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PROGRAM IN DETAIL

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

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DAY 1: MARCH 8, 2007

OPENING REMARKS:
Time: 16.00 – 17.30
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Master of Ceremony:
Kwame A. Frempong, SWA Regional Representative
Moderator: Felix O. Mettle, University of Ghana Chapter Advisor
Speakers:

• Honorable Albert Kan Dapaah
  Interior Minister
• Dean Reza Fakhari, Ph.D.
  Kingsborough Community College, New York
  SWA Academic Advisor and Board Member
• Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah
  Vice Chancellor University of Education, Winneba
• Chief Nana Osei Boakye Yiadom II
  Founder – Apeadu Peace Center
• Mr. Eric Appiah Okrah
  Project Officer – Child Protection, UNICEF Ghana
• Ms. Elsie Appau
  Women’s Commissioner, National Union of Ghanaian Students

RECEPTION DINNER
Time: 18.00 – 21.00
Location: Volta Gardens

CULTURAL NIGHT
Sam’s Productions, Cultural Performance Group
Time: 21.00 – 23.00
Location: Volta Gardens
Attire: Traditional

DAY 2: MARCH 9, 2007      Top of Page

GENERAL ASSEMBLY I
Time: 09.00 – 10.30
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Moderators:

• Moses Kanduri
  SWA 2006-2007 Assembly Vice-Speaker
• Dr. Reza Fakhari
  SWA Academic Advisor and Board Member

Speakers:

• Paul Raynault
  SWA Founder and Chairman
• Janine Palludan
  SWA Program Development and Grants Coordinator

* Break: 10.30 – 11.00*

PANEL DISCUSSION I: HUMAN TRAFFICKING: OVERVIEW
Time: 11.00 – 12.30
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Chair: Chief Nana Osei Boakye Yiadom II, President Apeadu Children's Peace Center
Moderator: Akponah Charles Osareimen
Speakers:

• Tatiana Kotlyarenko, Outreach Coordinator
  Student World Assembly
  Human Trafficking Overview: Cases from Around the World
• Mr. Prize FY McApreko, Director
  Amnesty International- Ghana Section
  Topic: Labor Trafficking
• Mrs. Joyce Steiner, Senior Program Officer
  Christian Council of Ghana
  Topic: Prevention of Sexual Violence of Girls

LUNCH
Time: 12.30 – 13.30
Location: Odc Rice Kitchen

PANEL DISCUSSION II: CHILD TRAFFICKING
Time: 13.30 – 15.00
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Chair: Chief Nana Osei Boakye Yiadom II, President Apeadu Children's Peace Center
Moderator: Akponah Charles Osareimen
Speakers:

• Chief Nana Osei Boakye Yiadom II, President
  Apeadu Children's Peace Center
  Topic: Trafficking of Children for Labor
• Mr. Bright K. Appiah, Executive Director, Children’s Rights International
• Mr. Eric Appiah Okrah, Project Officer, UNICEF - Ghana
  Topic: Poverty & Child Trafficking: The African Case

* Break: 15.00 – 15.30*

COMMITTEE SESSIONS
Time: 15.30 – 17.30
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Issues & Campaigns Committee
International Convention & Event Planning Committee
Membership & Outreach Committee

DAY 3: MARCH 10, 2007      Top of Page

PANEL DISCUSSION III: HUMAN TRAFFICKING: GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES
Time: 9.00 – 10.30
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Moderator: Dr. Reza Fakhari, SWA Academic Advisor and Board Member
Speakers:

• Honorable Albert Kan Dapaah
  Kakra Osei Bonsu Ankobia, Programme Director
  West Africa AIDS Foundation
  Topic: Children and Sex Trafficking/Sex Tourism
• Mrs. Marilyn Amponsah Annan, Director- International Desk (Children)
  Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Affairs
  Topic: Human Trafficking in Ghana
• Tatiana Kotlyarenko, SWA
  Topic: Human Trafficking: What Can Students Do?

* Break: 10.30 – 11.00*

GENERAL ASSEMBLY II
Time: 11.00 – 12.30
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Moderators:

• Moses Kanduri
  SWA 2006-2007 Assembly Vice-Speaker
• Dr. Reza Fakhari,
  SWA Academic Advisor and Board Member

LUNCH
Time: 12.30 – 13.30
Location: Odc Rice Kitchen

RESOLUTION WORKING GROUPS
Time: 13.30 -15.00
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Decision A: ”Ending the Trafficking of Women and Children for Sexual Exploitation” Issues & Campaigns Committee
Decision B: "Ending the Trafficking of Children for Purposes of Sexual Exploitation, Forced Labor and/or Armed Conflict" Membership & Outreach Committee
Decision C: "Ending the Trafficking of Persons for Purposed of Forced Labor" International Convention & Event Planning

*Break: 15.00 – 15.30*

GENERAL ASSEMBLY III
Time: 15.30 – 17.30
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Moderators:

• Moses Kanduri
  SWA 2006-2007 Assembly Vice-Speaker
• Dr. Reza Fakhari,
  SWA Academic Advisor and Board Member

CLOSING REMARKS & AWARDS CEREMONY:
Time: 17.30 – 19.00
Location: School of Business Auditorium
Speakers:

• Dean Reza Fakhari,
  SWA Academic Advisor and Board Member
• 2007-2008 Elected Assembly Speakers
• Paul Raynault, SWA Chairman and Founder

DAY 4: MARCH 11, 2007      Top of Page

OPTIONAL: TOUR AROUND ACCRA
Departure Time: 10.00
Meeting Point: University Campus
Return to Accra: 18.00
Lunch location: Papaye Fast Food, Osu-Oxford Street

Highlights of the Tour:
Du Bois Centre for Pan-African Culture; Makola Market, Labadi Beach.