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valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>December 18-19, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td width=715 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td width=715 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.melia-hotels.com/en/hotels/melia-zanzibar-7064.html#8">Hotel <span class=SpellE>Melia</span> Zanzibar</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15'> <td width=715 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Zanzibar, Tanzania<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16'> <td width=715 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:.2in'> <td width=715 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:.2in'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>PROGRAM</span></u></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=715 style='width:7.45in;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>MONDAY, DECEMBER 17</span></u></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>6:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Optional buffet dinner in main dining room, Spices Restaurant<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>8:00 am<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Continental breakfast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>9:00 am<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Welcome and introductions, African House Meeting Room<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>MONETARY UNION: LESSONS LEARNED ELSEWHERE AND STRATEGIES FOR EAST AFRICA</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>CHAIR: </span></i><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>SEBASTIAN EDWARDS</span></i></b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>, University of California, Los Angeles, and NBER<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>9:10 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Regional Integration: What Does Europe Teach Us?</span></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Speaker:<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> ROBERT LAWRENCE</b>, Harvard University and NBER<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>10:30 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Coffee break<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:18'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>10:50 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="slides_OConnell.pdf">Fiscal Foundations of Monetary Union in East Africa</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:19'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Speaker:<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> STEPHEN O CONNELL</b>, Swarthmore College<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:20'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:21'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>12:10 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Lunch <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:22'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:23'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>CHAIR: </span></i><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>SIMON JOHNSON</span></i></b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>, MIT and NBER<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:24'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:25'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="slides_Adam.pdf">East African Transport Costs in the Short-run and the Long-run</a></span></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:26'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Speaker:<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> CHRISTOPHER ADAM</b>, Oxford University<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:27'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:28'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>2:50 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Coffee break</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:29'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:30'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>3:10 pm<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="slides_Wajid.pdf">Financial Integration in the East African Community</a></span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:31'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Speaker:<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> S. KAL WAJID</b>, IMF</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:32'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:33'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>4:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Adjourn<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:34'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:35'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>6:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Reception and private dinner in Aqua Restaurant<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:36'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:37'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Keynote speaker: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>AMINA KH. SHAABAN</b>, Executive Director, Planning Commission for Finance, Economy and Development-Zanzibar, Office of the President of Tanzania<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:38'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:39'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:40'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19</span></u></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:41'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:42'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>8:00 am<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Continental breakfast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:43'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:44'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: LESSONS AND STRATEGIES FOR AFRICA</span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:45'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>CHAIR: </span></i><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>SEBASTIAN EDWARDS</span></i></b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>, University of California, Los Angeles, and NBER<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:46'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:47'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>9:00 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="slides_Taylor.pdf">The Great Leveraging</a></span></i></b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:48'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Speaker:<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> ALAN TAYLOR</b>, University of Virginia and NBER<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:49'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:50'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>10:20 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Coffee break<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:51'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:52'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>10:40 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="slides_Johnson.pdf">The Next Financial Crisis</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:53'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Speaker:<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> SIMON JOHNSON</b>, MIT and NBER<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:54'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:55'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>12:00 noon<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:56'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:57'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>MANAGING RESOURCE BOOMS</span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:58'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>CHAIR: <b>DAVID N. WEIL</b>, Brown University and NBER<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:59'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:60'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="slides_Frankel.pdf">Dealing with the Resource Curse: How Can Commodity Exporters Reduce <span class=SpellE>Procylicality</span>?</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:61'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Speaker:<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> JEFFREY FRANKEL</b>, Harvard University and NBER<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:62'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:63'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>2:50 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Coffee break<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:64'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:65'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>3:10 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="slides_Berg.pdf">The Macroeconomic Management of External Resources</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:66'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Speaker:<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> ANDREW BERG</b>, IMF<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:67'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:68'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>4:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Closing Remarks<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:69'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:70'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>4:40 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Adjourn<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:71'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:72'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>6:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Private dinner in Jetty Restaurant, hosted by Governor <span class=SpellE>Benno</span> <span class=SpellE>Ndulu</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:73'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:74'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:75'> <td width=715 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:76'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:77'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>8:00 am<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Continental breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:78'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:79'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Optional sightseeing to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Town">Stone Town</a>, the historic capital of Zanzibar, and the <a href="http://www.kilimoznz.or.tz/departments/institute-of-research.html"><span class=SpellE>Kizimbani</span> Agricultural Research Station</a>, where crops and farming methods are tested<span class=GramE>, including</span> for dozens of spices.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:80'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:81'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:82'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Note on Time Allocation: <br> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Speakers:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20 min.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General discussion: 60 min.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:83'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'></td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:84;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=101 valign=top style='width:75.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Updated 12/19/2012</span></i><span style='font-size: 10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=615 valign=top style='width:460.9pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:1.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>