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ImagineNations to Participate in Middle East CSR Summit

PASADENA, Md. (1 June 2005) — Rick Little, president and CEO of the ImagineNations® Group, will chair the 2nd Middle East Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Summit to be held in Dubai, U.A.E., on 5-8 June. The summit will measure CSR strategies that are currently being developed and implemented with a special emphasis on the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. Prominent decision makers and leading experts have been invited once again to share their experience and examine the prospects and challenges that lie ahead.

"I am delighted to participate in this 2nd Middle East Summit," said Little. "It is clear that the understanding and practice of CSR has been steadily increasing. Some of the new forms of corporate citizenship build on many of the oldest Islamic traditions. And now today, in a region with one of the highest rates of youth unemployment and other challenges, it is more important than ever for corporations and business leaders to model engaged citizenship and to join with their communities as partners to make a positive and lasting impact."

About the ImagineNations® Group

The ImagineNations® Group is a global alliance of social entrepreneurs, thought leaders, investors, financial institutions, global brands, media and organizations—all working together with and for young people to inspire positive change in society. As a catalyst, a broker of relationships, a storyteller and an advocate, ImagineNations’ mission is to mobilize young people around the world in envisioning for themselves and their respective countries a better life. ImagineNations seeks to inform and influence policy and program development, particularly those related to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).