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This year’s Keynote Speaker will be Founder and Executive Chairman of US Doctors for Africa (USDFA) and US Congress runner for the State of California, Mr. Ted Alemayehu. Professor Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Director of Center for Medieval Studies at University of Toronto will be the Honorary Guest Speaker.

Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the first African graduate of Berkeley College of Music and world-renowned Jazz Artist Mulatu Astatke, also known as the father of Ethiopian Jazz,