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Gaining Ground 2010 Conference “Eco-Logical”: The Power of Green Cities to Shape the FutureVancouver, BC October 4-7, 2010 Website: www.gaininggroundsummitt.com |
This year's Gaining Ground Conference, Eco-Logical, will emphasize practice, execution and innovation in policy, urban-system and community design, green economy, education…and the full integration of sustainability in professional practice.
Gaining Ground celebrates sustainability practice and its innovators: practitioners and advocates across a range of fields working to advance and accelerate urban sustainability in Vancouver and North America.
Each day of the conference is devoted to a different theme—sustainability innovation and next practices in governance and policy; green economy; and community engagement and well-being. Given Vancouver’s mission to become the world’s greenest city, we can’t think of a better place or time for exploring these themes.
Register now for the full conference experience or choose from a pre-conference day and 3 theme-focused days offered as stand-alone programs:
Governance Innovation: Tuesday, Oct 5: “Vancouver Turns Deep Green.” How fast and how far can political leadership and new policy direction move? Building on Monday’s preconference activity, Tuesday will focus on how a city and region (Vancouver) can advance the green city agenda with the greatest possible speed through its policies, leadership and partnerships.
Business and Professional Practice Innovation: Wednesday, Oct. 6: “Real Value Thinking About Urban Systems”—A One-Day Business Summit for leaders and decision-makers in: Cleantech, alternative energy, innovative infrastructure planning, urban systems planning, valuation and true value/true cost analysis, and related capital markets. It emphasizes the need to refine the ‘value story’ and expand ‘value literacy’ as a way of reinforcing the business case for sustainable options and approaches.
Social Innovation: Thursday, Oct. 7: “Healing Cities” addresses first, the powerful intersection of urban design/planning/architecture/complete communities and personal and community health and well-being; second, the role of media and social media in community-building; and third, the best strategies for expanding the scope and scale of ‘ecological citizenship’ at the community level.