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T his year's Built Green Conference will explore new visions for cities, new markets and building types for builders, exciting technologies to reach our green building goals, and practical paths to environmentally friendly policy It will be a time for inspiration, learning, and connecting with your peers in the green building industry I am especially excited to announce that the conference will feature two phenomenal keynotes Planetary futurist Alex Steffen will start the day with a discussion on how cities BY ROB HARRISON BUILT GREEN SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER MBAKS Help blaze a trail to a sustainable future. Get tickets to our September 12 Built Green Conference in Lynnwood at builtgreenconference.net Audacious Vision. Daring Reality. Bold Policy. Solid Science. are the key to responding to our climate emergency An engaging speaker and a prolific writer, Alex has given hundreds of talks to audiences around the world and has been on the forefront of climate thinking for more than 25 years Over the last 10 years, he has advised some of the world's most forward- looking institutions, investors, philanthropists, and nonprofits For our second keynote, we're thrilled to welcome architects Julie Willem and Sebastian Moreno-Vacca of Future Proof Design Sebastian and Julie were instrumental in the creation of the Exemplary Buildings program, which has resulted in more than 15 million square feet of net zero and ultra-low energy buildings in Brussels Julie and Sebastian will talk about their concept of "permacity"—applying the notion of permaculture to the design of cities Along with these stellar keynotes, the conference will feature four tracks of breakout sessions: • Audacious Vision: the future of green building • Daring Reality: case studies that push the boundaries of green building in our region • Bold Policy: success stories from advocates, builders, and policymakers on crafting public policy that effectively promotes green building • Solid Science: practical tips and solutions from experts in the field From Vision to Results "There are two kinds of futurists. The first explore the variations of what exists and project the future from those tea leaves. The second, and by far the rarer, peer around the curve of time and reimagine the future as much as foresee it. Alex Steffen is the latter!" —Paul Hawken, author of Natural Capitalism 20 master builder SUMMER 2019 community