Monday, October 5

2:30pm-5:00pm: Experimental Superstore Tour
Join attendees on a tour of Walmart's Eco-Friendly Experimental Superstore in McKinney, Texas. The goal of this experimental store is to be supplied 100% by renewable energy, create zero waste and sell products that sustain resources and the environment.

6:00pm-7:30pm: Welcome Reception

Tuesday, October 6

8:00am-9:00am: Opening Keynote, Sally Jewell, President & CEO, REI

9:15am-10:15am: A New Environmental Landscape for Retail: The Government Perspective

10:30am-11:30am
A. RCRA Waste Minimization & Management
B: Green Power Procurement: Comparing Retailers' Approaches
C: Using Media and Innovative Strategies to Educate Consumers
D: Greenhouse Gas Regulations

1:30pm-2:30pm: Closing the Loop: Product Stewardship and the Retailer’s Role

2:45pm-3:45pm
A. Best Practices in Product Chemicals Management in the Retail Industry
B: Measure Before You Manage: Finding New Efficiencies with Energy Audits
C: Green Marketing: Articulating your Company's Sustainable Practices
D: Greenhouse Gas Regulations: Legislation & Compliance

4:00pm-5:00pm: The Evolving Consumer: Expectations and Insights in Green Retailing

Wednesday, October 7

9:15am-10:15am: Red Goes Green: Target’s Sustainability Story; Tony Heredia, Vice President, Corporate Risk & Responsibility, Target

10:30am-11:30am
A. The Eco Index: Driving Innovation in Product Development
B. State Energy Programs and Green Tax Incentives
C. Water Conservation Through Sustainable Operations
D. A Dialogue on Environmental Science and California's Regulations

11:30am-1:00pm: Water Stewardship: The Coca-Cola Story

1:15pm-2:15pm
A. Packaging: Reduction, Recyclability & Innovation
B. Metrics: Managing the Data to Support a Sustainability Initiative
C. Embedded Water: Examining the Supply Chain
D. Software Solutions for Sustainability

2:30pm-3:30pm: The Economics and Business of Sustainability, Emma Duncan, Deputy Editor, The Economist

Check back often for speaker and session updates!

Join us for our second annual conference on Environmental Sustainability & Compliance. The three day event will feature major retailers and industry leaders with firsthand experience integrating green practices into their respective companies.

Sponsorship:
RILA offers a variety of sponsorship packages from $5,000 to $50,000. Click here to download the ESCC 2009 Sponsor/Exhibitor Prospectus.

Why Exhibit?
ESCC 2009 is not a trade show, but an educational event drawing the top leaders in retail, who attend the meeting for general education, networking with peers, learning about emerging trends and to see cutting-edge solutions from the vendor community.

• The right audience: Top executives from the largest and most visible retailers who are actively looking for environmental solutions.
  
  
• The right size: Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to networking. Big enough to make exhibiting worthwhile but small enough to build meaningful and personal relationships. RILA also strictly manages ratios and limits exhibitor participation based on retailer attendance, so you can expect a 1:2 ratio of customers to vendors.
  
  
• Educational Opportunities: RILA welcomes and encourages exhibitors to attend all the educational sessions alongside the retailer and consumer products maker attendees. You’ll learn firsthand what potential customers are thinking about.
  
  
• Networking opportunities: Exhibitors are full participants attending all conference events with the retailers and consumer goods manufacturers. Sessions and breaks are additional networking opportunities outside the exhibit hall.
  
  
• Limited number of exhibiting companies: RILA limits the number of exhibit booths that are available, and limits attendance by service suppliers to exhibitors only. Service supplier companies must exhibit or sponsor in order to attend ESCC 2009. If you have questions about your company designation, please contact Ashley De Boer at 703-600-2039.
  
  
• Dedicated exposition hall hours: RILA does not schedule educational or other competing events during hall hours, so every minute in the hall is useful. Also, meals and cocktail hours are held in the exhibit hall to encourage traffic and relaxed interaction.
  

Who will attend?
Senior executives from retail and consumer goods companies with responsibility for:
• environmental sustainability strategy & execution
• sustainable supply chains
• store operations
• internal & external communications
• real estate and store development
• environmental compliance
• corporate and government affairs
• corporate social responsibility

Who will exhibit?
Companies interested in promoting their products and services to the broad retail community in the areas of:
• environmental sustainability consulting
• sustainable supply chains, including transportation, distribution, warehousing, etc.
• waste management & recycling
• energy management, usage & conservation
• environmental compliance
• packaging
• carbon footprinting

General Exhibit Package*:
Exhibitors are limited to one 10x10 booth at the rate of $4000. Sponsorship packages are available to expand your space to a 10x20.
· 10x10 booth, 8’ backwall drape, 3’ siderail drape, and a uniform identification sign showing company name
· Full registration for 2 people
· Opportunity to purchase up to 1 additional registrations at a RILA member rate ($395) and non-member rate ($595).
· Pre- and post-conference list of attendees, each for one-time use
*See full contract for payment and registration requirements.

Expo Hall Schedule*:
Set-up Hours:
· Sunday, October 4, 12pm -5pm
· Monday, October 5, 8am — 12pm
Exhibit Hours:
· Monday, October 5, 6:00pm-7:30pm — Welcome reception in the Hall
· Tuesday, October 6, 11:30am-1:00pm — Lunch in the Hall
· Tuesday, October 6, 5:00pm-7:00pm — Cocktail reception in the Hall
· Wednesday, October 7, 8:00pm-9:00am — Breakfast in the Hall
Dismantling Hours:
· Wednesday, October 7, 8:00am-10:00am
*Tentative and subject to change.

Contact us:
Kim Sackett
(703) 519-4268
ksackett@strategicconventions.com

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Ashley De Boer
(703) 600- 2039
ashley.deboer@rila.org

Hotel Information:
Embassy Suites Dallas-Frisco Hotel & Convention Center
7600 John Q. Hammons Drive
Frisco, TX 75034
Tel: 972-712-7200
Fax: 972-712-7221

RILA has reserved a block of sleeping rooms at the Embassy Suites Dallas-Frisco Hotel for conference participants. Room reservations can be made directly with the hotel. Guests can either reserve their rooms online using this link  or contact our designated group coordinator, Leah Byrd at leah.byrd@jqh.com or (972) 963-9157 to make reservations under the RILA block. Use group code RIL to receive our association rate of $199. This rate is available on a first-come, space available basis through September 10, 2009. Please note that if you cancel your conference registration, you will need to cancel your hotel reservation as rooms under the RILA block are for conference participants only.

The Embassy Suites Dallas-Frisco Hotel and Conference Center has a clear track record of instituting sustainable policies. Their single-stream recycling efforts have greatly reduced their carbon footprint.

Additionally Embassy Suite’s parent company, Hilton Hotels, plans to accomplish the following by 2014

• Reduce energy consumption from direct operations by 20%
• Reduce Co2 emissions by 20%
• Reduce output of waste by 20%
• Reduce water consumption by 10%

Hotel Parking:
If you are renting a car, valet parking is offered at the Embassy Suites for at the rate of $8 per day, $14 per overnight. Covered self-parking is available for $6 per day, $8 per overnight. There is no cost for curb side self parking, but availability is limited.

Hotel Concierge:
Should you wish to contact the Hotel’s Concierge prior to your arrival to make dinner reservations or other social arrangements, please call 972-712-7200 and ask to be connected to the Hotel’s Concierge.

Hotel Business Center:
The business center is located in the convention center opposite of Frisco Ballroom 3. It is open from daily from 7am - 5pm. Guests may receive faxes through the business center by using fax 972-963-9166. For more information call 972-624-7059.

Conference Attire:
Business casual clothing, which includes slacks and a collared shirt for men, and slacks or a skirt with a blouse for ladies, is appropriate for all conference activities. Average early autumn temperatures in Dallas-Frisco range from 64 - 85 degrees, and meeting rooms are often cool. 

Special Needs:
Please contact Mercer Fannon at 703-600-2043 if you have any disabilities or dietary restrictions that require special accommodation.

Other Information:
This is a non-smoking conference.
All sessions are closed to the press.

Conference Cancellation & Refund Policy:
If a cancellation is requested on or before August 11, 2009, RILA will process a refund in the same manner that the registration payment was made, less a processing fee of 10% per registration. If a cancellation is requested between August 12 and September 22, 2009, RILA will process a refund in the same manner that the registration payment was made, less a processing fee of 50% per registration. Cancellation requests received on or after September 22, 2009 are non-refundable. Registered attendees may transfer their registrations to another individual from the same company at any time. All cancellation and transfer requests must be sent in writing. Please e-mail holly.weinhold@rila.org to cancel in writing.

Disclaimer:
The RILA Environmental Sustainability & Compliance Conference has been organized by RILA and the conference steering committee. The presentations and opinions of speakers and participants are not necessarily those of RILA or its member companies.

Questions?
Call RILA's Conference Department at 703-841-2300.

Conference registration fee includes conference materials, meal functions, cocktail receptions and coffee breaks.  

Confirmations:
All registrations will be confirmed, in writing, via email.

Retail/Product Manufacturer Registration Rates:
RILA's Environmental Sustainability & Compliance Conference (ESCC) 2009 is open to executives from retail and consumer product manufacturing companies. All others must either exhibit or get prior approval from RILA to attend. Members of the press may not attend. Bring a team of 5 or more executives from the same company and save up to $200 per person!

Click here for Group Registration Form (PDF)

Click here for the Retailer/Product Manufacturer Individual Registration Form (PDF)