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  Concurrent Sessions - Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9-10

"The Green California Schools Summit was quite a treat! With so much buzz regarding Green and Sustainability, it was very helpful and effective to attend an event full of the experts, sharing actual methods and practices specifically for school officials in California. I walked away with tons of ideas and work. The networking alone was worth the price of admission.”

– J. William Naish, CEM, LEED AP, CEP, CSDP, Energy/Utility Management Section Coordinator
San Diego Unified School District

The 2008 Green California Schools Summit’s Pre-Conference is an opportunity for full engagement and training in the most important aspects of green schools. An array of six-hour workshops will be offered on subjects from green building, green schools financing and other essential green schools topics.

Brand new this year, due to a high level of interest from teachers and other educators, a special emphasis on “Green Curriculum” has been added.

The goal of the pre-conference workshops is to provide in-depth, hands-on training for professionals committed to greening California’s K-12 school system. Each of the following sessions will be presented by a panel of experts with direct experience in implementing sustainable practices.

Make the most of your Summit experience with a complete day of training—then enjoy the rest of the conference with a solid foundation to build upon.

Over two days, on December 9 & 10, 2008, the Green California Schools Summit will offer the most complete program of green schools seminars and sessions ever designed. There will be over 40 sessions, each an hour and a half, addressing the challenges and opportunities involved in creating a sustainable K-12 school system.

Case studies and best practices will be presented by panels and individual experts from the education, non-profit, professional and private sectors. They will offer hands-on, outcome-based tools and information on planning, financing, building, operating, maintaining and learning in high performance schools.

Topics will include:

• Design and Construction
• Operations and Maintenance
• Financing Options
• New this year for teachers and educators – Standards-Based Green Curriculum
• and much, much more!

Summit attendees will have an opportunity to choose between four different packages:
 

1) Exhibit Hall Only (Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9 &10)

Provides complimentary access to the Green California Schools Summit exhibit hall, general sessions and keynotes on Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9 &10.
 

2) One Day Pass (Tuesday, December 9)

Provides access to all concurrent seminars and sessions offered on Tuesday, December 9 (choose 3 sessions out of 24); also includes complimentary access to the Green California Schools Summit exhibit hall, general sessions and keynotes on Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9 &10.
 

3) One Day Pass (Wednesday, December 10)

Provides access to all concurrent seminars and sessions offered on Tuesday, December 10 (choose 3 out of 24); includes complimentary access to the Green California Schools Summit exhibit hall, general sessions and keynotes on Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9 &10.
 

4) Two Day pass (Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9 &10)

Provides access to all concurrent seminars and sessions offered on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 9 &10 (choose 6 out of 48 sessions); includes complimentary access to the Green California Schools Summit exhibit hall, general sessions and keynotes on Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9 &10.