ABOUT ASI: AGENDA

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Sunday
7:30 pm	Welcome Reception for All Participants Open Area, First Floor Sponsored by USAID

Monday
7:30-8:30 am	Registration and Seating
8:30 am	All Participants Seated
9:30 am	Opening Ceremony Salle Union Africaine, First Floor
	Welcome Kenneth Wollack, President, National Democratic Institute
	Remarks on ASI Partnership Abdoulie Janneh, Director, United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Africa
	Presentation of panels H.E. Ketumile Masire, Former President of Botswana, Member, Club of Madrid
	Opening Remarks H.E. Amadou Toumani Touré, President of Mali
11:00 am	Group Photo for Former Heads of State, Club de Madrid Members, Panel Experts and Partners Coffee Break for All Participants
11:30 am	Panel I: Leadership, Security, and Conflict Management Sponsored by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
	Moderator:	Dr. Chris Fomunyoh, Senior Associate for Africa, NDI
	Panelists:	H.E. Jerry Rawlings, Former President, Ghana H.E. Amos Sawyer, Former President, Liberia Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, UN Special Representative to the Secretary-General for West Africa General (Ret.) Carlton W. Fulford, Jr., Director, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
1:00 pm	Lunch
2:45 pm	Panel II: Observer Missions and Election Standards Sponsored by the National Democratic Institute and the United Nations Development Programme
	Moderator:	Mr. Samuel Kivuitu, Chairman, Electoral Commission of Kenya
	Panelists:	H.E. Nicephore Soglo, Former President, Benin H.E. Albert Zafy, Former President, Madagascar H.E. Miguel Trovoada, Former President, Sao Tome and Principe Mr. Pat Merloe, Senior Associate and Director of Programs on Election and Political Processes, NDI
5:00 pm	End of Sessions
7:00 pm	Welcome Reception by the Government of Mali for Former Heads of State and Panel Experts Departure for Panel Experts from Hotel at 6:45 pm Departure for Former Heads of State from Hotel at 7:45 pm
7:30 pm	Dinner for Participants Salle Union Africaine Sponsored by the Government of Mali

Tuesday
8:50 pm	Greeting from Former U. S. President Bill Clinton
9:00 am	Panel III: Public Health Challenges to Democratic Transitions in Africa: Malaria, Tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS Sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
	Moderator:	Dr. Chris Fomunyoh, Senior Associate for Africa, NDI
	Panelists:	H.E. Dawda Kairaba Jawara, Former President, The Gambia H.E. Yakubu Gowon, Former President, Nigeria H.E. Sam Nujoma, Former President, Namibia Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Executive Secretary, Roll Back Malaria Partnership Secretariat, Partnership hosted by the World Health Organization Dr. Gail Andrews, Director of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:30 am	Panel IV: Democratization: Government, Parliament, and Civil Society Sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme
	Moderator:	Mrs. Oumou Touré, President, Malian Women's Association
	Panelists:	H.E. Manuel Pinto da Costa, Former President, Sao Tome and Principe H.E. Joaquim Chissano, Former President, Mozambique, Member, Club of Madrid H.E. Mahamane Ousmane, Former President, Niger
1:00 pm	Lunch and Introductory Remarks on the Economic Development Panel, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Club of Madrid introduced by President Joaquim Chissano Sponsored by the Club of Madrid
3:00 pm	Panel V: Leadership for Development Initiatives: the G8, the Millennium Development Goals and International Financial Institutions Sponsored by the Club of Madrid
	Moderator:	H.E. Joaquim Chissano, Former President, Mozambique, Member, Club of Madrid
	Panelists:	H.E. Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Former President, Tanzania H.E. Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro, Former President, Cape Verde H.E. Al Sadig Al-Mahdi, Former Prime Minister, Sudan, Member, Club of Madrid Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, UN Millennium Project
4:30 pm	Coffee Break
5:00 pm	ASI Leaders' Special Session (Former Heads of State and Club of Madrid Members Only)
7:30 pm	Working Dinner: Global Trends in Human Security: Public Health, Security and Counter-terrorism Sponsored by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
	Moderator:	Ambassador Diarra Cheick Oumar, Diplomat
	Panelists:	General (Ret.) Carlton W. Fulford Jr., Director, Africa Center for Strategic Studies H.E. Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister, Canada, Secretary-General, Club of Madrid Dr. Bakary Kone, Former Minister of Finance, Mali

Wednesday
9:00 am	Panel VI: Leading After Leaving: Leadership and Partnership in Life After Office Sponsored by the Club of Madrid
	Moderator:	H.E. Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister, Canada, Secretary-General, Club of Madrid
	Panelists:	H.E. Petre Roman, Former Prime Minister, Romania, Member, Club of Madrid H.E. Ketumile Masire, Former President, Botswana, Member, Club of Madrid Ambassador Charles Stith, Director, African Presidential Archives and Research Center
10:30 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am	Review of Draft Document
1:00 pm	Closing Ceremony Luncheon
2:30 pm	Press Conference