Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability Conference (Toronto, ON)

Date:

Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 11:45am to Friday, June 6, 2014 - 9:15pm

Last year, nearly two hundred inspired thought leaders, decision makers, sustainability practitioners, and educators gathered for the first Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability Conference. Check out the highlights here!

Building on this amazing momentum and success, The Natural Step Canada is excited to announce the 2nd annual Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability Conference, taking place on June 5-6, 2014, at the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto, Ontario.

About Accelerate

The Natural Step Canada is convening Accelerate because we—and the organizations we work with—realize that an organization can only go so far alone on their sustainability journey before they run up against barriers that require them to work with new partners. We hear the increasing calls for greater engagement and collaboration with diverse groups to solve the complex sustainability challenges of our time.

Accelerate will offer a unique opportunity to deepen learning about collaboration from experts and practitioners, to experience collaboration by creating connections with other change agents, and to seed new collaborative initiatives. Using a mix of plenary, breakout, and group sessions, we will showcase the expertise and real life experience of dozens of speakers from across all sectors and backgrounds.

Accelerate will include keynote talks from world-renowned experts, sessions delivered by talented practitioners, and interactive workshops and dialogues. Please check out the Agenda, which will allow for extensive networking and collaboration opportunities.

It’s all about sharing and learning together. It's a different kind of conference.

Keynote Presenters

Jenn Heil
Freestyle Mogul Skier; Multiple Olympic Medalist, World Cup Champion, and World Champion; Canadian Female Athlete of the Year Honoree; Co-Founder, B2ten; Analyst, Sochi Winter Olympic Games, CBC 

Nicholas R. Parker
Founding Managing Partner, Global Acceleration Partners Inc.; Founding Chairman, Cleantech Group Inc.; Former Chairman, Corporate Knights Media Ltd.

Dr. Peter Senge
Senior Lecturer in Leadership & Sustainability, MIT Sloan School of Management; Founding Chair, Society for Organizational Learning (SoL); Author, The Fifth Discipline and The Necessary Revolution

Avrim Lazar
Former CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada; Champion of the Canadian Boreal Initiative

Please see our Speakers page for a full roster of incredible leaders from across Canada and around the world who will be presenting at Accelerate.

Learn more about how to register for Accelerate today!

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Questions

Please contact Josh Snider at jsnider(at)naturalstep.ca or call 613.748.3001 x5230.

Supporters

We are grateful to all of our generous supporters. Learn about the benefits of becoming a sponsor for Accelerate today! To discuss the shared value of becoming an Endorsing Partner for Accelerate, please contact Josh Snider at jsnider(at)naturalstep.ca or 613.748.3001 x5230.