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Event Dates: March 31 – April 2, 2009

Location: Air University (AU) Maxwell AFB, AL  36112

Event Details: Air University in cooperation with Africa Command (AFRICOM) and 17th Air Force (the Air Force component of AFRICOM) will be sponsoring a policy symposium.  This is not an academic conference but, instead, an interactive dialogue among experts in various fields. The symposium will be divided up into four tracks with each track sub-divided into a number of workshops in which the participants create a set of proposals for the sponsors.  These policy recommendations for AFRICOM’s and 17th Air Force’s future operations will focus on the possible ways the air component can contribute to AFRICOM’s mission.  In the spirit of the effort to expand AFRICOM beyond the operations of a military command, the symposium’s goal is to have a wide variety of participants drawn from not only the military world but also from the wider US government, business, academia and civil society.

TRACK 1:  Air Domain Safety and Security in Africa
TRACK 2:  Utilizing Capability While Building Partnership Capacity
TRACK 3:  Strengthening Relationships and Building a Security Cooperation (Phase Zero) Gameplan
TRACK 4:  Future Look:  Sustainable Security through Development and Conflict Mitigation

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