Vancouver Social Enterprise Forum: [Event] EPIC 2007

If you're a budding social entrepreneur mark the March 16th weekend as "market research". That's the EPIC 2007 weekend at Vancouver's Convention & Exhibition Centre.

EPIC 2007 is billed "The Sustainable Living EXPO"...

Today's ethical consumers know they have the power to create change. Businesses in the know are following suit, creating forward thinking products and services that appeal to this growing audience.

Enter EPIC 2007, The SUSTAINABLE LIVING EXPO - where style meets sustainability and vision meets practice - a celebration of producers and consumers coming together to support a better world.

This inspirational exhibition is for people who want to make smarter decisions but don't want to sacrifice on design, quality or price. It's an event for consumers to find new products and companies they can believe in.

EPIC Vancouver is a production of Sustainable Events Limited, which is owned and operated by The GLOBE Foundation of Canada. GLOBE is world-renowned for its leadership in developing and producing highly successful international conferences and exhibitions in the sustainability sphere. Events under GLOBE's management include the highly acclaimed GLOBE™ Series, and the recent World Urban Forum in Vancouver.

There aren't many chances to come face to face with your potential market. EPIC is one such chance.

Here's a partial list of attendees/exhibitors:

Toyota Canada
Capers Community Market
Translink
Ethical Funds
Salt Spring Coffee Co.
Mountain Equipment Co-op
Earth Water International
Limelight Event Marketing Inc.
Adhesif Clothing
Australian Outback Collection
Bare Fruit
Bring Your Own Bag
Canadian Health Network
Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform
Cotton Ginny
Dahlia Drive
Dinoflex Manufacturing
Dream Designs
Easywash
Ecotrend Ecologics
Electric Coast Vehicles
EPI Environmental Products
Frogfile Office Essentials
GenYDoors
Greater Vancouver Regional District
Green Table Network
Greenworks Building Supply
Ha-Ra Products Canada
Hard Bite Chips
JMH Home Environmental Solutions
John Fluevog Boots & Shoes
Jorg & Olif
Lela Designs
LUSH Cosmetics
Lyndhurst Naturals
Mojo's Designs
Navitas Naturals Canada
New Society Publishers
One Day - City of Vancouver
Ouno Design
Po-Zu
SeaChoice
SFU Community Trust
Simple Shoes
smart Canada
SMArts Segou
Sustainable Solutions Intl
Tenfold Organic Textiles
The Urban Green Cohousing Project
Tinctoria
Vancity
Wondertree Learning Centre and SelfDesign

When you need a break from the razzle dazzle of the sales floor, be sure to check out the presentations.

Of particular note will be the sessions on Saturday featuring Sarah Rich (Sat. March 17th @ 4:00 pm) and Alex Steffen (Sat. March 17th @ 7:00 pm).]

To get a better sense of Sarah and Alex, read their contributions to WorldChanging. The book, Worldchanging : A User's Guide for the 21st Century, is available at the VSEF bool store [US readers/UK readers].

There will also be presentations of The Core Gore. This time by Mike Gerbis, CEO of The Delphi Group (Fri., March 16th @ 8:00 pm); and, Robert Safrata, CEO, Novex Couriers (Sat., March 17th @ 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm). I'm guessing Robert and Mike won't take a page from VanCity and bring a presentation they "cobbled together in a few weeks".

Register to attend here.

See you there!
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