ADVISORY/World Economic Forum CEO to Address Seattle Leaders.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. (June June: see month. 1) --(BUSINESS WIRE) World Resources Institute Founded in 1982, the World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank based in Washington, D.C. WRI is an independent, non-partisan and nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical (WRI WRI Wolfram Research, Inc. (makers of Mathematica) WRI World Resources Institute WRI War Resisters' International WRI Western Research Institute (Laramie, WY) WRI Water Research Institute )
WHAT: Jose Maria Figueres, chief executive of the World Economic
Forum and former president of Costa Rica, will address
Seattle's business, civic, and political leaders on
"Environment, Trade and Development."
The meeting comes a week before the G-8 Summit in Sea Island,
GA where a key agenda item is private-sector-led growth and
poverty alleviation. Seattle and Washington State gets more
of its income from international trade than any other North
American city or state.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 1, 2004 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
WHERE: Fairmont Olympic Hotel
411 University Street, Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-621-1700
WHO: Jose Maria Figueres, CEO, World Economic Forum
William D. Ruckelshaus, chairman, World Resources Institute
Jonathan Lash, president, World Resources Institute
WHY: A crucial challenge facing the developed world today is how
to accommodate the legitimate economic and social desires of
more than half of the world's population who live on less
than $2 a day, while sustaining the world's natural resource
base for future generations.
Studies by WRI indicate that poverty is at the root of major
challenges facing the environment -- from global warming to
the accelerating loss of biodiversity.
Jose Maria Figueres, a WRI board member, has been tackling
this issue for most of his professional life. As head of the
World Economic Forum, he brings together the world's
political, business, and civil society leaders for an annual
meeting in Davos, Switzerland. When he was president of Costa
Rica, Figueres made information technology an integral part
of the country's economic development strategy, successfully
attracting high-tech companies and manufacturing, while also
bringing computers and smart cards to rural areas.
The World Resources Institute is an environmental research
and policy organization that creates solutions to protect the
planet and improve people's lives (http://www.wri.org).
Journalists are requested to pre-register for the event.
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