All flights lead to Berlin.The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR BIR British Institute of Radiology BIR Bureau of Internal Revenue BIR Bureau of International Recycling BIR Baculovirus IAP Repeat BIR Biomedical Imaging Resource BIR Bureau of Intelligence and Research (US State Department) ) has reached record pre-registration for its 2004 BIR Spring Convention May 24-26 in Berlin at the Maritim proArte hotel. As of early April, more than 450 delegates from throughout the world have confirmed their attendance at the meeting. The keynote speaker will be Marcel Genet genet: see civet. , founder and managing director of Laplace Conseil, a French management firm created in 1995 that specializes in international strategy consulting for the metals, minerals and recycling industries. Genet will examine the middle- to long-term effects for the recycling industry stemming from the new expansion of the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community (EU), which has added 10 new member nations, most of them in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . He is familiar with Eastern European markets, having conducted numerous trade missions and studies pertaining to steel, scrap, nonferrous metal and minerals. The keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work will be just one of several sessions that BIR members and attendees will have a chance to attend at the Berlin convention. Dr. Albert Rohan, former secretary general of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. and former Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, will address the "Hot irons of international politics," including conflicts in the Middle East During the 20th and 21st centuries, there have been a number of conflicts in the Middle East. Arab-Israeli conflict
Rohan has held a variety of posts in his 40-year career in the Austrian diplomatic service. In the U.S., he served as director of the executive office of the UN Secretary-General. He has also been a leading member of diplomatic delegations in Belgrade, Kosovo, Iran and other areas of conflict. Currently, Rohan is working as lecturer and political commentator for radio, television and print media. He is the author of the book Diplomat on the Fringes of World Politics. With much of its membership hailing from Europe, the BIR notes that this convention is an important one in terms of EU expansion--offering a chance for scrap traders "to further widen our members' business opportunities in this important part of the world." Information on the Spring Convention can be found online at www.bir.org. |
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