Programme
| Monday, 29 October 2007 | |||
| 9.00am | Registration Fringe Meetings: Go to full programme |
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| 6.00pm |
Congress Welcome Reception: Luna Park | ||
| Tuesday, 30 October 2007 | |||
| 8.30am |
Registration - Crystal Palace Foyer, Luna Park | ||
| 9.00am |
Welcome Ceremony (Crystal Ballroom) | ||
| 9.05am | Accountability (Crystal Ballroom) 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 |
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| 9.30am | SESSION 1 (Plenary -Crystal Ballroom) Sustainable consumption The global challenges of consumption and tackling climate change Speakers: Ramsay Moodie, Corporate Affairs Manager, Fuji Xerox Australia Ed Mayo, The National Consumer Council UK Alan Wu, National Commission for UNESCO |
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| 10.45am |
Coffee Break | ||
| 11.10am | SESSION 2a (Sub-plenary - Ted Hopkins Room) Comparative testing for sustainable lifestyles Presentation by: Guido Adriaenssens, International Consumer Research and Testing |
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| 11.10am | SESSION 2b (Sub-plenary -Taj Mahal ) Group purchasing and sustainable household consumption Presentation by: Shirish Deshpande, Mumbai Grahak Panchayat India |
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| 11.10am | SESSION 2c (Sub-plenary -Crystal Ballroom) CI Members campaign strategy session Presentation by: Blake Lee Harwood, UK, former Campaigns Director, Greenpeace |
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| 12.00pm |
SESSION 3 (Plenary - Crystal Ballroom) Sustainable consumption: consumer demand for corporate action Speakers: Doug Miller, Globescan Alan Bryden, International Organisation for Standardization Andrew Hewett, Oxfam Australia |
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| 1.15pm | Lunch | ||
| 2.15pm |
SESSION 4 (Plenary - Crystal Ballroom) 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 |
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| 3.30pm | Afternoon tea | ||
| 4.00pm | SESSION 5a (Sub-plenary - Ted Hopkins Room) 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 |
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| 4.00pm | SESSION 5b (Sub-plenary - Crystal Ballroom) CI Members campaign strategy session Presentations by: Sue Davies, Which? Julien Dourgnon, UFC Que-Choisir |
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| 4.00pm | SESSION 5c (Sub-plenary - Taj Mahal) 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) |
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| 4.45pm | SESSION 6 (plenary - Crystal Rallroom) International Bad Products Awards 2007 |
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| 5.30pm | Close of Day One | ||
| 7.30pm | Reception & Dinner Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour Transport from Luna Park will be provided After Dinner Speaker: Professor Allan Fels, AO Former Chair, Australian Competition and Consumer Commissions, Consumer Organisations Holding Corporations to Account: A Regulators Perspective |
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| Wednesday, 31 October 2007 | ||
| 8.30am |
Registration | |
| 9.00am |
SESSION 7 (Plenary - Crystal Ballroom) The ethics of drug promotion What are the health issues, and what more can be done to provide better information to consumers? Speakers: Dr Harvey E. 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 |
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| 10.15am | Coffee Break | |
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SESSION 8 (Plenary - Crystal Ballroom) 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’ |
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| 12.00pm |
SESSION 9a (Sub-plenary - Ted Hopkins Room) CI Members campaign strategy session Presentation of the CI campaign strategy Teresa Alves, Health Action International |
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| 12.00pm |
SESSION 9b (Sub-plenary -Crystal Ballroom) Film screening ‘Big Bucks Big Pharma’ |
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| 12.45pm | Lunch | |
| 1.45pm | SESSION 10a (Sub-plenary - Crystal Ballroom) 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 |
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| SESSION 10b (Sub-plenary - Ted Hopkins) Consumer credit and debt: What can consumer organisations do? Speakers: Reine-Claude Mader, CLCV France Ina Wilken, SANCU South Africa Charles Tanguay, L’ Union des Consommateurs, Montreal |
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| 3.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3.30pm | Session 11 (Plenary - Crystal Ballroom) CI Presidents panel discussion: The future for a campaigning global consumer movement Speakers: Marilena Lazzarini, Louise Sylvan, Pamela Chan, Rhoda Karpatkin |
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| 4.40pm | Closing remarks (Crystal Ballroom) Speakers: Marilena Lazzarini, President, Consumers International Richard Lloyd, Director General, Consumers International |
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| 5.30pm |
Close of Conference | |
| Thursday, 1 November 2007 | ||
| 9.00am | CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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| 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 | |
| Disclaimer: The Congress Committee Reserves the right to alter the programme as necessary | ||
