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11th Annual BELL Conference July 20th - 22nd: Sustainable Technology Development & New Market Creation

11th Annual BELL Conference July 20th - 22nd: Sustainable Technology Development & New Market Creation

Published 07-08-05

Submitted by World Resources Institute

Join business leaders, academics, and members of the public and non-profit sectors at the 11th Annual BELL (Business * Environment * Learning * Leadership) Conference, to be held on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from July 20-22. The theme for this year's conference is Sustainable Technology Development and New Market Creation. Sessions will educate attendees on how to meet social and environmental challenges that can provide business growth opportunities through innovation, entrepreneurship and organizational change.

And just added to the agenda is the Financing Innovation Summit, a new event that will highlight the most current trends and innovations in a market that is increasingly aware of and sensitive to issues of sustainability. This event will address new market creation and sustainable technology development from a venture capital perspective and will take place from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20 - immediately prior to the start of the BELL Conference.

The 11th Annual BELL Conference is hosted by the Johnson Graduate School of Management and the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University together with the World Resources Institute (WRI). Companies participating in this year's conference will include the A.M. Todd Company, Alcoa, Boeing, CH2M Hill, E+Co, Ecovation, NASA, and Pitney Bowes.

For more information about the BELL conference, please contact (Annie Woollam, World Resources Institute, awoollam@wri.org, 202-729-7729) or visit the website at: http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/sge/bellconference.html.

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