2.13.2006 ET

(CSRwire) New York City, February 13 - Ethical Corporation's two-day conference on Business-NGO partnerships, to be held in New York City on May 9-10, 2006 will discuss, among other topics, how advanced partnerships can facilitate a quick and efficient response to emergency situations.

Socially responsible companies, including Henry Schein, a worldwide distributor of healthcare products, and Deutsche Post (DHL) have partnered with the Disaster Resource Network, an initiative of the World Economic Forum to form Medical and Logistics Emergency Teams. Under this program, DRN serves as the linkage between the private sector and IO/NGOs including the UN and the Medical Action Network.

This session will discuss:

How this program helped the team respond more efficiently to domestic disasters like Hurricane Katrina

Lou August, Manager of In-Kind donations at the National Headquarters of the American Red Cross in Washington DC will also speak on this panel. The American Red Cross is preparing to implement a catastrophic disaster response industry partnerships program that will have a significant impact on the disaster response community and on the role of the private sector.

Additional speakers at the Business-NGO partnerships conference include:

Visa * Timberland * Danisco * Merck * Intel * ExxonMobil * Philips Van Heusen * Dupont * Pfizer * Chiquita * Shell * Nokia * British American Tobacco * UN Global Compact * Rainforest Alliance * Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility * City Year * Unilever Canada Foundation * Wildsight * Oxfam America * People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

For the full line up of speakers, click on: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/nycpartnership/speakers.shtml

NEW! Afternoon Roundtables: These sessions are completely interactive and will provide delegates with ample opportunity to get answers in a highly-focused, small group environment.

Roundtable topics to be covered include:

Finding the right partner * Negotiating agreements * How to build a long-term partnership * Measuring progress * Legal issues in partnerships * Overcoming communications issues * Stakeholder engagement * Disaster Relief * HIV/AIDS * Partnering for environmental innovation...and much, much more!

For the latest programme, click on:

http://www.ethicalcorp.com/nycpartnership/includes/printprogramme.html

To register for the conference, click on:

http://www.ethicalcorp.com/nycpartnership/register.shtml

For more information please contact:

Caroline Estimé , Ethical Corporation Conferences
+44(0)20 7375 7195

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