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2010 Sustainable University Symposium

This year’s Green Governments Coordinating Council Symposium will be hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Friday, August 27th at the I-Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 South First Street, Champaign, IL.

Join us in learning how to make your university or college campus more sustainable. This symposium is an opportunity for college and university administrators, engineers, architects, professors, and student leaders to exchange ideas in the effort to enhance sustainability at Illinois institutions of higher learning and identify new programs to apply at your university.  The annual event also seeks to empower young adults to pursue careers in the environmental sciences and make an investment in the sustainability of our state and our planet.

Speakers, workshops, and panel discussions will cover topics such as sustainable renovation and construction, energy efficiency and conservation, environmental education and service learning, water conservation, and waste reduction.

Please click here for the "tentative" symposium schedule and agenda.

Registration
It is free to attend the Symposium, but please register in advance.

Sponsorship and Exhibiting
We are currently looking for sponsors and exhibitors for the Symposium.  Please make your payments online in advance.  For questions on sponsoring or exhibiting, please contact Suzanne Wingate at swingate@illinois.edu or 217/333-9872.

Exhibitor Details

• The fee to exhibit is $100 for non-profits and government entities and $250 for businesses.

• The exhibitor fee entitles representatives of the organization to a 6-foot table and 2 chairs (however $100 level sponsors will most likely have to split a table, if there is a lot of interest to sponsorship, as in last year).

• Exhibits may remain open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm to engage symposium attendees.  Projected attendance is 300.

• Breakfast and lunch will be provided during the symposium.  Admission to the conference plenary and breakout sessions is free.

The registration deadline was Monday, August 16th. Please contact Suzanne Wingate at 217/333-872 for conference information.

Directions to Conference/Hotel
Please click here, for google directions.

For questions about the Symposium, please contact Eric Heineman Eric.Heineman@illinois.gov