Get Green Already! June 5, 2009

Please Join Us
The event, titled Get Green Already! Budgeting & Measurement: The Green Way to a Black Bottom Line, will bring together Washington D.C. area national association meeting planners as well as regional meeting and special event planners, restaurateurs and hoteliers to inform these industries that going green doesn’t mean going broke. Working with the Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau to promote Virginia Beach as a green destination, our goal is to increase the participation of hotels and restaurants in the Virginia Green Program by educating the advantages of going green, budgeting for it and measuring it.
By attending this conference you will be able to:
• Realize the importance of establishing/maintaining your company’s green initiatives
• Be provided with the tools you need to create a green program
• Get trained on how to measure your waste and diversion rate
• Be taught how to incorporate green into your budgets

Speakers:
• Keynote will be delivered by:
o Kimberly Lewis – VP of Conferences & Events, US Green Building Council
 As the Vice President of Conferences & Events for over five years, Kimberly Lewis manages the USGBC Events Department in the direction of the annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. As a direct testament to the department’s success, Greenbuild has received the IMEX responsible meeting award and Trade Show Week’s Fastest 50 conference award three times. With 12 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Kimberly is a leading speaker for her peers, educating audiences on coordinating sustainably responsible meetings and conferences.
• Panel:
o Tonya Horsley – Director of Meetings & Registration, The American Institute of Architects
o Christopher Moyer – Manager, National Restaurant Association
o Tim Lee – Business Development Manager, TFC Recycling
• “How Green is Your Venue?” Back of House Tour
o Tom Griffin – Division Director, Greener Results

Who Should Attend:
• Meeting and Special Event Planners
• Restaurateurs
Hoteliers
Anyone else in the hospitality industry

Association Green is the green resource for all types of organizations. Our goal is to create opportunities for groups to network, obtain education, and locate resources for organizations who want to become environmentally responsible. Let us help you make your bottom line both green and black.

Schedule
9:30 – 10:00 am – Registration / Check – In
10:00 – 10:10am – Welcome
10:10 – 11:00 am – Keynote
11:00 – 11:15 am – Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 pm – Plenary Session
12:45 – 1:00 pm – Break
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Networking Lunch
2:00 – 2:30 pm – Green Tweets, social portion of event
2:30 – 3:30 pm – Back of House Tour
3:30 – 4:00 pm – Sustainably Sweet, dessert portion of event
4:00 pm – Conclude

Registration Fee
The $40 registration fee includes:
o Continuing Education Credits for the CMP designation
o Back of House Tour of the Virginia Beach Convention Center
o Lunch catered by Distinctive Gourmet
o Networking opportunities

Registration deadline is Friday May 29, 2009. Tickets for this event will not be sold at the door.

Official Website: http://www.associationgreen.com