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For the fourth year in a row, Knoll was a 2009 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting sponsor, which took place in New York the week of September 21. Generation by Knoll, the first chair to be rated SMaRTŠ Sustainable Platinum, debuted at the event, which brought together global leaders from business, government, academia, science, religion and non-governmental organizations, including numerous heads of state, former heads of state, CEOs of multinational corporations and prominent philanthropists. CGI is a forum for participants to develop and then implement workable solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges—and you can watch it all unfold via webcasts at www.clintonglobalinitiative.org.
President Barack Obama addressed the opening session of the Annual Meeting on September 22. The opening session framed the agenda for the three days that followed at CGI, including sessions that identified critical areas for action and collaboration across a multitude of sectors, ranging from education, energy and climate change to global health and the economic empowerment.
Recognizing the stresses that stakeholders are feeling due to the economic downturn, CGI's four 2009-2010 program areas stress achievable ways to empower communities; harness innovation for development; strengthen infrastructure; develop human capital; finance a sustainable future; and invest in girls and women. Panelists will explain individual roles everyone plays as businesses, organizations and individuals and identify creative new approaches for addressing the major global challenges of our time.
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