Kofi Annan, who served as the seventh Secretay-General of the United Nations from 1997 until December 2006 and who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, is speaking at the III World Conference on Climate Change & Wine in Marbella. The conference will be held at the Palacio de Congresos y Ferias in Marbella on April 13th. Mr. Annan’s speech, Global Compact Challenging Business to Become Leading Actors in Sustainable Development, will be of interest to all types of business, not only the wine sector. Kofi Annan is speaking at 6pm and the speech will be for about 90 minutes. Doors open at 5:30pm. A gala dinner will follow at 9pm with Mr. Annan attending. The Tickets range from 120 € to 250 €. 250 € for the conference and gala dinner. This congress will be a major event with much media coverage. If you are interested you should better get your tickets now. Other guests are Nicola Joly, a French Winegrower and one of the pioneers and leading personalities of the biodynamic wine movement and Claude Bourguignon director and founder of the Laboratoire d’Analyses Microbiologiques des Sols (LAMS), recognized authorities on soil health and protection. You can find more Information about the congress on www.climatechangeandwine.com.