It was Alan Kay who wisely said…

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”

For those of you that have attended our conference in the past, you know that we’re not your average conference. We create powerful experiences that reshape businesses and ignite the human spirit with green as the anchor point.

Creativity is one of humankind’s greatest unlimited resources, and contained within it is the potential to solve the most difficult challenges we could imagine. West Coast Green’s role is to provide the bridge between innovative products and technologies and the businesses and individuals that can specify them, introduce cutting-edge knowledge from the industry’s leaders to those that are seeking it, and deliver outrageous, brilliant ideas to those that can fund them.
 

Why the move?

Even as we write this, there is an explosion of new technologies, business plans, and products coming out of the Cleantech industry centered in Silicon Valley. Moving to the heart of innovation enables us to deliver the type of brilliant, out-of-the-box ideas from thought leaders, to the people who seek solutions.

Working closely with the TechMuseum of Innovation, the City of San Jose, AIA, HBA, PG&E, The Keiretsu Forum, Urban Re:Vision, IDEO, and USGBC we bring stakeholders together to propel forward the green business and building industry simultaneously. 
 

What to expect

As you walk through the San Jose convention center you’ll find a feast for your senses and fertilizer for your mind.

• Over 400 exhibits showcasing the most current products and technologies, including a dedicated area to display outrageously brilliant products just arriving on the market. See them before you can spec them!


• An expanded global presence: the German, Canadian and Japanese Consulates will showcase the products and innovations of their countries’ leading thinkers


• Advanced interactive educational tracks expanded to include: Affordable Single & Multi-family Housing, CleanTech & Venture Capital, Sustainable & Values-Based Business Models


• Dynamic networking events designed to tackle real-world issues and create valuable connections, to name a few: crazy-fast networking sessions, an all-day design charrette with IDEO, and numerous concurrent leader-to-leader roundtables hosted by leading economists.

You’ve been at the forefront of our minds all year. We have a phenomenal opportunity to invent the future at this moment in time. So, if you’re someone who wants to connect with people excited to be alive in this beautiful, challenging time and create contagious positive change, please mark your calendar.
 

With respect and appreciation,

Christi Graham
President & Founder, West Coast Green