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The GoGreen Conference is a unique opportunity to learn the latest in sustainable practices for your business. This one day conference is designed to educate, motivate and inspire you - the aspiring or established business owner or professional - to take your green quotient to the next level and to give you actionable next steps to make your business more sustainable.

Spend a value-packed day connecting with eco-entrepreneurs + business leaders featuring over 50 speakers who are cutting edge visionaries, sustainability experts and forward thinking individuals who will provide you with the knowledge and tools needed to make your business more sustainable.

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Featured Speakers

Natalie Rose Marquis | General Manager, Habitat Suites Hotel

As General Manager of Habitat Suites Hotel for the past 12 years, Ms. Natalie Rose Marquis has hands-on experience implementing sustainable business practices and measuring the business, economic, and social successes that follow the decision to do business with a responsibility for stewarding the land and its occupants for future generations. She has marketed the hotel with “ecological consciousness in action” as its motto and its call to action. Ms. Marquis has taken an independent hotel and turned it into a nationally recognized model of sustainability. Habitat Suites is committed to encouraging, promoting and supporting ecological consciousness and is a charter member of the “Green” Hotel Association. Under Ms. Marquis’ leadership, Habitat Suites Hotel has received a compilation of the awards for its environmentally sustainable efforts including: Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce first ever environmental award, the “Greenbelt Award.” – 2006 and again in 2007; Co-op America National Green Business Leadership Award – 2005; Recycling Alliance of Texas Outstanding Sustainability Award – 2005; State of Texas Environmental Excellence Award – 2005; and Keep Texas Beautiful Business Award – 2005. Ms. Marquis is also the Executive Director of the Texas Solar Energy Society and serves on Eco-Rooms and Eco-Suites Board of Advisors.

Todd Hemingson | Vice-President Strategic Planning & Development, Capital Metro

Todd Hemingson joined Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro) in September 2006 as Vice-President Strategic Planning & Development. In his current position, he leads Capital Metro’s planning, scheduling, analysis and rideshare departments. Todd has 17 years of broad-based transportation planning experience, including work at transit agencies in San Antonio and Vancouver, Washington, at the MPO in Houston and at the Texas Department of Transportation.

Colin Pope | Editor, Austin Business Journal

Colin Pope is editor of the Austin Business Journal. As editor, he steers the publication’s content and newsroom to produce world-class news that is consumed by tens of thousands of readers every day -- most of which are C-level executives, civic and political leader who demand very much. ??His mixture of experience as a journalist, business and public relations expert — underscored by a passion to sustain and build upon everything that makes Austin so great — has allowed him to excel in his field.??Colin has lived in Austin for more than 25 years, and that time and his fondness of the city has made him one of its greatest advocates. He has a rare and refreshing knowledge of everything that is Austin and he is often tapped by radio and television talk/news shows as a result. Colin never turns down a speaking engagement, and often entertains and informs rooms filled with hundreds of professionals eager to hear his free advice on how to deal with the media or hear about the latest market trends. He is a founding member of the annual RISE event, donates time to UT’s School of Journalism, ACC and the United Way, and he is a founding board member of the Austin Young Chamber of Commerce.

Liz Walker | Vice President, Marketing and Business Development; Image Microsystems

Liz Walker is an award winning global marketer with interactive and behavioral marketing acumen – including a breadth of experience in the IT, reverse logistics/e-waste recycling, ad agency, biotech/pharma/device, and consumer electronics industries. Prior to Image Microsystems, Liz held the VP of Marketing berth for Austin, Texas based Patton Medical Devices where she developed and led the comprehensive global marketing effort for the i-port® injection port.

Justin Murrill | Global Sustainability Manager, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Justin Murrill is the Global Sustainability Manager for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). In this role, he designed, implemented, and now manages the company’s international award-winning commuter benefits program – Go Green. Prior to his role at AMD, Justin was the Director of Culture Technologies, Inc. and Senior Trainer at A Nurtured World, during which time he trained thousands of individuals from hundreds of organizations on organizational and/or personal sustainability. He has a Masters degree in Organizational Leadership and Ethics from St. Edwards University and is a published author on the US voluntary carbon market.

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