Creating Shared Value Forum announced

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Creating Shared Value:
Global Forum Webcast

9:00 - 18:00 USA Estern Standard Time (EST), 28th April 2009. PARTICIPATION FREE OF CHARGE

Please join our Webcast Forum on April 28th to discuss with some of the world's leading experts how
companies can help address problems of nutrittion, water, and rural development.
The event will be available for viewing afterwards on www.nestle.com/csv, and the Forum will be webcast live
on April 28th from 9:00 - 18:00 (EST) New York time.

We realise those in different time zones may wish to join the webcast for certain modules only

Forum Topics:

  • Creating Shared Value: Can Shareholders' & Society's Interests be Aligned? (9:00 - 11:00 EST)
  • Water: The Growing Water Security Crisis: Needed Solutions in Policy & Action (11:00 - 12:45 EST)
  • Rural Development & Food Production: Needed Solutions in Policy & Action (13:45 - 15:15 EST)
  • Translating Greater Food Production in to Better Nutrition & Quality Diets (15:45 - 17:30 EST)

    Sponsored by: The Swiss Mission to the United Nations, The UN Partnership Office and Nestlé S.A., with the participation of the
    UN Global Compact Office.

    Featured Speakers: Michael Porter, Harvard Business School; John Elkington, SustainAbility and Volans; C.K. Prahalad, Ross School of
    Business, University of Michigan; Amir Dossal, UN Office for Partnerships; Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University;
    Nancy Birdsall, Center for Global Development; Georg Kell, UN Global Compact; Joachim von Braun, International Food Policy Research
    Institute; Ajay Vashee, World Agricultural Producers Association; Robert Thompson, University of Illinois at Urbana, former Director of
    Agriculture, World Bank; Prabhu Pingali, Agricultural Development Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Kraisid Tontisirin, Institute of
    Nutrition Mahidol University, former FAO Director of Nutrition and Consumer Protection; Venkatesh Mannar, Micronutrient Initiative; Peter
    Brabeck, Paul Bulcke, and Niels Christiansen of Nestlé will also participate in the panels. Moderator: Maria Livanos Cattaui, former
    Secretary-General, ICC.

  • You may subscibe to a simultaneous webcast and/or a summary podcast.
  • Those signing up will receive an advance abstract of an exclusive White Paper on
    Creating Shared Value authored by Michael Porter.
  • One can easily tune in and out of the webcaast to suit individual interest and time constraints.
  • The webcast will provide opportunities to ask questions.

    For further information and to register for the webcast or podcast, please go to:
    www.nestle.com/csv/signup

     

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