“Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability” Conference (Guelph, ON)

Date: 
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 8:00am to Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 5:00pm

 


| Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability | Agenda | Registration |
| Sponsorship Opportunities | Accommodations and Travel |

 

 

Join over 200 leaders, social innovators, and decision makers from large and small businesses, corporations, higher education institutions, government, non-profits, social enterprises, social venture capital firms, and more in exploring how we can effectively collaborate to create a sustainable future.

Attend Accelerate to:

  • Hear from world-class sustainability experts and industry leaders on topics such as “Why Collaboration Matters”, “Redefining Success” and “Exploring Collective Impact and Shared Value.”
  • Network with sustainability professionals from a variety of sectors and industries
  • Collaborate and share your expertise with others on issues that matter to you and participate in collective action to accelerate the change toward sustainability

Speakers Include:

 

Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt
Founder, The Natural Step; Ashoka Fellow

Kathy Bardswick
President & CEO, The Co-operators Group Ltd.

Bart Houlahan
Co-founder, B Lab (curator of the B Corporation movement)

Charmian Love
Chief Executive, Volans

Adam Kahane
Partner, Reos Partners; Author, Transformative Scenario Planning: Working Together to Change the Future

Tim Draimin
Executive Director, Social Innovation Generation (SiG) National

Avrim Lazar
Former CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada; champion of the Canadian Boreal Initiative

Bob Willard
Author, The NEW Sustainability Advantage, The Next Sustainability Wave, and The Sustainability Champions Guidebook

David Hughes
CEO, Pathways to Education; Former CEO, Habitat for Humanity

Göran Carstedt
Ph.D.

Elaine Hanson
Director, Office for Sustainability, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Bob Masterson
Vice President, Responsible Care®; Chemistry Industry Association of Canada

Tamara Connell
Director of Sustainability Literacy and Communications, The Natural Step Canada

Brendan Seale
Sustainability Manager, IKEA Canada

Sarah Brooks
Senior Associate, The Natural Step Canada

Tim Brodhead
Past-President, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

John Purkis
Senior Associate, The Natural Step Canada

Cheeying Ho
Founding Executive Director, Whistler Centre for Sustainability

Pong Leung
Senior Associate, The Natural Step Canada

Barb Steele
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Network for Business Sustainability

Bruce Lourie
President, Ivey Foundation; Co-author, Slow Death by Rubber Duck

Kelly Hawke Baxter
Chair, The Natural Step International

Chad Park
Executive Director, The Natural Step Canada

Nadine Gudz
Director, Sustainability Strategy at Interface Inc.

Reza Nasseri
Founder and CEO of Landmark Group of Builders

Monica Pohlmann
Principal, Monica K Pohlmann & Associates; Board Chair, The Natural Step Canada

Vanessa Timmer
Co-founder and the Executive Director, One Earth

Toby Heaps
CEO, Corporate Knights

Laurie Simmonds
President and CEO, Green Living Enterprises

Joyce Sou
Manager of B Corporations and Social Impact Metrics at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing.

Antony Upward
Sustainability Business Architect,
Edward James Consulting Ltd.

Alex Dumesle
Manager of Partners in Project Green at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Saralyn Hodgkin
Director of Collaboration Programs and Evaluation, The Natural Step Canada

      

 

Registration open until June 7th with early bird prices available until April 30st! Register today!

Sponsors

Presenting sponsor:

Supporting sponsor:

Contributing sponsors:

     

For sponsorship opportunities, contact Colin Baril at cbaril(at)naturalstep.ca.

Endorsing Partners

Locations

Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability will take place on June 10th at the beautiful River Run Centre and June 11th at the Delta Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre in Guelph, Ontario

The River Run Centre is a signature performing arts centre in downtown Guelph, situated on the banks of the Speed River (map).

The Delta Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre, located in the University of Guelph Research Park, is a 100% meetings certified property under the Hotel Association of Canada’s Green Key Meetings Program (map).

Other questions?

Please email Danielle Hiscock at conference(at)naturalstep.ca or call 613.748.3001x 241.

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