Many people first come to know The Future 500 through our popular Industrial Ecology conference series. The Industrial Ecology conferences are known for their unique blend of inspiration and pragmatic tools and feature speakers who are generally not yet mainstream but destined to become the thought leaders of the future.
Long before they became leading names in the sustainability movement, our conferences spotlighted Jeanine Benyus, Ray Anderson, Tachi Kiuchi, and Anita Burke. Industrial Ecology attendees come from a broad mix of organizations (academic, governmental, activist, and corporate) and provide our conferences with a rich blend of approaches to business innovation.
Industrial Ecology 2004 will be co-hosted by the Future 500 and the Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability (NBIS) and will be held from September 26-29, 2004 at the Westin Hotel, in Seattle, Washington.
This year's conference is called "Profitable Sustainability: The Future of Business." An overview of the conference, the agenda, and registration information is available at www.nbis.org
Read about our 2003 Future 500 Industrial Ecology Retreat, entitled "Profitable Sustainability: Revealing the Hidden Win-Win Potential for Profitable Sustainability in Industry."
