Requests for side-events should be made using the
online system available on the Secretariat’s web site at:
https://www.cbd.int/register/home.shtml and will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for the receipt of requests is
15 June 2007.
Organizers of side-events whose requests cannot be accommodated are encouraged to consider combining their events with other relevant scheduled side-events. An updated calendar will be accessible at the Secretariat’s web site at:
http://www.cbd.int/register/side-events/list.aspx?mtg=SBSTTA-12
Subject to availability of rooms and provided that side-event requests are received before the set deadline of
15 June 2007, meeting rooms, equipped with one LCD projector and a laptop, for PowerPoint presentations are provided
at no cost to the side-events organizers. However, there may be a cost when an event is scheduled in a room that does not already contain the required equipment. Should this be the case, side-event organizers will be notified accordingly.
Organizers of side-events wishing to enquire about costs for catering should contact directly the UNESCO caterer namely, MM. Lionel Di Rico
and Jean-Christophe Thourry whose telephone and emails are as follows:
Side-event organizers with no access to Internet or experiencing difficulties to use the online system mentioned above, could complete and address the attached forms,
Annex C to the attention of:
Mr. Aballache Yesli
Conference Officer
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
World Trade Center
413 St Jacques Street, Suite 800
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y IN9
Telephone (Direct line): +1 514 287 7043
Fax: + 1 514 288 65 88
E- mail:
[email protected]
