Global Forum

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Seeking to make the world of autism a little smaller, members of the international diplomatic community gathered Friday at the United Nations World Focus on Autism. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 10 days ago
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 - With so much uncertainty in the energy market, the roles of fossil fuels and biofuels will be crucial to the heath of the world's economy and environment. ...

Source: www.nokia.com --- 22 days ago
Dean Kamen endorses Forum Nokia's challenge Espoo, Finland - Forum Nokia is proud to announce Calling All Innovators, a Global contest for developers to create mobile applications that will help to better society. Calling All Innovators challenges developers to think big about the opportunity to impact the quality of human life with mobile applications. Nokia will award up to USD 150 000 in cash and prizes, in addition to helping the winning developers distribute their mobile applications.... ...

Source: www.jpost.com --- 15 days ago
Security Cabinet hopes Israel will better deal with terror threats if coordination institutionalized. Click here to play ...

Source: www.marketwire.com --- 2 days ago
RED DEER, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) RIFCO Inc. (TSX VENTURE: RFC) is pleased to advise that they will be attending the Global Chinese Financial Forum on October 18th at the Hilton Toronto (Markham) Conference Centre in Toronto. ...

Source: www.umd.edu --- 2 days ago
CISSM Forum: "Agency-Focused Global Development" ID: 20843 When: Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Where: Van Munching : 1107 Event Type(s): Forum CISSM Forum is proud to present David A. Crocker who is Senior Research Scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy and the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, USA. He specializes in sociopolitical philosophy, international development ethics, transitional justice, democracy and democratization, and the ethics of consumption. In the School's M.A. and Ph.D. development program, he teaches courses on ethics, development, foreign aid, democracy, and human rights. Crocker taught philosophy for twenty-five years at Colorado State University. He was a visiting professor at the University of Munich, twice a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Costa Rica, and held the UNESCO Chair in Development at the University of Valencia (Spain). Website: www.cissm.umd.edu/projects/Forum.php For more information, contact: Anna O. Kuznetsova CISSM +1 301 405 7601 anjak@umd.edu www.cissm.umd.edu ...

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Source: www.jihadwatch.org --- 15 days ago
While the Europeans and the United States are busy denying that there even is a Global jihad threat, Israel -- at least in this particular -- is much more realistic. "Global Jihad Forum to be established," from the Jerusalem Post,... ...

Source: www.shanghaidaily.com --- 13 days ago
PREMIER Wen Jiabao expressed confidence yesterday in China's steady and relatively rapid development, though faced with the most difficult year for its economy. Wen said he believed China's growth would help... ...

Source: www.wickedlocal.com --- 23 days ago
Global warming is more than an environmental problem for shrinking ice caps and disappearing polar bears. Scientists report the likelihood that Global warming affects people’s health, and there’s already evidence of the impact of warmer-than-normal weather on human beings. The effects of climate change run the gamut from less serious to fatal. Regis College continues its Leadership Series on Health with a discussion on how to identify and be prepared for specific health issues related to Global warming on Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Upper Student Union Lounge. Join moderator Roberta Herman, MD, chief medical officer and senior vice president of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and her panel of experts – Paul Robert Epstein, MD, MPH, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School; David Royer Easterling, PhD, chief scientific services division at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.; and Marcia Smith-Hutton, MSW. The panel will discuss the Kyoto Protocol, identify the diseases or conditions that could result from Global warming, and present actions to halt the trend. "Global warming affects everyone in one way or other, irrespective of where people live, their status in society, or their political party. In recognizing the health impacts, we are confirming that the effects are well beyond theoretical. This is a huge problem, and it is important that we d ...

Source: www.thesouthern.com --- 24 days ago
CARBONDALE - Sunday's storms may have caused inconveniences for many residents, but it may have taken a larger toll on farmers, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor said. ...

Source: www.wirelessdesignasia.com --- 33 days ago
The WiMAX Forum has launched an Interactive Deployment Database, a comprehensive resource of information featuring more than 300 WiMAX deployments across the world. Providing another source of information .... ...

Source: www.channeltimes.com --- 31 days ago
Sony Corporation, Bosch Security Systems and Axis Communications formally announce the launch of their Open Network Video Interface Forum ...

Source: www.lbszone.com --- 4 days ago
Forum Nokia is proud to announce Calling All Innovators, a Global contest for developers to create mobile applications that will help to better society. The competition was kicked off last night in New York at the Evening with S60 event along with guestDean Kamen, technology philanthropist, 2006 winner of the Global Humanitarian Action Award by the United Nations and inventor of great innovations from the first insulin pump to the Segway PT. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 14 days ago
In a bid to explore business opportunities in India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a Global Jain business Forum will open a new Dubai chapter this month. ...

Source: www.moldova.org --- 15 days ago
Sen. John McCain repeated his decision to suspend his campaign to address the U.S. economic crisis during remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative.Speaking on a wide range of topics to the organization founded by former President Bill Clinton, the Republican presidential nominee said the crisis on Wall Street and Washington's $700 billion bailout comes on top of other hardships that Americans have been dealing with, especially the rising cost of energy.Energy-related issues are problems that require us to call upon the best ideas of both parties, McCain said.No challenge of energy is to be taken lightly, and least of all the need to avoid the consequences of Global warming, McCain said, advocating a mix of new, cleaner power sources. ...

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Prime Minister Raila Odinga used the just-concluded World Policy Conference in France to reach out to Kenya’s international partners to invest in the country. ...