CI World Congress Program
| Monday, 29 October 2007 | |||
| 8.30am | Registration From 9:00 am – Fringe Meetings: see separate program |
||
| 6.00pm |
Congress Welcome Reception: Luna Park | ||
| Tuesday, 30 October 2007 | |||
| 8.30am |
Registration – Crystal Palace Ballroom, Luna Park | ||
| 9.00am | Welcome Ceremony | ||
| 9.05am | Accountability Introducing the theme of corporate accountability, its relevance to the world consumer movement and how it connects the four Congress sessions. The Hon. Linda Burney M.P: Opening remarks The Hon. Chris Pearce, M.P: Consumer Policy in a Globalised World Peter Kell, CHOICE |
||
| 9.30am | SESSION 1 (plenary) Sustainable consumption The global challenges of consumption and tackling climate change Speakers: Ramsey Moodie, Corporate Affairs Manager, Fuji Australia Ed Mayo, The National Consumer Council, UK Alan Wu, Australian National Commission for UNESCO, Australia |
||
| 10.45am |
Coffee Break | ||
| 11.10am | SESSION 2a (sub-plenary) Comparative testing for sustainable lifestyles Presentation by: Guido Adriaenssens, International Consumer Research and Testing |
||
| 11.10am | SESSION 2b (sub-plenary) Group purchasing and sustainable household consumption Presentation by: Shirish Deshpande, Mumbai Grahak Panchayat India |
||
| 11.10am | SESSION 2c (sub-plenary) CI Members campaign strategy session Presentation by: Blake Lee Harwood, UK, former Campaigns Director, Greenpeace |
||
| 12.00pm |
SESSION 3 (plenary) Sustainable consumption: consumer demand for corporate action Speakers: Doug Miller, Globescan Alan Bryden, International Organisation for Standardization Andrew Hewett, Oxfam Australia |
||
| 1.15pm | Lunch | ||
| 2.15pm |
SESSION 4 (plenary) The obesity pandemic: corporate accountability and consumer action The global nature of the obesity problem, its causes and what needs to be done Keynote Speaker Dr Shigeru Omi, Regional Director, World Health Organisation, Western Pacific Region Speakers: Brock H. Leach, PepsiCo Blue Ribbon Advisory Board on Health & Wellness, PepsiCo Chief Innovation Officer (Ret.) Professor Boyd Swinburn, International Obesity Task Force Marimuthu Nadason, President, Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations |
||
| 3.30pm | Afternoon tea | ||
| 4.00pm | SESSION 5a (sub-plenary) Emerging trends and scientific research on food issues related to obesity Presentations by: Dr. Geof Rayner, City University Centre for Food Policy, UK Mirta Crovetto, Chilean Nutritionists Association |
||
| 4.00pm | SESSION 5b (sub-plenary) CI Members campaign strategy session Presentation by: Sue Davies, Which? Julien Dourgnon, UFC Que-Choisir |
||
| 4.00pm | SESSION 5c (sub-plenary) Food Labelling: the state of the art Presentations by: Peter Slator, Unilever Australia/Chair of the Australian Food and Grocery Council The European Consumers’ Union (BEUC) |
||
| 4.45pm | SESSION 6 (plenary) International Bad Product Awards 2007 |
||
| 5.30pm | Close of Day One | ||
| 7.30pm | Reception & Dinner: Dockside Wharf, Cockle BayAfter dinner speaker: Professor Allan Fels, AO | ||
| Wednesday, 31 October 2007 | ||
| 8.30am |
Registration | |
| 9.00am |
SESSION 7 (plenary) The ethics of drug promotion What are the health issues, and what more can be done to provide better information to consumers? Speakers: Harvey Bale, Jr.IFPMA, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations Ray Moynihan, University of Newcastle Australia Professor José Augusto Cabral Barros, Universidade Federal De Juiz De Fora |
|
| 10.15am | Coffee Break | |
| 10.40am |
SESSION 8 (plenary) Media technologies and public campaigning Panel discussion with: Ronit Ridberg, Director, ‘Big Bucks Big Pharma’ Gene Carbona, Former Merck Sales Rep, The Medical Letter Justine Cooper, Artist and creator of the exhibit ‘Havidol – When More is Not Enough’ |
|
| 12.00pm |
SESSION 9a (sub-plenary) CI Members campaign strategy session Presentation of the CI campaign strategy Teresa Alves, Health Action International |
|
| 12.00pm |
SESSION 9b (sub-plenary) Film screening ‘Big Bucks Big Pharma’ |
|
| 12.45pm | Lunch | |
| 1.45pm | SESSION 10a (sub plenary) Consumer credit and debt The problems faced by consumers around the world in accessing and dealing with credit and debt Speakers: Malcolm Hurlston, Consumer Credit Counselling Service UK Jaime Delgado, Peruvian Association of Consumers and Users José Manuel Ribeiro, Consumer Institute, Portugal addition |
|
| 1.45pm | SESSION 10b (sub plenary) Consumer credit and debt: What can consumer organisations do? Speakers: Frederique Pfrunder, CLCV France Ina Wilken, SANCU, South Africa Charles Tanguay, L’Union des Consommateurs, Montreal |
|
| 3.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3.30pm | Session 11 (plenary) CI Presidents panel discussion: The future for a campaigning global consumer movement Speakers: Marilena Lazzarini, Louise Sylvan, Pamela Chan, Rhoda Karpatkin |
|
| 4.40pm | Closing remarks Speakers: Marilena Lazzarini, President, Consumers International Richard Lloyd, Director General, Consumers International |
|
| 5.30pm |
Close of Conference | |
| Thursday, 1 November 2007 | ||
| 9.00am | CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
|
||
| Participation in the General Assembly is open only to Full Members of Consumers International. Affiliate Members are welcome to attend as observers. | ||
| 1.30pm | Meeting of newly elected CI Council | |
very interesting. i’m adding in RSS Reader