This is the second of four conferences on Nigeria's 2007 elections, jointly sponsored by the WoodrowWilson International Center for Scholars, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the African Studies Program at Johns Hopkins-SAIS and the African Studies Program at Northwestern University.
Welcome J. Stephen Morrison, CSIS
Presentation: Key Trend Lines in the Niger Delta MichaelWallace Baca, CSIS Alexander Iannaccone, CSIS
Panel I: The Close-in View Chair: Akwe Amosu, Open Society Institute
Panelists: Precious Omuku, Shell Oil Company Oronto Douglas, Environmental Rights Action Dimieari Von Kemedi, Our Niger Delta Chris Albin-Lackey, Human Rights Watch
Discussants: Phillip van Niekerk, Good Governance Group MichaelWatts, University of California, Berkeley
Panel II: Future Reform and Strategies for External Support Chair: David Smock, United States Institute of Peace
Panelists: Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Defense Phil Carter, Director, Office of West African Affairs U.S. Department of State David Goldwyn, Goldwyn International Strategies, LLC
