by Bob Pennington
Vancouver Convention Center
Every two years in Vancouver, B.C. a collection of delegates, speakers, innovators and mediators assemble to map the future of business and sustainability in a green world. The list of speakers ranges from academia, to corporate officers, government officials to researchers. This year’s theme is “Building a Global Low Carbon Economy.”
Globe is organized into a series of seminars consisting of a panel of experts that take turns talking about their roles and expertise in sustainability. Delegates attending the seminars are from over 84 countries and bring their own individual diversity to the seminars. After the presentations an open mike is offered to the delegates for questions and discussion. The speakers are from three diverse disciplines to promote the widest views in the seminars; academia, government and corporate. There are large multinational corporations represented by CEOs along with innovators just starting to bring products to market. From the academic world are professors and researchers from a global selection of universities, colleges and research facilities. Government Delegations of Ministers, commissioners and officials are from North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. This uniquely diverse collection from around the world ensures insightful, provocative, and inspirational series of discussions.
Globe 2010: Tradeshow floor
Globe also has a Trade Fair that features over 400 exhibits from some of the most innovative, leading edge, sustainable, products and services from around the world. The products can be prototypes to full production contributing to a cleaner future.
This all takes place over a very full three days in one of the gem cities of the Pacific Rim, Vancouver, B.C., recent host of the 2010 Olympic Games. Vancouver’s Convention Center is literally on the water. The structure has an innovative stretched fabric roof and the newest building features the largest green roof in North America at six acres.
Over the next couple of days, Ecozome hopes to bring you a glimpse into some of the unique products and presentations from the conference. We also hope to get on the largest green roof in North America!
