The world’s biggest music conference, SXSW in Austin, Texas, is expanding with the announcement of inaugural the SXSW Eco Conference in October.
SXSW Eco will be a three day event for top level executive decision makers from the public, private and academic sectors.
The conference will feature keynote presentations, panels and conversations, many submitted via the SXSW Eco website.
“Just as SXSW Music, Film and Interactive emerged as a vibrant space for the creative and entrepreneurial communities, we hope SXSW Eco will foster a similar, productive environment for policy makers, academics, and professionals to build meaningful relationships and develop tangible solutions,” said Roland Swenson, SXSW Managing Director. “We are eager to apply our successful event experience to provide a new forum that will address these timely, complicated and interdependent issues of sustainability.”
“SXSW has always provided an environment that creates the kind of informal opportunity for the exchange of ideas, and I think extending their expertise to SXSW Eco could be very helpful in moving the agenda forward on these critical issues of sustainability,” said Robert Skinner, Associate Director of the United Nations Foundation. “I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to participate on the Advisory Board, and really looking forward to the discourse that will surely come from the event.”
The conference will be held from October 4-6, 2011 in Austin.
Find out more at www.sxsweco.com
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