[P2assist] Fwd: Procurement Strategies: Green Purchasing Conference Call for Papers

[Ron Townley]

>From: Scot Case <scot@newdream.org>
>To: procurementstrategies@newdream.org (Procurement Strategies Mailing List)
>Subject: Procurement Strategies: Green Purchasing Conference Call for Papers
>Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:35:13 -0500
>Reply-To: procurementstrategies@newdream.org
>Sender: procurementstrategies@newdream.org
>
>**Please kindly forgive duplicate e-mails, but please help us spread the
>word far and wide. Thank you.**
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS & SAVE THE DATE
>
>The Center for A New American Dream <www.newdream.org/procure> and
>TerraChoice Environmental Services, Inc. <www.terrachoice.ca> are
>co-hosting a North American green purchasing conference April 22 to 25,
>2002, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It will be held at the Sheraton
>Rittenhouse, one of the greenest hotels in North America.
>
>The conference will bring together government purchasers interested in
>buying more environmentally preferable products and services with
>private sector companies interested in providing them. Together,
>conference participants will explore green purchasing as a free market
>solution to environmental challenges.
>
>The conference will include discussions of the following:
>
>* North American Government Environmental Purchasing Activities
>* North American Private Sector Environmental Purchasing Activities
>* Environmental Purchasing Tools and Strategies 
>* Understanding the Legal Issues (including potential WTO barriers)
>* Designing and Implementing Successful Environmental Purchasing
>Programs
>* Using Eco-Labels Effectively
>* Life Cycle Assessment
>* E-Commerce Solutions
>* Office Equipment Purchases
>* Greening Government Buildings
>* Buying Green Cleaning Products and Services
>* Integrated Pest Management Approaches
>* Specifying Affordable Environmentally Preferable Papers
>* Renewable Energy Purchases
>* Green Recreation and Relaxation
>* Greening Fleets and Fleet Maintenance
>* Buying "Green" Paint
>
>If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please submit a
>brief (350-word) proposal by January 25, 2002. Please include your name,
>title, organization, complete mailing address, phone/fax numbers, and an
>e-mail address. E-mail your proposal to me at <scot@newdream.org>.
>
>
>CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
>
>Details about registering for the conference will be distributed in
>early January. Please note, however, that due to a variety of
>considerations, we are limiting attendance at the conference to 200
>people. Early registration is strongly encouraged. Please e-mail me at
><scot@newdream.org> with "Registration Information" in the subject line
>if you wish to be notified once registration details are ready for
>distribution.
>
>
>CONFERENCE COSTS
>
>Government and NGO attendees:  $375
>Private Sector attendees:  $575
>Hotel room rates: $118/night +tax
>
>Pending receipt of some additional grant money, a limited number of
>travel scholarships may be available for some speakers or other
>attendees. 
>
>
>DISPLAY BOOTH SPACE
>
>We can accommodate 15 booths at the conference. Standard 8'x10' booth
>space is available for $1,500. If you are interested in displaying a
>booth, please contact Ian Hamilton at <ihamilton@terrachoice.ca>.
>
>
>FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
>
>Additional information will be posted on the conference website at
><www.newdream.org/procure> as it becomes available.
>
>  
>                               - Scot
>
>
>Scot Case
>Director of Procurement Strategies
>Center for a New American Dream
>505 Penn Street, Suite 306
>Reading, PA 19601
>601 373-7703
>scot@newdream.org
>www.newdream.org/procure

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