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World Green Building Week Europe Network Event in Brussels

Posted by Dom on September 21, 2011

World Green Building Week Europe Network Event in Brussels



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This year the Europe Regional Network is hosting an event in Brussels during World Green Building Week. The event will bring together GBCs, key stakeholders within the sustainable building industry and European government officials to introduce our Network and discuss how to make the most of the opportunities that greening our built environment will present. 

 

AGENDA

16.00 Arrivals and registration

16.30 Paul King, Chair of the Europe Network and CEO of UK-GBC

16.45 Darcy Nicolle Director Government Affairs Europe, United Technologies Corporation 

16.50 Video from European Commissioner for Environment Janez Potocnik

17.00 MEP Adriana Ticau

17.15 Lindsey Parnell, President and CEO, InterfaceFLOR EMEAI

17.30 Networking with GBCs + Cocktail 

 

VENUE

The meeting will take place at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in the Amsterdam/Luxembourg room (Rue du Fosse-aux-Loups 47 - B-1000 Brussels - Belgium).

Other hotel recommendations based on price and proximity to meeting venues include La Legende Hotel, Sandton Hotel Brussels Centre, Best Western Premier Carrefour de l'Europe.

 

OTHER

To increase the opportunity for meeting with your national MEPs and other government representative we encourage GBCs to set up meetings with MEPs and Commissioners during the day of the 21st.

Our quarterly Network meeting (GBC representatives only) will take place on Thursday September 22nd from 9am-4pm at Edelman (The Centre, 22 Avenue Marnix, B-1000 Brussels), draft agenda for this meeting can be found here.

For more information or to receive an invitation template please contact Dominika Czerwinska dczerwinska@worldgbc.org 

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