Venue Managers Discuss APEX/ASTM at IAVM International Convention Center Conference

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The APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Event Standards are here, and organizations are now assessing how they will begin to implement the requirements and use the standards and as tool for managing sustainability.

Meeting venue and convention center managers will discuss the standards in a panel titled "APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meeting Standards" at the International Convention Center Conference, September 27-29, 2012 in Seattle, WA.

Ryan Thorpe, Director of Facility Operations, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL will moderate a discussion by panelists Jeff Blosser, President & Chief Executive Officer, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA; Vicki Hawarden, CMP, President & Chief Executive Officer, IAVM, Coppell, TX; and Lawrence Leonard, CMP, COO, Convention Industry Council, Alexandria, VA.