http://clausura.guadalajara2011.org.mx/en

For GEO Eventos, the partnership with FiveCurrents is strategic for developing world-class sports and entertainment events. “GEO is proud to have by its side such an experienced partner like FiveCurrents, who serves as the production company behind the ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the international conferences of the Clinton Global Initiative.   Partnering shows how strongly committed we both are to producing inspiring events in Brazil,” said Leonardo Ganem, general director for GEO Eventos.

“Rio de Janeiro is a very special city for FiveCurrents. From producing the 2007 Pan American Games Ceremonies, through the bid for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, FiveCurrents remains deeply committed to bringing the beauty of Rio and Brazil to a global audience. FiveCurrents’ experience, combined with GEO Eventos’ national production capability, creates a solid team ready to create flagship events,” said Scott Givens, president of FiveCurrents.

FiveCurrents GEO, with its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, is committed to revolutionary event production in Brazil. The partnership between the two companies comes at a historic moment, when Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and South America welcome FIFA World Cup 2014, and the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games for the first time.

About GEO Eventos – The result of an association between Globo Organizations and RBS Group, GEO Eventos is a company dedicated to the promotion and production of events in the areas of sports, entertainment, business and arenas. Its objective is to create brand experiences that prioritize quality, safety, innovation and sustainability, and ultimately add value to clients and partners through long-term and emotional connections with people. Events produced by the company include: F1Rocks, Tênis Espetacular, ASP Surf World Tour Rio, HSM, Expo Money and FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw, broadcast to approximately 200 nations and attended by President Dilma.

About FiveCurrents Produções Criativas – FiveCurrents is a company dedicated to creating the world’s most inspiring live events. FiveCurrents has the flexibility to adapt to large- and small-scale projects, from leading production teams as large as 5,000 for the biggest events in the world, to working one-on-one with clients on brand and creative strategy. FiveCurrents’ principals have worked together to produce the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, LiveCity Vancouver (live sites for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games), Rio Reveillon 2010, the Rio 2016 Olympic Bid, Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary celebration, the Clinton Global Initiative, and all creative and ceremonies for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. FiveCurrents is currently the production company behind the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies, and is producer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the XVI Pan and Para Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Press Information: 

Juliana Carvalho juliana.carvalho@approach.com.br
Anaik Weid anaik.weid@approach.com.br
(11) 3846-5787

GEO Eventos
Cristiane Moraes cristiane.moraes@GEOeventos.com
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FiveCurrents Produções Criativas
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(21) 8483 0006

“At CGI America we have announced 51 commitments that will improve the lives of 2.7 million people in the United States,” President Clinton said. “The individuals and organizations that have launched new programs this week are proving that we can create jobs and foster economic growth here in America. I hope that their efforts will inspire others to take action to revitalize their own communities.”

CGI America is the first Clinton Global Initiative event focusing exclusively on the U.S. More than 750 leaders from businesses, nonprofits, and all levels of government are participating in the event, which aims to generate new ideas for spurring economic growth and highlight existing programs which can be replicated and scaled.

At all CGI meetings, participants make Commitments to Action. A commitment is not a financial contribution to CGI; rather, it is a plan that outlines the steps the organization or individual will take to launch a program that improves lives. At CGI America, most commitments have focused on addressing the challenges of job creation and economic growth in the U.S.

Details on all CGI America commitments can be found at http://www.CGIAmerica.org.

COPAG shared with Toronto 2015 organizers plans for the closing ceremony for both the Pan American and Parapan American Games. Representatives from both closing ceremony committees are planning the flag handover to be presented to the Canadian capital city of Quebec.

Personnel from BaAM Productions, on the Toronto side, and FiveCurrents, the production company for the Guadalajara Opening and Closing Ceremonies, started to share ideas of what Toronto would like to include in their October 30 presentation.

The Canadian delegation toured the Omnilife and Telmex Athletics Stadiums, venues where America’s Fiesta will come to an end, and where the Games will be officially handed over to Toronto 2015.

“We came to facilitate some ideas about what we would like to present to the audience. We need to spend some time with this team in order to understand the technical needs of our end product. This is an incredible team! We would like to grasp what is technically possible and what might be just impossible to do,” said Toronto 2015 Marketing Vice President Katherine Henderson.

Toward the end of July, the show for both the Pan American and Parapan American Games closing ceremonies will be fully planned.

For more information about the XVI Pan American Games, please click here.

“CGI America will bring together leaders from business, nonprofits, and government to develop new ideas for generating jobs now in the U.S.,” President Clinton said. “CGI members have already improved the lives of more than 300 million people around the world by making nearly 2,000 commitments. More than 250 of those commitments, worth $11.6 billion, are addressing challenges in the U.S. At CGI America, we will focus that innovation and urgency to get people working again.”

Based on the same model as CGI’s Annual Meeting, the event will convene diverse stakeholders – including CEOs of American companies and international companies with U.S. operations, national and local government officials, and leaders from the nonprofit sector – to identify effective ways to strengthen U.S. industries, unlock capital for innovation and entrepreneurship, advance energy efficiency, build clean energy infrastructure, and train Americans for the 21st-century workforce.

To learn more, follow CGI on Twitter @ClintonGlobal or visit www.cgiamerica.org.

President Bill Clinton announced the program of the fourth annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) meeting, which will be held at the University of California, San Diego from April 1-3, 2011.

“Since 2008, CGI U has brought together more than 2,500 students from 575 schools in 99 countries, all of them dedicated to addressing the great global challenges of our time,” President Clinton said. “Their work has improved the lives of thousands of people around the world. I am looking forward to convening the next generation of global leaders once again, so they can learn from each other and gain practical skills that will help them turn their ideas into real change.”

Building on the successful model of the Clinton Global Initiative, CGI U brings together approximately 1,000 students from all over the world, along with non-profit leaders, entrepreneurs, and celebrities engaged in efforts to create positive change. Each student makes a Commitment to Action – a detailed plan for improving lives within one of CGI U’s focus areas: education, environment & climate change, peace & human rights, poverty alleviation, and public health.

Since 2008, through their Commitments to Action, CGI U members have:

• Made more than $1.3 million in infrastructure improvements to schools and libraries in countries including the U.S., Rwanda, Nigeria, and Laos;
• Reached more than 74,000 students, faculty, and staff with educational efforts and outreach about clean energy and sustainability;
• Placed more than 3,800 new recycling containers on college campuses and in surrounding communities;
• Engaged 2,700 people in workshops on conflict resolution, diplomacy, and peace;
• Established and maintained more than 90,000 square feet of community gardens;
• Introduced more than 3,000 bicycles on college campuses in the U.S., Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, and China and much more.

The 2011 CGI U meeting will include large plenary sessions where CGI U participants can learn about innovative approaches to solving global issues, along with smaller working sessions focused on skills such as fundraising and marketing, and a large-scale service project at the San Diego Food Bank. Sessions will include:

• Financial Aid: Innovation for Affordability, developed with MTV and mtvU, will focus on addressing the prohibitive cost of higher education;
• LGBT Rights in the U.S. and Beyond, which will examine efforts to fight bullying and other infringements on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people;
• On the Edge: Poverty Along the U.S.-Mexico Border, which will address challenges such as violence and high unemployment; and
• The Urban Planet: Solutions for a Crowded World, which will examine the ongoing challenges and opportunities created by rapid urbanization.

Program participants will include: Mark Arnoldy, founder, NepalNUTrition; Michele Barry, senior associate dean of global health, Stanford University; Nnimmo Bassey, chair, Friends of the Earth International; Raquel “Rocsi” Diaz, TV personality, RocStar Rebuilds; Jose Reyes Ferriz, former mayor of Ciudad Juarez; Lorena Garcia, executive chef, restaurateur, and judge on NBC’s “America’s Next Great Restaurant”; Marye Anne Fox, chancellor, University of California, San Diego; Shirley Ann Jackson, president, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Van Jones, distinguished visiting fellow, Princeton University; Peggy Liu, chairperson, Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy; Jessica O. Matthews, co-founder, sOccket Inc.; Mandy Moore, ambassador, Population Services International; Gavin Newsom, lieutenant governor of California; Deogratias Niyizonkiza, founder, Village Health Works; Eduardo Padrón, president, Miami Dade College; Sean Penn, humanitarian and actor; Nan Shi, secretary general, Urban Planning Society of China; Richard Socarides, president, Equality Matters; Anu Sridharan, co-founder, NextDrop; Kate Stohr, managing director, Architecture for Humanity; and Kevin Surace, chief executive officer, Serious Materials.

On Sunday, April 3, the program will culminate in a service project, in which CGI U attendees and volunteers will work alongside 100 local veterans at the San Diego Food Bank. The San Diego Food Bank provides food to over 340,000 individuals monthly, while also advocating for the hungry and educating the public about hunger-related issues. Participants will sort, inspect, package, and distribute food for low-income military and non-military families, and help with beautification projects. In total, they will contribute more than 2,500 hours of service for the Food Bank.

UC San Diego, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has been recognized widely for its local impact, national influence, and global reach. In 2009, Washington Monthly named UC San Diego number one in its rankings, which measure “what colleges are doing for the country.” The school has also been named one of the top ten public universities by U.S. News & World Report.

The full agenda can be found at http://www.cgiu.org/meetings/2011/agenda.asp. The meeting will be webcast live at http://www.cgiu.org. On Twitter, follow CGI U (@cgiu) or the Clinton Global Initiative (@ClintonGlobal). CGI U is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/CGIUniversity.

CGI U 2011 will be arranged around plenary sessions, working sessions, and skill sessions, all of which allow members to interact with one another and formulate commitments and productive partnerships.

Whether discussing the education of marginalized populations or the worldwide struggle against infectious diseases, each session will be informed by student activists, celebrities, heads of leading NGOs, topic experts, and others who have created positive change in the global community. Participants will also be invited to participate in CGI U Exchange, an exhibition allowing meeting attendees to learn more about the commitments and organizations present at the CGI U 2011. On Sunday, CGI U members will take part in an innovative service project which will allow students to give back to the greater San Diego community.

For more information about CGI U, please click here.

Check out our latest film on the Rio 2016 website: http://www.rio2016.com.br

FiveCurrents is honored to have worked with the extraordinary feature film director Andrucha Waddington, and Rio’s world-class Conspiração Films on the project. Congratulations, Rio 2016, on creating a mark that captures the Brasilian spirit, and the values of the Olympics, in a stylish andinnovative way!

On 12 November 2011, the Parapan American Games Opening Ceremony will commence the Games at the Pan American Athletics Stadium and the Closing Ceremony bring the Games to an end on 20 November 2011.

Scott Givens, FiveCurrents’ President said: “We are thrilled and honored to work with COPAG on the Ceremonies of the XVI Pan American Games and look forward to bringing the story of Guadalajara to life in front of a worldwide audience.”

FiveCurrents is a mega event production firm with production credits ranging from the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies. FiveCurrents also produced the Ceremonies of the XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The Pan American Games is a multi-sport event between athletes from all nations in the Americas, held every four years in the year before the summer Olympic Games. Recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), the Pan American Games was established 8 August 1948 by the National Olympic Committees of the Americas.