This is a week of global trade finance meetings including a major new conference and specialist workshops.

Al Gore, author of the critically acclaimed documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, will be the keynote speaker at this event.

Speakers include representatives of Parliament, the Commission and other EU bodies as well as tyre recyclers, material users, research and development teams from the Member States and beyond.

This conference will bring together stakeholders from all levels of government and the private sector to explore creative methods to pay for sustainable water infrastructure today and into the future.

This conference aims to provide a venue for nonprofit directors, business leaders, foundation representatives and academics operating in the broadly defined social entrepreneurship/enterprise arena to share best practice and network. We also anticipate significant interest and participation among students and community members.

Please join the University of Waterloo in promoting the philosophies concerning environment and business issues while exchanging ideas with leading professionals, faculty and students.

Join other corporate citizenship experts and business leaders and immerse yourself in the frameworks, tools, skills and processes that help accelerate and expand the impact that corporate citizenship has for business and society today.

Leaders from government, business and civil society around the world will be giving special attention in 2007 to the subject of sustainable development and the role of business.

Participate in this event, and gain the knowledge you need to effectively monitor, measure, and guide your organization’s relationships with communities and the environment.

The conference SMI 07 is dedicated to sustainability issues which are of interest for companies on a normative, strategic and operational level. Problems will be discussed, methods and concepts presented.