| *** Please note access to sessions will not be granted without proper badge. |
Friday, October 10th, 2008 |
| 8 AM - 12 PM | Exhibits/Vendor/Sponsor Check in Room |
| 9 AM - 1 PM | Sponsor/Vendor/Sponsor Check in Room |
| 3 PM - 10 PM | Registration Room |
| 3 PM – 10 PM | Lost and Found Room |
| 3 PM - 7 PM | VIP Room sponsored by Room |
| 3 PM – 7 PM | Sponsor Open Room |
| 3 PM – 7 PM | Technology Café sponsored by Room |
| 7 PM – 10 PM | Opening Cocktail Reception sponsored by Haiti’s Centre de
Facilitation
Des Investissement (CFI) – Haiti’s Center to
Facilitate Investment Room |
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 |
| 7 AM - 8 PM | Registration Room |
| 7 AM - 8 PM | Lost and Found Room |
| 8 AM - 7 PM | Exhibits Open Room |
| 8 AM – 7 PM | Technology Café |
| 7 AM - 8 PM | Registration Room |
| 8 AM – 8:45 AM | Breakfast/ Welcome Room |
| MORNING SESSION - DOMESTIC ISSUES OF CONCERN TO HAITIAN-AMERICANS |
| 9 AM – 9:50 | "Coming to America"
Immigration, Deportation, Discrimination, Citizenship
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| 10 AM –10:50AM | "Poverty in Haitian America"
Education, Jobs, Housing, Health Care |
| 10 AM –11:50 AM | "Paths to Haitian Achievement in America"
Businesses, Professions, Public Service & Government, Sports, Arts & Entertainment |
| 10 AM –11:50 AM | "Paths to Haitian Achievement in America"
Businesses, Professions, Public Service & Government, Sports, Arts & Entertainment |
| 11 AM –11:50 AM | "Organizing Waves among Haitian-Americans"
Local, State, National, International |
| 12 PM – 12:50 PM | Lunch |
| AFTERNOON SESSION - INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF CONCERN TO HAITIAN-AMERICANS |
| 1 PM – 1:50 PM | "Haiti as Perceived by Haitian-Americans"
Overview, Population & Social Classes, Environment, International Relations |
| 2 PM – 2:50 PM |
"Hunger and Environment"
Where is the food? Immediate Aid, Sustainable Responses, Haiti’s Environment |
| 3 PM – 3:50 PM |
"Foreign Aid"
Overview, Sources (Governments, Banks, Agencies, NGO’s, Churches, etc.), Destinations (Government of Haiti, Private Sector, contractors, communities) Cases & Assessment |
| 4 PM – 4:50 PM |
"Haitian Diaspora and the Motherland"
Remittances, Dual Citizenship, Security, Investments |
| 5 PM – 8 PM | Free Time |
| 5 PM – 8 PM |
"VIP Lounge Open"
Room |
| 7:30 PM | Doors Open for Gala Room |
| 8 PM - 12 AM | Gala Dinner & Celebration Room |
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 |
| 7 AM - 3 PM | Lost and Found Room |
| 7 AM – 2 PM | Exhibits Open Room |
| 7 AM – 2 PM | Technology Café Room |
| 7 AM – 7:30 AM | Worship Service Room |
| 7:45 AM – 8 AM | Welcome |
MORNING SESSION: HAITIAN-AMERICANS IN THE POLITICAL SCENE |
| 8 AM - 8:30 AM | New England (ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, CT) |
| 8:30 AM – 9 AM | New York/ |
| 9 AM – 9:30 AM | New Jersey |
| 9AM – 10 AM | Mid-Atlantic (PA, DE, MD, Washington, D.C., VA, WV) |
| 10 AM – 10:30 AM | South Atlantic (NC, SC, GA, KY, TN) |
| 10:30 AM –11 AM | Gulf Coast (FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, TX) |
| 11 AM - 11:30 AM | Midwest, Mountain and Western states (incl. IL, OH, IN, MI...) |
| 11:30 AM – 12 PM | Haiti, Caribbean, Canada, Europe |
| 12 PM – 12:50 PM | Lunch |
AFTERNOON SESSION – Open Floor to Hear from Current Presidential Candidates/Surrogates |
| 1 PM – 3 PM | Open Platform: Presidential, Congress, State and Local Candidates |
| 3 PM - 4:30 PM | Haitian-American Discussion |
| 4:30 PM – 5 PM | Data Results Announced/ Closing Ceremony |
| 5 PM | Press Conference |
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