VISION ETHIOPIA-ESAT FIRST CONFERENCE THEME: THE FUTURE OF ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA RELATIONS Sunday October 18, 2015

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Vision Ethiopia First Conference Penultimate Program

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VISION ETHIOPIA-ESAT FIRST CONFERENCE
THEME: THE FUTURE OF ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA RELATIONS
Sunday October 18, 2015 at Washington Marriott Hotel, Georgetown, 1221 22nd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 Phone:(202) 872-1500 For more information please call (703) 895-4551 or (202) 403-7025
PENULTIMATE PROGRAM

9:00: Welcome Coffee and Registration

10:00: Welcome by Master of Ceremony

Ms. Birtawit Girmaye: Studio Manager, Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio –ESAT, Washington, D.C.

10:15: Opening Remarks
Vision Ethiopia and ESAT’s Representatives

Mr. Gizaw Legesse: Director of Information Technology at U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC

10:30: Panel A

The roles of Ethiopian and Eritrean Community Leaders to take the people-to-people relationship to the next height

Moderator: Dr. Getachew Begashaw
Professor of Economics, William Rainey Harper College, Chicago, Illinois

Panelists: Mr. Tariku Debretsion: Senior Analyst, Metro-Transportation Department, Los Angeles, California

Mr. Gashaw Gebre; Project Manager at AEDS, Alexandria, Virginia

Dr. Assegid Habtewold: Coach and Speaker at Success Pathways and Former President of Addis Ababa University Students’ Union, and C.C. Member EDP-Medhin-CUD, Silver Spring MD

Ms. Lulit Mesfin: Activist and Government Relations Officer Washington, DC

12:00: Panel B

Roles and Interests of Foreign Powers in the Regional Peace, Security and Stability:
The Case of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Moderator: Dr. Minga Negash
Professor of Accounting, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado and the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Panelists: H.E. Ambassador Herman Cohen
Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,
Washington DC, U.S.

H.E. Ambassador David Shinn
Former United States Ambassador to Ethiopia and Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University, Washington, DC

Professor Mesfin Woldemariam: Professor Emeritus, Addis Ababa University and Founding Chairperson of the Ethiopian Human Rights Council, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

13:30: Lunch Break

14:30 Brief Remarks
Invited Guest(s)
(Introduction by Professor Getachew Begashaw)

15:00 Panel C

Views on Relations between the Eritrean Government and Ethiopian Opposition Forces

Moderator: Dr. Messay Kebede
Professor of Philosophy, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

Panelists: Dr. Beyan Assoba, Lawyer and Political Scientist, Oromo Democratic Front

H.E. Ambassador Dr. Kassa Kebede
Former Ethiopian Diplomat and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Researcher, and Consultant, Washington, DC

H.E. Mr. Ermias Legesse, Former Deputy Minister for Government Communication, Author and Activist, Virginia.

16:30 Coffee Break

16:45: Quo Vadis? Where are you going to? The Un-answered Questions:
(Session Moderators)

Moderator: Mr. Tariku Debretsion

Panelists: Professor Getachew Begashaw
Professor Minga Negash
Professor Messay Kebede

18:15: Closing Remarks on behalf of Vision Ethiopia

Dr. Assegid Habtewold