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| | G8 summit Statement on Counterterrorism | | 2008-07-09 16:34:27 | | Overlooked in the reporting on the G8 summit’s discussions in Rusutsu, Japan, this week on climate change and other subjects, was a major statement on counterterrorism, reaffirming that” abductions and the taking of hostages are repugnant practices to be strongly condemned.” The terrorism issue was scarcely mentioned in articles found on a Google search except for an interesting Canadian news article focusing on Afganistan. However the statement was a useful reaffirmation of goals:...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | PORTAL CUBANO GANA WORLD SUMMIT AWARD | | 2008-07-09 08:07:56 | | La Habana (PL).- La Red Cubana de la Ciencia se hizo acreedora de la categoría e-Ciencia del Concurso World Summit Award (WSA) 2007.El Portal cubano fue uno de los ganadores en esa categoría del Concurso vinculado a la Cumbre Mundial para la Sociedad de la Información, que es convocado cada dos años.Investigadores de 32 países formaron el jurado que analizó 650 productos presentados por 160 naciones, y entregó cinco galardones por cada una de las ocho categorías, comunicó la página web de WSA.Redcien, nombre del sitio, fue creado para ayudar a un mejor trabajo de las instituciones y científicos de Cuba u otros países del mundo, así como aquellos interesados en temas específicos.El portal es parte de un Programa de Innovación y Desarrollo del Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, encabezado por la empresa de Tecnologías de la Información y Servicios Telemáticos Avanzados (CITMATEL). El 5 de noviembre en Venecia, Italia, tendrá lugar la ceremonia de prem | | By: Desde Cuba | | |
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| FAQs on the G8 Summit | | 2008-07-07 22:21:00 | | As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to the Japanese island of Hokkaido to participate in the 9th G8 Summit as an outreach partner representing the world's emerging economies, IANS answers some frequently asked questions on the summit:Q: What is the G8 Summit?The Group of Eight (G8) Summit is an annual meeting attended by leaders of eight countries - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States - and the president of the European Commission.Q: What | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | Islamic D-8 Summit Agenda in Malaysia Promotes Trade, Energy Revenue Sharing | | 2008-07-07 15:00:48 | | As the G-8 plows forward in Hokkaido with its solutions to counter soaring crude oil prices, global inflation and increasing protectionism, in Kuala Lumpur, the Summit of the Developing Nations, or D-8, consisting of the eight most populous Islamic nations, will be announcing its own initiatives to strengthen economic development and governance in the D-8 member states of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. Two years ago, meeting in Bali, the D-8 signed trade...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | National summit on torture - September 11-12, 2008 | | 2008-07-01 15:04:00 | | Received via email today, 7/1/08 To Supporters of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture Dear Friends:On September 11-12, 2008, Evangelicals for Human Rights, with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture and Mercer University, will host a national summit on torture in Atlanta, GA, on the campus of Mercer University. Featuring some of the nation's top thinkers and leaders in the anti-torture community, this conference is co-sponsored by an unprecedented group of organizations. We invite you to be a part of this two day inter-faith event. We will examine the journey of the United States, since September 11, 2001, from a nation that championed human rights, albeit imperfectly, to a nation that publicly acknowledges and supports the use of torture. Obviously, for people of faith, the journey does not end here. Speakers and participants will also explore the path of return to once again becoming a nation that leads the world in the protection of human rights. Religious Fa | | By: Poetry Where You Live | | |
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| Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit 2008 | | 2008-06-29 23:55:04 | | It’s All Geek to Me! Internet Mobile and Marketing
August 13-15, 2008
Grand Ballroom, Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City, Philippines
Organized By: Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP)
On August 13-15, 2008, IMMAP rocks the internet and mobile community of the Philippines when it stages its annual Summit with no less than the world’s biggest titans in [...] | | By: Buddy Blogs | | |
| | Ok, SUMMIT IS TPA TERRITORY! | | 2008-06-27 07:58:51 | | Now Summit is TPA territory. If there are still some resistance there, comment here at once. I give you permission to return fire!
In other news, Rockhopper has come to Club Penguin Island! But he brought back the parrot! OMG! | | By: Penguins of the Opera | | |
| | | International Music Summit - next years date | | 2008-06-09 04:44:19 | | Given the sucess of this years International Music Summit it’s no surprise then that they’ve already pencilled in the date for next year.
Pete Tong stated: “What happened in Ibiza last week will impact our future and the way the music industry moves forward. The response is overwhelming, people have walked away with ideas for [...] | | By: Our Ibiza Blog | | |
| | | Mount Everest Climbing Achievement: Jordan Flag is on the World's Highest Summit - traveling from the world Lowest Spot on Earth [Dead Sea] | | 2008-05-28 15:12:00 | | As a part of Jordan Independence Day celebrations, a great achievement has been made by a proud Jordanian "Mustafa Salameh", who represents all proud Jordanian People, to express how thankful we are, how proud we are, how much we love our country, and to express some of our feelings, he made it right and offered a great gift for our beloved country Jordan, by planting Jordan Flag there on the World's Highest Summits ever, to place Jordan where it should be on the Top of the World!The great King of Jordan Abdulla II made a phone call to check on Mustafa Salameh, thanking him for his great effort, being one of the Mount Everest Climbers and the first Jordanian and even Arabian to climb Mount Everest! planting the great Jordan Flag - handed to him by HRH Prince Ali Ben Al Hussein - on MT Everest, traveling from the Lowest Spot on Earth: Dead Sea in Jordan!Through a Jordanian Radio (Radio Fann), his voice was on air from everest to all world saying he did it, recharging his spirit from Jor | | By: Rani The Brainy | Rani Dababneh | | |
| | Iinternational Music Summit so far | | 2008-05-28 12:43:43 | | The highlight today has to be the “Ibiza: The Year Of Change” panel - with representatives of all the major clubs except for El Divino), Andy from Ibiza Rocks and Paco Medina representing the Government, it was always going to be a lively panel - and it didnt disappoint… We filmed the whole thing and [...] | | By: Our Ibiza Blog | | |
| | More photos from the International Music Summit at Atzaro | | 2008-05-28 06:41:46 | | This mornings 1st panel was about synchronisation - or as i used to know it: 3rd party exploitation - I have to declare an interest since my job used to be to clear and authorise UK owned Polygram (Universal) repertoire for use in TV ads, Radio commercials, premiums (giveaways) etc worldwide, so for me [...] | | By: Our Ibiza Blog | | |
| | Thousands attend environment summit in Zamboanga | | 2008-05-27 15:03:00 | | Thousands filled the 14,000-seater Zamboanga City Coliseum to participate in the "Summit on Disaster Preparedness for Global Warming and Food Security" organized by the city government.Most of the attendees were from 98 towns of Zamboanga City and various multi-sectoral groups like the urban poor, non-government organizations and employees of regional at city government offices and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.The summit was organized by Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat amid the that have hit different parts of the globe.
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| | Invitation: Delhi Youth Summit on Climate (DYSoC 2008) | | 2008-05-26 15:46:01 | | The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) in collaboration with LEAD India, Fountain of Development Research & Action (FODRA), Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), The Climate Project - India (TCP-I), South Asian Youth Environment Network(SAYEN)/United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Center for Environment Education, Delhi Greens and in partnership with the YP Foundation invites all concerned citizens [...] | | By: Delhi Greens | | |
| | | | ASSOCHAM Announces 4th Global Telecom Summit 2008 | | 2008-05-20 22:08:00 | | After the successful edition of International Conference on Broadband - 2007 " Connecting the Unconnected, ASSOCHAM in partnership with the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India is organizing "4th ASSOCHAM Global Telecom Summit" on Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th May, 2008 in Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi.The Summit aims to understand the emergence of new growth drivers that are revolutionizing the telecom sector in India and aroun | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | | Registration Open for Delhi Youth Summit on Climate 2008! | | 2008-05-18 05:08:32 | | Inviting young people and young professionals
To
“Come Write the Future”: Delhi Youth Charter on Climate
At
Delhi Youth Summit on Climate
May 2008
Organizer: Indian Youth Climate Network
Sponsors: Lead India, FODRA
In partnership with: The YP Foundation, Teen Murti Bhavan & UNESCO
Date : May 28th and 29th 2008
Time : 9:30 am onwards
Venue : Teen Murti Bhavan (Nehru Memorial Museum & Library)
Age [...] | | By: Delhi Greens | | |
| | Steelwedge Solutions Summit | | 2008-05-13 15:37:49 | | Roadmap to Mastering S&OP: A Preview to “One-Click Planning” — Originally planned for customers and partners, now open to all! Please join us and learn more about why AMR considers Steelwedge the “Dominant Pure Play S&OP Vendor”. We look forward to sharing our overall product strategy and roadmap highlights and of course a preview of [...] | | By: Steelwedge Software | | |
| | Torch reaches summit of Mount Everest | | 2008-05-07 22:28:49 | | The torch reached the top of Mount Everest at around 3 a.m. this morning. The first time ever an Olympic torch has been taken up the mountain. Footage on television show the torch being passed between the mountain climbers. The weather looked cold and windy but the torch managed to stay lit.
A [...] | | By: Beijing Olympics 2008 | | |
| | Vancouver Game Summit May 21-22 2008 | | 2008-05-06 10:37:05 | | The Vancouver International Game Summit is being held this month. It’s a conference/exhibition geared towards the video games development community. The event is focused on presenting global perspectives on developing games for next generation consoles. The target audience is studio executives, programmers, artists, publishers, game designers, producers, educators, students, and human resources professionals. There will also be educational, networking and business [...]
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| | Verizon Wireless to host Mobile Convergence Technology Summit in New York | | 2008-04-25 07:16:00 | | New York, NY - Verizon Wireless today began accepting registrations for the first annual Mobile Convergence Technology Summit, co-sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent and scheduled for May 6, 2008, at New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street in Manhattan.The summit, which begins with registration at 9 a.m. and closes with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., is designed to educate business customers to the benefits and advantages of taking their wireless devices beyond simple e-mail management. Managers and execu | | By: Cell Phones in India | | |
| | WESTERN HEMISPHERE: North American leaders for summit of under-fire NAFTA | | 2008-04-21 02:01:23 | | The leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States of America meet in New Orleans (U.S.A.) this monday for the annual summit of the North American Free Trade Agreement, amid sharp criticism of the pact in the US presidential race.
As US President George W. Bush meets with his Mexican counterpart,...
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| | G7 summit fails to rally investor confidence in U.S currency | | 2008-04-15 08:33:47 | | CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARYU.S. Dollar Trading (USD) eased on Monday tracking equities markets as investors’ faith in the dollar was short lived following the G7 summit. Retail Sales figures released for the month of March rose 0.2%, whilst February data was revised to show a decline of -0.4%, rather than the reported -0.6%. In share market news, volumes were moderate as investors hold out for a number of profit results due to be released in the ensuing days. The Dow Jones eased 23 points (-0.2%), while the NASDAQ lost 14 points (-0.6%). Oil prices rose on Monday following a weaker dollar couple with continual supply concerns, rising US$1.62 a barrel to US$111.76. Looking ahead, PPI Core Output figures are to be released on Tuesday with expectations of a 0.2% growth for the month of March. Producer Price Index is also to be released on Tuesday with forecasts of a 0.6% growth for the month of March. Bear Stearns 1st Quarter profit and loss statement will be released on Tuesday. The Euro | | By: All About Investiment | | |
| | EIG Security Summit 2008 (Colombia) | | 2008-04-11 18:12:38 | | 15 y 16 de mayo de 2008, Centro de Eventos y Convenciones, la Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, D. C., Colombia.
Agenda preliminar:
Tendencias internacionales en cibercrimen –Dr. Richard Aldrich, BAH. USA.Delitos informáticos en Colombia –Mayor Fredy Bautista, Dijin. ColombiaEl atacante interno: conceptos, herramientas y recomendaciones–Dr. Eugene Schultz, High Tower Software. USAGestión del
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| | International Music Summit, Ibiza - more news | | 2008-04-09 08:49:50 | | Over fifty of the leading figures behind the music industry have now been named as panellists, lending heavyweight support to three days of intensively programmed events. Every aspect of the industry is represented including leading labels, agencies, management, festivals, promotions, press, mobile and digital content providers in both the live and electronic music arena. [...] | | By: Our Ibiza Blog | | |
| | Indo-Africa Summit to Boost Diamond Industry | | 2008-04-08 19:08:00 | | Diamonds may not be high on the agenda, but the India-Africa Forum Summit, a government-to-government initiative being held in New Delhi from April 7-9, is widely expected to foster a political and business environment to help build direct relationships between diamond mining countries in Africa and the sizable diamond manufacturing industry in India. Over 14 heads of state and government and many senior ministers from different African countries are taking part in the three-day event, including South African President Thabo Mbeki, DRC President Joseph Kabila Kabange and John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor, president of Ghana.At the conclusion of the summit the two sides will release a joint declaration and a cooperative framework that will set out the roadmap to define the new India-Africa partnership. Indo-African trade now totals about $30 billion.
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| | | Impression from the 8th Annual Aikido Summit at the Denver Buddhist Temple in Denver, Colorado – March 22nd 2008 | | 2008-04-07 14:07:00 | | Edgar Johannsen Sensei's personality and drive is, perhaps, the only reason that the Colorado Aikido Summit has come to fruition once again. It is only because of Edgar's amiable, easy going disposition that he is able to successfully blend with all the diverse personalities in the Colorado Aikido community and bring us all together each year to share in our similarities and learn from our differences. The Aikido Summit is a great place for younger Aikido students to experience a wide array of Aikido styles once they have attained their black belt and created a foundation from which to build. It is also an opportunity for more veteran black belts to get refocused on their own training and decide what aspects to develop on in the coming year. Having attended several previous Colorado Aikido Summits, this year's was in many ways very much the same as years past. Therefore, it was my responsibility to be sure that I took away from it something new and different. The Aikido styles repres | | By: Castle Rock Aikido | | |
| | Stage set for historic India-Africa summit Tuesday | | 2008-04-06 22:13:00 | | Ten heads of state and government are among the leaders of 14 African countries who will be here this week for the first-ever India-Africa summit that seeks to counter China's growing influence in the resource-rich continent.The two-day summit from Tuesday will be attended by some of the African heavyweights like South African President Thabo Mbeki, Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Burkina Faso Prime Mini | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | Concluziile summit Nato Bucuresti | | 2008-04-05 01:20:00 | | Ieri s-a terminat summit-ul NATO organizat la Bucuresti. S-a reluat circulatia in zonele interzise. Toti oficialii, veniti la Bucuresti, au plecat. Bucurestiul revine la normal, aglomeratie si mizerie.
Cum a fost summit-ul? Pai dupa 3 zile, trag si eu cateva concluzii.
- 2 tari au primit acordul de intrare in Nato
- 3 tari nu.
- alte tari au fost primite la masa negocierilor
- a fost cea mai mare | | By: Eu si atat | | |
| | Ce s-a mai intamplat la summit | | 2008-04-03 16:11:00 | | Ieri 03.04.2008, a avut loc sedinta NATO. Am aflat ca 2 tari, Croatia si Albania, au fost invitate la aderare, iar alte 3 tari, Macedonia, Ucraina si Georgia mai au de asteptat. Cu toate ca Macedonia indeplinea toate conditiile, din cauza Greciei, nu s-a putut da aprobarea pentru aderarea la NATO. Motivul a fost numele acestei tari. Grecia doreste ca Macedonia sa schimbe numele, daca doresc in | | By: Eu si atat | | |
| | Summit De Summit … Vrajeala | | 2008-04-03 02:51:11 | | Scriam ieri aici despre manifestantii anti-NATO imprastiati de mascati, dusi la politie, intervievati si-asa mai departe si ca sunt curios ce se va intampla cu ei. Iata ca azi aud pe toate posturile...
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| | Summit peste tot | | 2008-04-01 10:59:19 | | Gata, 2 zile peste tot se va vorbi despre NATO si Bush. Cele 2 posturi stiriste, Antena 3 si Realitatea vor fi numai in stiri spargatoare(Breaking News), il vor urmari pe Bush si in WC, vor explica ce inseamna NATO, vor chema toti analistii posibili si daca raman fara se vor chema intre ei, asadar [...] | | By: Razzvan's Blog | | |
| | Damascus lines its borders with troops ahead of semi-boycotted Arab summit | | 2008-03-29 14:50:00 | | DEBKA -- Yemen and Jordan sent junior representatives, following the lead of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco and Oman. Lebanon boycotted the meeting in protest against Syrian “meddling” which has deprived the country of a president since November. Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki was too busy with his offensive against fellow Shiites in Basra. But Baghdad sent its Shiite Arab vice president Adil Abdul-Mahdi. Iran sent FM Manouchehr Mottaki after backing away from Syria’s original plan to invite its president.Syrian president Bashar Assad has inexplicably responded to the partial boycott of the Arab League “summit” by lining up army units on his borders with Iraq, Lebanon and Israel, as well as pushing contingents across the border into Lebanon proper.DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s military sources report that a group of Syrian armored divisions has been posted along the Beirut-Damascus highway at Zabadani, under the command of the president’s younger brother, Maher Assad, commander of the presi | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | The Philippine Blogging Summit 2008 (iBlog4) | | 2008-03-26 20:10:12 | | One of the biggest events in the Philippine Blogsphere is set to happen this April.
The 2008 Philippine Blogging Summit - iBlog4.
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Time: Whole day event (registration starts at 8:00 am)
Venue: Malcolm Theater, College of Law, in UP Diliman, Quezon City.
iBlog4 registration and entrance is FREE!
9:00 - 9:20: [...] | | By: Buddy Blogs | | |
| | Vine summit-ul | | 2008-03-18 14:36:41 | | Se intoarce Bucurestiu’ cu fundul in sus, mascatii fac 1000 de antrenamente pe zi, bineinteles fiecare filmat, ca sa vada Putin si Bush cum se pregatesc romanii. Se fac culoare unice, se inchid strazi, se dau la o parte oamenii, masinile, cainii, gunoaiele, nu conteaza, totul trebuie sa fie liber si curat.
Poate ca toate astea [...] | | By: Razzvan's Blog | | |
| | Asian Banker Summit opens in Ha Noi | | 2008-03-17 11:06:00 | | Leaders of Asia’s financial institutions have gathered alongside regulators, analysts and investors at the Asian Banker Summit 2008 in Ha Noi.
The four-day event, which began on March 16, is focusing on financial issues including credit risk, cash management and banking regulations.
Asian Banker Summit Advisory Board Chairman David Eldon said the summit is a chance for the participants to | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | | Viet Nam to host 9th Asian Banker Summit | | 2008-03-11 11:24:00 | | Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam Nguyen Van Giau and over 50 international experts and 500 leaders of the Asian financial sector will gather in Hanoi for the 9th Asian Banker Summit, scheduled for March 16-19, 2008.
During this year’s summit, policy makers and experts will discuss financial issues of the world and the region.
The Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam Nguyen Van Giau and | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | Launch of Online Travel Summit | | 2008-03-11 10:49:00 | | Travelwires, in association with FutureBlue, will be holding the first Online Travel Summit in Cape Town, 8 April 2008.The summit is aimed at all players in the travel sector and will include sessions on search engine optimisation (SEO), PPC, email marketing and online brand building from leading experts.Enthuses Travelwires founder Muzi Mohale, "This is an exciting step for Travelwires and a great opportunity for the industry to come together and get to grips with the major trends affecting them. We have been able to assemble a great speaker line up and feel that this gives coverage to all the key areas affecting our industry."The event has been put together with strategic web management company FutureBlue, and MD Paul Hobden believes the event will be the first of many to come.
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| | | Day 3 Affiliate Summit - Part 1 | | 2008-02-26 18:55:00 | | Still sick, I managed to get as much sleep as I could and skipped breakfast in favor of that goal. Once I slept as much as I could without skipping more than just some food, I headed down for the Super Affiliate Strategies that Work panel. I was interested to see how this differed from the What Super Affiliates Want panel I attended at the last Affiliate Summit in Miami.It was a great panel, and I hear it was standing room only. Rock on - my sick self managed to score a seat otherwise I never would have lasted in there. It was a great panel by Kris Jones of Pepperjam, Amit Mehta, Zac Johnson, and John Chow. It was mostly Q&A from the audience with a little bit of moderation from Kris, so lots of good stuff. Someone actually blatantly asked about black hat tactics...to which he received a pretty unbiased response from John that he was just better off in the long run to stick with whitehat tactics if he wants to be a success overall. Which makes sense to me. Since this sessio | | By: Print This! | | |
| | Day 2 of Affiliate Summit - Suck All! | | 2008-02-26 09:00:00 | | Almost a month ago I was granted a press pass for the Affiliate Summit. I was excited to get into the bloghaus and blog about the day as it happened. I was thrilled to walk around and network with people. I really wanted to get some great coverage of the Keynote (coverage hell, I wanted to just listen too), but... none of that happened.Why? Because Las Vegas hates me. And there are far too many germs here. And somehow during the day on Sunday...I developed a cold. A bad one. Damn this dry air & germs!So I didn't get up in time to make it downstairs to have breakfast AND make it to Jason Calacanis' keynote like I wanted to. I managed to grab some breakfast and share some stats about our affiliate program with my colleague here with me from PsPrint to help out and then to man the booth. I sent her out to get the table top sign made that wasn't made in time for the show. I station the booth for awhile and talk to some good people before it's time for me to head off to the mo | | By: Print This! | | |
| | Affiliate Summit West - Day 2 | | 2008-02-25 19:07:00 | | I finally got a free moment to jump on the computer, so I figured I’d throw up a quick post! Of course, a quick scan of Google Blog Search showed me that every other blogger in the universe has already written about ASW.. That’s what I get for spending 12 hours at the craps [...] | | By: Leave The Office Behind | | |
| | Affiliate Summit Day 1 - Grab My Nuts! | | 2008-02-25 12:00:00 | | Okay maybe it's been closer to half a day of festivities for me, but my feet are killing me already, I'm annoyed with the venue, and missing some boxes that were supposed to be shipped. But with my track record, it just wouldn't be a true trade show if I had everything prepared like clockwork :)After having some breakfast I went to set the room service tray just outside my door for pick up and the door shut behind me and I was without my key. So I had to call down to get someone to come up and open the door, but I managed to be helped by housekeeping first and got let back in AND got fresh towels. Bonus!So I hauled down to the registration area and got my badge and went in with my colleague to set up our modest booth. We don't have a big dynamic display like most companies do; just a table cloth with our logo, a banner, the highlighters we had made to give away, and the printed materials about our affiliate program. I brought the table cloth and sales sheets with me, we found the | | By: Print This! | | |
| | Getting ready for Affiliate Summit West 08 | | 2008-02-21 23:10:00 | | Twitter is alive with activity. The summit has set up a group twitter that tracks whenever someone uses the keyword asw08 in their twits. This is very cool, especially considering I didn't know Twitter had this capability!Everyone seems to be in a rush to get things done. Jim Kukral from ScratchBack.com is MCing the keynote on Monday. He's twittered several times tonight about the video he's working on for the presentation. At ASE07 in Miami the keynote was Ze Frank, a hilarious individual, so I'm hoping for no less at ASW08.Stephanie Agresta from Stephanie Agresta Consulting is also a speaker and author of the Internet Geek Girl blog. She's twittered off and on today about her flight information and getting ready for the trip from out east. Sam Harrelson from Affiliate Fortune Cookies has been twittering as well and he's even had to change his flight because of inclement Northeastern weather.Of course myself, I'm twittering here and there about getting ready. I'm not lucky eno | | By: Print This! | | |
| | SaaS Summit 2008: On-demand Industry Conference | | 2008-02-19 23:29:38 | | OpSource is a delivery expert. They don't provide software, but delivers applications over the web for the companies that have software as a service and web 2.0 Applications.OpSource manage other peoples software and deliver it on-demand. They provide the infrastructure(managed hosting), Application management, platform for the software companies, ...etc.February 27 – 29 will witness one of the biggest summit in SaaS(Software as a Service)summit, the third annual on-demand industry conference by OpSource. Five hundred(500) executives from hot new on-demand and web2.0 arena will join the large established software giants, venture capitalists, press etc...Venue: Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, USATopics: Topics for the summit includes, Platform choices: which and why? , Web 2.0 psyche, scary?, Will Enterprises embrace Web2.0?, Integration behind the enterprise fire-wall, take II, Web services, leverage or trap?, about buying and selling on-demand ...e | | By: Beautiful Minds | | |
| | Successful Mattress Summit | | 2008-02-15 13:09:54 | | Representatives of mattress retailer across the nation and leaders of the ISPA (International Sleep Products Association) or the manufacturers and suppliers, met last Feb 7, 2008 to discuss and explore more opportunities for expansion. Representatives discussed on the possibility of establishing a national mattress industry sustainability initiative which will focus on environmental issues and [...] | | By: Mattresszine | | |
| | Gartner Business Process Management Summit | | 2008-02-09 14:46:00 | | Date: 4-7 February 2008City: Las Vegas, NVVenue: Caesars PalaceThe Gartner Business Process Management Summit 2008 offers the latest insight on creating and sustaining an agile process-powered organization. Align business strategy and IT to maximize operational agility, providing new opportunities to expand revenues and productivity.You can visit their site at: Gartner Business Process Management Summit | | By: Infinitely CRAZY | | |
| | New to Affiliate Summit? No Sweat | | 2008-02-05 13:53:00 | | Shawn Collins, ever the forward thinker, is taking into consideration the little guy - the first time Affiliate Summit attendee. Man I wish this has been around back in July when I went to my first Affiliate Summit!Regardless, take a few minutes if you're going to the summit and you're not sure what all to expect and watch his power point video. He's posted it in the Affiliate Summit Blog.Remember that PsPrint is offering 20% off printing to all show attendees, but you have to Register to get more information! Hurry up because registration is already at 85% capacity almost a month out. Trust me, if you're serious about affiliate marketing you'll be doing yourself a huge favor by attending this show. | | By: Print This! | | |
| | Mr. K V Kamath, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank Limited to Inaugurate CoreNet Global's Corporate Real Estate Summit in Mumbai | | 2008-01-11 04:04:00 | | CoreNet Global, the world's leading association for corporate real estate professionals, today announced that some of the best minds in commercial realty, government and academia, have confirmed their participation as Keynote Speakers at the organization's 2008 Asia Summit scheduled to take place in Mumbai on March 3-5.Now in its sixth year, the three day summit, to be held at the Grand Hyatt Mumbai, is being positioned as a conduit for discussions regarding 'talent management in corporate real estate' -- a timely issue given the current skill shortage faced by the commercial realty industry across the region.Mr. K V Kamath, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank Limited has confirmed to address the conference which is expected to attract over 400 real estate professionals from the United States, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.Opening plenaries will also include keynotes from Dr. Yuwa Hendrick-Wong, an economist, business strategist and communicator with over 25 years experience who will discuss the relationship between 'quality of life' and the capacity of the world's cities to attract global talent.Mr. Adit Jain, an advisor to multinational companies on India strategy will also offer perspectives on the eco-political environment in India, plus growth challenges for domestic and international enterprises.Commenting on the programme, Mr. Rajnikant Agrawal, Chair of the India Chapter for CoreNet Global, emphasized that the comprehensive agenda would touch on a wide variety of inter-related realty and talent management issues."For example, delegates will have the option to attend specific educational tracks focusing on subjects that range from Talent in Asia to Resource Optimization, Workplace Strategy and Design, and Sustainability."In addition, Mr. Agrawal notes that both delegate and sponsor interest has been very strong. "Based on current registrations, we are expecting over 135 organizations from across the corporate real estate and related industries to be represent | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | G-8 must address global economy / Environment not only crucial issue in Hokkaido summit agenda | | 2008-01-09 18:29:00 | | The environment will be the biggest item on the agenda at the Group of Eight summit of major nations July 7-9 at the Lake Toya hot srping resort in Toyakocho, Hokkaido. Above all, finding ways to cope with global warming is sure to become a focal issue.But the world faces a host of other important problems as well. Given increasing concern about the global economic slowdown, it is necessary to speed preparations for economic discussions at the summit. If the world economy is thrown into chaos, causing a serious slowdown in world business, it is feared that efforts to protect the environment would be adversely affected.
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| | Delhi Sustainable Development Summit | | 2007-12-28 11:32:02 | | The World Sustainable Development Forum’s India chapter - Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), organised every year by The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI) will take place from 7th to 9th Februrary, 2008.
The DSDS (Delhi Sustainable Development Summit) is an annual event which has become the most important gathering of leaders drawn from various parts of the [...] | | By: Delhi Greens | | |
| | WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Venezuelan talks to ailing Castro as oil summit opens | | 2007-12-25 14:13:32 | | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided Friday at the opening of a regional petroleum summit in Cuba, pressing his efforts to counter U.S. influence in Latin America and the Caribbean by offering cheap oil.Chavez, who wants to use Venezuela's vast oil reserves to help create a "confederation of republics" free of U.S. interests, called on regional leaders to band together against the failed "dictatorship of world capitalism."Opening the Petrocaribe summit in Cienfuegos, a southern coastal city about 150 miles from Havana, Chavez said his plan should go beyond mere financing mechanisms and suggested that some countries repay the oil with social services.READ MORE... Chavez on Thursday suggested the summit could pave the way for other countries to repay the oil under plans modeled on Venezuelan agreements with Cuba. Cuba repays by providing doctors and other health professionals who offer free services in impoverished areas of Venezuela.He also called for creating an international fun | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | E3 Media And Business Summit 2008 in L.A | | 2007-12-19 08:04:00 | | The E3 Media And Business Summit will return back to its old home in the Los Angeles Convention Center for 2008, the Entertainment Software Association said today. Looks like all that complaining about this year's ridiculous series of suite meetings sprawled amidst the freeways of Santa Monica paid off, as the industry's biggest media event has moved back into one centralized location. The show will take place July 15-17. The ESA is quick to point out that this does not signal the return of the grand spectacular trade show environment that once filled the entire LACC. "Press events and small meetings" are the order of the day. I assume they'll be taking over one of the convention center's many halls and divvying it up into suites, then maybe turning Kentia Hall into the new "hangar" where games are set to free play. ESA head Mike Gallagher says that this year's show will also include "industry-shaping panel discussions," which should be interesting to see.Read More-V | | By: Beta18>>Technology HotSpot | | |
| | Fix environment without U.S., Gore tells climate change summit | | 2007-12-15 00:51:00 | | NUSA DUA, Indonesia -The Bush administration is the main obstacle to progress in international efforts to fight global warming, but the rest of the world should move on without it, former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said Thursday night during a special appearance at the United Nations climate change summit."I am not an official of the United States and I am not bound by the diplomatic niceties," said Gore in an emotional speech to delegates that lasted close to an hour. "So I am going to speak an inconvenient truth: My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali. We all know that."
| | By: Ecology News Feed | | |
| | 2nd Annual CFO Leadership Summit 2008 - Transition from Analyst to Strategist | | 2007-12-13 04:02:00 | | The 1st Annual CFO Leadership Summit 2006 saw a great success with contributions and expertise from 20 industry leaders and participation of great number of industry professionals.Recognizing the need and rapid growth of Finance Industry and the fast pace growth in the global economy in addition to the challenges faced by CFO's is of great importance. Counting on the success of our first inaugural event and the role transformation of the CFOs in their present working profile we, Informedia India are pleased to announce its "2nd Annual CFO Leadership Summit 2008" -Transition from Analyst to Strategist, on 5th and 6th February 2008, at Hotel J.W.Marriott, MumbaiGlobalization, volatile capital markets, ever-increasing shareholder expectations, and - in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom debacles- growing demands for greater corporate accountability and improved governance procedures are remaking today's businesses. But while the CEO remains a key player in the corporate equation, anothe | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | MTV Staying Alive Music Summit for HIV/AIDS | | 2007-12-10 18:03:19 | | MTV Philippines is proud to be part of the global Staying Alive campaign,
and has shown its support since 2003 through the MTV Staying Alive Music
Summit for HIV/AIDS - a massive concert that features the biggest names in
music and entertainment.
Also seen as a celebration of life, the MTV Staying Alive Music Summit for
HIV/AIDS serves as [...] | | By: Buddy Blogs | | |
| | Cimeira Europa-África / Europe-Africa Summit | | 2007-12-09 19:05:09 | | Partnership for the future
Partenariat pour l'avenir
Parceria para o futuro
Quer queiramos quer não, Portugal tem estado no centro do mundo. Aconteceu há algumas semanas atrás com a Cimeira da UE,...
Saúde Ambiental. Salud Ambiental. Environmental Health. Santé Environnementale.
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| | | The Hypocrisy of the United Nations Summit on Global Warming | | 2007-12-06 19:11:12 | | For the sake of this post, let’s all pretend that man-made global warming exists and it not a ploy by politicians to tax and regulate us. Let’s also pretend that scientists don’t have a financial stake, in the form of grants, in this. If we pretend that there is no money for scientists to lose [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
| | ASEAN summit meeting in November 2007 | | 2007-11-30 23:16:06 | | The leaders of the 10 member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Singapore from 18th to 22nd of this month to give a further boost to regional integration of their economies. Singapore Prime Minister Mr. Lee Hsien Loong addressing a gathering of business leaders on the eve of the Summit meeting said [...] | | By: Frontier India Foreign Trade news | | |
| | | Performance Summit 2008, CFP | | 2007-11-22 11:50:58 | | PERFORMANCE SUMMIT 2008
March 20 - 21, 2008, Porto Alegre (Brazil)
Sponsored by: DELL- Brazil / PUCRS
SUBJECT OF THE CONFERENCE
Globalization pushes information technology to its limits. Also it makes companies more and more dependent on their IT resources, so speed and scalability became a critical factor for the companies to be successful. Performance Engineering (PE) came to help developing faster and more scalable applications by applying performance testing end engineering practices. Performance Engineering can be a complex area, demanding very skilled and experienced professionals. Also, this is a relatively new area in the business world, so there are plenty of room for development of techniques, practices and people. This summit has 2 main goals: to introduce performance engineering to the IT community, in order to increase the number of professionals in the discipline, and to share the best practices in the Performance engineering discipline, methods to tuning applications, find memory leaks, bottlenecks, etc. | | By: Testing Software Performance | | |
| | | | Travel Leadership Summit a Success | | 2007-10-17 05:14:00 | | Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau Executive Director, Dan Carter, attended the 2nd Annual Travel Leadership Summit last week representing Madera County and Rural Tourism in Central California. Hundreds of travel industry professionals gathered at the Washington D.C. Convention Center to urge Congress to pass bills S. 1661 and H.R. 3232 collectively known as the Travel Promotion Act of 2007. "The United States of America is the only developed nation in the world that does not have a national tourism office actively marketing our country to world travelers," says Carter.Statistics shared at the Travel Leaders Summit show that while world travel is up 20% since 9/11, the U.S. continues to lag behind the average increase in travelers to other countries.
| | By: California Travel News | | |
| | | Mindanao Bloggers Summit | | 2007-10-10 06:41:40 | | I first blogged about this event here.
The first Mindanao Bloggers Summit - Spotlight Mindanao:Blogging for Culture, Identity & Understanding will be on October 27, 2007 from 9:00am until 6:00PM.
It will be held here in Davao City - at the 4th floor of the NCCC Mall.
Its a free event. But, you have to pre-register. And [...] | | By: Buddy Blogs | | |
| | | Bush, Roh Have Testy Exchange at Summit | | 2007-09-07 15:08:41 | | SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - President Bush’s talks with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun ended on a sour note Friday not over the war in Iraq, but rather the Korean conflict that ended with a truce more than five decades ago.
As Bush began to wind down his stay at the Asia-Pacific summit, Roh challenged him to [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | Israeli delegation to India Real Estate Summit | | 2007-09-06 21:08:00 | | An Israeli delegation will attend the International Real Estate Summit in Mumbai on September 27-28. The Israel-Asia Chamber of Commerce organized the delegation. This is the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry fourth annual summit.India’s real estate market is one of the fastest growing in the world. India’s GDP has grown by 9% a year over the past three years, second only to China.
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| | I’m joining the Mindanao Bloggers Summit! | | 2007-08-22 11:05:45 | | Well of course I’m joining the MBS1 — I’m with the organizing team! We call ourselves The Usual Suspects: Andrew, Dom, Jun, Marc, Migs, Ria & yours truly. And the Summit’s chairman and initiator is Hon. Peter T. Laviña.
I’d like to take this chance to thank the sponsors, without whom we wouldn’t go very far [...] | | By: Blogie Blog | | |
| | Oil Offshore Marine supports the Global Refining Summit 2007 | | 2007-08-21 17:16:48 | | Oil Offshore Marine supports, as an Official Media Partner, the Global Refining Summit 2007
Global Refining Strategies, Houston 2007
September 10 & 11, 2007 - Houston, TX
http://www.globalrefiningsummit.com
Sustaining the Golden Age of Refining
Supported by: Oil Offshore Marine
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Global Refining Strategies, Houston 2007 will combine a diverse topic scope with the top leaders in each area of refining to [...] | | By: Oil Offshore Marine - Oil & Gas Jobs Official | | |
| | Friday Flash..More Cosplay Summit 2007 Photos | | 2007-08-10 12:42:00 | | I had planned to do many things today.However,by mid morning the mercury had risen to around 30 peaking at 37 degrees celsius so only I ended up dragging myself to the local swimming pool and after that lying on the tatami in my apartment trying to avoid heat stroke and dehydration.So I took the easy option and posted some more photos from last weeks cosplay summit parade in Osu Kannon.Special thanks to Peter who kindly supplied the three shots below. As I noted on Monday there was a sizable overseas contingent of cosplayers also competing.The man with the white wig next to the female competitor in the green mini skirt had gone to some lengths to reproduce his character as his costume and waist coat were highly detailed and accessorised.The final shot shows three more masked cosplay characters who were in the parade.It must have been hot under those masks as the temperature hovered round the high 20 degree celsius mark and was very humid.Later in the day a short,violent electrical sto | | By: porcelain-monkey | | |
| | Pre-Event Parade World Cosplay Summit 2007 | | 2007-08-06 01:21:00 | | As part of the Osu Kannon Summer Festival on Saturday there was a street parade for competitors in the World Cosplay Summit.This was a pre event for the annual World Cosplay Summit which would be followed by a competition event on Sunday in Sakae.The parade was a very colorful event attracting both male amd female cosplayers.According to reports there were competitors from 12 countries including Brazil,Denmark and Germany vying for the competition crown.The hour long march started off near the subway exit and wound round Osu finishing back at the stage near the temple.The cosplayers provided a strange contrast to the more traditional taiko drum groups who were performing before them.The word 'cosplay',is for you grammar gurus,a portmanteau word,i.e you join the start of one word to the end of another.For example,breakfast and lunch become "brunch".In this instance cosplay comes from linking the words costume and roleplay.Cosplayers,both male and female,wear their handmade creations bas | | By: porcelain-monkey | | |
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