Who: Chairman and CEO John Chambers, Cisco® Mayor Gavin Newsom, City of San Francisco Mayor Job Cohen, City of Amsterdam Dr. Mun Kun Cheong, president, Seoul Development Institute Various other officials representing more than 90 global cities What: Connecting Cities: Innovation for Sustainability Conference Urban areas are currently the largest contributor to energy consumption and climate change. How can we reverse this trend? How can broadband and Web 2.0 technologies enable a modern urban blueprint that promotes sustainable and economic development? These questions and more will be addressed by global leaders and Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers, who will discuss how technology can transform how we address the world's most pressing environmental concerns. Officials from San Francisco, Amsterdam and Seoul will share best practices developed over the last year as part of Cisco's Connected Urban Development initiative. See: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/ps/cud/ca.html When: Wednesday, February 20th 9 am - noon Where: San Francisco Federal Building 90 Seventh Street San Francisco, California VIA WEBCAST at: http://newsroom.cisco.com/CUD2008/webcast/Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. This document is Cisco Public Information. For direct RSS Feeds of all Cisco news, please visit "News@Cisco" at the following link: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/rss.html
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