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Former US President Bill Clinton and eminent commentators at Summit Plenary Session

The 6th Annual Clinton

Global Initiative
by J e ffr ey Bradford P h. D.
“Charismatic former President Bill Clinton delivers keynote address on the first day

The Sixth annual summit of the Clinton Global Initiative was held this past September in New York City against the The sixth Annual Meeting of the Clinton
backdrop of the opening of the latest session of the United Nations General Assembly. A week of Presidents, Prime Global Initiative, which focused on finding
Ministers and Heads of State jostle amongst the milleu of wall street, fashion and the media – all seeking to communi- effective, sustainable solutions to the some
of the world’s most pressing challenges in
cate messages regarding their passions. Former US President Bill Clinton has been masterful in creating the Global the areas of education, economic empower-
Initiative – giving a platform from which philanthropists can engage with world leaders with the goal of making sub- ment, energy, the environment, and global
stantive change to improve the lives of people. health.
“I’m proud of the nearly 300 new commit-
ments, valued at $6 billion, that we’ve an-
nounced during the Annual Meeting,” Presi-
dent Clinton said. “In total, more than 1,900
commitments have been made, worth $63
billion, and they have improved the lives of
nearly 300 million people. CGI’s continued
success is to the credit of our members, who
come back with better ideas, more ambi-
tious commitments, and greater innovation
year after year, who turn ideas into action
and meaningful results. They are changing
the way sectors work together and how we
solve problems worldwide.”

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Political icon: Jesse Jackson in action
CGI members’ commitments have had the
following impact:
- More than $1.75 billion in new capital has
been invested in or loaned to small and
medium enterprises.
- More than 16 million women and girls have
had access to empowerment initiatives.
- More than 10 million people have im-
proved their access to capital and financial
services.
- Nearly 5 million people have obtained ac-
cess to information technology.
- More than 2 million girls have been
reached with efforts targeting female en-
rollment in schools.
50 million children have been given access
to education in formal or non-formal
school programs.
- More than 90 million acres of forest have
been protected or restored.
- More than 400 million metric tons of CO2
emissions have been cut or abated.
- Enough clean energy has been generated
to power more than 400,000 homes.
- 75 million people have increased access to
maternal and child health and survival pro-
grams.
- Nearly 20 million people have increased
access to safe drinking water.
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President Clinton also invited to the stage
the members of CGI Lead, a new program
dedicated to engaging rising young leaders
from business, government, and civil society.
The inaugural group of CGI Lead members
decided to make a collective commitment to
launch Rethink Refugees, a pilot initiative
that will help thousands of refugees and
forcibly displaced people in Democratic Re-
public of Congo by implementing existing
innovative solutions in a new and challeng-
ing environment.
This year’s inaugural group of CGI Lead
members includes Valentin Abe, director,
Haiti Fish Development Project; Ishmael
Beah, goodwill ambassador for UNICEF; Jen-
nifer Buffett, president and co-chair of the
NoVo Foundation; Lauren Bush, co-founder
of FEED Projects; Mikkel Vestergaard Frand-
sen, CEO and co-founder of Vestergaard
Frandsen Ltd.; Pierre Garçon, founder and
chair of the Pierre Garçon Foundation; Jeff
Gordon, NASCAR champion and co-founder
of the Jeff Gordon Pediatric Cancer Founda-
tion; Ruchira Gupta, founder and president
of Apne Aap Women Worldwide; Chad Hur-
ley, co-founder and CEO of YouTube; Joung-
hoon Lee, CEO of Samchang Enterprises;
Capt. Wes Moore, vice president at Citi-
group; Pamela Omidyar, co-founder of
Omidyar Network, Humanity United, and
the HopeLab; Michael Peterson, vice chair of
the Peter G. Peterson Foundation; Myron
Rolle, founder and chair of the Myron Rolle
Foundation; David Mayer de Rothschild,
founder and CEO of Adventure Ecology;
Zainab Salbi, co-founder and CEO of Women
for Women International; and Alejandro
Santo Domingo, managing director of Quad-
rant Capital Advisors.
President Bill Clinton also announced that
the fourth Clinton Global Initiative Univer-
sity (CGI U) meeting will take place April 1-3,
2011, at the University of California, San Di-
ego. The application is available now at
CGIU.org. Founded by President Clinton in
2007, CGI U empowers undergraduate and
graduate students to explore and create tan-
gible solutions to global challenges. The
meeting is hosted by President Clinton, and
is free to attend. To apply, each student
must create a Commitment to Action, a de-
tailed plan for creating positive change.
For more information see www.clintongloba-
linitiative.org
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Experience a
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From seasoned connoisseurs to
less-in-the-know patrons in search of
a fine wine to pair with their dish,
making a selection from the lengthy,
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may often prove to be a daunting
task for restaurant patrons. Enter
SmartCellarsm. The brainchild of
transaction services company,
Incentient, LLC, SmartCellarsm has
developed a unique approach to
displaying a wine list, which has
attracted the likes of such Celebrity
Chefs and Restaurateurs as Todd
English (Olives in New York City),
Wolfgang Puck (Cut in Las Vegas,
NV), Gordon Ramsey (Claridge’s in
London), just to name a few. Tony
May’s SD26 in New York City was the
first to employ the exciting software;
most recently, SmartCellarsm began
working with 360 Restaurant at The
CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario.
Rather than the traditional printed list,
SmartCellarsm is a fully customizable software
for the Apple iPad® that displays the com-
plete wine and cocktail menus, featuring up-
to-date detailed descriptions, backgrounds
and ratings of the labels offered by the res-
taurant. Patrons can browse, via the device’s
easy-to-understand touch-pad links, for wines
by name, region, varietal and price; guests
can even view an up-close image of the wine
bottle’s label. In tandem with the restaurant’s
desires, guests may also have the option to
order food via SmartCellarsm, view upcoming
promotions at the eatery, and/or consider
suggested wine pairings according to the
dishes ordered.
The sommelier can use SmartCellarsm as a
tool to educate guest, or guests can order
directly from the lightweight handheld de-
vice. The software is configured to each indi-
vidual restaurant; accordingly its design is
an extension of the client’s brand, featuring
complementary colors, imagery and logos.
As SmartCellarsm functions completely inde-
pendently of any pre-existing software, inte-
gration is seamless. In addition to being a
chic, tech savvy addition to the restaurant
experience, SmartCellarsm provides valuable
data to its clientele— reporting functions
give detailed feedback to management to
monitor what is selling and what wine
guests are ordering most. In addition, an ef-
ficient and robust CMS interface allows cli-
ents to eliminate printing and production
costs for menus and special sheets. Once
installed by Incentient, LLC, the restaurant’s
management team is able to personally alter
the offerings of the restaurant via an easy-
to-navigate private log-in site, as needed.
Wine enthusiasts, raise your glass to a new
kind of dining experience…cheers!
About Incentient, LLC: Incentient, LLC pro-
vides services for hospitality venues includ-
ing restaurants, sport and entertainment
arenas and wine cellars. By creating and
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maintaining creative hardware and software
solutions, Incentient exclusively unites cli-
ents to their customers by adding value to
the supply chain experience. In addition to
SmartCellarsm, Incentient has developed the
SmartTouchsm system - a glass touch-screen
panel, utilizing proprietary software that en-
courages guests to control their hospitality
experience from within the security of their
rooms (this includes, though is not limited
to: Room Service, Valet, Concierge, House-
keeping, Bellman, Restaurants, and Spa).
This patent-pending operating environment
is currently being marketed throughout the
United States. Incentient exclusively unites
the clients to their customers by adding val-
ue to the supply chain experience. This pro-
gram is currently being marketed through-
out the United States, Canada, United
Kingdom and Hong Kong.
About the Founders: Before starting Incen-
tient, LLC, Patrick J. Martucci founded Unit-
ed Asset Coverage, Inc (UAC) and served as
its Chairman and CEO from January 1997 to
February 2007. With his leadership the com-
pany ranked #24 on the INC 500 list of fast-
est growing companies in the US. Jennifer
Martucci heads Incentient’s product direc-
tion from application design through final
production of Beta software and hardware
platforms. Jennifer Martucci served as
founder and Chief Executive Officer of
­GPSTracks, LLC from 2001 to 2006 and also
served as a strategic consultant to Pfizer
Corporation from 2006 to 2008. 
For more information, please visit
www.incentient.com.
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