Conference History

This is the ninth year of the Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference. This conference tries
to not only present a learning environment for newcomers and veterans, but also to share more
detailed approaches toward our breadth of campus sustainability challenges and opportunities.
With sustainability at the forefront of our society it is crucial to continue promoting different
efforts to ensure the preservation and conservation of our environment. Sharing our best
practices, lessons learned and most effective approaches areis critical to the success of our
institutions if they are to move along the path of becoming sustainable campuses.

Smart and Sustainable 2014

For the second year in a row, the conference is being held at a location other than University of
Maryland. This allows attendees to enjoy a variety of different venues with walkable amenities.
This years conference location is at Baltimores Inner Harbor, an extremely successful smart
growth redevelopment that has received accolades and became a destination boasting
entertainment, culture, and vibrant public spaces.

The theme of this years conference is Share Experience, Share Challenges, Share Learning,
Share U. Our community is turning into a sharing economy: swapping clothes, trading books,
rethinking vehicle ownership, and participating in MOOCS. This sharing economy is leading to
more sustainable consumption, operations, services, and lifestyles. We hope this conference
will help everyone share their ideas to continue sustainability in their campus community.

Hotel Partnership

This years conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore. In addition to its luxurious
amenities, the hotels Green Team actively seeks to encourage both employees and guests to
live a cleaner, greener lifestyle. The Hyatt Regency Baltimore does their part in reducing energy
and waste by controlling heat, water, and electricity by using low flow shower heads,
occupancy/motion sensing light switches, bio-degradable cleaning agents, and an elective linen
re-use program. The kitchens feature locally sourced and organic food when possible,
composting programs, and single stream recycling bins for guests and staff.

Conference Attendees

There will be attendees from across the board at this years conference. F; forty-one states and
three Canadian provinces will be represented. Over onea hundred universities across the
country including Clemson University, Harvard Business School, Johns Hopkins University, and
Virginia Tech will be attending, with 45 different students in attendance. Non-academic
organizations including the Food Recovery Network, Mims Engineering, Sustainable Water, and
over thirty othersmore will also be attending. Over twenty different representatives from
different work fields will be attending the conference, and contributinge to the expansive
networks that sustainability connects.; Ssome of these fields include Architectural Design,
Consulting/Data Analysis, Facilities/Energy, and Research/ Education.

Program Notes

This years guest speakers include:

- Frances Moore Lappe, Changing the Way We Think, To Create the World We Want
- Cecilia Estolano, Universities as a Resource and Facilitator for Resiliency in Socially
Vulnerable Communities
- Mark Plenary, Sustainability: An American Grand Strategy for the 21
st
Century

Concurrent workshops will offer a wide range of topics and allow for attendees to choose what
they want to attend as it pertains to them.

- Strategies and Solutions for Campus Adaptation to Climate-Related Challenges
- Sustainable Purchasing: Creating a LEED for Procurement
- On-Campus Sustainable Food: Planning and Implementation
- Social Sustainability Part A: Bridging Campus Diversity and Sustainability Efforts
- The North American Sustainability Sciences Road Map Project
- Communications Planning: Methods of Strategic Outreach
- Learning Spaces: Guide for Planning/ Assessing Spaces for 21
st
Century Learners
- Sustainability in Student Interface: The Why and How
- The Sharing Campus: Implementing an Effective Student Reuse Program
- Shifting to Sustainability: Trusting the Next Generation to be Change Agents
- Applying the Tools of Systems Thinking to Implement and Manage Change on Campus
- Sustaining and Growing Yourself as a Professional in a Changing Workplace
- Building a Community of Change

More information with the time and date of each workshop can be found in the Conference
Program.

Contact
- Aynsley Toews atoews@umd.edu


Comment [MB1]: Awkward sentence. Is it
45 students in total?