ABA Conference on Infrastructure, the Environment and Dispute Resolution in the Americas

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For Immediate Release

ABA Conference on Infrastructure, the Environment and Dispute Resolution in the Americas

Camino Real Inter-Continental Hotel, San Jose, Costa Rica

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, Apr. 30 -/E-Wire/-- Building on our groundbreaking conference in Buenos Aires in 1997, the ABA Standing Committee on Environmental Law and colleagues are convening a follow-up conference in Costa Rica this summer.

Over the past four years, the pace of economic integration in the Americas has quickened, and attention to environmental concerns as they affect private investment and infrastructure development has increased dramatically. Costa Rica 2001 draws leaders from public and private sectors throughout the Americas to consider key issues, including:

* The role of environmental protection in infrastructure development;

* Compliance with expanding environmental and social review procedures of multilateral and U.S. financial institutions;

* Experience with public and private conflict management and dispute resolution mechanisms;

* Practical obstacles to project development, industrial siting, and regional trade, including financing requirements;

* Information technology innovations for environmental and infrastructure projects

The Conference features a half-dozen plenary sessions, all-attendee Break-out sessions, course materials and case studies with experts from the corporate, government, financial and NGO sectors within the Americas. Simultaneous English-Spanish interpretation is provided. Also featured are two Luncheons and two business networking receptions. Among featured guests are John O'Leary, U.S. Ambassador to Chile; and Larry Harrington, U.S. Executive Director of the IADB.

The Conference has numerous Cooperating Institutions. Our special Conference Partners include Arnold & Porter, Beveridge & Diamond, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Holland & Knight, and Duke Energy.

For a program brochure, please e-mail your contact information to [REDACTED-EMAIL], or register online at: http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/environmental/costarica.html. If you have any questions, contact Eileen Zorc, Staff Assistant, Standing Committee on Environmental Law, at (202) 662-1694.

The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. With more than 400,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.

American Bar Association

http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/environmental/costarica.html

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