CEO Summit ’08

PostConference

The CEO Summit addressed the most significant change agent in global business – sustainability.

Sustainable Design for the Bottom Line
September 2008

Sustainability drives innovation. Global market demand for sustainable products and services is driving new business models and new processes. The Summit explored how to make the most of these opportunities.

The Summit featured five acclaimed international speakers and the best New Zealand case studies presented by five leading CEOs.

Three of the five international speakers were named among the world's top 50 sustainability leaders, visionaries, and entrepreneurs by Time Magazine. Four have written books considered 'must-reads' about business, innovation and sustainability.

 

Gen Y share their inspiration from the CEO Summit

Five of New Zealand’s next generation in design talent had the chance of the lifetime to learn from the CEO Summit 2008’s key speakers first hand this year.

Each of the five up-and-coming design leaders won a scholarship to attend the summit, sponsored by InterfaceNZ and Better by Design and facilitated by Intersect, a young professionals network.

Read here about the experiences, fresh ideas and the learnings they took away from each of the key note speakers. They will further inspire even the most experienced of business and design professionals.


International Speakers

Ray Anderson
Founder and Chairman
of Interface Inc.
Janine Benyus 
Writer, Innovation consultant and founder
of the Biomimicry Guild
Michael Braungart
Scientist, business consultant and co-author of Cradle to Cradle
Alex Steffen
Founder and Executive Editor of WorldChanging.com
Lee Weinstein 
Principal, LWA PR; Former Director of Nike’s US and global public relations.
All Speakers