Taking place in under four weeks, Ecobuild (March 4-6 2014, ExCeL London) announces today the addition of journalist and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter to its esteemed conference line-up.
Joining over 100 experts, ministers and VIPs at the world’s leading event for sustainable design, construction, energy and the built environment, Street-Porter will speak at the Ecobuild 10th Anniversary Talks – perspectives on the sustainability journey.
The session will highlight a variety of personal perspectives with speakers delivering their thoughts on the how far we have come on the sustainability agenda and their predictions over the next few years.
Ecobuild 2012 saw Street-Porter take part in a debate which looked at sustainable communities in response to the London riots. Earlier this month she also showed off her green credentials at the opening of the North East’s first bio-energy plant.
During the 10 years of Ecobuild (www.ecobuild.co.uk), the UK has pioneered the toughest sustainability legislation in the world and the business case for a more sustainable built environment has become ever stronger. Championing this, the Ecobuild 2014 programme of events features debates, discussions and demonstrations connecting industry professionals in order to help them network, learn, and discover new products and solutions.
An unrivalled information programme and displays of thousands of new products form the basis of the three-day event, but other highlights this year include the 2014 Climate Week Launch, the Regeneration Film Festival, and a large, centrally located UKG-GBC networking area.
The BREEAM Awards will take place on the Tuesday of Ecobuild. Entrants include all high-scoring buildings certified in 2013 and will be judged by a panel of eminent industry judges. The panel will also present awards for assessor and assessor organisation of the year at the ceremony.
Also occurring is the Enterprise Europe B2B matchmaking event for the Wednesday of Ecobuild, allowing exhibitors and visitors to pre-arrange 30 minute one-on-one meetings to find potential commercial and technology partners from all over Europe. For those interested in this opportunity, profile submissions will be accepted until late February; more information about the matchmaking event can be found on the Ecobuild website.
Ecobuild will itself be striving for greener outcomes as it hopes to achieve the ISO 20121 standard for Sustainable Event Management; reducing its carbon footprint by better management of resources and sourcing more sustainable options.
The entire event is free to attend, including the interactive education programme which will see over 100 industry experts, ministers and VIPs take centre stage in the Ecobuild arenas and a further 600 speakers take part in tailored seminars.
Key sessions will see:
- Sir Ian Cheshire, Tony Juniper, and BRE Chief Executive, Dr Peter Bonfield debate on how to get balance between business opportunity and preserving nature right.
- Architecture discussed by the likes of Joseph Rykwert, Shigeru Ban, Sir Terry Farrell, and Stephen Hodder.
- Ricky Burdett, Ken Livingstone, and Herbet Giradet tackle The Ecobuild Debate; do we have a blueprint for the resilient city of the future?
The full conference programme and speaker line-up is available to explore online.
