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Annual Summits

The ESAi annual summit is designed to bring hundreds of students together from around the world. The purpose of the Summit includes:

  • Promoting networking and information sharing
  • Exchanging lessons learned among student groups
  • Recruiting new members and passing on the torch
  • Increasing student exposure to both Ethiopian and global issues

ESAi Annual Summit Chronology
2001
March 31 – April 1
Host ESA(s): VCU ESA
Host School: VCU-Virginia Commonwealth University
Host City: Richmond, VA
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Ephraim Isaac
Theme:
2002
March 22-24
Host ESA(s): ESA Atlanta
Host School: GSU-Georgia State University
Host City: Atlanta, GA
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Brook Lakew
Theme:

2003
March 28-30
Host ESA(s): Berkeley ESU, Stanford ESU, and San Jose State Univ. ESA
Host School: Univ. of California-Berkeley
Host City: Berkeley, CA
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Selamawi “Mawi” Asgedom
Theme: Ha, Hu, Hi, Ha….Ye’idget Megemeria (First Steps Towards Development)

2004
March 26-28
Host ESA(s): Univ. of Minnesota ESA
Host School: University of Minnesota
Host City: St. Paul, MN
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tamrat Tademe
Theme:

2005
March 25-27
Host ESA(s): ESUM (Massachusetts)
Host School: MIT-Mass. Institute of Tech.
Host City: Boston, MA
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Alemtsehaye Wodajo
Theme: Hi 5!

PHOTOS – Ice Breaker
PHOTOS – Summit Day
PHOTOS – Flickr
5th Summit Video
2006
March 24-26
Host ESA(s): UMD ESA
Host School: Univ. of Maryland � College Park
Host City: College Park, MD
Keynote Speaker: Enawgaw Mehari, MD
Keynote Speaker: Noah Samara, JD
Theme: Empowering the Youth

PHOTOS -CarpeDiem
PHOTOS – Directory listing
PHOTOS – Flickr
2007
March 23-25
Host ESA(s): ESAA – Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Georgia Perimeter
Host School: Georgia Tech
Host City: Atlanta, GA
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Ephraim Isaac
Theme: Ethiopian Millennium

PHOTOS – Flickr
2008
March 28-30
Host ESA(s): GMU ESA
Host School: George Mason University
Host City: Fairfax, VA
Keynote Speaker: Ingida Asfaw, MD
Theme: Looking Back-Leaping Forward

Footage from EthioTube.net
2009
March 26-29
Host ESA(s): UC Alliance of Ethiopian Students (UCAES)
Host School: University of Cincinnati
Host City: Cincinnati, OH
Keynote Speaker: Tessema Guebrexabiher, PhD
Theme: Zemene Hidassie

PHOTOS
2010
Date: March 25 – 28, 2010

http://esai.org/summit/2010

Sneak Peak:
Young Diplomats
Selam Youth Festival
ESA @ University of Toronto
ESA @ York University
Host City: Toronto, CA
ESAi is now ESAI!