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*** FINAL REGISTRATION REMINDER FOR 2007 EABIS COLLOQUIUM ***

Two Weeks Left to Register For Cutting Edge International Event
on Global Governance & the Role of Business - Implications for Companies, Stakeholders & Society

Click here to secure one of the final places available

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We wanted to remind you that only two weeks remain to register for the EABIS 6^th Annual Colloquium on "Global Governance, The Role of Business and Implications for Companies, Stakeholders and Society". The conference is already over 90 percent capacity and final places are disappearing fast.

The Colloquium will be hosted by <st1:placename w:st="on">ESADE</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Barcelona</st1:city></st1:place> on September 20-21. An audience of 300+ senior figures from business, academia, civil society and policy-making will engage in a series of cutting edge debates on current and future knowledge priorities around global governance, corporate responsibility, and leadership development.

• To visit the conference website, please click here
• To register, please click here
• For the full conference programme please click here

Anticipating the Colloquium Highlights

Through a series of interactive plenary sessions, a marketplace "best practice" forum, and dozens of knowledge workshops, the Colloquium will address the major issues in global governance from four different but vital perspectives:

• The Context of Global Governance and the Role of Business in Society
• New Forms of Global Governance - Self Regulation, Voluntary Standards and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
• Business, Global Governance and Global Issues - The Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Change
• The Changing Nature of Global Governance and Accountability - Implications for Leadership and Leadership Development

This year's conference will also feature some of the most respected international voices in the global governance arena. Prominent speakers & panelists include:

• Antonio Brufau Niubó Chairman & CEO, Repsol
• Hans Ulrich Maerki, Chairman, IBM (EMEA)
• Dr. Lex Holst, Global Vice President, Shell International
• Frank Brown, Dean, INSEAD
• Polly Courtice, Director, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:placename></st1:place> Programme for Industry
• Prof. Robert E. Keohane, Public & International Affairs Department, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Princeton</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
• Daniel Litvin, Director, Critical Resource and Author of "Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility"
• Mark Goyder, Executive Director,Tomorrow's Global Company
• Prof. Anders Aspling, Secretary General, GRLI and Dean, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Vlerick</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Leuven</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Gent</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>
• Dr. Maria Luiza Pinto, Executive Director, ABN AMRO Real

We look forward to seeing many of you in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Barcelona</st1:city></st1:place> in a few weeks time for what promises to be an outstanding event!

Kind regards,

The EABIS Team

The EABIS PhD Conference is scheduled for 22 September 2007

Hosted by <st1:placename w:st="on">IESE</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Barcelona</st1:city></st1:place>

The EABIS Annual Colloquium is part of the EU Platform for Excellence in CSR Research (CSR Platform) with the support of the European Union 6th Research Framework Programme (FP6)

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