Neel Vasavada, Founder of Overdrive Energy Solutions, explains how a production can use battery power, solar energy, the electrical grid (and even existing generators) to save labor and fuel costs, while making events greener. Neel demonstrates how we can design our events to be safer, easier to set up, and more resilient.

Sarah Sommerauer dives into “How to Plan a Zero Waste Event.”

Get insights about Zero Waste Events, Cradle to Cradle & Circular Economy.

Learn about strategies for waste prevention, disposal & reuse, different types of event waste (and their environmental impact), service providers, and practical examples of events (e.g. Zero Waste Berlin Festival).

Gayle Murphy, CEO of Global Green Events, presents the “5 Essentials to Successful Sustainability Implementation.”

After 10 years of onsite event implementation, Gayle has found there are 5 key things to making sustainability initiatives work.

Dr. Aurora Dawn Benton, Founder of Astrapto, has just re-launched the online course called “Sustainability is a Team Sport” that helps individuals and organizations recruit, launch, and manage a green team.  

Learn how this course can bond and strengthen your team at work, and also yield incredible sustainability results.

Pallavi Pande is the Founder and Owner of Dtocs. Pallavi is a woman of color and a mompreneur based in Portland, Oregon. Pallavi started Dtocs with three things in mind: Sustainability, Community and Usability.

Dtocs tableware is made from naturally fallen palm leaves. They are chemical free, plastic free, compostable, microwave safe, and elegant. Dtocs employs a majority female workforce and part of the proceeds from sales go towards improving education for the poor local communities in India.

Meghan Tierney of Kilowatt Events and Kilowatt One talks about their strategic and results driven approach to sustainable event management.

Heather Schrock, Director, Environmental Partnerships at BEF discusses on the tools available to mitigate the unavoidable carbon, water and energy footprint of the events. Environmental commodities such as carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates are a valuable yet misunderstood tool, so join us as Heather helps us understand what they are, and how they work.

Zoe Reich, Sustainability & Industry Solutions Manager with Oceanic Global, teaches us all about how Oceanic Global is empowering the events industry around the world to remove single-use plastics from their operations through the Blue Standard.

Chaz Peling, the Founder and CEO of SolSolutions gives a lesson on “How to Do Power for Sustainable Events.”

Based in Northern California, SolSolutions delivers renewable and reliable power alternatives to fossil fuel generators.

Sustainability subject matter expert, Lowell Fox is the Principle Sustainability Manager at Recycle Track Systems, was formerly the Director of Sustainability at Production Glue.

This discussion will detail how to integrate sustainable solutions into all aspects of your events focusing on waste management, energy efficiency, diversion through donation, design materials choices, transportation, innovation, event programming and reporting.

Founder and CEO of Rock and Wrap it Up! Syd has 30+ years of experience in food rescue and donation.

Now in its 28th year, Rock and Wrap it Up! (RWU) is an award-winning anti-poverty think tank.

Syd talks about his 30+ years of food recovery across the USA, and more.