EnvironDesign®9: Powerful Ideas, Vigorous Actions, Compelling Visions
Annual conference explores insight, inspiration, ideas and actionable information on sustainable design and business practices.
(PRWEB) February 17, 2005 -- Do you know what ideas will best shape
sustainable design and business practices in the future? What actions will most
effectively place environmental stewardship and sustainable development front
and center in mainstream America? Want to get better connected to the leaders
and visionaries who are making it happen?
Come to EnvironDesign9. It’s a
sure source of insight, inspiration, ideas and actionable
information.
The EnvironDesign9 conference, scheduled for April 20 to 22,
2005, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, will combine unparalleled
education with unlimited networking opportunities to explore how environmental
stewardship is the creative and critical force driving contemporary design and
product innovation. Now in its ninth year, EnvironDesign has a proven track
record as a pioneering and innovative conference known for consistently raising
the bar in an effort to ensure that sustainable design is the defining issue for
the 21st century. Its agenda will include inspirational keynote speakers,
facilitated roundtable discussions, concurrent workshop sessions and a Product
Learning Center. Hundreds of sustainable design and business enthusiasts will
gather at EnvironDesign9 to explore powerful ideas, vigorous actions and
compelling visions.
Conference Highlights
•
Inspiring keynotes by environmental champions will examine the diverse scope of
environmental concerns. Each keynote has been carefully selected to present not
only big-picture thinking on critical issues, but also a targeted view of
specific strategies and the importance of individual actions. Keynote
presentations will be given by Dr. Lance Secretan, Bill McDonough and Michael
Braungart, Deirdre Imus, Leslie Hoffman and Robert Fox, and Julia Butterfly
Hill.
• The introduction of “Conversations that Matter,”
facilitated, interactive roundtable discussions will create networks of
collaboration and shared knowledge and experience, empowering all attendees to
see new ways of making a difference in their lives and in their work. These
roundtables are patterned after the successful World Café
concept.
• “Celebrating a Sustainable You,” a relaxing and
rewarding Thursday evening special event has been designed to rejuvenate
attendees’ minds, bodies and spirits—allowing them to reconnect with the natural
world via the choices they make as consumers.
• Workshops
that will focus on improving and strengthening key skills in three primary
areas—Creativity & Innovation; Strategic Solutions; and Leadership &
Vision—helping to magnify the opportunities for immediate
value.
• A more efficient and expanded schedule for the
Product Learning Center maximizes the opportunities for one-on-one dialogue
between the conference’s 50+ sponsors and its attendees.
•
The Third Annual Trash to Treasure Competition/Silent Auction—a lively and
engaging competition that turns waste items into things of function and
beauty—will be held, with proceeds to benefit the Earth Pledge Foundation to
assist in its efforts to identify and promote innovative techniques and
technologies that restore the balance between human and natural
systems.
Additionally, Pre- and Post-conference Workshops
and Site Tours have been scheduled to provide additional learning opportunities
for those individual who desire to maximize their
experience.
Opportunities for a Diverse Audience
EnvironDesign9
effectively combines varied learning and networking opportunities to deliver
essential information regarding real-life challenges and concrete solutions. Its
diverse audience ensures engaging, insightful dialogue and unparalleled learning
opportunities for:
• Architects, engineers and
planners
• Interior designers
•
Industrial designers
• Environmental
executives
• Facility managers
• Real
estate contractors, developers and owners
• Government and
environmental policy makers
• Manufacturers and
suppliers
• NGOs and non-profit
executives
• Urban planners
•
Landscape professionals
• Educators and
students
• Journalists
• Environmental
consultants
Why Participate?
Year after year, hundreds of
professionals come to EnvironDesign because they know it’s the one event that
will both inform and inspire. In the words of Bruce Babbitt, an EnvironDesign8
keynote presenter, “It is amazing for me to see a gathering of people drawn
together not by narrow occupational categories, but by the implications and
possibilities of a thematic approach to change in all its
diversity.”
Register Early and Save
Attendees who register by March
10, 2005, can save up to $90 on the cost of a full conference registration.
Other pre-registration prices will help attendees avoid higher on-site
registration fees and lengthy registration lines. Savings on day rates also are
available.
The annual EnvironDesign conference is co-produced by the
following publications:
Interiors & Sources (www.isdesignet.com)
green@work (www.greenatworkmag.com)
For information, call 561-627-3393 or download complete conference
details at www.environdesign.com.
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