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International Green Summit Announcement

May 20, 2009 - U.S.A.

International Green Summit announces conference and expo in Moura, Portugal November 2009.

The International Green Summit (IGS) has signed an agreement with the government of Moura, Portugal to hold the first annual conference and expo November 9 – 14, 2009. The Portuguese government has welcomed and is supporting this event in their efforts to be environmentally sustainable. www.igsonline2009.com

The opening reception will take place at the Castle of Moura on Monday evening, with festivities including diverse cultural events and a gala dinner following. Representatives of the Spanish government will begin the Summit, at the opening dinner and conference. Representatives of the Portuguese government will close the conference at the receptions on Friday.

IGS is implementing environmentally friendly best practices at its annual event. These green initiatives include online registration and electronic cards with information, coupons, and games for the event. IGS will feature live on-line webcasts of the event via websites, for classrooms around the world.

In addition, handouts for sessions will be available on CD-ROM, and online instead of paper, and traditional materials such as conference badges and event programs will be printed on recycled paper. The goal is to achieve a zero carbon foot print conference with Portuguese enterprises as partners.

IGS’s First Annual Conference & Exposition will offer leading educational sessions covering innovations, sustainability in business, renewable fuels and energy, consumer products, leadership strategies and ethics, among other topics and networking events.

Michael Padurano, CEO of IGS says “That a shift to a clean, green economy can improve the health and well-being of the whole planet population. Such a shift can also create and expand entrepreneurial, wealth-building opportunities for workers worldwide and encourage new avenues of economic advancement. Michael’s philosophy of “Awareness creates Knowledge, Knowledge creates Change” is aimed at educating the population, and to influence the political processes to create an earth friendly eco-system.

During this landmark event IGS will be showcasing international speakers, politicians, scientists, government officials and corporations from around the world to gather together in one place more knowledge than ever before. The summit will be the setting to foster globalization in international awareness and education.

IGS is going to be the first summit that will bring together the 150 largest companies in the world that produce green products, services, standards, or are working on sustainable processes.

Partners of the summit include: Object Management Group www.omg.org, Project Green America www.projectgreenamerica.com, Green Professionals www.greenprofs.com, Echo Earth Media www.echoearthmedia.com, Green Rose It www.greenroseit.com, One Greener www.OneGreener.com, Open Blue Sea Farms www.OpenBlueSeaFarms.com, Green Ware Technologies www.greenwaretechnologies.com, Sustainable Industries www.sustainableindustries.com, Chloregy www.chloregy.org, and Environmental Networking at the Portuguese local contact office.

Moura, Portugal is becoming increasingly well known for its alternative energy initiatives. Portugal boasts the largest Solar Energy facilities in the world, and the world's first commercial wave energy project at Agucadoura.

IGS will also hold a green venture capital conference, in Moura, in the last weekend of august, where will be held a fund to support environmental projects and the participation of companies and organizations in the IGS conference.

The goal of IGS is to quicken the adoption of green clean and sustainable business practices, technologies and solutions. IGS exposition center will be open to the public in the last two days with the entrances to be donated to charities in the host city, and environmental projects throughout the world.

Contacts:
International Green Summit
Jennifer Pastorini
Media Relations
818-602-4962

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