Academic Conference on Africa 2024: 5 December

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Thursday, 5 December

Theme: "From Theory to Action: Leveraging African Scholarship in Policy Development"
Location: Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. New York local time

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Roundtable Discussion and Interactive Dialogue with the Audience

MODERATOR: Prof. Kelechi Kalu, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside
Prof. Cheryl Hendricks, Executive Director, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation; Former Executive Director, African Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
Hon. Ronald Reagan Okumu, Former Member of Parliament (1996-2021), Uganda
Prof. Luwam Dirar, Assistant Professor of Law, Western New England University
Prof. Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, President of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA); Director of Centre Arrupe, a centre for research and formation in Lubumbashi
H.E. Ashraf Swelam, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for African Organizations & Communities / Chairman of AUDA - NEPAD Steering Committee / Focal Point of Egypt to the African Peer Review Mechanism
Prof. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives and Professor of African Studies, Howard University
DISCUSSANTS: Ms. Jayashri Wyatt, Chief, Education Outreach Section, Outreach Division, Department of Global Communications, representing United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and Ms. Christina McElwaine, Chief Operations Officer, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Mr. Ben Dotsei Malor, Chief Editor, UN News