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New Speakers, New Big Brands, More Learning Opportunity

New Speakers, New Big Brands, More Learning Opportunity

Published 09-12-07

Submitted by Sustainable Life Media, Inc.

BURLINGAME, CA - September 11, 2007- With a full two weeks to go before Sustainable Brands '07, more industry leading speakers and big brands continue to make plans daily to gather in New Orleans September 26-28 to discuss emerging best practices associated with turning environmental and social responsibility into a new driver of brand value. Few seats remain for this landmark event. Those still interested in attending are encouraged to book now by calling Sustainable Life Media at 650-344-9693, or to register online at: www.regonline.com/sustainablebrands07.

Dozens of well-known corporate brands, including AMD, Pepsi, Clorox, Dell, Kendall Jackson, HP, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Hannaford Foods, and Brown Forman (Southern Comfort, Fetzer, etc.) as well as suppliers and innovators like Standard Textile, Aqua2go, and Barista on Demand, and PR/Brand/Creative agencies and media companies like Clear Channel, Fortune, and Wired Magazine have recently signed on to join the already impressive attendee list. Amazingly, conference hosts continue to bring on additional high-profile speakers to share their knowledge as well.

"We simply can't turn away the caliber of people who have approached us at the 11th hour with an interest in sharing their learning with this gathering community," said Sustainable Life Media President and CEO KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz.

David Refkin, Director of Sustainable Development, Time, Inc., and Steve Bradfield, VP, Environmental Affairs, Shaw Carpet, are just two of the new industry leaders who have signed on to the faculty late in the game. "From what we can tell, 90% of the conference faculty plans to attend the full conference. Some will even join in the post conference tour or Habitat for Humanity Volunteer project" notes Skrzyniarz.

"With so much knowledge to tap, we're working overtime to design opportunities for dialogue and learning between participants that extend beyond conference sessions," she said. Many speakers will lead table topic discussions during hosted conference lunches, and "Birds of Feather" dinner groups are being coordinated to support continued networking in to the evening.

In addition to new panelists, two tremendous, all new sustainable design presentations have also been added at the last minute. In one, user interface/sustainability expert Terry Swack, founder of The Beam, and cleanculture.com, talks about how to develop life-cycle thinking for your brands, and points to examples of who's doing it well. In another two-part break out titled: "Desirability and Sustainability: the Opportunity for Brand and Design," design experts at IDEO share what they have learned so far about the intersection of sustainability, brand and design.

For a look at the full faculty list, visit: www.sustainablelifemedia.com/events/brands/speakers. For up-to-the-minute details on the event, including links to the conference program, hotel and travel information and a look at who else is coming, visit: www.sustainablebrands07.com.

Sustainable Brands '07 will be held at the newly reopened, and already award winning Ritz Carlton Hotel at the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Thursday and Friday, September 27-28th. Additional hands-on pre-conference workshops run Wednesday the 26th, with optional activities extending through the weekend. For hotel reservations, contact the hotel immediately, referencing your involvement with the Sustainable Brands Conference, at 1-800-826-8987.

Some seats are still available, but interested parties are encouraged to register immediately or risk missing out. For more information or to register by phone, call Danny Bruno at 650-344-9693. Or, register online at www.regonline.com/141001.

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Sustainable Life Media, Inc.

Sustainable Life Media is an integrated media company that delivers information, produces events and cultivates communities of interest to facilitate the shift to a flourishing and sustainable economy. Our mission is to inspire and enable forward-thinking individuals and organizations to innovate and implement ideas that contribute to individual and collective health and prosperity that can be sustained.

We bring together optimistic, visionary and courageous individuals from around the world who share a passion for purpose and a desire to create change. Leaders from around the globe are intrigued by Sustainable Life Media's ability to convene diverse stakeholder groups that create an atmosphere for open and transparent conversations that lead us towards a future of innovation and imaginative ideas that support a flourishing and sustainable economy.

Sustainable Brands – our flagship learning, collaboration and commerce community, draws together sustainability, brand and design/innovation professionals to share success stories and emerging best practices and to push the envelope of social and environmental brand innovation. Our goal in serving the Sustainable Brands community is to paint a clear picture of what is driving change in today's business landscape, uncover leading-edge sustainable brand strategies and tools, and facilitate community collaboration for shared benefit – all with the goal of helping more brands prosper by leading the way to a better world. To learn more, visit www.SustainableBrands.com.

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