Presentations

2008 US Africa Business conference presentations

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Conference Chair Art Gerstenfeld


Panel on Entrepreneurship and Innovation US-Africa

  • Andrew Stern, Senior Vice president of Brusiness Development, Ecosphere Energy Solutions, Inc.
  • Tim Bergstrom, Project Director Washington South Africa International Business Linkages (SAIBL)
  • Jerome Schaufeld, Visiting Professor of Entreprenuership, WPI
  • Roshini Moodley Naidoo
  • Edward Gonsalves


    Panel on Infrastructure, Housing and the Environment

  • John Rossi, President, John Rossi Co., idGroup, University of Maragoli, Kenya
  • David Olinger, Professor, Mehcanical Engineering, WPI and Kite Power Project
  • Ernest Kamau, Managing Director, Diaspora homes ltd. (Kenya)
  • Daniel Moon, President, Environmental Business Council of New England
  • Dr. Christine Martey-Ochola, Co-Founder, USA-Kenya Chamber of Commerce (USKCC)


    • Panel on Financing Innovations

  • Kevin Colglazier, Chief Investment Officer, Standard Asset management
  • Richard Kennedy, President of Worcester Regional Chamber of commerce
  • McRae Banks, Department Head and Professor of Management, WPI/Director, Venture Forum at WPI
  • Becky Erkul, African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Department of Commerce


    • Panel on Financing Innovations
  • John Ambenge, Professor Middlesex Community College, University of Maragoli Project
  • Michael Tjivikua, Director, Centre for Teaching & Learning Polytechnic of Namibia
  • Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld, Director of Academic Programs and Planning IGSD, WPI
  • Maurice Boisvert, President/CEO, Y.O.U. Inc.


    • Panel on Technology

  • William Lapp, Manager, Contact Center Development at Cisco
  • Creighton Peet, Director Namibia Project Center, WPI
  • Scott Jiusto, Director South Africa Project Center, WPI
  • Irene (Mumbi) Dunjwa, President USA-Kenya chamber of Commerce (USKCC)


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