Dear Colleagues,
I wanted to let you know about an important event that is taking place this spring in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:state>.
The 2nd annual Sustainable Opportunities <st1:city w:st="on">Summit</st1:city> will take place February 28 - March 2, 2007 at Sheraton Four Points in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Denver</st1:city></st1:place> -- www.sosummit.org . The summit is co-sponsored by CORE Colorado and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Deming</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business.
Innovators in large and small companies have discovered that the global movement in sustainability opens up ways to make money and boost shareholder value. New products, new services, and new ways of doing business all represent opportunities for savvy companies. Join industry leaders ant the second annual Sustainable Opportunities Summit. You will discover practices to reduce your business ecological footprint and increase its bottom line.
Who should attend?
Corporate leaders will learn from innovators about their business strategies to improve practices, capture new markets, and communicate their activities in sustainability.
Entrepreneurs will hear from experts in a range of fields, from green building to clean technology to natural foods, about new business opportunities, and meet potential collaborators.
Investors will learn about industry trends, cutting-edge technologies, and new business models.
Academics interested in the most up-to-date thinking about emerging opportunities in sustainable business.
What is sustainability?
"Sustainability is not just cleaning up after yourself. It's not something take care of after business, it's core. Good business means doing good for the planet. The goal is growth, finding new niches, converting waste into product - and crushing the competition."
Niel Golightly, Director of Sustainable Business Strategies at Ford Motor Company - 2006 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Summit</st1:city></st1:place> Keynote Speaker
See you at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Summit</st1:city></st1:place> in February!
Thomas Dean
<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Anderson</st1:place></st1:city> Professor of Entrepreneurial Development
Faculty Director
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Deming</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Entrepreneurship
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Leeds</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Colorado</st1:placename> at <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boulder</st1:place></st1:city>