30569: Leiderman: news: CARI(com)ing up next week (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leiderman@mindspring.com


14 June 2007

dear Readers:

I just received a note from the White House liaison office that the President will attend next week's meeting of the Caribbean Community, beginning June 19, whose theme is "20/20 Vision".  looking at the conference program, reached from a button at
http://caricom.org/jsp/community/conference_on_caribbean/conference_index.jsp
I see on the first day: "6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.  Official Opening of Art Exhibition by H.E. Rene Preval, President of Haiti (invited)"

politics and the usual bowing and scraping aside, I think the programme is worth reading as an example of how to structure a 3-day international (or national) conference.  I'd be happy to hear the results of this one from any reader(s) who attend.

thank you,

Stuart Leiderman
leiderman@mindspring.com

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. P.O. Box 10827, Georgetown, GUYANA. Tel: (592) 222 0001-75 Fax: (592) 222 0171 info@caricom.org

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From: Office of Public Liaison <OfficeOfPublicLiaison@WhiteHouse.gov
Subject: STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
Date: Jun 14, 2007 5:43 PM

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release   June 14, 2007

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
President Bush to Meet with CARICOM Leaders

President Bush will meet with his counterparts from the 14 sovereign nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on June 20, 2007, as part of the Conference on the Caribbean, which will be held at the U.S. Department of State, June 18-21, 2007.

The Conference on the Caribbean continues an important dialogue between the United States and CARICOM, and it forms an integral part of the Presidentâs Western Hemisphere Initiative.

The Conference is a multifaceted event that includes the Presidential meeting, a Ministerial, and three days of discussions among academic and private sector experts and high-level Caribbean and United States officials on the future of the Caribbean.  Discussions will focus on economic growth, investing in people, and security issues.

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