The speed with which nuclear energy has reestablished itself in the developed world as a credible option in helping to address the twin challenges of secure and environmentally acceptable energy supplies is remarkable. After twenty years in which new orders more or less dried up outside the...

This conference will seek to identify best practice for achieving the successful implementation of the optimum technology throughout the developing world. What are the most suitable technologies? Which particular sectors could benefit the most from the introduction of technology? How can...

At its 2007 Summit, the G8 nations signalled an unprecedented interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR). Not only did they encourage the business sector to use specific CSR instruments, such as the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the Global Compact, but they committed...

This event will focus on the attempts being made on both sides of the Atlantic to resolve the challenges posed by the current rise in the criminalization of corporate conduct. It will examine issues such as the ramifications of the increasing prevalence of corporate crime on corporations; the...

The WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong in December 2005 is meant to be the culmination of the negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). That agenda has proven to be both more ambitious and controversial that negotiators had foreseen when they established it in 2001. Since then, key...

Issues to be examined include: Sources of global imbalances Which direction is Asia going? What should be the policy response to global imbalances? What should be the market response to global imbalances? [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] The...

The travel and tourism industry accounts for $4.4 trillion of economic activity worldwide. Given the current changing political and economic climate how sustainable is this situation? Can the industry continue to grow in the face of climate change and global terrorism? Is there still untapped...

In spite of their great oil wealth, the Middle East’s oil exporting countries are under ever-increasing demographic and budgetary pressure to generate economic growth and improve their long-term prospects. As part of this shift, the national oil companies are being called upon to drive...