World Export Development Forum 2008

Consumer Conscience: How Environment and Ethics are Influencing Exports

8 – 11 October 2008, Montreux, Switzerland

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Wednesday, 8 October 2008
	Opening Dinner Keynote Address: A Gravitational Shift in Influence - The Drivers of Consumer Conscience
	Registration and Cocktail
Thursday, 9 October 2008
	Opening Keynote Plenary Debate: Consumer Conscience - Hype or High Potential?
	Breakout Series 1: Acting on Consumer Conscience - Towards Responsible Innovation
	Breakout Series 1: Are Consumers Driving Markets? Contending with Buyer Power
	Breakout Series 1: Tapping into Consumer Conscience - Is it all about Ethical Marketing and Branding?
	Plenary Presentations: Creating Value for All - Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor
	Breakout Series 2: Environmental Standards for Global Markets - Implications for Developing Countries
	Breakout Series 2: Financing the Environmental Dividends - Who Does What?
	Breakout Series 2: Buying Local - Miles Better?
	Plenary Reporting from Breakout Series 1 and 2: Acting on Consumer Conscience - Challenges and Possible Responses
Friday, 10 October 2008
	Plenary Debate: Ethical Trade - Does it come at a Developmental Cost?
	Breakout Series 3: Ethics Through Whose Eyes? Dealing with Label and Certification Proliferation
	Breakout Series 3: Ethics and Business Linkages - Supply Chain Implications for Exporters
	Breakout Series 3: Scaling-up Social Entrepreneurship - Challenges and Solutions
	Keynote Address: True Stories - Why the Rise of Social Responsibility is Good for Business
	Breakout Series 4: Impact on Development - Is there an Ethical Distribution of Benefits?
	Breakout Series 4: Sustainable Trade - e-Transparency through the Value Chain
	Breakout Series 4: Defining a Business Model for Sustainability - Does One Size Fit All?
Saturday, 11 October 2008
	Plenary Brainstorming: Embracing Consumer Conscience - A Strategic Approach to Export Development
	Parallel Specialized Network Sessions: Export for Good and Good for Export - ITC and Ethical Fashion
	Parallel Specialized Network Sessions: Sourcing from Women-Owned Enterprises - Ethics or Economics?
	Business Line Roundtables
	Closing Address: Charting the Way Forward