2nd Announcement - Call For Participation - 1st Congress of African Network of Professionals ( Gathering of the Giants)

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 10^th 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

 OBJECTIVE

The general objective of the programme is to achieve sustainable and equitable development in Africa by developing professionally and building a vibrant, prosperous, united, and stronger Africa by creating an enabling and conducive environment which is endowed with requisite resources (both human capital and infrastructures) and capable of optimizing its political, economy, socio-cultural and technological strengths and opportunities for the continent’s growth and development.

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.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Chief executives, managing directors, chairmen, traditional leaders, community leaders, directors-generals, government policy makers, legislators, political and civil society leaders, entrepreneurs, legal advisors, senior and middle-level decision-makers in public/private organizations, artisans, students, youths, etc.

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

-       Meet as many professionals as possible with diverse background from across the continent and world over on a common platform at the event to expand your scope of networking.

-        Share the lessons of your experience and training.

-       Learn from other like-minded people about their successes, and inject your views into international discussions by participating in the event.

-       Present your organization, products and works to the rest of the world.

IMPORTANT DATES

Due to special request, we have rescheduled our previous dates. The new dates are as follows:

·          2^ND ANNOUNCEMENT                                                                                   JUNE 25, 2009

·          DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION                                              AUGUST 25, 2009

·          NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE                                                             SEPTEMBER 08, 2009

·          FINAL CAMERA AND READY SUBMISSION                                           SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

·          EARLY REGISTRATION                                                                               AUGUST 28, 2009

·          HOTEL RESERVATION (DEADLINE)                                                        SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

·          FINAL PROGRAMME                                                                                   OCTOBER 15, 2009 

The congress coordinating team and secretariat therefore humbly invite you and your colleagues to participate in this all important event either as a speaker by submitting an abstract for consideration, sponsor, exhibitor, delegate, or combinations of any of the aforementioned options.

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

Attached is the Flier for the Second Announcement with detailed information about the event.

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