(Alexandria, VA) – Please join us at the GOVgreen Conference and Exposition November 9 -10 and participate in a press conference with our keynote speaker, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Mr. Kennedy, President of Waterkeeper Alliance, long-time environmental advocate and successful author, will be speaking on November 10th at 10 a.m. on the exhibit floor in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. He will hold a press conference immediately following his talk. The press conference will be open to credentialed, pre-registered media.
“We’re proud to have such a distinguished speaker for our inaugural event,” says Ann Seltz, President of the Center for Environmental Innovation and Leadership. “GOVgreen’s education and exhibits provide an independent voice and up-to-date information for government and military professionals seeking to understand ways to green their operations and programs.”
In addition to his Waterkeeper role, Kennedy serves as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, is a professor at Pace University School of Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic and was co-host of Ring of Fire on Air American Radio. He previously worked as the lead attorney in helping Riverkeeper restore the Hudson River. Riverkeeper’s success helped create more than 160 Waterkeeper organizations worldwide. For his accomplishments and active role in environmental issues, Kennedy has been named one of TIME magazines, “Heroes of the Planet” and one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Agents of Change.”
The GOVgreen Conference and Exposition is the first ALL Government, ALL Green event to focus exclusively on providing real-world solutions for all government professionals charged with greening operations and meeting the mandates of Executive Order 13514. GOVgreen programming—free to government and military professionals—focuses on energy, transportation, conservation, facilities and workforce management. The more than 30 educational sessions will include panel presentations, interactive workshop sessions and moderated discussions with 85 speakers drawn primarily from federal agencies.
The exhibit floor features 100 companies selling green services and solutions to the federal government and includes:
-Eco-friendly cars by Ford and General Motors on the show floor
-30 Education Sessions, 85 Speakers, 4 Conference Tracks – one-stop education exclusively focused on federal government and military and the contractors and consultants who work for the federal government
-Technical workshops offering on-target education so you can make informed purchasing decisions and recommendations
-Carbon Offset Pavilion dedicated to showing how to reduce the carbon footprint of your agencies, programs or individuals
-Extreme Green Pavilion showcasing the newest products and services
-Plenary Session (on the exhibit floor) featuring top leaders from the Department of Defense, Department of State, General Services Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency
For more information contact Lindsey Gilroy, at [email protected] or at 703-706-8216 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 703-706-8216 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or visit www.CEILeadership.org.
About CEIL
Inform, Educate, Enable.
The Center for Environmental Innovation and Leadership (www.CEILeadership.org) is an independent organization that facilitates information and education exchange among government and military professionals charged with identifying, specifying and buying green goods and services, and with vendors, contractors and consultants that provide green goods and services.
