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FiReGlobal : West Coast to Celebrate Green Building Materials Star
| Source: Strategic News Service
FRIDAY HARBOR, WA--(Marketwire - October 1, 2009) - FiReGlobal : West Coast is proud to
announce that Serious Materials has been selected as a FiReStar company to
be featured at the FiReGlobal : West Coast conference. FiReStar companies,
both local and global, are pre-selected based on their potential to bring
positive change to the world. These companies will be showcased throughout
the conference, and at a FiReStar reception, during which local and global
investors will be given the chance to meet company officers.
Serious Materials develops and manufactures sustainable green building
materials that dramatically reduce the impact of the 'built environment' on
the climate. Recently, Serious Materials has been the recipient of a host
of green building awards, including the first Aspen Institute award for
innovation in Corporate Energy Conservation. The company aims to provide
significant breakthroughs in the performance of its building materials
without requiring significant changes in customer behavior or product use.
"The 'built environment' is responsible for 52% of greenhouse gas emissions
worldwide -- which compares to only 9% for cars and light trucks," stated
Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials. "The technology is here today to
significantly save energy in current and new building construction. It's
conferences like FiReGlobal that help us shed light on these issues and
hopefully inspire people to take action."
"Serious Materials has already gained a reputation for its combination of
technical innovation and targeted environmental benefit. This firm is a
great example of why we believe that real solutions to our problems are in
sight, today; all that's required is real leadership. We are proud to have
Serious Materials as one of our great FiReStar companies, and we look
forward to their future success, which benefits everyone," said Mark
Anderson, CEO of SNS, Chair of FiRe and FiReGlobal : West Coast.
The FiReGlobal : West Coast conference will take place October 15th at the
Seattle Four Seasons Hotel. It is the first regional version of the
renowned Future in Review™ annual global technology conference, which
The Economist calls "the best technology conference in the world."
FiReGlobal : West Coast will showcase a world-class gathering of local and
global thought leaders in technology and economics through a series of
interviews and onstage conversations. In a move beyond current tech
conferences, FiReGlobal : West Coast has overlaid regional problems
nominated by local leaders, to be solved through the collaboration of local
Chief Technology Officers prior to the conference.
Other speakers will include Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell; Irwin
Jacobs, Founder of Qualcomm; RealNetworks Founder, Chairman and CEO Rob
Glaser; Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell, President and Director of the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Steve Reynolds, CEO of Puget Sound
Energy; Washington State Commerce Department Director Rogers Weed; Larry
Smarr, John Delaney, and Mark Anderson.
To register, go to www.futureinreview.com/global/wc.
Strategic News Service was founded by Mark Anderson in 1995 as the first
paid online news service. Since its inception, SNS has proven the most
accurate predictive newsletter covering the computer and telecom
industries. Its subscribers include top managers at technology companies
across the globe, including Microsoft, Dell, HP, Cisco, Intel, Sun, Google,
and Telstra.
SNS has been operating the annual FiRe Conference for seven years. The
Economist calls FiRe "the best technology conference in the world." FiRe
exposes world experts and participants to new ideas, producing an accurate
portrait of the future and focuses on creating technology solutions to
current local and global problems. FiRe 2010 will take place May 11-14,
2010 at Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, CA. For more information go to
www.futureinreview.com.
Future in Review is a Strategic News Service conference. Future in
Review, and Strategic News Service are registered international
trademarks. The SNS newsletter is the most accurate publicly ranked
predictive newsletter in computing and communications.
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www.futureinreview.com/global/wc