Greener Gadgets 2009

Submitted by 11thhouraction on February 25, 2009 - 11:03am

greener_gadget_logo Conference watch: This Friday, February 27th, "innovators, entrepreneurs, visionaries, and eco-designers" will meet at the Greener Gadgets 2009 expo in New York City. Well-known eco-inventor and engineer Saul Griffith has been enlisted to give this year's keynote. The 2008 lineup included keynote speaker Mary Lou Jepsen of One Laptop Per Child, and leaders from HP, BusinessWeek, Nokia, Climate Savers and Engadget.

Greener Gadgets promises this year to "be even bigger and better" than the 2008 inaugural event. Among the more exciting things happening at the conference, the winner of the Greener Gadgets Design Competition will be announced and presented with $3,000. Awesome.

At the conference, attendees will "discuss the future of sustainability for the consumer electronics industry." According to the facebook event page for the conference:

This year’s conference will feature engaging discussion on:

-Emerging energy technology
-Real solutions for e-waste recycling
-New inventions in energy generation and efficiency
-Future forward recyclable gadgetry
-The business case for going green

While registration is now closed, you should be able to catch exciting news over on their blog.

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