An International Conference on Urban Sustainability

Date: 2-3 October 2009
Location: Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, American University of Beirut (AUB)

The conference seeks to identify best practices and innovative strategies that globalizing Arab cities need to consider in order to improve urban welfare and sustainability.

Global leaders, experts, and decision makers will meet in Beirut to discuss how governments and institutions can harness the potential of the Arab metropolitan network to build a sustainable, integrated regional future. Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will deliver a special address by video, and H.E. Mrs. Bahia Hariri, Lebanese Minister of Education and Higher Education, will preside over a special conference event at the Khan El Franj in Saida.

The full conference program is available at:
http://conference.yalearabalumni.org/program.html

For more information please visit the conference website:
http://conference.yalearabalumni.org

Contact: media@yalearabalumni.org

Or contact the International Business Alliance Group (IBAG), the event management partner, via the numbers below:

Phone Numbers: 00961 1 751180 * 1 * 2
E-Mail : ibag@ibagrp.com



The Yale Arab Alumni Association is a special-interest group for Yale alumni and affiliates with an active interest in the Arab World, established with the vision of connecting and engaging its global membership to advance Yale-Arab relations and stimulate dialogue on issues of importance to the Arab Middle East. Its membership includes former special assistants to the US President; world-renowned scholars; financial strategists at state ministries; producers at global media institutions; leading authorities on Gulf urbanism; environmental consultants at the World Bank; CEOs of investment firms; and deans and administrators at major universities in the region.