CfP: Change Africa and Transform Politics Conference

The International Society for Africa (SoAf) is hosting its 1st Change Africa and Transform Politics conference on April 15-16, 2010 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. The theme of the conference is Dissecting Change and Opportunity in the Age of Obama. It will feature the following three thematic tracks:

1. Systems thinking: introducing the theory and application of systems thinking to social and political justice.
2. Straight talk: exploring constructive, productive, and inclusive the North-South dialogues.
3. Democracy, Development and Decisions (DDDs): focusing on the impact of and solutions to the economic downturn for populations overall.

For individual presentation, please send a paper abstract to events@societyforafrica.org before January 10, 2010. Corporate presentation during the two day conference will be limited to 3 individuals per organization for an hour. Registration fee to the conference is $125 and it covers breakfast and lunch. $35 dinner per person is also being planned and additional for additional information please email: events@societyforafrica.org