The West Coast Green Experience - Top 10 Cool Things People Are Talking About

By: Tyke | Posted: 17th September 2009

First of all, what the heck is West Coast Green? Well, you probably guessed the general area of interest it covers, and that is, of course, the environment and the further greening thereof. Just to give you some idea of what a high profile event this is, the keynote speaker at last year's conference in San Jose, California, was none other than Al "An Inconvenient Truth" Gore.

So, yes, it is a conference and it's about renewable energy, but focused on architectural design and technology. You'll learn about the latest innovations in building design and technology as West Coast Green goes about its business of providing a feast of innovations, ideas and opportunities designed to expand your business, widen your vision, and stimulate your thinking with the latest best practices and key players in building, business and design.

This year's conference and expo takes place on October 1st-3rd at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center.

OK, so now you know what it's about and why you should be there. There are a lot of cool things going on at this year's event, and here is a list of the top 10:

1. Entrepreneur Training - ongoing consultation sessions with California’s best professional consultants. Take your concept or existing enterprise to the next level with assistance from CA CleanTech Open and Keiretsu Forum – the largest angel investment network in the world.

2. Self Sustaining Showhome - tour the greenest and most innovative emergency and temporary housing modules - bringing immediate, accessible shelter around the globe.

3. Innovation Pipeline - their signature exhibit expertly curated to reveal a glimpse of the future. Be the first to see several of the coolest and most revolutionary resource-efficient products, many yet to hit the market!

4. The West Coast Green iphone app - this new iphone app ingeniously provides the full conference schedule, session descriptions, site maps of Fort Mason, and an easy way to tweet about sessions!

5. Green Jobs Pavilion - a live multi-media, interactive space for creating our future economy right on the tradeshow floor.

6. Integrative Show Gardens - experience a living wall system up close and personal never before seen in the United States and a hanging stormwater treatment garden, suspended above the Bay between the piers at Fort Mason. Josiah Cain, acclaimed Landscape Architect, is creating a mind-expanding garden display that is as functional as it is stunning.

7. Morning Runs with an Expert - kick-start your conference day by running alongside legendary industry pioneer Tom Paladino (good luck keeping up with him !).

8. Firehouse Conversations with Leaders - in-depth conversations with business leaders will be hosted by Sustainable Industries Founding Editor and Publisher Brian Back.

9. Creative Networking Forums - crazy-fast networking forums, lightening talks, conversation salons, and leadership summits all designed to put you in touch with all of the people you’d like to meet – very cool!

10. The Official West Coast Green Afterparty will be held at the iconic California Academy of Sciences - the California Academy of Sciences is the largest LEED Platinum-rated public building and greenest museum in the world. This has to be the most desired destination in SF to close the conference!

If you have any interest at all in renewable energy and preserving and protecting the environment in general, this is a not-to-be-missed event in the beautiful City By The Bay.

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