IMEX – MPI – MCI Future Leaders Forum

IMEX-MPI-MCI-GMIC Green Meetings –
Future Leaders Forum at
The GMIC Sustainable Meetings
Conference
Date Sunday April 22, 2012 • Time: 10:00am- 4:30pm • Venue: Hilton Bonaventure, Lachine
The Future Leaders Forum (FLF) program jointly run by IMEX, MPI (Meeting Professionals International)
and MCI, has been developed to encourage the best and brightest students to enter the meetings and
incentive travel industry. Through partnership, GMIC and IMEX seek to design a FLF centered on
challenging students to understand the environmental and social impacts of meeting planning and at
the same time engage with industry stakeholders to create the perfect event of the future. This event
will balance strategic meeting management skills (planning, partnering, implementation and evaluation)
with sustainability frameworks and standards (process and metrics of green events).
IMEX-MCI Future Leaders Forum – at GMIC 2012 Sustainable Meetings Conference
Sustainability Theory Meets Reality
Join industry sustainability leaders and increase your knowledge and understanding of sustainable event
issues and impacts in context to meeting planning from a global perspective. By participating you will
have the opportunity to evaluate sustainability in hotel operations, from policy to performance; by
engaging in a back of the house tour of the Hilton Bonaventure. They will also have the chance to
experience the process of site selection with the integration of sustainable elements as a key
organization decision factor. The Future Leaders Forum is free for the first 50 students that register,
Register Here
Networking Reception
Participants are encouraged to stay and network at the GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference Opening
Exhibitor Reception from 6:00pm-8:00pm in the Mount Royal meeting room.
Scholarship Opportunity
The Future Leaders Forum is a free event for students. For students interested in attending the event
and staying on for the GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference, The GMIC Sustainable Meetings
Foundation, Nancy Zavada Scholarship will cover travel, lodging and approved onsite expenses up to
$1,000 USD in value. GMIC will cover the cost of student registration (value $175) for the scholarship
award winner. To learn more and apply for the scholarship click here
Volunteer Opportunity at Sustainable Meetings Conference
If you are interested in being a volunteer at the 2012 Sustainable Meetings Conference in Montreal, we
are looking for volunteers to help our logistics team from April 23rd -25th. You will have the opportunity
to learn about sustainable meetings practices behind the scenes and also gain experience working to put
on an event. The volunteers will need to cover their own lodging expenses. Breakfast and lunch meals,
while volunteering will be covered. If you would like to stay on after the Future Leaders Forum to
volunteer please email [email protected] for more information.
Future Leader Forum Session Speakers
Paul Salinger, VP Marketing ORACLE, GMIC President
Paul Salinger is a Vice President of Marketing for Oracle, responsible for
strategic messaging and communications, creative concepting and working
across marketing to translate messaging for events and marketing campaigns
designed for audience engagement. In 2007, Paul took on the role of
champion, strategist and evangelizer for Oracle’s global green meetings
initiatives and has been leading the effort to bring sustainability into the event
marketing practice as a core value and standard business practice. In 2009,
Oracle OpenWorld was awarded an IMEX Silver Award for green meetings.
Stephanie Berger, The Climate Reality Project
Stephanie received her BA (Honours) in Geography at Queen's University
(Kingston, Ontario) and spent a decade on Wall Street, in London, and in Paris
facilitating Initial Public Offerings and compliance filings before returning to do
her MBA at McGill. Currently, Stephanie is working toward her PhD in
Management at Concordia's John Molson School of Business. Her research
areas include corporate social responsibility and sustainable development,
middle management leadership, and organizational change. Stephanie is a
Board Member for the David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise and for
VisibleGovernment.ca, and she is a career and business consultant for CSR and
Sustainability.
Steve Faulstick, General Manager Portland DoubleTree, GMIC
Treasurer
His home base is the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Portland Oregon. His area of
responsibility has him overseeing Doubletree Hotels in Sacramento, Berkeley,
and Omaha Nebraska.
In 2006, the hotel became Oregon’s first Green Seal Certified Hotel. Since then,
the property has become an industry leader in sustainability, receiving local-,
state- and national-level recognition for their efforts. The hotel was recognized
as well with AH&LA’s ‘Good Earthkeeping’ award for their leadership in this
area. Steve is an active board member with Travel Portland, The Natural Step,
Green Meetings Industry Council and the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging
Association.
Shawna McKinley, Sustainability Director MeetGreen
Shawna McKinley has over 10 years’ experience advising corporations and
associations in how to improve their events through more sustainable
practices. As Director of Sustainability for MeetGreen she has helped five
different clients earn IMEX's prestigious Green Meetings Award. She's
passionate about building a change movement that engages and celebrates
event producers who innovate by doing better with less harm.
Marion Ancel, Eco Director Tourism Montreal
Ms. Ancel obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) degree from
HEC, Montréal, with a specialization in Tourism Management and
Administration. She also holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable Development
Administration and Management granted jointly by the Université de
Sherbrooke and the Université de Tours (France). She offers expertise in the
fields of tourism and sustainable development through her professional
experience as a sustainable development consultant for the firm Transfert
Environnement, as well as through her own involvement in the Global
Partnership for Sustainable Tourism launched by the United National
Environment Programme, Marion is implicating Tourisme Montréal in
international sustainable tourism development.