THE THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY, LOGISTICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
October 7-9, 2010
Theme: Sustainability Though Collaboration and Responsible Global Commerce.
Date/Venue: October 7-9, 2010; Grand Hyatt Hotel, Denver, Colorado.
Conference hotel rate: US$139 per night plus tax
REGISTRATION FEES
Early Bird Special (before July 15, 2010) $350.00
Registration (after July 15, 2010) $425.00
Registration fee includes: Lunch and a reception on October 8 and Lunch on October 9.
OVERVIEW
The push for a low carbon economy has presented a significant challenge as organizations map out strategies to reduce their carbon footprints. In most cases these efforts tend to be clustered; academicians, the business community, government agencies, national governments, not for profit organizations and research centers usually embark on programs without any awareness of what other organizations are doing in this effort. This lack of awareness leads to duplication of effort thus wasting valuable resources as organization re-invent what is already in existence and in some cases come up with worse solutions. To avoid such waste, groups and individual organizations need to have a window to what other groups are doing, through a well coordinated collaborative environment. The information gathered will serve as a foundation for more green initiatives. The synergy derived from such a union will reduce the costs of integrating sustainable initiatives in operations, communities or government at local, national and global levels and accelerate the trajectory towards a cleaner and sustainable global economy.
Though the business conferences are focused on Energy, Logistics, and the Environment, the issues discussed are applicable and relevant to any business.
VALUE PROPOSITION
Participants at these conferences will be treated to a spectrum of case studies, issues, research findings and innovative solutions that firms, communities or governments can employ to reduce the carbon footprint. The following outcomes are expected at the end of the conference.
-Exposure to a diverse group of decision makers and organizations and allow participants to collaborate and do business with local and international firms and perhaps even form community networks to continue collaborating on sustainability issues at micro and macro levels.
-Knowledge of information that can be used to commercialize, fund, market the new and existing technologies; know the market trends, the opportunities and challenges posed by these trends.
-Awareness of the current and impeding legislation and how their business can be affected.
-Acquisition of information, tools and practices that can be employed to refine business practices and or enhance how participants function in their area of responsibility.
-Academicians and research institutions will gain insight in the issues confronting the business world and provide topics for future research that will help organizations resolve problems in addition to developing a network of peers and business contacts.
-Acquisition of a better understanding of the state of the art of the global climate issues at domestic and international settings and how these problems are being resolved.
Focus
The Global Commerce takes a holistic view of sustainability and exposes conference participants to become aware of the following in the domestic and international environment:
-Clean technologies in the logistics, fossil and renewable energy, and the opportunities and challenges associated with these technologies
-Renewable energy markets and trends
-Renewable technology financing
-Commercializing new technologies and marketing
-Legal aspects of renewable energy projects
sustainability assessment/reporting
-Climate change strategies
-Current issues in energy and logistics and potential solutions
-Carbon management in logistics and fossil fuels
-Economics of sustainability and business valuation Energy efficiency in buildings
-Current and impending legislation and effect on businesses.
