nd 2 GO Group Workshop on festival and event sustainability Budapest, 23-24 April 2012
Still the transformation is accelerating. Public awareness towards sustainability has shifted significantly. And it’s time to run our operations greener and smarter – all over Europe and worldwide. GO stands for Green Operations. GO Group is an independent, pan European and cross industry think-‐tank to inspire people in the music festival and event industry to run their operations greener and smarter. GO Group meetings are open to stakeholders interested in actively pushing the Green Agenda. Bucks University, GreenEvents Europe Conference, Green Music Initiative (GMI) and Yourope (the european festival association) founded GO Group in early 2011 and started out with a successful first international workshop in Amsterdam (May 2011), major contributions to the 2nd GreenEvents Europe Conference (Nov 2011) and three packed panels at this year's Eurosonic/Noorderslag in Groningen. Now GO Group heads east for the 2nd international workshop in Budapest. The second 2-‐day GO Group workshop for Sustainable Festivals and Events will provide a wider view on sustainable event management, case studies from major european festivals and inside information on topics like international green standards (ISO 20121 et al.). Find the detailed programme on the next page. The GO Group discussions will be open and frank. Anyone can join, contribute and speak. There will be presentations to stimulate the discussions and we will run open space sessions to cater for individual needs. You are actively invited to share yours personal concerns, daily challenges and obstacles, valuable experiences, best and worst practices, green dreams and pioneering ideas. Best regards, Teresa Moore Jacob Bilabel Holger Jan Schmidt
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