International Green Summit announces conference and expo in Moura, Portugal November 2009
May 20, 2009 – U.S.A.
The International Green Summit (IGS) has signed an agreement with the government of Moura, Portugal to hold the first annual conference and expo November 9 – 14, 2009. The Portuguese government has welcomed and is supporting this event in their efforts to be environmentally sustainable. www.igsonline2009.com
IGS will also hold a green venture capital conference, in Moura, in the last weekend of august, where fundraiser will be held to support environmental projects and the participation of companies and organizations in the IGS conference.
The IGS (November 2009) opening reception will take place at Castle of Moura on Monday evening, with exposition and diverse cultural events, with a gala dinner following. It’s expected to open the Summit, at the opening dinner and conference, representants of the Spanish government, as like to the closing conference and receptions on Friday,
representants of the Portuguese government.
IGS is implementing environmentally friendly best practices at its annual event. These green initiatives include online registration, electronic badges with information, coupons and games for the event. IGS will feature live on-line webcasts of the event through websites and classrooms around the world.
In addition, handouts from sessions will be available on CD-ROM and online instead of paper, and traditional materials such as conference badges and event programs, will be printed on recycled paper, the goal is to achieve the objective to be a carbon zero conference with the reduction through zero footprint programs with a Portuguese enterprise as a partner.
IGS’s First Annual Conference & Exposition will offer leading educational sessions covering innovations, sustainability in business, renewable fuels and energy, consumer products, leadership strategies and ethics, among other topics and networking events.
Michael Padurano, CEO of IGS says “That a shift to a clean, green economy can improve the health and well-being of the whole planet population. Such a shift can also create and expand entrepreneurial, wealth-building opportunities for workers worldwide and encourage new avenues of economic advancement.”
During this landmark event IGS will be showcasing international speakers, politicians, scientists, government officials and corporations from around the world with more information than ever before. The summit will be the setting to foster globalization in international awareness and education.
IGS is going to be the first summit that will bring together the 150 largest companies in the world that produce green products, services, standards or are working on sustainable processes.
Partners of the summit include Object Management Group www.omg.org, Project Green America www.projectgreenamerica.com, Green Professionals www.greenprofs.com, Echo Earth Media www.echoearthmedia.com, Green Rose IT www.greenroseit.com, One Greener www.OneGreener.com, Open Blue Sea Farms www.OpenBlueSeaFarms.com, Green Ware Technologies www.greenwaretechnologies.com, Sustainable Industries
www.sustainableindustries.com and Chloregy www.chloregy.org and Environmental Networking as the Portuguese local contact office.
Moura, Portugal is becoming increasingly well-known for its alternative energy initiatives. Portugal boasts the largest Solar Energy facilities in the world and the world's first commercial wave energy project at Agucadoura.
The goal of IGS is to quicken the adoption of green, clean and sustainable business practices, technologies and solutions.
IGS exposition center will be open to the public in the last two days with the entrances be donated to charities in the host city and environmental projects throughout the world.
Contacts:
International Green Summit
Sahar Andrade
Project Management
sandrade@igsonline2009.com
Jennifer Pastorini
Media Relations
Jennifer@igsonline2009.com
