Saturday, October 1, 2016

Pictures from ICES 2016. Part I




Key chains made of akat.
 





Asmara Art Deco Tour: At Farmacia I. Dr. Simon Tesfamariam (middle)
 


(Beles/Prickly pear) stop on the way to Asmara from Nefasit.
 
Alemseged Tesfai (prominent Eritrean historian and lawyer) giving the
 Plenary Address entitled "Eritrean Nationalism and its Challenges to Eritrean Scholarship."
 
Opening ceremony of the conference
 
Dr. Zemenfes Tsighe (Chairman of the Organizing Committee of ICES)
 

Dr Josephine Namboze, Representative for the World Health Organisation in Eritrea
  speaking on behalf of UNDP Resident Representative to Eritrea, Ms. Christine N. Umutoni.
For UNDP report on ICES, see the link at the end of this post.
 
Eritrean TV journalists (right to left: Adib (Tigrinya Program, 
Temesgen, Rafaelle, and Billion: English Program)
 

Prof. Iqbal Jhazbhay (former South African ambassador to Eritrea) and WHO rep. to Eritrea
 
Left: Prof. Asmarom Legesse (prominent Eritrean anthropologist) presenting
 the opening ceremony lecture entitled "Reflections on Fifty Years of Research, &
 Prof. Abraham Kidane (Economic advisor to the Ministry of National Development)  

Dr.Tadesse Mehari, Executive Director of the Commission of Higher Education of Eritrea
 (second from the right) and Dr. Araia Tseggai, Director of Eritrea Free Zone Authority (right)


Samuel Tewelde (Eritrean Institute of Technology: Mai Nefhi) presenting
 "The Need for National e-Resources Facility and the ERUNET Plan) 

   
Dr. Asgede Hagos, (Delaware State University) right, &
     Dr. Bisrat member of the Organizing Committee of ICES (middle) 
 
                                                Issayas Tesfamariam reading the late Dr. Samuel Mahaffy's paper

For the coverage from UNDP and ERI TV check the links below:

http://www.er.undp.org/content/eritrea/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2016/07/22/undp-supports-international-conference-on-eritrean-studies-held-in-asmara0.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uABFOCeTpnQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jiMApGCCdE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRa6zgmbfFU

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