Most Recent Event: June 5, 2009

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Budgeting & Measurement: The Green Way to a Black Bottom Line
Association Green’s 2009 Get Green Already! Conference brought together Washington, DC area national association meeting planners as well as regional meeting planners, restaurateurs, and hoteliers to inform these industries that going green doesn't mean going broke.

Working with the Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau to promote Hampton Roads as a green destination, we also increased participation in the Virginia Green Program.  Our goal was to educate meeting and event planners, hotel and restaurant owners and their staff about the advantages of going green, how to budget for it, and how to measure its success.

By coming to this conference, attendees discovered ways to:

• Create/maintain their company’s green initiatives.
• Measure their waste and diversion rates.
• Incorporate green into their budgets.

What attendees said about the event

• “Great lively speakers.”
• “Great content, session times were clear and met.”
• “The presenters’ information was all very relevant. I really enjoyed the back of house kitchen tour.”
• “I enjoyed the variety of topics and the encouragement from all presenters, though already successful in the sustainable resources arena, to start small and then expand upon those successes. I also enjoyed hearing about sustainability from different perspectives.”
• “Diverse topics, wonderful facility.”

Speakers

Keynote

• Kimberly Lewis - VP of Conferences & Events, U.S. Green Building Council

Panelists

• Tim Lee – Business Development Manager, TFC Recycling
• Christopher Moyer – Manager,  National Restaurant Association
• Beth Sinnott - LEED AP, Director of Business Development, Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels, owners and operators of the Proximity Hotel

Moderator

• Courtney Dyer, CFE – General Manager, Virginia Beach Convention Center

Back of House Tour

• Tom Griffin – Director and Co-Founder, Greener Results

Accommodations

Out of town attendees were encouraged to stay at Virginia Green Certified Hotels.

THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS

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