6:00  – 8:00 p.m.:
Dinner Meeting: EMC Members, Members of organizing Committee, UK, and Specially Invited Guests

8:00 -- 10:30 p.m.:

Cocktail Reception. (Cash Bar available for interested members and guests). Chair: Olorogun Felix Ibru, First Civilian Governor of Delta State, Nigeria. Special Guest of Honour, Mr. Daniel A. Obiomah, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, and Chair of Urhobo Historical Society, Professor Peter Ekeh,  will address the audience.

Michael Y. Nabofa, Ph.D. Professor of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
"The Role of the Institution of Ophor among the Urhobo and Their Isoko and Ijaw Neighbours."
Perkins Foss, Ph.D. Guest Curator, Museum for African Art, New York City, USA.
"Images of Fear, Protection, Beauty: Urhobo Art and Culture."
Chair: Ajovi Scott-Emuakpor, MD, Professor of Paediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

 F. M. A. Ukoli, Ph.D., Professor of Zoology, University of Ibadan; Founding Vice-Chancellor, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria.
"Beyond Social and Political Issues in Urhoboland"
Chair: Jackson Omene, MD, Adjunct Professor of Paediatrics, Columbia University, New York, USA

David Okpako, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
"The Place of Urhobo College in Urhobo History."
Chair: Mr. D. A. Obiomah, Special Guest of Honour, Third Annual Conference of Urhobo Historical Society

Emmanuel Urhobo, Ph.D., Barrister-at-Law, Warri, Nigeria
“Title to Land in Warri –The Itsekiri and Agbassa Claims.”
Wilson Ometan, B.A. (Hons.), BBC, London, United Kingdom
"Urhobos and Nigerian Politics: The Travails of Marginalization and Racism."
Chair: Professor Olorogun Frank Ukoli, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria

Michael Y. Nabofa, Ph.D. Professor of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
"The Role of Women in Igbe and God’s Kingdom Society: A Comparative History."
Chair: Ejiro Ughwujabo, B.Ed. (Hons), M.A., Senior Deputy Head Teacher, Saint Mary's Catholic High School, Woburn Road, Croydon CR0 2AB, England

Chair: Mrs. Obiomah, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria
Helen Ekeh, Ph.D., Buffalo, New York, USA
Madam Alice Uwhobe, London, United Kingdom
Madam Rose Itsekiri, London, United Kingdom
Chief (Mrs.) Agnes Ukueku, London, United Kingdom
Amy Emerhi, Ph.D., Port Harcourt, River State, Nigeria
Mrs. G. Emonigho Aghoghovbia, London, United Kingdom
Mrs. Comfort Ogbomo, London, United Kingdom

Established in August 1999, Urhobo Historical Society provides a forum for the propagation and publication of works in Urhobo history and culture. URHOBO WAADO, Web site of Urhobo Historical Society, also highlights issues of oil pollution and environmental degradation in Nigeria's Niger Delta. Besides its defence of Urhobo interests in the political sphere, Urhobo Historical Society has provided a valuable documentation of Urhobo history and culture hitherto unknown in cyberspace. Along with a smaller Web site http://www.urhobo.kinsfolk.com/, our main web site of http://www.waado.org/Contents.html has emerged as an important reference point for Urhobo history and culture. Through its web sites, Urhobo Historical Society has also become a powerful voice in defence of Niger Delta interests. We thank all those who have contributed towards such achievements.

The first two Annual Conferences of Urhobo Historical Society were held in North America. We held our First Annual  Conference and Meeting in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on November 3-5 2000 . Senator David O. Dafinone was its Keynote Speaker. Our Second Annual Conference and Meeting took place in Persipanny, New Jersey, USA, on November 2-4, 2001.

In bringing the Third Annual Conference to London and Europe, we seek to broaden participation in the affairs of Urhobo Historical Society. We particularly want to reach out to Urhobo women and youth. We look forward to a successful Annual Conference in London in November, 2002.

Membership

There will be opportunity, for those who so desire, to become members of Urhobo Historical Society during the forthcoming Conference and Meeting. Membership Recruitment Tables will be set up at the venues of the Conference at Goddis and in the foyer of Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Goldsmiths College. Annual fee for regular membership is £30.00 or $50.00. Annual fee for charter membership is £150.00 or higher or $250.00 or higher.