Green Building Conference 2011

Now in its 5th year, the Green Building Conference and Exhibition completes a full circle by returning to the CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd June 2011. The very first Green Building Conference took place at the CSIR in 2007 and the recently completed CSIR Convention centre now provides a formidable venue for what is South Africa’s premier Green Building event.

In keeping with the changing times and with international trends, the Green Building Conference 2011 will retain certain successful elements of previous events but will incorporate new features for delegates and exhibitors as they seek to learn discuss and network with the largest gathering of design professionals and built-environment specifiers in the region.

Delegates will continue to be able to enjoy plenary presentations from the world’s thought leaders as they have in the past. Previous international speakers have endorsed the event and these references have assisted the Conference to continue engaging with the world’s best keynote speakers for 2011. The invited speakers list for 2011 will be regularly updated on the www.greenbuilding.co.za website and certain exciting announcements will be published in November in this regard.

Delegate feedback has indicated that there is a common desire for the incorporation of practical content in addition to the plenary sessions.

In 2011 the Green Building Conference will address these requests in three ways:

-    New plenary audience discussion sessions will be facilitated by the Conference Chairman, Llewellyn van Wyk and will pit industry leaders together on a panel that will engage with the audience and with each other about the most challenging, meaningful and debatable issues within green design and green building.

-    Parallel sessions will be available for delegates who wish to attend lectures on some of the Practical Elements of Eco-Building. These sessions will deal with issues such as Specifying Guidance, Installations and other relevant topics.

-    A new third Education Day of activities is available to delegates who wish to attend sessions that are more closely linked with learning and CPD.

The Green Building Conference supports the broader built-environment community in South Africa who are individuals, corporations and organisations. In this regard the Conference Affiliates play an important role and are able to engage with each other and with their members at the event in order to find common ground and explore opportunities. Event Sponsors are also critical to the success of the Conference activities and are able to partner with the Conference to unlock mutually valuable opportunities leading up to, during and after the event.

The design and construction sector has dominated attendance at the previous Green Building conferences and content will reflect this trend but will also cater for land and project owners, commercial building managers and government project managers who have indicated a desire to engage with the professional sector in particular.

To this end, all attendees will now enjoy the benefits of networking technology that exists on all personal lanyards. This technology will allow for the easy swapping of bio and contact information between delegates and between delegates and exhibitors/sponsors/affiliates, all available in a database online. More information on this technology to follow shortly.

Contact us:
info@greenbuilding.co.za
021 447 4733