Taking place in Athens, Greece, from 30 October to 2 November 2008, the conference will host world leaders and representatives from civil society, government and the private sector who will engage in open debates in a set of four plenary sessions to address the critical issues that will define our common future. There will also be around 40 workshops linking the issue of corruption with the conference’s foci.

Past conferences have attracted over 1,300 participants from over 130 countries. The plenary debates have featured former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, former President of the World Bank James Wolfensohn, Organisation of American States Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, former Kenyan anti-corruption chief John Githongo, Senior Commissioner of the Ministry of Supervision of China Zhenjun Wu, as well as Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sánchez.

Since its founding in 1983, the biennial International Anti-Corruption Conference series has evolved into a premier international gathering for all who those committed to fighting corruption. The IACC is conducted by the IACC Council with Transparency International as its secretariat. This year the conference will be jointly hosted by the Greek government, Transparency International and TI’s national chapter in Greece.

For more information on the 13th IACC and to lend your voice to the international anti-corruption movement, you may register online at www.13iacc.org. Calls for workshop proposals will open on April 1st, 2008. Please direct any questions to info@13iacc.org.