Oct 21 2008
The Wisconsin School of Business Graaskamp Center for Real Estate will host a conference on Sustainable Real Estate Development on Thursday, October 30 from 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Central Time, at the Fluno Center for Executive Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The conference will examine the emerging global trend of incorporating environmentally-sensitive, "green," and sustainable real estate development practices and their impact on the real estate development industry, community and regional planning, and public health and policy initiatives. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz; John Nelson, adjunct professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW-Madison; and Phillip Allsopp, CEO, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
A series of panel discussions will examine the business case for sustainable development, the risk of not going green, energy trends and impacts on climate change, and the future direction of state and other policy initiatives. Break-out sessions will discuss market indicators, international strategies and approaches to sustainable development and residential and commercial case studies. For a complete list of speakers, a schedule of events or to download an event brochure, please visit http://www.bus.wisc.edu/wcre/sustainableconference/.