مؤتمر في غاية ألأهمية Sudan Today Chanllenges and Possibilities

Quote: The Sudan Today: Challenges and Possibilities The First Sudan Institute for Research and Policy Symposium Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA November 10, 2007 Preliminary Program Registration (Barshinger Life Sciences & Philosophy Building, Lobby) 9:00 AM Welcome and Symposium Opening (Bonchek Lecture Hall) 9:30 - 11:30 AM Panel I - Conflict, Peace, and the Challenges of Nationhood (Bonchek Lecture Hall) Chair: Richard Lobban - Rhode Island College, Rhode Island Locating Responsibilities: National and International Responses to the Crisis in Darfur, Munzoul Assal - University of Khartoum, Sudan The Darfur Conflict is not a Climate Crisis, Michael Kevane - Santa Clara University, California Bumps on the Peace Road and Conflict Transformation Process in Sudan, Mey Eltayeb Ahmed - University of Khartoum, Sudan Transformation of the Sudanese Establishment for a New Sudan, Beniah Yongo-Bure - Kettering University, Michigan Discussant: El Moiz Abunura - independent consultant, New Jersey 11:30 AM -12:30 PM Round Table on Darfur (Stager Hall 215) Chair: Douglas Anthony - Franklin & Marshall College 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM SIRP Board Meeting (Stager Hall 221) 12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch Break 1:30 - 3:30 PM Panel II - Resources and Recovery: Oil, Technology, and Centers of Power (Bonchek Lecture Hall) Chair: Michael Kevane - Santa Clara University, California Mapping the Structure, Scope, and Diverse Dimensions of the Sudanese Oil Sector, Eiman Zein-Elabdin - Franklin & Marshall College Economy and Oil Wealth in Economic Development of Postwar Southern Sudan, Abraham Matoc Dhal - University of Juba, Sudan The Political Economy of Oil and Conflict in Sudan, El Moiz Abunura - independent consultant, New Jersey The Role of Master Planned ICT: A Challenge and Opportunity for the Government of Southern Sudan, Fareed Zein - Shell Oil International, Houston, Texas cussants: Douglas Anthony - Franklin & Marshall College 3:30 - 5:30 PM Panel III - Challenges in the Transformation of Health Care and Education (Bonchek Lecture Hall) Chair: Shahira Ahmed - Harvard School of Public Health A Nation in Turmoil: Is Education to Blame? An Analysis of Sudan National Primary School Curriculum, Hala Ibrahim - Ohio University Embodying Honor: Gender, Health and Reproduction in Eastern Sudan, Amal Hassan Fadlalla - University of Michigan Experience in Collaborative Work in Healthcare, Mohamed E. Akoud - Tuft University School of Medicine Elements of a Roadmap for Healthcare Strategy, Shahira Ahmed - Harvard School of Public Health; Ahmed El Sayem and Nada Fadul - University of Texas, Anderson Cancer Center; and Mohamed E. Akoud - Tuft University School of Medicine Discussant: Shahinaz Bedri - Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts 5:30 - 7:00 PM Dinner (Roschel Performing Arts Center Lobby - invitation only) 7:30 - 9:30 PM Plenary Session (Booth Ferris, Steinman College Center) From the National Islamic Front to the National Congress Party: A Post-Islamism Transition? Dr. Abdel Salam M. Sidahmed Professor of International human rights, diaspora studies, Islamic politics, and Islamic political thought - University of Windsor, Canada; and Former Director of the Middle East Program, Amnesty International Unity and Democratic Transformation: The Instrumental Role of the Sudanese Political Forces Dr. El Wathig Mohamed Kameir Independent scholar in sociology and anthropology, and UN and African Development Bank consultant, Tunis, Tunisia Organized by the Sudan Institute for Research and Policy www.sudaninstitute.org/, and sponsored by Franklin & Marshall College (Center for Liberal Arts and Society, the Economics Department, the International Studies Program, Mellon Foundation grant, and the Africana Studies Program) http://www.fandm.edu/. Directions to Franklin & Marshall are available at http://www.fandm.edu/x1981.xml. For more information contact [email protected]