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"Building a Smart and Sustainable California" is the theme for the 2009 Conference on California's Future.

The event will focus on how California can harness innovative thinking and smart technologies to build long-term strategies that mean greater success for the state.

       A broader look at sustainability:
      Meeting today's needs while provisioning for the future.


Largely associated with environmental issues, sustainability is a more embracive idea that reaches across all of California's endeavors. Sustainability means meeting today's needs while provisioning for the future. It is a powerful framework for thinking and acting on a range of challenges facing California.

Given this framework, the Conference on California's Future will showcase long-term solutions around cornerstones critical to the state's success:

                                  Government                 People
                                  Community                  Environment


For each cornerstone, the conference will highlight strategies that incorporate innovation for the following elements:

                                  Policies                       Technologies
                                  Leadership                  Economies


What this means in practical terms is that the Conference on California's Future is a forum unprecedented in scope that will bring together Leadership Summits and a "State of the Future" showcase on topics ranging from transportation to education, from government to the environment.

California is where tomorrow is invented for the rest of the world. This is the event for the people who invent California

Stay tuned for more details on this event and if you'd like more info on how you can participate
contact the event Exec Director at Susan Shinneman 916/932-1300.