Gala Awards Dinner. Master of Ceremony, Mr. Frank Fountain, Chairman of CCA
Keynote Speaker :

• HE. Festus Mogae, President, Republic of Botswana

Plenary Breakfast
Topic: The Importance of the Africa's Regional Economic Communities to US-Africa Trade Relations
Speakers :

• Honorable Edward Royce, Chairman, US. House of Representatives Sub-Committee on Africa
• Honorable Apolo Nsibambi, Prime Minister, Republic of Uganda, representing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
• Honorable Lamine Sidime, Prime Minister, Republic of Guinea, representing the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• HE. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea, representing the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)

Plenary Lunch
Topic: Financing Business Investment in Africa
Speakers :

• Mr. James harmon, Chairman, Commission on Private Capital Flows to Africa
• Honorable Dr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and Under Secretary General of the United Nations
• Honorale Peter Watson, President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• HE. Festus G. Mogae, President of the Republic of Botswana

Plenary Breakfast
Topic : The Future of AGOA
Speakers :

• Honorable Richard G. Lugar, Chaiman, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• Honorable Robert Zoellick, US Trade Representative
• The Right Honorable Sir Anerood Jugnaugh, Prime Minister, Republic of Mauritius

Plenary Lunch
Topic: The Future of US-Africa, Relations
Speakers :

• Honorable Georges W. Bush, President
  of the United States of America
• HE. Joaquim Alberto Chissano,
  President of Mozambique,
  Incoming President of the African Union

Plenary Breakfast
Topic : Combating AIDS and Malaria in Africa
Speakers :

• Mr.Robert Lindsay, Group Director, Public Affairs & Communications, Coca-Cola Africa & Middle East
• Ms. Sandra Thurman, President International AIDS Trust
• Dr. Desmond Johns, UNAIDS New York Office
• Honorable Lamar Alexander, Chairman, US Senate Subcommittee on Africa
• Honorable Ronald Dellums, Co-Chairman, Coalition for AIDS Relief in Africa
• HE. Peter Mafany Musonge, Prime Minster, Republic of Cameroon
• Honorable Donald Evans, United States Secretary of Commerce
• HE. Levy P. Mwanawasa, SC, President of the Republic of Zambia

Plenary Lunch
Topic: Beyong War, Into Prosperity
Speakers :

• Honorable Colin Powell, United States Secretary of State
• HE. Fradique de Menezes, President, the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome & Principe