PROGRAM
First Annual Atlanta HEDGE FUNDS vs. MALARIA
Business Leadership Conference
in partnership with the
Malaria Foundation International
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Hosted by Emory University

Seating begins 2:30 pm -- Conference 3:00 – 7:15 pm
Emory University Law School, Tull Auditorium
1302 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA (campus Lowergate parking lot is nearby)

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SPEAKERS

Wen Kilama, PhD	Founder and Managing Trustee, African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET), and 2006-2009 Head of the world’s Multilateral Initiative on Malaria, Tanzania, and Chairman, MFI 2000-2002.
Robert S. Desowitz, PhD	Professor Emeritus, Malaria Expert and Distinguished Author of popular books on Malaria, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, North Carolina.
George B.N. Ayittey, PhD	Distinguished Economist at American University and President of the Free Africa Foundation, which is implementing Malaria Free Zones (MFZs) in Africa, Washington, D.C.
Roger Bate, PhD	Director of the health advocacy group Africa Fighting Malaria and a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC.
Jeffrey D. Sachs, PhD	Distinguished Economist, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and author of The End of Poverty, New York (video presentation).
Cindy Korir, PhD and Titus Korir	Corporate Affairs Director, James Finlay Ltd, and supporter of the MFI’s "Student Leaders Against Malaria" project, Kenya.
Steffond Johnson	Retired NBA basketball player, entrepreneurial owner of “Beyond the Game” trademark, and leading advocate in the fight against malaria who is working to engage sports figures and others in initiatives fighting malaria and related global health problems, Texas.
David Robertson	Adventure Explorer and founder of the "Drive Against Malaria" campaign to raise political awareness and support against malaria in Africa.
Stephen Thompson	Chief Executive Officer, Immtech International, Inc. and developer of new anti-malaria drugs with a plant being developed in China
Wilbur K. Milhous, PhD	Chief Science Officer for Experimental Therapeutics and Malaria Expert, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Maryland.
Marc Daniel Gutekunst, PhD, DIHTM, MPH	DIHTM, MPH, Co-Chairman, Forging New Tomorrows, Inc. and Co-Founder & CEO, DeKalb International Training Center (DITC), the Living legacy to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA.
Devin Hosea	Managing Director at Ritchie Capital Management, a $3.5 billion multistrategy hedge fund and CEO American Biophysics Corporation.
Phyllis Kurlander Costanza	Member, Board of Trustees, The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Atlanta, GA.
Ann Wilson Cramer	Director for IBM Corporate Community Relations & Public Affairs in North America, will speak on the “World Community Grid” project, Atlanta, GA.

SCHEDULE
3:00 – 3:15pm Emory Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speakers                                                                                       Introductions by
3:15 – 3:30pm  Wen Kilama, PhD ………………………………Jojo Mulunda
3:30 – 3:45pm  Robert S. Desowitz, PhD ……………………… Peter J. Brown, PhD
3:45 – 4:00pm  Roger Bate, PhD ………………………………. Aye Yu Soe, MBBS, DMA
4:15 – 4:30pm  Jeffery D. Sachs, PhD (taped presentation)……. Abdullahi An-Na'im, PhD
4:00 – 4:15pm  Cindy Korir, PhD and Titus Korir ………… …..Chuck Nicolaysen
4:30 – 4:45pm  Steffond Johnson ………………………………. Amma Semenya
4:45 – 5:00pm  David Robertson………………………………...Tom D. Lancaster, PhD
5:00 – 5:30pm  Refreshments & Exhibits

Ms. Ruby Jones will provide light snacks from A.S.A.P. Gourmet Urban Market

5:30 – 5:45pm  Stephen Thompson…….. ……………………… Jeffery P. Koplan, MD, MPH
5:45 – 6:00pm  Wilbur K. Milhous, PhD……………………….. Mamane N. Garba, PharmD
6:00 – 6:15pm  Marc Daniel Gutekunst, PhD, DIHTM, MPH…. Christiane Levine, RN
6:15 – 6:30pm  Devin Hosea ……………………………………Paul Driessen, LL.B
6:30 – 6:45pm  Phyllis Kurlander Costanza…………………….. Jeffery A. Rosenzweig, PhD
6:45 – 7:00pm  Ann Wilson Cramer …………………………… Holli Semetko, PhD

7:00 – 7:15pm  Lance Laifer, Closing Remarks

THE CONFERENCE
The “Hedge Funds vs. Malaria” Business Leadership Conference brings together a distinguished group of business, medical, and political leaders to present their insights on Africa, malaria worldwide, business, marketing and investing. This highly renowned group has agreed to share their insights to help support Malaria Foundation International (MFI) awareness and outreach projects to help garner unprecedented support to fight this disease (see www.malaria.org for press release and registration form). The conference marks the first major malaria awareness and fundraising event in the South Eastern United States. Fittingly, this will be held at Emory University, which has current malaria research and outreach projects as well as several historic notes relating to malaria. In the 1930s, because malaria was a deadly public health problem sickening and killing Georgians, philanthropist, Coca Cola Executive and friend of Emory University Mr. Robert W. Woodruff helped establish the Malaria Field Station, the forerunner of the Communicable Disease Center, which was built on land adjacent to Emory University. This institution is currently well known as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Malaria transmission is now rare in the United States, but it remains one of the world’s largest killers ever. The conference will act as a galvanizing/kickoff event to involve more people in the fight against malaria. Between one million and three million children die from malaria each year (more than AIDS and Cancer combined) even though malaria, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes, is completely preventable and can be treated. Current malaria control tools need to be accessible and applied, as research continues to ensure the development of malaria vaccines, drugs and improved methods to eliminate this devastating disease.

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