Vancouver, January 17, 2012 -The international
business community is shifting its focus to Vancouver this March as
GLOBE 2012, one of the world's largest and longest-running events
dedicated to business and the environment, takes place at the
Vancouver Convention Centre.
Generating more than $20 million in economic spin-off for the
city of Vancouver every two years, the biennial GLOBE Conference
and Trade Fair, now in its 12th edition, is where
business leaders, corporate executives, NGOs, and government
policymakers gather to share insights and make business deals that
are beneficial to the planetand the bottom line.
"More than 400 leading environmental and clean energy technology
firms from around the world recognize that the GLOBE events in
Vancouver are the place to showcase and sell their products and
services to a global audience," says John Wiebe, President and CEO
of the GLOBE Foundation.
JUST RELEASED - THE *UPDATED*
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
The GLOBE 2012 Preliminary Conference
Program has now been updated and includes a wealth of new
information. Get a first glimpse of the conference
agenda, preview our session speakers, and
learn more about our plenaries, dialogues
and roundtables. In addition to information on our
business networking activities and the
Trade Fair, it's everything you need to know about
GLOBE 2012 in one complete package.
"Beyond the unique opportunity for businesses to build
relationships with foreign buyers, GLOBE brings together the
brightest business minds behind some of the most successful and
sustainable corporations on the planet," says Wiebe.
From March 14-16, 2012,The GLOBE 2012
Preliminary Conference Program has now been updated and includes a
wealth of new information. Get a first glimpse of the
conference agenda, preview our
session speakers, and learn more about our
plenaries,
dialogues and roundtables. In addition to
information on our
business networking activities and the
Trade Fair, it's everything you need to know about
GLOBE 2012 in one complete package.
Download the UPDATED Preliminary Conference
Program GLOBE 2012 will connect exhibitors and
buyers from more than 50 countries - including China, Japan, Korea,
Switzerland, Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Poland,
Austria, and France - to do business. More than $2 billion in
business has been generated as a result of GLOBE.
GLOBE participants include CEOs and other top-level executives
from corporations such as Microsoft Corporation, Royal Bank Canada
(RBC), Cenovus, DuPont Sustainable Solutions, SNC-Lavalin, Duke
Energy, Tetra Pak Inc., and more.
"When we started GLOBE back in 1990 our philosophy was that
environmental problems are business opportunities," notes John
Wiebe, "and that's more valid today than ever before."
GLOBE 2012 is produced by the GLOBE Foundation, North America's longest
operating producer of environmental events.