Coming Up: 4 August - 7 September

4-5 August, Bangkok, Thailand: APEC WORKSHOP ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF AGRI-FOODS FOR BETTER MARKET ACCESS BY SMEs. This event is being hosted by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. For further information contact APEC Secretariat, fax: (+65) 6775 6013, email: [email protected]; Internet: http://www.apec.org.

10-13 August, Kottayam, India: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Organised by St Berchman's College at Mahatma Gandhi University, this conference will be a forum for meaningful exchange of views and formulation of new ideas for interdisciplinary, multicultural, and multicriteria-based evaluation of the challenges of globalisation. For further information contact the General Coordinator, Internet: http://www.conferencesbc.org.

11 August, Washington, DC, USA: US & CHINA INVESTMENT PROGRAM. This meeting, organised by the Global Business Dialogue (GBD), will examine the cross investment relationship between the United States and China. For further information contact GBD, email: [email protected]; Internet: http://www.gbdinc.org/main_html/events.htm.

22-27 August, St. Catharines, Canada: THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FOR FOOD, ENERGY AND INDUSTRY. This conference will convene under the theme of "Food, Feed, Fiber, Water, Energy: Science, Technologies, and Global Strategies" and will focus on issues of security, safety, frugality, and conservation. For more information contact the International Council for Sustainable Agriculture, Internet: http://www.icsagr-fei.org/conference.

WTO Events

An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/meets.pdf. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.

31 August: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY

Other Upcoming Events

3-7 October, Nairobi, Kenya: THIRD WORLD CONGRESS ON CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE. Organised by the African Conservation Tillage Network, this conference aims to share experiences on the role of conservation agriculture in enhancing rural livelihoods in diverse environments. For further information contact Martin Bwalya, fax: (+263 4) 885596 email: [email protected]; Internet: http://www.act.org.zw/congress/..