March 16/17 2010 sees the first major UK event about sustainable business management. base (Business and a Sustainable Environment) expects 2,000 senior businesses and public sector management to participate in a two-day master class in ExCel about the business opportunities in being sustainable.
'base will be a 'must go to' for everyone who has to make or influence decisions in public or private sectors, across every management discipline' said Tom Burke CBE, chairman of base.
Leading politicians, business people and NGO heads are to speak including Climate Change Secretary of State, Ed Milliband, and Defra Secretary of State, Hilary Benn as well as Vince Cable from the Lib Dems and Tory Climate Change and Energy Shadow Minister Greg Barker. From business are John Lewis chairman, Charlie Mayfield, KPMG London chairman Richard Reid, Sainsbury's chief Justin King, and Philip Green, chief executive of United Utilities.
These will be joined by distinguished sustainability experts including Will Day, Sustainable Development Commission chair, David Nussbaum, CEO, WWF-UK and Jonathon Porritt.
base aims to give business and public sector organisations the clear answers, digestible information, contacts and resources to enable change. It will do this through 30 pithy conference sessions chaired by leading thinkers and drawing on the expertise of over 100 speakers. Subjects include transport, logistics, communications, resource efficiency, buildings, energy, technology, marketing and sales.
base has a luminous list of founding partners who have been involved in creating what is planned to be the most engaging and results orientated event of its kind. It includes Sainsbury's, Qatar Airways, WSP, Lloyds TSB, Fiat, British Gas, Marsh, Linklaters, the CBI, The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, The Carbon Trust, Forum for the Future, The Prince's May Day Network, The Climate Group, and The British Chambers of Commerce.
March 17 will include baseLearning, which will bring together business and educators, with keynotes by Sir Mike Tomlinson and the arctic explorer, Pen Hadow. It will look at the skill set needed and careers offered by a low carbon economy, focusing on education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
base is a major, pioneering event about how to do business in the 21st Century sustainably. base will provide solutions for those aspiring to run their businesses more efficiently. It includes 12 keynote sessions, 30 conference modules and 50 roundtable networking sessions.
base (business and a sustainable environment) takes place on March 16-17 2010 at the London ExCeL. For further information see www.baseshow.co.uk
baseLearning, which is attached to the event, is about education and skills in a low-carbon economy. Its focus is on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and the career options that these open for young people, via vocational, technical and academic routes to employment.
BaseLearning takes place on March 17, 2010 at the London ExCel. For further information see www.baseshow.co.uk/learning
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