Agenda

10:00am – 12:00pm Registration
& 2:00-5:00pm Participants register with World Learning staff and receive their welcome packets.

5:30 – 7:30pm Welcome Reception Conference Room 3  (2nd Floor)
Heavy hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.

7:30pm Dinner Off-site

Participants have a per diem allowance to spend on dinner at local restaurants.

6:30 - 8:30am Breakfast Harvest Restaurant

9:00 - 9:15am Welcome and Introductions Meeting Room A 

• Michelle Bolourchi, Program Manager

• Amy Broome, Senior Program Officer

• Melanie Winters, Program Officer

• Simon “Si” Norton, Facilitator

9:15 - 9:45 am Opening Remarks Remarks and U.S. Department of State speakers Meeting Room A

• Stephanie Sanders, Academic Exchange Specialist, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
  U.S. Department of State

• Drew Giblin, Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Kenya

10:00 - 10:20am Networking Break First Floor Atrium

10:20am - 11:30pm Building the Next Generation: Mentorship and Youth Leadership - Alumni Panel Meeting Room A

• Christine Elsie Awuor (Kenya, 2022-23)

• Baroukou Mahamadou Idrissou (Niger, 2016-17)

• Abdelrahman Abdelgawad (Egypt, 2015-16)

11:30am - 12:00pm Panel Reflection & Discussion Meeting Room A

12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch First Floor - Trademark

1:00 - 2:15pm From Self-Awareness to Service: Mentorship in the American Tradition Meeting Room A

2:15 - 3:45pm Stars, Stripes, and Service: Community Project Showcase Meeting Room G (1st Floor)

 Coffee & Tea First Floor Atrium- concurrent to community project showcase

 Participants meet in lobby at 4:00 to begin transportation to cultural activity

4:15 - 9:00pm Cultural Activity and Dinner Bomas of Kenya

6:30 - 8:30am Breakfast Harvest Restaurant

9:00 -10:20am ` Leadership Together: Teamwork Rooted in American Values Meeting Room A

10:20 - 10:40am          Networking Break First Floor Atrium

10:40am - 12:00pm 250 Years of Innovation: Creative Solutions for Collective Impact Meeting Room A

12:00 - 1:00pm                  Lunch First Floor - Trademark

1:00 - 2:10pm Alumni Expertise Sessions

• Digital Storytelling for Impact Meeting Room G (1st Floor)
  Bathabile Dlamini (Zimbabwe, 2015-16)
  Nedjla Khelfa Sahel (Algeria, 2022-23)

• Scaling Your Voice: Using AI for Content, Outreach, and Growth Meeting Room 6 (2nd Floor)

Mohamed Lamine Chekor (Algeria, 2022-23) 

• Beyond Mapping: Stakeholder Management and AI in Real-World Contexts Meeting Room A

Ziyed Harrek (Tunisia, 2018-19)

2:10 - 2:40pm Discussion Corner Share Out & Reflection Meeting Room A

2:40 - 3:00pm               Networking Break First Floor Atrium

3:00 - 4:00pm From Vision to Viability: Project Design for Lasting Impact Meeting Room A

4:00 - 5:30pm Freedom 250 Community Project Planning and Daily Closing Announcements Meeting Room A

5:30pm Dinner Off-site

 Participants have a per diem allowance to spend on dinner at local restaurants.

6;30 - 8:30am Breakfast Harvest Restaurant

9:00am - 12:00pm Community in Action: Local Organizations Visits

• American Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room A - Trademark Hotel
  9:45am Collaborative Entrepreneurship Clinic with Si Norton
  11:00am American Chamber of Commerce 

• Alfajiri Street Kids Art Off-site
  8:45am departure from hotel

• iHub Off-site
  9:15am departure from hotel  

Coffee & Tea First Floor Atrium- Concurrent with Collaborative Entreprenership Clinic and American   Chamber of Commerce session

12:00 - 1:00pm                 Lunch First Floor - Trademark

1:00 - 1:20pm Local Organization Meetings Debrief Meeting Room A

1:20 - 2:00pm Project Management in Action: Leading Through Delivery Meeting Room A

2:00 - 3:45pm Freedom 250 Community Project Planning Meeting Room A

                  Coffee & Tea First Floor Atrium- Concurrent with Community Project Planning

3:45 - 5:00pm Freedom 250 Innovation Showcase: Sparking Change, Together Meeting Room A

5:00 - 5:30pm Seminar Closing Meeting Room A

 Participants meet in hotel lobby at 6:15pm for transport to Closing Dinner, departing promptly at 6:30pm.

6:30 - 9:00pm Closing Dinner Carnivore Restaurant

All Day Participant Departures

6:30 - 10:00am             Breakfast Harvest Restaurant

12:00 pm                  Hotel Check-out time