Since 2005, the Louise Blouin Foundation, with the support of the United Nations Office for Partnerships, has organized the annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit to identify and implement solutions based on international best practices to the challenges arising from globalization.

The Summit brings heads of state together with representatives of global agencies and 120 leaders in the areas of science, technology, culture, business and politics. Together the delegates address the interconnected threats and challenges of the 21st century through multidisciplinary exchanges that place cultural dialogue and understanding at the fore. The open, constructive discussion facilitates the creation of cross-cultural networks committed to change and transformative action.

The Summit encourages collaboration across disciplines in an effort to spark creative thinking and to ultimately develop innovative approaches to global problems. The Summit focuses on issues as diverse as emerging global security threats, climate change, foreign policy and education, with specific attention to development and foreign policy concerns in Africa, China, Russia and the Middle East.

Over the past three years, the Summit has been honored to feature President José Manuel Barroso, of the European Commission; Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, of the Netherlands; President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, of the Republic of Iceland; President Bharrat Jagdeo, of Guyana; President Stjepan Mesic of Croatia; President Bingu wa Mutharika, of Malawi; Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, of NATO; and President Manuel Zelaya, of Honduras. In addition, the Summit has hosted a variety of distinguished international leaders, such as Nobel laureate Eric Kandel; anthropologist Jane Goodall; business leaders Harold Burson, founder of Burson-Marsteller; Henry Silverman, CEO of Realogy Corp., Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel and Lex Fenwick, CEO of Bloomberg, along with Riz Khan of Al Jazeera; David Boies, chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner and UNICEF executive director Ann Veneman.

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The Summit has been covered by a wide-range of media, including CNN, Al Jazeera, the Financial Times, The Economist, the BBC, and the International Herald Tribune. Although this is an intimate event, with only 120 delegates, the Summit proceedings are Web cast live and, its conclusions shape thinking, create new projects and stimulate debate across the globe. The Summit proceedings and commitments are also written up in a white paper available for download from the Summit Website.

The Louise Blouin Media group’s collaboration with the Foundation has established a 12-month program for potential sponsors and advertisers. Corporations have the opportunity to sponsor the 2009 Summit Gala and the panel discussion sessions.

Corporate sponsors are given the opportunity to engage in workshops and participate in proactive discussions with global stakeholders in both the private and public sectors at the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit. Further opportunities for exposure are available through live blogs and Webcasts of panel discussions, as well as through publicity on the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit and Louise Blouin Foundation Web sites.

For more information on the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit or on Sponsorship Opportunities, please contact Melissa Stevens.