ATLANTA—The Sustainable Tours part of the upcoming Sustainable Meetings Conference has been announced. The tours will take place on Friday, June 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Friday is the final day of the Atlanta conference that begins on Wednesday, June 17. Tour options will include: Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta Community Food Bank, Atlanta Streetcar Adventure, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Georgia World Congress Center, Hands On Atlanta, Museum of Design Atlanta, Southface Eco Office, and Westin Peachtree Plaza. One can register for the tours as part of the conference registration process.
This year’s Sustainable Meetings Conference, with the theme, “Power to Change,” will be held at The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. Registration is currently open.
A featured speaker on June 17 this year is Laura Turner Seydel, Chair, Captain Planet Foundation. The Atlanta-based Foundation was founded by Ted Turner in 1991 and is now chaired by his daughter, Laura Turner Seydel. The Foundation supports high-quality, hands-on environmental stewardship projects that have enabled more than 1.1 million youth across the United States and around the world to make significant environmental improvements to their schools or communities.
Derreck Kayongo, Founder, Global Soap Project, will be a featured speaker on June 18. Global Soap just recently became a division of Clean the World. Judith Webb, APR, Executive V.P., U.S. Green Building Council, is a featured speaker on June 18, and Angus Clark, General Manager, SongDivision, is a featured speaker on June 19.
The conference will include an IMEX-MPI-MCI Future Leaders Forum, CSR project, tours, and opportunities to network with exhibitors. Educational session topics range from “Hotels & Venues: Going Green Best Practices,” to “How to Tell Your Sustainable Story.” A complete conference schedule can be found on the conference website.
To learn more and to register, click here.
Glenn Hasek can be reached at editor@greenlodgingnews.com.
