The programme will be updated frequently, please keep checking this page for the latest news. The draft schedule is as follows:
8.45: Registration & Coffee
9.30: Welcome from Chair Andrew Williams, London Leader for 2011 and managing director, Seventeen Events
9.45: Morning Keynote Tristram Stuart, author, “Waste – Uncovering the Global Food Scandal” followed by Q&A
10.15: Opening Panel – Waiting at the sustainable bus stop – Who’s getting on? Who’s driving the bus? How much are the tickets? Where are we going?
Panel session including Emma Fitzgerald, Jack Morton Worldwide, Giselle Weybrecht, author, “The Sustainable MBA,” Mervyn Jones, Head of Production and Procurement, WRAP, Tristram Stuart.
11.15: Refreshments break
11.45: Streamed round table discussions with a facilitator and scribe on each table. Choose from one of the following options:
- Exhibition organisers: Who has most to do to encourage sustainable exhibitions – organisers, venues or exhibitors? Facilitator: Emma Wellman, Earls Court & Olympia
- Outdoor organisers: Is a “green” festival a reality, a dream or PR spin? Facilitator: Juliet Ross-Kelly, Eco Action Partnership, Isle of Wight Festival.
- Event organisers: No bottled water and a USB stick – is that the best we can do for sustainable meetings? Facilitator: Andrew Walker, Eco-Efficient Events.
- 2012: from Delhi to Hackney – what are the lessons for 2012 from 2010? Facilitator: Russell Seymour, Sustainability Manager, MCC
- Venues: Where should I put my turbine? Where should venues start to be greener? Facilitator: Lee Dobson, The Barbican Centre.
- Catering: Local, seasonal, organic Fairtrade vegetables. What is the future of sustainable food? Facilitator: Alison Evans, The Sustainable Restaurant Association.
- Hybrid events: Virtual worlds and real life problems – can web broadcasting and social media help the sustainable agenda? Facilitator: Martin Shepherdly, Be ThereGlobal.
- Communities: Ensuring fairness, social justice and community engagement when planning your event. Facilitator: Tom James, Three Hands
- Wasted: Why are we still throwing so many things away? Facilitator: Mervyn Jones, Head of Production & Procurement, WRAP
- Communication: How can you avoid positive PR becoming greenwash? Facilitator: Futerra
- Standards: BS8901, BS8903, ISO20121, ISO14001 – what’s out there and how to implement. Facilitator: Katy Carlisle, Positive Impact.
- Measurement: How important is measurement and how can you successfully present your data? Facilitator: Rebecca Saunders, Sustainable Events Ltd.
- International travel and transport: Does the value of the event content outweigh the environmental cost of travel? Facilitator: Caroline Coyle, Caroline Coyle Consultancy.
- Procurement: Whose responsibility is it? When sourcing suppliers can we trust their claims? Facilitator: Mike Bell, Bellamys.
- Event organisers 2: No bottled water and a USB stick – is that the best we can do for sustainable meetings? Facilitator: Joe Oliver, Joe T. Oliver Ltd.
13.00: Lunch
Round table learnings to be displayed
14.00: Afternoon Keynote Wayne Hemingway MBE, Hemingway Design, Vintage Festival.
14.40: Case studies – Sustainability in Action.
David Letteney, sustainability in English football.
Sandy Safi, greening festivals and events internationally.
Mervyn Jones, WRAP’s new resource management plan online tool.
15.30: Refreshments break
16.00: Keynote - the roadmap to a more sustainable events industry Guy Bigwood, President, Green Meeting Industry Council
16.15: Closing Panel – Where do we go from here, and how can we get others on board?
Panel session including Nick de Bois MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group for the UK Events Industry, Samme Allen, President Elect, MPI, Guy Bigwood, President, Green Meeting Industry Council.
17.15: Chair’s closing remarks
17.30: Drinks reception sponsored by the Barbican Centre. End the day with some relaxed networking alongside industry colleagues and peers. Drinks served in the Conservatory on level 3.