Conference Program
GLOBE Costa Rica 2011 will offer a bold agenda in response to
unprecedented developments in environmental business policy and
practice in Latin America.
Centered around four major themes, conference sessions will be
dynamic panels where experts and audience get to react and interact
on the most pressing issues. The sessions will attract
the 'best and brightest' of the international sustainable
business community, making the GLOBE event an outstanding
networking opportunity.
Note: Click on the Conference
Theme titles to view the specific sessions under each theme.
Conference Themes:
> Clean Energy, Energy
Efficiency & the Smart Grid <
The growing demand for energy in Latin America is creating
opportunities for countries to diversify their sources of power,
seek cleaner alternatives, and find ways to become more energy
self-sufficient. Innovation, investment, and public policy will
help to determine the speed and manner in which this growth unfolds
and will rely in part on applying effective models for energy
management, electrification, and power distribution. Hear experts
representing energy, finance, and public policy agencies discuss
how to maximize the opportunities and mitigate the most pressing
challenges while developing clean energy, energy efficiency, and
smart grid projects in Latin America.
> Water,
Natural Resources & Carbon
Management <
Latin America is blessed with abundant natural resources and
carbon-offset opportunities; however, managing these assets in a
sustainable, long-term manner requires strategic planning,
stakeholder engagement, and inclusive project partnerships.
Reducing dependence on fossil fuels, developing high-quality carbon
offset projects, and implementing sustainable water management and
governance practices are some of the key challenges. Learn about
emerging strategies for sustainable water, natural resource, and
carbon management that are creating opportunities for building
greener, more resilient economies in Latin America.
>
Clean
Transportation & Sustainable
Urban Development <
As the most densely urbanized region in the developing
world, Latin America has some daunting challenges and
significant opportunities related to sustainable development and
clean transportation. Smart land use planning and public policy,
green building technologies and practices, and alternative fuel
vehicles and mass transit are just a few of the ideas that will be
discussed by urban planning and green building professionals,
transportation experts, and elected leaders of some of Latin
America's greenest cities.
>
Public
Policy, Finance & Corporate
Sustainability <
Building a vibrant, competitive, low carbon economy in Latin
America will require extensive collaboration between all sectors to
maximize the potential for innovation and investment. Manufacturing
and trade in clean technology and environmental products and
services offer additional prospects for job creation and economic
growth - driven mainly by a private sector committed to realizing
the opportunities and prepared to address the challenges directly.
In these sessions, leading experts from government and business
will discuss how public policy, finance, and corporate
sustainability will help to accelerate Latin America's transition
to a low carbon economy in the 21st century.
> Plenaries & Special
Sessions <