Women Ambassadors' Conference, Wash, DC - AGENDA - 6-7 April 2011

Founded and organised by AFROAMERICAS Member, Dr. Marilyn SEPHOCLE (Native of MARTINIQUE, Caribbean; French National).


WASHINGTON, DC, USA

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

THE WOMEN AMBASSADORS FOUNDATION
&
CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO

THE 16TH ANNUAL
WOMEN AMBASSADORS CONFERENCE

JOIN THE WOMEN AMBASSADORS

AND

MEMBERS OF THE US CONGRESS

AT HOWARD University & United States Congress

April 6-7, 2011


“DIPLOMACY IN TIMES OF CHANGE”

Wednesday April 6, 2011

10:00 pm - 12:30 pm Plenary (Blackburn Center, West Ballroom)

Introductory Remarks by University Administrators

Statements by the Women Ambassadors

12:30pm-2:00pm Reception

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Afternoon Sessions (Blackburn Center, West Ballroom)

Welcoming Remarks: Dr. James Davis, Chair

2:00-3:00 p.m. Diplomacy and the Current Revolutions
Sweeping the Middle East and North Africa


3:00-4:00 p.m. Diplomacy in the Age of social networks


4:00-5:00 p.m. Diplomacy and the Changing Role of Women in
Peace Processes


5:00:6:00 p.m. Haiti, Chile, Japan: Natural Catastrophes and their impact on the World


THURSDAY April 7, 2011

Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Harold Scott, Director, Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center

10:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. Diplomacy and Foreign languages: interpretation and translation in international negotiations

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2:30 pm - 6:00 p.m. Afternoon Sessions
(US Congress, Rayburn Bldg, room 2325)


Welcoming Remarks: Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TEXAS)

Statements by members of Congress, Ambassadors and State Department Officials in each panel

2:30-3:30 p.m. Diplomacy and Changes Affecting Women Around the World


3:30-4:30 p.m. Diplomacy and the Changing Role of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China)


4:30:5:30 p.m. Times of Change and Diplomacy in the Obama Presidency


- Questions and Answers
- Remarks by Ambassador Ljubica Acevska, Chair of WAF
- Closing remarks by Dr. Marilyn Séphocle, President of WAF
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Dr. Paula Whetsel- Ribeau
- Reception (TBA)