LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) The Opportunity Green Sustainable Business Conference, which brings together leading companies and visionaries in business, technology, and design to showcase the hottest opportunities for driving profitability through sustainability, today announced its final agenda and speaker list for the 2009 conference, taking place November 7-8 at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. The conference will feature interactive breakout sessions and workshops on Clean Technology, Green Venture Capital, Design and Operations, Next Generation Transportation, Trends in Green Products, Implementing Sustainability, Life Cycle Analysis, and Sustainability Management Maturity. A sample of the diverse list of speakers include: Michael Hopkins, editor-in-chief of the MIT Sloan Management Review, discussing findings from the Review's first annual "Business of Sustainability" study; Annie Leonard, producer of "The Story of Stuff," a blockbuster viral film about consumption, on Storytelling for Change; and Beth Springer, Executive VP of The Clorox Company, on the company's own successful journey to creating green brands and sustainable business processes. In addition, the conference also features speakers representing Fortune 500 companies, including Nike, Procter & Gamble, and T-Mobile, to name a few.
On Sunday, November 8, Marc Alt of Opportunity Green Enterprises will present the finalists of the OG25 Sustainable Business Contest, who will present onstage for the chance to be named "Opportunity Green's Top Start-up of 2009."
The conference will be carbon audited by Jeff Hayes of the Vector Group, who will discuss the results of his audit at the conference. The Opportunity Green experience is an immersion in eco-lifestyle products, habits and trends. From the organic meals to the materials used throughout, as well as the resource recovery efforts, the Opportunity Green “green team” will be working to ensure that nearly every facet of this year’s conference is a high quality and uncompromising immersion into a fun, eco-friendly experience. Every one of the more than 500 attendees will be outfitted with a KOR re-usable water bottle to be filled up at the various filtered EVERPURE water stations as well as To-Go Ware non-disposable bamboo utensils and a personal re-usable napkin called a PeopleTowel. Offsets are being provided by TerraPass. The goal behind providing these essential items is to showcase that it’s possible to significantly minimize waste, even at an industry conference.
Other speakers include: Gervais Tompkin of Gensler, who will present Gensler's "Next Generation Workspace"; Jim Davis, Executive Director, Sustainability, Energy and Carbon Impact at SAP on the company’s smart grid technologies and carbon accounting solutions; Fridolin Beisert of the Art Center College of Design on Using Pattern Breaking for Business Innovation; Rohit Aggarwala, New York City's Director of Long Term Planning and Sustainability on Sustainable City Clean Technology; Alex Madrigal, Clean Technology Writer for Wired.com on The History of Our Future.
Opportunity Green is presented by MINI USA, with additional support from platinum sponsors AlterEcho, Free Range Studios, Gensler, T-Mobile and the Hotel Angeleno. SAP is sponsoring the Saturday night reception for all conference participants. Additional sponsors include Neenah Paper, Eastman, Southern California Edison, GreenNurture, UCLA Extension, Presidio Graduate School, KOR, RTI International, Carbon Stalk, PayItGreen, Organic To Go, The Mohawk Group, Casa Barranca Organic Winery, To-Go Ware, eConnect Group, Wirefly, AdVinylize.com, TerraPass, New Leaf Paper, VerTerra, repurpose, Le Pain Quotidien, CallFire, Entertainment Lighting Services, Classic Party Rentals, New Belgium Brewing, Honest Beverages, Evolution, AOSA, TCHO, Magnifi Online, Whitelines, Nature’s Path, The Fruitguys, Business Wire, Marketwire, CSRWire, Woolly Pocket, ClearEdge Power, California Fuel Cell Partnership, EcoDrivingUSA, Sustainable Minds, Environment Furniture, and Green Earth Print & Design.
Opportunity Green is pleased to be working with the following partners: Sustainable Industries, Neu Black, Core77, Scientific American, Triple Pundit, your daily thread, EcoTuesday, Goodlifer, LOHAS, Grist, Centre for Sustainability and Excellence, Ethical Performance, Product Development and Management Association-Los Angeles Chapter, Alliance to Save Energy, Clean Tech Los Angeles, U.S. Green Building Council-Los Angeles Chapter, Net Impact-UCLA Anderson Chapter, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Architecture and Design Museum Los Angeles, ACORE, The American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Architects-Los Angeles Chapter, LA Green Drinks, International Interior Design Association, Industrial Designers Society of America, Los Angeles Business Council, Mindshare, GHG Management Institute, Green Business Networking, Design High School Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, MIT Sloan Management Review, ecofabulous, Dwell, Thornberg & Forester, 2121 Events, Neighbor, Sustainable Works, eventologie, Vector Group, Shaheen Sheik-Sadhal Esq., Bureau of Friends, BARTKRESA Design, Art Center College of Design, Causecast, and Clare Media Group.
For more information, contact Karen Solomon at 310-709-6952 or at karen@opportunitygreen.com. Follow the latest news and updates related to Opportunity Green on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/opportunitygreen and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/oppgreen
About Opportunity Green
The Opportunity Green conference brings together leading companies and visionaries in technology, design, media, and more, to showcase the hottest opportunities for driving profitability through sustainability. The conference allows participants exposure to, and experience with, an interdisciplinary cross-section of ideas at the forefront of sustainable business practices through a variety of formats, including creative panels, experiential workshops and out-of-conference interactivity. Approximately 500 companies participating in Opportunity Green – ranging from Fortune 500 powerhouses to cutting-edge start-ups – have all been carefully chosen via a rigorous vetting process and have demonstrated a commitment to showcasing the latest sustainable solutions and emerging green business practices as well as a dedication to ongoing collaboration with like-minded business leaders. For more information on the conference, visit www.opportunitygreen.com.
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