The Board of The Global Sourcing Council invites you to our first 2008 event:
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
“Globalization and Sustainable Development in the Information Age”
We are delighted to be following up our very successful inaugural meeting in
2007 with the first of four events planned for 2008. We have an outstanding
program with thought leaders in two vital areas.
Keynote Speaker:
Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator
UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development
Topic: The Global Alliance for ICT and Development, G@ID, is a partnership
and network supported by the UN. G@ID is actively pursuing the UN goals of a
better, more peaceful world. The goal of G@ID is to use information and
communication technology (ICT) as an instrument for overcoming poverty by
bringing the 4.5 billion people living in poverty into the global economy
and supporting the free flow of goods around the world. Information and
communication technology provides a mechanism for accomplishing this goal in
a sustainable way through the advantages it brings and the potential it
creates for all groups in society. All groups, whoever they are and wherever
they live should be able to use information and communication technologies.
In addition, we will have a very special speaker for the second half of the
program:
Steve Kloeblen, Vice President
IBM
World Development Initiative
Topic: The World Development Initiative, which is being led by Steve
Kloeblen is focused on finding business opportunities for IBM in meeting the
needs of people at the “base of the socioeconomic pyramid.” This initiative
supports the IBM corporate value: focusing on innovation that matters for
the world. Steven will describe how this initiative has been implemented in
IBM and discuss some vignettes of IBMers who have built networks reaching
out around the globe to countries such as India, China and Kenya.
GSC Leadership Awards
The first GSC Leaderships Awards will be presented at this event. The GSC
Leadership Award recognizes exceptional achievement in the global sourcing
marketplace exhibiting a combination of positive social and economic
leadership. The award will be made to individuals or organizations
demonstrating any of the following:
· the advancement of socially responsible, economically beneficial
sourcing practices
· the advancement of new business opportunities that bring economic
benefits in concert with social benefits.
· The advancement of business opportunities that demonstrate a
concern for sustainability and the long-term impacts on all resources, for
example, human, economic and environmental
Meeting Details:
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Location:
The Philippine Center
556 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
Agenda:
4:00PM Registration in the Lobby Gallery
4:30PM Keynote: Sarbuland Khan in Kalayaan Hall, 2nd Floor
5:15PM Award Ceremony in Kalayaan Hall, 2nd Floor
6:00PM Speaker: Steve Kloeblen in Kalayaan Hall, 2nd Floor
6:15PM Cocktail Mixer in the Lobby Gallery
7:00PM End of program
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