The Plain Green Conference and Marketplace is two days of advancing sustainability on the Northern Plains. Connect, learn and take action with hundreds of other attendees and star-power keynotes like Cameron Sinclair and Mitchell Joachim, plus green exhibitors and two days of workshops and breakouts.
The region’s premiere event on green design, business and ideas will be held at the historic Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Downtown Sioux Falls April 28-29, 2010.
Get directions and lodging info here.
Early bird registration open to first 100 people. Register today.
Thursday concurrent sessions are categorized by five tracks:
- Design and Construction (Design/Const)
- Technology and Engineering (Tech/Eng)
- Business and Community (Bus/Comm)
- Lifestyle and Garden (Life/Garden)
- Global View (Global)
The Lineup
Pre-Conference: Tuesday, April 27, 2010
| Time | Events | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00a-4:00p | Community Project: Straw Bale Shed at Summit House*, sponsored by Koch Hazard Architects and Chartreuse | Joyce Coppinger |
Pre-Conference: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
| Time | Events | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30a | Registration and Refreshments | ||
| 8:00a-4:00p | Community Project: Straw Bale Shed at Summit House*, sponsored by Koch Hazard Architects and Chartreuse |
Joyce Coppinger | |
| 8:00a-4:00p | Full-day Pre-conference Workshops* (details here) |
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| LEED Core Concepts and Strategies at Museum of Visual Materials | Brian Dunbar | ||
| Designing a Home-Scale Food Forest | Karl Schmidt | ||
| Concepts in Sustainability | Doug Raynie | ||
| 8:00a-11:30p | Morning Pre-conference Workshops* (details here) |
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| Protecting Open Space Networks through Conservation Design, sponsored by SD Planners Association and APA West Central Chapter | Randall Arendt | ||
| Creating a Greener Workplace | Joe Bartmann and Anne Haber | ||
| Demystifying Climate Legislation and Carbon Cap and Trade (coming soon) | Jamie Horter and Matt McGovern | ||
| Re-purposeful Living sponsored by Institute of Design and Technology of SD | Anita Kealey | ||
| 12:30p-4:00p | Afternoon Pre-conference Workshops* (details here) |
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| Transforming Highway Commercial Strips into Mixed-Use Corridors, sponsored by SD Planners Association and APA West Central Chapter |
Randal Arendt | ||
| “Wear-Ever” Green Fashion Design sponsored by Institute of Design and Technology of SD | Anita Kealey | ||
*Separate registration may be required for these pre-conference events
Opening Night: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
| Time | Events | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00p | Conference Opening | Stacey McMahan and Jane Hegland |
| 5:30p | Evening Keynote: Twelve Terrific Tools to Help Us Save the Planet and Set Us Free sponsored by Argus Leader Tour de Kota | Steve Clark |
| 6:30p-9:00p | Marketplace Grand Opening Party co-sponsored by Johnson Controls, Inc, and Argus Leader Media |
Thursday, April 29, 2010
| Time | Events | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30a | Registration and Continental Breakfast at Leonardo’s Cafe | ||
| 7:30a | VIP Breakfast, sponsored by SD State University Office of the President and SDSU Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Committee | ||
| 7:30a-12:00p | Marketplace Exhibits Open | ||
| 8:30a | Morning Welcome and Announcements | Jane Hegland and Stacey McMahan | |
| 8:40a | Welcome and Comments | David L. Chicoine, President, SD State University | |
| 8:55a | Keynote: Can Green Buildings Cool a Hotter World? | Brian Dunbar | |
| 9:50a | Networking BREAK | ||
| 10:20a | Keynote: Future Carborexic Cities | Mitchell Joachim | |
| 11:25a-12:10a | Morning Concurrent Breakout Sessions | ||
| Design/Const: | Building With Bales | Joyce Coppinger | |
| Tech/Eng: | Greening Existing Buildings and Green Audits | Mike Twedt | |
| Bus/Comm: | Communicating Green | Nathan Schock | |
| Life/Garden: | Xeriscaping and Harvesting Rain Water | Paul Clinton | |
| Global: | TBA | ||
| 12:15p | Local Foods Luncheon | ||
| 1:35p-2:20p | Afternoon Concurrent Breakout Sessions | ||
| Design/Const: | ASHRAE Standard 189.1: High Performance Green Buildings sponsored by Direct Digital Control, Climate Systems and ASHRAE SD. | Doug Zentz | |
| Tech/Eng: | Panel: The Future of Renewable Energy sponsored by POET | Dusty Johnson, Doug Berven and Michael Ropp | |
| Bus/Comm: | Urban Agriculture as a Tool for Community Change | Tim Olsen | |
| Life/Garden: | Stop Treating Topsoil Like Dirt | M.E. Connelly and Rick Foster | |
| Global: | Environmental Stewardship and the World’s Poor | Mitchell Hescox | |
| 2:25p | Keynote: TBA | ||
| 3:15p | Networking BREAK | ||
| 3:35p | Keynote: When Sustainability is a Matter of Survival | Cameron Sinclair | |
| 4:40p-5:30p | Closing Keynote Panel: Reaching Beyond Green | Brian Dunbar, Cameron Sinclair, Mitchell Joachim and Steve Clark | |
| 6:00p | Closing Party: Sioux Falls Green Drinks at TBA, sponsored by Howalt-McDowell Insurance and Mt. Pleasant Cemetery |
Note: All events will take place at the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science unless otherwise noted. Speaker schedule is subject to change any time.
