MEDA's Business as a Calling Convention will take you to the future with the theme of New Frontiers: New Solutions and a special focus on alternative energy and food supply/security issues.
Plenary speakers include … … Stephen Kreider Yoder, San Francisco bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal, will report on alternative energy innovations and business adaptations from his 10,000-feet perspective as a journalist.
… Len Penner, president of Cargill Canada, will highlight a variety of ways to reach the ambitious goal of doubling global grain production by 2050 to meet the growing needs around the world.
… Suzanne Broetje and Roger Bairstow of Broetje Orchards in Prescott, Washington, will tell their remarkable story of growth and meeting a quadruple bottom line at Broetje Orchards, one of the largest family-owned apple and cherry producers in the United States.
Enlightening seminars will cover … …MEDA programs in Ukraine, Morocco, Pakistan and Peru
… “Winning through Quality” And ask … … “How are you strengthening your business rather than simply weathering the downturn?” Then discuss … … “Values-Based Leadership: Encouraging the Heart”
Tempting tours will take you … … on an all-day site-seeing tour to San Francisco
… or a wine-tasting tour Or you can … … visit Adobe headquarters in downtown San Jose
… take the ZAP and Tesla Motors Electric Vehicle tour
… see the Silicon Valley
This is just a sampling – Watch for more information in upcoming issues of MEDAzine!