Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI) 2018

The Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI) is A Greener Festival’s annual flagship event delivered in partnership with the International Live Music Conference (ILMC).

To mark the tenth anniversary of the Green Events & Innovations Conference, we are creating a Quick-Fire Pitch Session aimed at new and innovative businesses. This session will provide a platform for five start-ups who are dedicated to improving the environmental impact of events, enabling them to showcase their service, product or innovation to an audience of over 100 decision-makers from the festivals and events industry, and to further share details of their innovation with A Greener Festival’s environmentally conscious membership.

Innovative businesses are vital and instrumental in the quest for sustainable events. This is where people with passion and drive turn their great ideas into useful and helpful actions that really make a difference. We want to help propagate these solutions by offering this pitching platform at GEI10.”
Claire O’Neill, Co-founder, A Greener Festival.

Start-ups must apply in advance to be considered for the five-minute pitches, which will take place during GEI10 on Tuesday 6 March at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington High St, London, the day before the International Live Music Conference (ILMC).

The pitches are available to any start-up with an innovative product or service that might be of interest to the GEI delegation. However, please note that only applicants that register for GEI10 will be allocated a pitch.

To submit your innovation, please click This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include the following information:

  • A description (up to 500 words) of the innovation you would like to present.
  • Accompanying links and examples to illustrate the proposed innovation in action.
  • Where relevant, provide references (e.g. clients or events you have worked with).
  • Details of your organisational structure and team.
  • Contact details and a biog of the proposed speaker.

Applications close on 18 January 2018. The successful start-ups will be selected by the GEI programming team, and announced on 23 January 2018.

Applications are invited from start-ups anywhere in the world. The only requirement is that you have a viable, proven, market-ready solution that can help festivals and events to improve their environmental or social impact in 2018 and beyond.

Early-Bird registration rate of £80 – available until 5 January

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REGISTRATION | RATES

A delegate pass for GEI costs £99 plus a small booking fee. A discounted rate of £65 is available to ILMC delegates, students, and members of A Greener Festival.

Super early-bird registrations have now sold out, however, an early-bird registration rate of £80 is available until 5 January, after which time, only full-price tickets will be available. 

The ticket price includes a full day of incredible conference panels; a delicious five-star lunch; refreshments and networking breaks; and a closing drinks party held alongside delegates of the ILMC Production Meeting, which runs concurrently.

ILMC delegates and AGF Members, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for discount rates.

For more information and to register for GEI10, click here.

For further information including footage and presentations from previous editions of GEI, click here.

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Notes to editors

A Greener Festival (AGF) is a not-for-profit company committed to helping events, festivals and venues around the world adopt environmentally efficient practices.

AGF provide information, education resources and facilitate the exchange of good ideas. They share information about how environmentally efficient methods are currently being employed at events and how the impact on the environment can be limited at future events. They offer independent assessment and verification of events sustainability claims.

The Greener Festival Awards is an A Greener Festival led scheme, which has operated since 2007 assessing over 400 festivals worldwide. A list of previous winners can be found here.

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Event Properties

Event Date 06-03-2018 9:30 am
Event End Date 06-03-2018 9:00 pm
Location Royal Garden Hotel

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