Verité’s 11th annual China Symposium Shanghai 30 October 2009

October 30, 2009 marks our 11th annual China Symposium. We will gather perspectives and input from a full range of businesses and organizations and explore various approaches to supplier development and capacity building. Please join us for a reception dinner on the 29th!

This year we will focus on today's critical obstacles and best practices in achieving CSR goals and explore the question:

What does supplier development really mean?

Early bird registration ends September 30, 2009!

$195.00 Early Bird NGO/Academic (1,333 RMB)
$295.00 Early Bird Corporate/Private (2,016 RMB)

Speakers & Presenters Include:

Qiao Jian, Dean and Associate Professor of Department of Labor Relations, China Institute of Industrial Relations

Julia Ranke, Senior Project Manager, Programme Office for Social and Ecological Standards

Kelly Goodejohn, Director, Ethical Sourcing, Global Responsibility, Starbucks Coffee Company

Lary Brown, Corporate Compliance Manager, New Balance

Amy Hall, Director of Social Consciousness, EILEEN FISHER

David Halford, Senior Manager of Corporate Responsibility, BBC Worldwide

Agenda: http://www.verite.org/ChinaSymposiumAgenda