Upcoming events

• Wales 2030 – what role for Wales?

  In association with Wales Quality Centre and IT Wales.

  Vincent Kane, OBE, Chairman of the Wales Quality Centre will give a talk on the project Wales 2030 including an update on the results of a substantial survey of Welsh companies conducted by the Centre in conjunction with Opinion Research Services.  The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion including prominent members of the Welsh political, business and educational communities to debate what role Wales will play in the global economy in 2030  and how, collectively, we can work towards achieving some appropriate goals.

  The Wallace Lecture Theatre, Swansea University 6.30pm - 9.00pm

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  17th May

• Putting Wales at the heart of Rio+20

  In association with, the Welsh Government, Cardiff Univerity, WWF Cymru, Welsh Centre for International Affairs and Cynnal Cymru

  This conference examines the practical impact the forthcoming Welsh Government sustainable development legislation will have on delivering the UN Rio Janeiro June 2012 summit goals of (i) promoting the green economy to eradicate poverty; and (ii) putting in place institutional frameworks for delivering sustainable development.
  
  

  Large Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Cardiff University

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  18th May

• IWA Inspire Wales Awards Dinner 2012

  Following a highly successful awards ceremony in 2011, tickets are now on sale for the 2012 awards ceremony.

  Cardiff City Hall

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  14th Jun

• Co-operative Conference 2012

  The annual Co-operative Cymru/Wales Conference (in association with the Institute of Welsh Affairs) will this year be a special two-day event to celebrate the UN 2012 Year of the Co-operative and focus on how the co-operative model can be deployed across Welsh society and business to: generate wealth and revitalise local communities, provide for social needs on a not-for-profit basis and be the alternative model for sporting and cultural organisations. A high calibre collection of speakers and discussion sessions will draw upon best practice from Wales and across the world including The Basque County, Quebec, Ethopia and Lesotho.

  ATRiuM, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff

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  6th
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  7th Jul

• Co-operative Comedy Club - with Mark Steel

  Celebrate the UN International Year of Co-operatives in the company of the well known radical comedian Mark Steel, and raise money for our 2012 Wales charity - Seeds of Hope [www.oxfam.org.uk/coop].

  Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 7.00pm

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  6th Jul

• Growing our Woodlands in Wales

  In association with the Forestry Commission Wales

  This conference will engage with the Welsh Government’s policy to significantly increase the woodland cover in Wales from the present 14 per cent to 20 per cent by 2030. The aim is to contribute to the Government’s target of an annual year-on-year 3 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. However, increasing Wales’ woodland by an average of 5,000 hectares a year over 20 years presents a major challenge.

  Parc Thistle Hotel, Cardiff 9.00am - 4.00pm

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  9th Jul