Bestselling author and management guru Peter Senge, GE China Chairman and CEO Steve Bertamini, and Future 500 Global Chairman Tachi Kiuchi will keynote the Future 500 International Forum, this October 23-25 in Beijing, China.

The Forum is an opportunity for global companies, government leaders, and their stakeholders to look forward together, in a positive setting, and find practical common ground paths that avoid conflict and foster collaborative solutions to "triple bottom line" issues, beginning before the 2008 Olympics.

Confirmed to be joining are senior executives from global brands such as Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Mattel, Motorola, Foxconn, Nike, Novozymes, Bayer, Genencor, APCO, Shell to share thoughts, experiences and practices.

Topics include Sustainability Toward the 2008 Olympics, Business Cases for Sustainability, Harmonious Relationships Among Stakeholders, Innovation and Leadership, and a Supply Chain Solutions Dialogue. Over 100 Chinese companies are anticipated to attend.

Chinese government officials scheduled to speak include Jiang Zhenghua, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; Wang Tongsan, President of the Center for Technology Innovation and Strategy Studies, Chinese Academy for Social Science, and high-level officials from key agencies such as National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), Protection Committee for Environment and Resources, Chinese Association for NGO Cooperation, and officials from cities and regional governments.

The distinguished scholar Elizabeth Economy, of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Jim Harkness, Former China Director, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), will join with Chinese NGO leaders from the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims, Energy Foundation, Green Volunteers and others will discuss the role of environmental and social stakeholders in advancing sustainability in China.

The World Bank, United Nations, United Nations International Development Organization, The Conference Board China Center and International Finance Corporation will represent global institutions with a stake in China's future.

Future 500 aligns the interests of corporations and stakeholders, to advance economic, social, and environmental sustainability - the "triple bottom line." The conference will kick off the Future 500 China Stakeholder Initiative, a multi-company effort to build positive stakeholder relationships before and after the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

"During the Olympics, the eyes of the world will be on China, and every company operating there," according to Bill Shireman, President of Future 500. "Chinese business, government, and citizen leaders all share a commitment to demonstrate high social and environmental performance across the supply chains," said Dr. Jin Zhouying, a respected Chinese scientist who is the founding executive director of Future 500 China.

For more information, to see the full agenda or to register for the Future 500 International Forum, please click here or email Nikole Wilson-Ripsom.

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