Conferences

FEBRUARY

Green Manufacturing Summit (Flyer) This summit focuses on highlighting practical and sustainable business strategies emerging within Milwaukee’s business community.  The goal of this summit is to advance the dialog on how green technologies and practices can positively impact the productivity, efficiency and bottom line of your business. (Milwaukee, WI)

MARCH

GLOBE Conferences – “The GLOBE™ Series of trade fairs and conferences 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.” (Vancouver, CA)

Green Tier Advantage Now more than ever companies statewide are adopting sustainability practices and experiencing the benefits of Green Tier participation. Attend this exclusive event and hear from keynote speaker Bob Willard about the advantages of building a sustainable platform. Learn how Wisconsin businesses can enhance productivity, cut costs, strengthen culture and community, and improve the environment (Milwaukee, WI)

Midwest Renewable Energy Summit To focus attention on the opportunities in renewable energy, the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) has initiated an array of renewable energy activities, including renewable energy demonstration sites, offering workshops and training seminars to expand public awareness, encouraging the development and sharing of curriculum materials, and delivering specialized renewable energy training to meet the needs of Wisconsin’s citizens, the skilled trades, and manufacturers. (Milwaukee, WI)

APRIL

Ceres Conference - “The Ceres Annual Conference is a unique forum for America’s leading institutional investors, environmental groups and corporate executives to inspire and lead the way on “best practices” and other tools for analyzing, reporting and reducing environmental, social and economic risks.” (San Francisco, CA)

G2B: Practical Green Solutions for Your Business – If you are a business leader, owner or decision maker, don’t miss this exciting new event designed to provide practical ideas and examples of how to make your business more environmentally friendly. Workshops will focus on topics covering greening your business processes, sustainable new construction, greening existing buildings and the latest in sustainable innovations. (Neenah, WI)

MAY

Green Festivals – “A two-day party with a serious purpose: to accelerate the emergence of a new economic paradigm that is life-affirming and life-restoring.”  Sponsored by Global Exchange and Co-op America, the event is held bi-annually to unite “green businesses, social and environmental groups, and thousands of community members” to exchange in commerce and movement-building fun. (Chicago, IL + Various other U.S. locations)

JUNE

LOHAS Forum -  LOHAS stands for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability, and this forum brings together business leaders from Fortune 500 companies, the entertainment industry, as well as celebrities and executives of nonprofit organizations.  Focuses on how companies can successfully enter the $227B LOHAS market, while enabling dialogue “between early trailblazers, emerging thought leaders and industry executives.” (Boulder, CO)

Midwest Renewable Energy Fair Since 1990, the Energy Fair has shown fairgoers how to change the world while having fun. Each summer the Fair transforms rural central Wisconsin into the global hot spot for renewable energy education. The Energy Fair is the world’s largest renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living educational event of its kind. (Custer, WI)

OCTOBER

Bioneers Conference - The Bioneers Conference is an acclaimed leading-edge forum where you can see tomorrow today: a future environment of hope. Social and scientific innovators focus on breakthrough solutions inspired by nature and human ingenuity. These visionaries are already creating a healthy, equitable, diverse and beautiful world, our legacy for future generations and the web of life on which our lives depend. Here you can connect with hundreds or thousands of engaged folks making a real difference. (San Rafael, CA)

NOVEMBER

Co-op America Green Business Conference – “You can build the marketplace for green businesses.  You’ll connect with like-minded business visionaries.  And learn how green businesses succeed.” (San Francisco, CA)