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10.10.2008 - 03:00pm ET
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T. Boone Pickens, Billionaire Energy and Wind Power Investor and Author of the Pickens Plan For Sustainable Energy Keynotes The October 29-30 Cro and Co-Located Sustainpro Conference in Chicago
200+ Expected from IBM, Intel, Merck, Avon, PepsiCo, Hyatt, Dow, Duke Energy, BT, GE, PNC, Baxter, Eaton, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Oracle, Orbitz and Dell.
(CSRwire) EDISON, N.J. – October 10, 2008 - The 2008 Fall CRO Conference's
headliner-filled lineup on October 29 is proving a big draw for North
America's top Corporate Responsibility practitioners, providers and
influencers, and to date includes attendees from IBM, Intel, Merck, Avon,
PepsiCo, Hyatt, Dow, Duke Energy, BT, GE, PNC, Baxter, Eaton, Deloitte,
Grant Thornton, Oracle, Orbitz and Dell.
No wonder, since the Fall CRO event at the Stephens Convention Center,
Chicago O'Hare on October 29 will take advantage of the sustainability
headliner keynotes of the co-located two-day SustainPro Conference – now
including T. Boone Pickens, billionaire energy and wind power investor and
author of the Pickens Plan for sustainable energy.
With 24 headline-grabbing speakers on the one-day program, the CRO
Conference on October 29 will also feature a dinner and workshop for CRO
Magazine's '100 Best Corporate Citizens', and the announcement of CRO's
CEO-of-the-Year Awards.
"The CRO Conference is where the $30 billion Corporate Responsibility
industry and the professional service and non-profit organizations that
support them gathers to learn the state-of-the-art in CSR, governance, and
sustainability performance," says CRO Vice President of Membership
Development & Conferences, Jonathan Campbell. "The Fall2008 CRO Conference
will shine a bright light on the lessons that great companies such as IBM,
McDonalds and FedEx have for everyone else."
To see an up-to-date Fall CRO Conference agenda and register online,
visit www.thecro.com/conferences.
For more information on the agenda for the co-located SustainPro
Conference, visit www.SustainPro.com.
About The CRO
CRO is the only membership media platform for Corporate Responsibility
practitioners, and the professional service providers and non-profit
influencers that serve them. The CRO publishes the 20,000-subscriber 'CRO'
Magazine and 200,000+ subscriber TheCRO.com, bi-weekly e-newsletters,
webinars, and produces the four-time-annual CRO Conferences. With over 100
members including leading companies Sara Lee, Amtrak, IBM, Citigroup,
Mattel, Intel, Dell, Pepsi, Home Depot, Starbucks, Avon, Gap, State
Street, Xerox, leading providers such as Deloitte, Baker & McKenzie, SAP,
Hogan & Hartson, Edelman, Manning Selvage & Lee, Grant Thornton, Golin
Harris, Ketchum, Cone, LRN, Integrity Interactive, and non-profits
including Stanford University, Boston College, UCLA, and Harvard.
Corporate membership information can be found at TheCRO.com, or by calling 732-476-6160.
For more information please contact:
Jonathan Campbell, Vice President Membership Development & Conferences
CRO
(732) 476-6160 ext. 108
(201) 543-8225
www.theCRO.com
www.theCRO.com
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