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Title:

Sustainable events as a driver for change

Date:

09 April 2009  18:00 h - 20:00 h

Venue:

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s Restaurant - Montreal

Speaker:

Mélanie Mc Donald and Kevin McMahon

Summary:

More and more organizations and businesses work to reduce the negative environmental impacts induced by the events they organize and also look to increase positive local repercussions on society and the local community. Sustainable events can aim to do so with zero waste and carbon neutral objectives but also by taking other social and environmental factors into consideration. This presentation will allow us to find out more about how sustainable events have taken place in Québec and how organizations have acted and brought change internally after having hosted such an event. Concrete examples and testimonials will help us to better understand the advantages of hosting sustainable events and how to improve these events in the future.

Biography:

Biography of Mélanie Mc Donald (coordinator for the Conseil québécois des événements écoresponsables)Mélanie Mc Donald holds a bachelor degree in communications and two graduate level diplomas in environmental studies, including a master’s degree in Environmental studies from the Université de Sherbrooke. Mélanie is currently a consultant for the “Sustainability Solutions Group” and coordinator the “Sustainable Event Project”. She is a board member of the Sierra Club of Canada, a member of the Advisory Committee for the “Festival écolo de Montréal” and of the "Sustainable Event Committee” for the 5th World Environmental Education Congress (UQAM). During the last five years, Mélanie has given many training sessions and conferences on sustainable development in order to facilitate the application of this concept within organizations and when they host events.Biography of Kevin McMahon (founder and general manager of Takt-etik)Kevin McMahon, trained as an eco-advisor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), is the founder and general manager of Takt-etik. He has recently accompanied the Musée de la civilisation du Québec, the Quebec City Convention Center, the Société du 400e anniversaire de Québec, the Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités and RONA. He is also a lecturer on the themes of sustainable management and corporate social responsibility. Kevin has given lectures for the following organizations: the Association des trésoriers et trésorières d’instituts religieux, the Groupe gestion durable UQAM-École des sciences de la gestion, the Salon de l’organisateur de la Société des attractions touristiques du Québec and the Association des professionnels en développement économique du Québec.

Category:

Cocktail Conferences

Venue

Venue:

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s Restaurant   -   Website

Adress:

1384 Sherbrooke West

ZIP:

H3G 2T9

City:

Montreal

Province:

QC

Country:

Description

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s restaurant is located at 1384 Sherbrooke West (corner of Crescent street), metro Guy-Concordia or Peel.

Please enter the restaurant by the door located at the right of the Museum's main entrance.

Restaurant is on the 2nd floor, Room for conference is "Le Collectionneur".

Entry Fee

• non cataléthique member: 5$ per person
• cataléthique member: Free

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Number of registrations : 19

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