ADVISORY/Second Iraqi Reconstruction Conference to Be Held in Washington, D.C., July 1 & 2.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. & Wednesday Wednesday: see week. (July July: see month. 1 & 2) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Leaders from Government, Agencies and the Corporate Sector to Exchange Latest Information on Funding, Opportunities and Processes
Who: Officials from the U.S. State Department, OMB, U.S. Small
Business Administration, U.S. Export-Import Bank,
U.S.-Iraq Business Council, U.S. Congress, the Working
Group on Iraq, RAND, Halliburton KBR, Save the Children &
UNICEF, among others.
What: Equity International will hold the second Iraqi
Reconstruction Conference in Washington, DC, July 1 & 2,
2003. The event follows the tremendous success of the
first conference, which drew more than 600 top government
officials, corporate executives, humanitarian leaders and
diplomats from more than 25 nations.
The reconstruction of Iraq is the largest rebuilding
effort since World War II, with costs estimated to exceed
$60 billion. IRC is an open dialogue forum which means
to educate attendees about the processes required to take
part in the reconstruction effort, while providing the
critical industry and government contacts to facilitate
success.
General and breakout sessions will feature top government,
corporate and diplomatic officials addressing:
humanitarian aid and emergency assistance, funding for
Iraqi reconstruction, international perspectives on Iraq's
reconstruction, reconstruction priorities and programs,
contracting and subcontracting opportunities for
corporations in the private sector, with a special focus
on small and minority-owned businesses.
When: July 1, 7:15am (registration); Sessions: 8:15a.m.-5:30p.m;
Networking reception 5:30pm- 6:30pm.
July 2, Sessions: 8:30am-12:15p.m.
Where: The Capital Hilton, 1001 16th Street NW, Washington, DC.
Media: Admittance is complimentary for credentialed members of
the news media only.
-- Attending media MUST RSVP to attend.
-- Video/Audio mult boxes will be provided at all
sessions. Call for special accommodations.
Media Contact: To RSVP or to schedule interviews, please contact
Melanie Dougherty, (202) 550-5059, melanie2020@aol.com
or Candis Roby, (202) 756-2244, croby@equityintl.us.
About Equity International Since 1996, more than 2,700 major corporations, governments, organizations and agencies have participated in the reconstruction Reconstruction, 1865–77, in U.S. history, the period of readjustment following the Civil War. At the end of the Civil War, the defeated South was a ruined land. and development conferences organized by Equity International. These events have focused on the reconstruction of Bosnia, Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. , Kosovo Kosovo or Kosovo-Metohija (kô`sôvô-mĕtô`khēä), Albanian Kosova, Serbo-Croatian Kosovo i Metohija and Kosmet, province (2002 est. pop. , Turkey, Venezuela Venezuela (vĕnəzwā`lə, Span. vānāswā`lä), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, republic (2005 est. pop. 25,375,000), 352,143 sq mi (912,050 sq km), N South America. , Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (y 'gōslä`vēə), Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, former country of SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula. Belgrade was the capital and by far the largest city. , and Afghanistan Afghanistan (ăfgăn`ĭstăn', ăfgän'ĭstän`), officially Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 29,929,000), 249,999 sq mi (647,497 sq km), S central Asia. . For more information,
visit www.rec-dev.com and www.globalsecurity.bz.
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