatch, Radisson Trade and Investment Opportunities in Senegal Aminata Niane, Director, APIX (Senegal) Boubacar Camara, Managing Director, Customs Bura Saad, Director General, Harbor of Dakar
12:30 pm Lunch The Radisson Hotel
12:30 pm Maritim Hotel* Lunch hosted by Honorable Jaya Cuttaree, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Mauritius (Shuttles provided) * Invitation only
2:00pm Trade Exhibition Opens Freeport of Mauritius (Shuttles Provided)
2:30 pm WORKSHOPS Ballroom, Radisson Textile Trade Post 2004 [Joint Ministerial-Private Sector Forum Workshop] Mpho Malie, Minister of Trade, Lesotho Ambassador Robert Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative James C. Leonard III, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce Keith Daly, U.S. Department of Commerce David Spooner, Chief U.S. Textile Negotiator, USTR (Moderator) Paul Ryberg, ACT Eric Autor, National Retail Federation Augustine Tantillo, Consultant to U.S. Textile Industry, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Textiles and Apparel Walter Simeoni, Chairman, Frame Textile Group; Chairman, South Africa Textile Federation Ulhas Kamat, Kenyan Apparel Manufactures & Exporters Association Ken Winston, SE Yarn Echange Francois Woo, Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile, Ltee
Ministerial Response & Panel Discussion
Room 3, Radisson Doing Business in Cameroon Harry Sullivan, Economic Adviser, U.S. Embassy, Cameroon (Moderator) Maigari Bello Bouba, Minister of State, for Industrial and Commercial Development Alphonse Siyam Siwe, Manager, Douala Port Authority Mbi Oruh Michael, Deputy Director of Industry
Fun Club, Radisson Investment Opportunities in Botswana(Children’s Center) Lameck Nthekela, Export Promotion Manager, BEDIA Anthony Yang, Managing Director, Fascinating Botswana Tally Tshekiso, Executive Director, Caratex Botswana
Baywatch, Radisson Pan African Debt Financing Jacques de Navacelle, Managing Director Barclays Mauritius (Moderator) Roger Leung Shin, Corporate Director, Barclays Mauritius Mark Pitchell, Managing Director, Barclays Tanzania Andhani Alhassan, Corporate Director, Barclays Ghana Paul Wainana, Corporate Relationship Manager, Barclays Kenya Jonathan Berman, Head of Merchant Banking, Barclays Africa Edwin Kikonyogo. Merchant Banking Manager, Barclays Africa 3:45 pm Break Baywatch Garden
4:15 pm WORKSHOPS Ballroom, Radisson Infrastructure Investment and Build-Out Opportunities in Sub-Saharan AfricaMaurice Vigier de Latour, President, Mauritius Freeport Development, Ltd. Thelma Askey, Director, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (Moderator) Walt Braithwaite, President, Boeing Africa Jack Clarke, Director for Infrastructure for Africa, Halliburton Maggie Kigozi, Executive Director, Uganda Investment Agency Bernard de Haledevant, CEO, African Trade Insurance Agency Prakash Maunthrooa, Chairman, Port Authority of Mauritius
6:30 pm Trade Exhibition Closed
6:30 pm Indira Gandhi Centre Cultural Show (Shuttles provided)
7:30 pm Domaine Les Pailles Mauritian Government Reception* (Shuttles provided) * Invitation only
Friday, January 17, 2003:
Factory Tours and Commercial Sites (organized by America Chamber of Commerce, Mauritius Export Processing Zone Association, Mauritius Investment Development Authority)
9:00 am Ministerial HIV/AIDS Plenary* Reduit (Shuttles provided)
10:30 am Ministerial Healthcare Workshop* Reduit (Shuttles provided)
* Please note that Ministerial level sessions are by invitation only. Please contact Ms. Ishrat Husain at 202.219.0477 or ihusain@afr-sd.org if you are interested in attending the HIV/AIDS Plenary. Please contact Bill Hurt, Director, Office of Pharmaceuticals at 202-482-5125, if you are interested in attending the ministerial healthcare workshop.
1:30 pm Ground Breaking Ceremony La Tour Koenig CMT Spinning Mills (Shuttles provided)
7:00 pm Reception * Maritim Hotel Hosted by Maersk Sealand (Shuttles provided)
* Invitation only
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