GLOBE 2010 Saving the World

Details: Parent Category: Expos and Conventions; Category: Previews; Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2010 05:00; Written by L E Shannon

The GLOBE 2010 Conference & Trade Fair is being held March 24-26, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre-East, in Vancouver, BC (Canada).

The GLOBE™ Series of conferences and trade fairs on the business of the environment are North America's largest international gathering of senior representatives from the public, private and NGO sectors involved in the business of the environment.

Every two years, over 10,000 professionals from 70+ countries come together at GLOBE for three days of sessions presented by world-renowned sustainability experts to survey leading-edge environmental innovations and to participate in unparalleled global networking opportunities.

The Opening Plenary kicks off GLOBE 2010 with a powerful session addressing the future of sustainability. Conference tracks and sessions include:

Corporate Sustainability Toolkit
"The Human Factor: Capitalizing on Talent, Achieving Sustainability and Improving the Bottom Line"
"Access to Water: Challenges + Opportunities"

Climate Change + Carbon Management
"Now What? Dialogue on Implications for Business from COP15"
"Low Carbon Shipping"

The Future of Energy
"The Next Spike: Building the Smart Grid"
"Accelerating of the International Commercialization of Ocean Energy"

The Urban Infrastructure Revolution
"Green Infrastructure: Sustainability at Work"
"Smart Cities: Connections for the Future"

Clean Technology at GLOBE 2010
"Competitiveness + Jobs: The Role of Clean Technology in Near-Term Stimulus and Long-Term Economic Development"

Auto Futuretech Summit
"Plug-in Car Recharging Infrastructure: Case Studies for Municipalities"
"Converting Gas Guzzlers to Fuel Sippers: Plug-in Aftermarket Conversions"

Some speakers are:

Hon. Iain Black, Minister of Small Business, Technology, and Economic Development, Government of British Columbia

Paul Clements-Hunt, Head, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), Geneva, Switzerland

Barbara De Rosa-Joynt, Multilateral Initiatives Coordinator, US Department of State, Washington, DC,

Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Director, Interface Inc., Iowa City, IA,

Jim Hendricks, US Department of Energy / Edison Electrical Institute, Washington, DC

Jeffrey Hollender, Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, & Chief Inspired Protagonist, Seventh Generation, Burlington, VT

Christian Rakos, CEO, proPellets, Wolfsgraben, Austria

Liesbeth van der Pol, Chief Government Architect, Government of The Netherlands, The Hague

Trade Show Presentations include:

Launch of 2010 SDTC Report "Cleantech Growth and Go-to-Market"
Tech Spotlight on Biofuels: Building the Next Generation of Innovation
3rd Generation "Printable" solar cells
Low-energy but highly effective ventilation systems for buildings and homes (known as Breathing Buildings)
Eco-Osmosis water filtration processes that saves up to 80% of total water usage
Personal-use, cell phone sized air pollution and ozone detectors
Electro-chemical activated brine/fresh water solutions for sanitization without any toxic chemicals

In keeping with their mission, GLOBE integrates their own Sustainability Initiative with several factors incorporated into the design and delivery of the GLOBE™ Series, such as eliminating delegate bags and using Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified, 100% post consumer recycled content paper for all marketing materials.

For more information, visit www.globe2010.com.

The GLOBE Foundation is a Vancouver-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to finding practical business-oriented solutions to the world's environmental problems.

The GLOBE 2010 Conference & Trade Fair
March 24-26, 2010

Vancouver Convention Center-East
999 Canada Place
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada