Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Kampala, Uganda, will host IAABD 10th Anniversary International Conference, May 19-23, 2009. In attendance at the 9th IAABD 2008 Conference hosted by the University of Florida to announce MUBS’ excitement and readiness to host 2009 Conference were Professor John Munene and Dr. Samuel Sejjaaka (2009 Co-Conference Chairs); Dr. Waswa Balunywa; Ms. Serina Ateenyi (Principal and Conference Coordinator); Dr. Allan Katwalo; and other Conference Planning Committee members.
University of Florida - IAABD 2008 Host
The 9th IAABD International Conference chaired by Dr. Anita Spring and hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville, USA, May 20-24, 2008 was a great success. Welcoming remarks were rendered at various receptions and plenary sessions by Dr. John Kraft, Dean, UF Warrington College of Business Administration; Dr. Carol West, Director CIBER; Dr. Abe Goldman, Director, Center for African Studies; Dr. Joe Glover, Provost; Dr. W. Robert Knechel, Ernst & Young Professor; & Dr. Susan Cooksey, Curator of African Art, Harn Museum of Art.
Guest speakers included President J. Bernard Machen, UF; Her Excellency Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States; Her Excellency Hawa Ndilowe, Ambassador of Malawi to the United States; and Robert W. Scharar, President, FCA Corporation; and Kevin Boyd, Director, Office of Africa, U.S. Department of Commerce.
We thank Dr. Spring and her Steering Committee of UF faculty from all over its campus, including the Center for African Studies (CAS), College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Warrington College of Business, Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), International Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (IFAS), College of Law, College of Health and Human performance, College of Engineering, conference planners, Rebecca Johnson, Nikki Kernaghan, Isabelle Winzeler, Carol West, Leo Villalon, Abe Goldman, John Kraft, and Winfred Phillips.
To our sponsors - American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountant, Ernst & Young, FCA Corporation, Center for African Studies, Columbia University Center for International Business Education and Research, UF Fisher School of Accounting, UF Warren College of Business Administration, UF Public Policy Research Center, UF International Center, UF IFAS, UF Office of Research, UF Public Utility Research Center, UF Center for International Business Education & Research, the Harn Museum of Art, Florida Museum of Natural History, and the Alachua County Tourist Development, thank you for your wonderful generosity. For those we did not remember to mention in this medium, thank you so much for your support of IAABD and for the experience - SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.
London 2007 a huge Success
Pursuant to the Vision and Mission of the IAABD, and in direct response to members’ views and suggestions during general meetings on 23rd and 24th May 2006 in Accra, Ghana, the following committees have been formed: Enhancement of African Membership Committee, Intellectual Contributions Committee, Expertise Directory and Database Committee, and the Mission Accomplishment Monitoring Committee (MAMC). The overall aim is to enhance the growth and prominence of the IAABD.
Please join me in congratulating the many IAABD members, on this website and elsewhere, who continue to succeed and excel in various areas of human endeavors especially, in this case, in the areas of scholarship, teaching, and service. This is really part of the bigger picture as to why we are Confident in Africa’s Future.