6 August 2007, Singapore – Former Vice President of the United States, environmentalist, author and Academy award winner, Al Gore, will serve as Guest of Honor and speak alongside several internationally recognized speakers at this year’s Global Brand Forum being held at the Ritz Carlton, Millenia Singapore on 6 and 7 August.
Global Brand Forum 2007, often labelled as “the Davos of branding,” will be dedicated to the topic of “Creating Leader Brands.” This marks the fourth year of the forum which has attracted 620 international delegates.
Former US Vice President Gore recently received an environmental award from the United Nations for his efforts in putting climate change on the radar with his Oscar-winning global warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. As the keynote speaker of Global Brand Forum 2007, Gore will share with delegates how corporate social responsibility is one of the key ingredients to creating leader brands.
According to S. Karthik, Chairman of the Global Brand Forum, “The Global Brand Forum is the premiere platform for thought leadership in brands and businesses in Asia. The speakers whom we have invited this year are all leaders in their own fields and I’m sure their insights would be beneficial to all delegates who are keen to find out how they can create a sustainable leading brand.”
In addition to Gore, the 2007 Global Brand Forum speakers will include John Quelch (Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School), Kevin Roberts (Global CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising), Nigel Parsons (Managing Director of Al Jazeera), Tony Fernandes (CEO, AirAsia), Richard Kimber (Regional Managing Director, Google, South Asia, Korea, Australia/New Zealand), Tapio Hedman (Senior Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia) and Martin Roll (Brand Strategist and author of ‘Asian Brand Strategy’). The moderator for the Global Brand Forum 2007 will be Riz Khan, global anchor at Al Jazeera.
One of the highlights of this year’s Global Brand Forum will be the first “Global Brand Forum Brand Icon of the Year” award ceremony which will see Al Gore as the first recipient. The inaugural award recognizes individuals for their outstanding achievements in the area of global branding.
The Global Brand Forum is an inspirational platform for brands, businesses and leaders and consists of intellectually stimulating speeches, panel discussions, extended Q&A sessions and knowledge-sharing opportunities. This year, for the first time, the Global Brand Forum will be hosting a special plenary session on branding technology and new media on the first day of the forum. For more information, please visit www.globalbrandforum.org .
The Global Brand Forum is a thought leadership company aiming to raise the perspective and standards of businesses through exposure to and interaction with speakers who have redefined business and changed the world. Global Brand Forum speakers are icons and catalysts for change.
The Global Brand Forum aims to be the world’s most inspirational and influential platform for ideas, dialogue and action in the area of brands, businesses and leadership.
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