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Global Sourcing Council's annual meeting to focus on global e-waste challenges, Dec. 3

Stevens professor Christine Bullen serves as president of the Global Sourcing Council

HOBOKEN , N.J. – The Global Sourcing Council will hold its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, together with the Fordham CIO Roundtable Meeting. The featured speaker is Atefah Riazi, who will discuss, "Global E-waste Challenges."

Professor Christine V. Bullen, Senior Lecturer at Stevens Institute of Technology's Howe School of Technology Management, serves as president of the Global Sourcing Council.

"In the course of my research at Stevens, I have spoken with CIOs about how they recycle their old electronics. Many use third-party recyclers and in fact do not know how the electronics are recycled. Recently there was an article in Business Week (10/27/08) about the disreputable ones who claim they are recycling, when they are dumping the electronics in other countries. It is very disturbing as this allows hazardous material such as mercury and cadmium to get into water supplies where the toxic effects can cause neurological damage in children. One of the hopes of the Global Sourcing Council is to raise awareness of this practice and to get managers to look into the practices of their recycling partners," said Bullen.

The annual meeting will be held at the Fordham University Graduate School of Business (12 th Floor lounge) on December 3 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

The speaker, Atefah Riazi, is the senior partner and chief information officer for Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide. In her efforts to create efficient business processes through innovation, Riazi has become an advocate of "green" approaches in the management of IT. In particular she has researched the effects of e-waste and is committed to preventing the improper recycling of used electronic equipment and is in favor of efforts to eliminate the use of the carcinogenic material in the manufacture of computer components. She has traveled widely and personally seen the horrific results of US electronics dumped in other parts of the world. She is one of the founders of the newly formed organization committed to battling these issues, the E-Waste Task Force. In her talk, Riazi will discuss her experience with these issues, relate in-house green IT practices with those that should become sourcing practices, and invite the audience to share their own experiences.

Riazi is a graduate of electrical engineering with more than 23 years experience managing large organizations, private and public, in the manufacturing, engineering, advertising and transportation sectors. Most recently, she was vice president and CIO of Technology for MTA New York City Transit responsible for implementing the $1.5B MetroCard in New York City. Prior to that she was the senior vice president of manufacturing.

Riazi has published many articles and studies. She speaks frequently on issues involving technology, organizations and work. She has delivered keynote addresses and seminars globally and serves on the boards of major financial and marketing organizations.

The meeting is free to GSC members and CIO Roundtable members.

Early registration fee until 11/12/08: $30

Regular registration fee starting 11/13/08: $50

Join the GSC now and get benefit of no registration fee for this meeting and a 14 month membership in the GSC for the 12 month fee of $200. For more information, visit http://www.gscouncil.org/

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