First Annual Fayetteville Sustainability Summit This Friday

10/09/2008

The first annual Fayetteville Sustainability Summit will be Friday October 10, 2008 at the Fayetteville Town Center.  The event will provide attendees an opportunity to learn how the City of Fayetteville, its business partners and its corporate citizens are leading the way in sustainable initiatives. There will also be opportunities for the public to learn how they can make their homes or businesses cleaner and greener -and save money doing it. 

Keynote speakers include U.S Senator Mark Pryor; Dr. John W. Mogge, Jr.,Senior Vice President, CH2M HILL; and Charles Zimmerman, P.E., Vice President, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. In addition to the keynote addresses, there will be breakout sessions with consumer, business and agricultural tracks including presentations from Winrock International, the University of Arkansas Applied Sustainability Center, and McKee Foods. The Summit will conclude with a panel discussion between Mayors Kevin Foy of Chapel Hill, NC, Will Wynn of Austin, TX, and Dan Coody of Fayetteville, AR moderated by Elise Mitchell. The panel discussion will focus on sustainable development and how Fayetteville can learn from Austin, Texas and North Carolina’s Research Triangle. 

The Summit is fully funded by the following sponsors: Gold: CH2MHill, WalMart, and KNWA; Bronze: Bruarfoss; Green: WinRock International, BioBased, Procter & Gamble and GreenSwitch; and Individual: National Center for Appropriate Technology.  The summit was coordinated with the help of the following partners: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Economic Development Council, Fayetteville Visitors Bureau, and the City of Fayetteville. 

The event is free to the public but registration is required.  Individuals interested in attending can register at the Summit website sustainablefayetteville.org.  A detailed Summit agenda, speaker bios, and information about sponsorships can also be found at that site. Currently, 304 individuals have registered for the event.  Lunch reservations will be limited to the first 330 registrants.