Events & Conferences
29-30 May 2008, Thistle Marble Arch, London, UK
(28 May – Morning Workshop)
06/09/2008 – 06/10/2008
The Global Katoomba meeting brings together leading policy makers, major financial institutions, business leaders, the environmental community and local indigenous groups to discuss the current scope and potential of ecosystem markets – carbon, water, biodiversity – to address environmental problems.
06/16/2008 – 06/18/2008
The meeting will bring together experts in tropical woodland ecology, carbon sequestration projects, policy makers and investors, to discuss current issues and share knowledge. The primary outcome of this working meeting will be the production of a report. This report will be submitted to major international funders and organizations as a guidance document for setting up and managing sequestration projects in tropical woodlands. The report will be discussed and developed in detail during the meeting, and all delegates are invited to contribute to the report.
Tuesday June 17th, 3:00 PM CEDT (GMT +02:00, Paris)
Presenter: Jasmine Hyman, Marketing Director
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: Complimentary
Wednesday June 18th, 11:00 AM PDT (GMT -07:00, Paris)
Presenter: Caitlin Sparks, Director US
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: Complimentary
08/18/2008 – 08/20/2008
The program for 2008 will again focus on risks and opportunities posed to business by climate change. Emissions trading, both regulated and voluntary, will certainly be a focus, as will other complementary measures to drive emissions reductions. A draft program and subsequent updates will be posted to this website in the coming weeks.
09/09/2008 – 09/10/2008
UNECE, FAO, MCPFE and Switzerland are organizing a workshop on "Harvested Wood Products in the Context of Climate Change Policies".
09/10/2008 – 09/11/2008
The management of natural resources presents societies and economies with an enormous long-term challenge. The 9th International Sustainability Leadership Symposium will address this challenge by specifically exploring the contribution of the financial services industry to both protecting and facilitating the provision of natural resources. Opportunities and risks of new and innovative financial products will be discussed.
15-16 September 2008, The Westin, Times Square, New York
Identifying Systematic Metrics For Each Key Footprint
To Identify Hotspots And Ensure Your Supply Chain Partners
And Customers Are All Speaking The Same Language
Following huge successes in London, Chicago and San Francisco, American Business Conferences are delighted to announce the 5th international Summit in their world leading series. The Carbon & Environmental Footprint Supply Chain Summit taking place this September in New York will enable the retail and FMCG industries to achieve commercial benefit through effective sustainability strategies, and manage the costs and risks of carbon, energy, water, raw materials and waste throughout their supply chains.
Registration for the Summit is now open and all bookings received before July 3 will be entitled to a 20% Super Early Bird Discount. The first 20 delegates to register for the New York Summit will also receive a free audio CD from our recent London Summit!
The Speaker line-up in New York is exceptional and includes:
John Downs, SVP, Public Affairs and Communications, Coca-Cola Enterprises
James Hagan, VP Corporate Environment, Health and Safety, GSK
Deborah Louison, SVP Corporate Affairs, Cadbury Americas
Gail Tavill, VP Sustainable Development, ConAgraFoods
As well as other senior-level executives from Proctor & Gamble, AT&T, Intel, adidas, Levi-Strauss, BASF, Starbucks, Nestle Waters, Dairy Management Inc, Dean Foods, and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters – along with government perspectives from the Australian EPA, UK’s Defra and the Carbon Trust, the US Climate Leaders partnership, and New Zealand Government.
09/16/2008 – 09/17/2008
The 2007 inaugural Carbon Markets USA welcomed over 170 executives from across the US, UK, Europe and Latin America and featured high-level debate, discussion and analysis from a selection of leading players in government, industry and key associations involved in the region’s growing carbon market. This year’s event will continue to focus on in depth discussion and interactivity in order to get to the heart of the issues affecting the market.
09/29/2008 – 09/30/2008
The second annual Carbon Markets India will provide an excellent platform for representatives from Indian industry to learn about CDM business opportunities and do business with buyers of Certified Emissions Reductions (CER’s).
10/14/2008 – 10/15/2008
Voluntary Carbon Markets forum will continue to provide an excellent platform for business to learn about the latest developments in VCM standards and market opportunities. Over 300 carbon mitigation experts and business leaders have benefited from attending the VCM series to date.
11/12/2008 – 11/14/2008
The event serves as the most comprehensive global conference providing educational, networking and promotional tools for leaders and key players from the global carbon market community. There will be presentations, roundtable discussions, specialist workshops, exhibitions and networking events with over 120 speakers and panelists lending their expertise.
November 17, 2008 – November 19, 2008
The 2nd annual Carbon Markets Africa will once again to provide an excellent platform for business to learn about the latest developments for CDM in Africa. Although lagging behind Asia and Latin America in terms of registered CDM projects, African nations are in a position to benefit from the rapid expansion of the global carbon markets and the increasing demand for CERs. The introduction of programmatic CDM should help to attract more investors to African countries as unilateral CDM projects decrease the potential investment risks.
12/08/2008 – 12/11/2008
ACES 2008 will bring together government, non-governmental organization, academia, tribal, and private sector leaders to advance the use of ecosystem services and related science in conservation, restoration, resource management, and development decisions. The conference will highlight concepts and applications relating to four primary themes: mapping and spatial relationships, values and measurement, dynamic systems and drivers of change, and institutional structures and decision making.
05/27/2009 – 05/29/2009
Carbon Expo 2008 will act again as the global meeting point for companies operating on the CO² market. Join the specialist Trade Fair and Conference and use this international platform to inform yourself about the latest CO² projects and climate development.
Green Conferences – Sustainability Conferences
Monday, June 02, 2008 7:30 am – 7:00 pm (Pacific Time)
The Governor Hotel
614 SW 11th Ave.
Portland, OR 97205
Vegas, June 4-5, 2008
‘ 2008
Top 10 Green Building Products
June 18, 10-11 a.m. PDT
In this free, one-hour Web conference, Sustainable Industries unveils its 2008 Top 10 Green Building Product winners. Judges from our expert panel discuss and answer attendees’ questions about the pros and cons of the latest green building innovations. Webinar attendees will also receive free downloads of the 2008 Top 10 Green Building Products digital supplement, which contains 3-D models of the winning products.
, September 19, 2008
The Green movement in California is booming. Just as the information technology revolution dominated California’s economy in the nineties, Green business in all forms is taking shape and permeating all industry sectors in California.
in association with Local and State government is producing the 1st annual ‘Green Trade Network Summit’ conference in beautiful Santa Cruz, Ca. on September 19th. The Green Trade Network Summit will bring experts and companies from around the world from both the public and private sectors to discuss, present, network and exchange ideas on how we can Green the world and grow your businesses through trade and investment. A special focus of the conference will be how foreign small to mid-sized enterprises can form strategic alliances with their California counterparts to leverage resources, marketing channels and technologies.
Tony Livoti
President
Tel. 831-335-4780 – Fax: 831-335-4822
[email protected]
P.O. Box 523
Santa Cruz, Ca. 9506
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