ACROSS CULTURES FORUM May/JUNE 2005

Business and Professional Women Association – Tallinn Club, Estonia (www.bpw-estonia.ee) and the Across Cultures 2004 delegates are proud to host Across Cultures 2005 Baltics — a business and cultural exchange among business leaders from the Baltic States and Seattle, Washington. This unique, U.S. Embassy-endorsed event is focused on cultivating partnerships to support business leaders and increase economic equity for a socially responsible, sustainable future.

The emphasis of the program is to enhance the leadership potential of enterprising executives, managers, and entrepreneurs. The Across Cultures forum originated as a collaborative venture among Women's Business Exchange (WBE), Seattle, WA and Young Business and Professional Women Association (BPW), Tallinn, Estonia and has since expanded throughout the Seattle Community and the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Across Cultures 2005 is a follow up to the 2004 program hosted in Seattle where 17 business leaders from the Baltics participated in a wide range of activities with organizations such as Starbucks, Nordstrom, University of Washington, REI, Bank of America, Boeing, Microsoft, Cedar Grove Composting, Pike Place Fish, and the SBA. Across Cultures will introduce participants to various training, philosophies, trends, and practices that promote socially responsible leadership and the advancement of women. The program will focus on Human Rights, Access to Information, Economic Equity, and Cultural Experience (see Program for details).