Boulle Conservation, Mediation & Charities

	The Mauritius Kestrel,

JR Boulle Companies are one of the Sponsors of  the 7th Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit and are active Members of the Corporate Council On Africa (CCA) and the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) :

 

Dates: 9/28/2009 -- 10/1/2009

Venue(s): Walter E. Washington Convention Center 

801 Mount Vernon Pl, NW 

Washington DC

 

"The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) considers the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) to be the most important U.S. - Africa trade act ever passed by the U.S. Congress...The African continent continues to show potential as a leading foreign direct investment destination for American businesses, despite the economic downturn nations around the globe are currently experiencing. According to the IMF, Africa is still expected to maintain a positive growth rate of 3.4% for 2009, an impressive achievement for the continent. Investments in Africa have long generated some of the highest rates of return on deployed capital, and every indication is that high returns on investments will continue. This reliable growth is due not only to the wealth of opportunities available in Africa, but also due to its continued efforts to debunk the myth that Africa is a risky investment through greater political stability and an unprecedented level of government reform in the past few years to attract foreign investment. Perhaps most importantly, African investment offers the opportunity to create new markets and sustain relationships vital to our highest national interests.

As the leading U.S. – Africa non-profit, membership organization, The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) is an essential resource for U.S. companies currently, or exploring the possibilities, of doing business on the continent. "

Source: http://www.africacncl.org

PROGRAMMES

Private Sector Workshop   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?*   * Please note that this workshop ends at 2:00 pm. A box lunch will be provided.      David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World (Moderator)   Erastus J.O. Mwencha, COMESA Secretary-General (Moderator) Sergio Chitara, Executive Director, Confederação das Associaçóes Ecónomiças de Moçambique       Dynborn Chibongo, General Manager, NASFAM Development Corporation, Malawi Alex Serrano, International Programs, Cooperative League of the United States of America (CLUSA) Josh Walton, Vice President, Africa, ACDI-VOCA 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 John Lunde, Masterfoods 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 James Maxwell, Cargill Technical Services                                            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 World Bonni 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 Steps Witney 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 Charles Chanthunya, Director of Trade, COMESA H. Hamutenya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Namibia                                                                         Room 3, Radisson                                Investment Opportunities in Mauritius Prem 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   * Please note that this workshop ends at 2:00 pm. A box lunch will be provided.     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, P