1st Congress of African Network of Professionals

Call for Participation

1st Congress of African Network of Professionals
GATHERING OF THE GIANTS
11th - 13th November, 2009, Accra, Ghana

PROFESSIONALISM IN AFRICA: Problems and Prospects

www.africannpro.net/1stcongressofafricanprofessionals


The African Network of Professionals (ANOP) – www.africannpro.net – is calling for participation in its major event – “The Congress of African Professionals”. The congress will be held in Accra, Ghana on 11th - 13th November, 2009.

THEME:

The theme of the Congress is “Professionalism in Africa: Problems and Prospects” with sub-themes as 'Continuing Professional Development in Africa' and 'Intellectual Property Management for African Professionals'. There shall be a pre-congress workshop on the 10th of November, 2009 at the same venue.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Confirmed plenary and keynote speakers are Tobias Eigen; Founder and Executive Director of Kabissa – www.kabissa.org, Drs. Anna Bonn; Senior Consultant of Centre for International Cooperation – www.cis.vu.nl, Vikas Nath; Founder of the Intellectual Network of the South (INSOUTH) - www.insouth.org, www.vikasnath.org, Firoze Manji; Founding Executive Director of FAHAMU Network of Social Justice – www.fahamu.org, and Editor-In-Chief of Pambazuka News – www.Pambazuka.org, Dr Yash Tandon – Executive Director of South Centre Secretariat (Geneva) – www.southcentre.org and Founder and Director Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiation Initiative (SEATINI), and Dr. Justin Chisenga – WAICENT Capacity building and Outreach Programme (Food and Agriculture organization – FAO) – www.fao.org.
You may learn more about speakers at the congress website – www.africannpro.net/istcongressofafricanprofessionals/speakers.html

THE EVENT

The event which has tracks including Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Agriculture, Community Development/Social Services, Culture, Art, Science, Health, Education, Engineering, Business and Economy, and Government Policy shall be highly interactive and include; working and leadership learning groups' sessions, with
one-on-one meetings with African and other leading business and civil society organizations' leaders across the globe; plenary debates; International Exhibition; and a host of corporate networking opportunities

For further information or any clarification, kindly contact the congress secretariat at 1stafricancongress@africannpro.net or call +233-541-654508/+233-051-39653

Please kindly be advised that you can register or submit an abstract online through the congress website:
www.africannpro.net/1stcongressofafricanprofessionals.

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