"The Niger Delta: Prospects for Elections and the Future Reform Agenda"
The Center for Strategic and International Studies invites you to the second of four conferences on Nigeria's 2007 elections,jointly sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center forScholars, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, theCouncil on Foreign Relations, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the AfricanStudies Program at Johns Hopkins-SAIS and the African Studies Program atNorthwestern University.
Overview
8:30 – 9:00: Registration
9:00 – 9:15: Welcome
J. Stephen Morrison , CSIS
Presentation: Key Trend Lines in the Niger Delta
Michael Wallace Baca, CSIS
Alexander Iannaccone, CSIS
9:15 – 11:00: Panel I: The Close-in View
Chair: Akwe Amosu, Open Society Institute
Panelists:
Precious Omuku, Shell Oil Company
Oronto Douglas, Environmental Rights Action
Dimieari Von Kemedi, Our Niger Delta
Chris Albin-Lackey, Human Rights Watch
Discussants:
Phillip van Niekerk , Good Governance Group
Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley
11:00 – 11:15: Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30 Panel II: Future Reform and Strategies for External Support
Chair: David Smock, United States Institute of Peace
Panelists:
Theresa Whelan , Deputy Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Defense
Phil Carter, Director, Office of West African Affairs
U.S. Department of State
David Goldwyn, Goldwyn International Strategies, LLC
Please note location:
Center for Strategic & International Studies
B1 Conference Center
1800 K St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
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