Green Events & Innovations Conference Expands 2027 edition with move to The O2

Having celebrated its 18th birthday earlier this year, the Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI) is collaborating with iconic venue The O2 for its 19th edition next February, heralding an exciting new era for the event, as well as a significant boost to the profile of sustainability in the live entertainment sector.
As the event scales up for its 2027 gathering, sustainability pioneers, A Greener Future (AGF), will host GEI19 across indigo at The O2 and the O2 Blueroom, under the world’s most iconic tent.

Set to take place on Tuesday, 23rd February 2027, GEI is the planet’s leading conference for event sustainability, with a history in bringing together the brightest minds to tackle the most poignant and pressing topics relating to event sustainability, climate change, and social action.

Past speakers include eco-warriors and artists Brian Eno, Moby, Aurora, Blaine Harrison, Jarvis Cocker, Madame Gandhi, Jacob Collier, and Declan McKenna, while frontline environmentalists and campaigners include such names as Carly McLachlan (Tyndall Centre), Dale Vince OBE (Ecotricity / Grid Faeries), Danielle Magalhaes (Secretariat to the Climate Framework at UNFCCC), Dr Clair Barnes (World Weather Attribution / Imperial College London), Erik Distler (AEG), Greg Cochrane (journalist and broadcaster), Minister for Climate Kerry McCarthy (MP Bristol East), and Cathy Runciman (EarthPercent).
GEI first took place at Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire, followed by the Royal Festival Hall, and for the last ten years has enjoyed a flourishing partnership with ILMC at the Royal Garden and Royal Lancaster hotels. The venue switch comes as both conferences have enjoyed unprecedented growth in prestige and popularity, necessitating the need for bigger premises.
Whilst GEI is moving out of the family home, like the archetypal teenagers who bring home their washing, it will remain an integral part of ILMC’s programming, and will retain its activities in the same week and in the same city, and will be accessible to ILMC delegates and non-delegates alike.
Claire O’Neill, founder and CEO of A Greener Future said:
“The Green Events & Innovations Conference is evolving once again. After spending the last decade in the same venue as the ILMC, both conferences have expanded and we are excited to embark on this new era with The O2 and its iconic spaces. Our relationship with ILMC remains strong, with GEI taking place on the day before in the same city, and available as a package to ILMC delegates. The expansion of GEI will allow for even greater action and amplification of the important issues of climate, nature and people through the lens of the live sector – from music to sport.

We’re delighted to have secured a new home with The O2, which across its 20 years of operations has invested strongly in green technology and led the way for the entertainment  sector with its sustainability initiatives.”

Sam Booth, Director of Sustainability, AEG International said:

“We’re pleased to welcome the Green Events & Innovations Conference to The O2 in 2027. Sustainability remains an important focus across our business, and GEI has played a significant role in bringing the sector together to share ideas, drive innovation and accelerate progress. We look forward to hosting delegates under our iconic tent and supporting industry conversation that shapes a sustainable future.”

Last year’s edition of GEI welcomed more than 450 delegates, from 26 countries around the world, and demonstrating that the events sector is leading the way in innovation, with a packed programme of engaging talks, panel sessions, debates, and case studies from music and sporting events; a climate-friendly lunch, refreshments throughout the day, and the ever popular networking opportunity that is the GEI closing drinks party.

The prestigious International AGF Awards, sponsored by Skydiamond, will conclude GEI19, where the most innovative and greenest events, venues, organisations, and individuals from across the globe over the previous 12 months will be celebrated by their peers. The awards span ten categories, including the highly sought after International Greener Festival Award. Winners at GEI18 included M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, UK; DGTL, from The Netherlands; and Sam Fender’s People Watching tour, which was able to boast the use of 100% electric trucks. View all winners here.
Following the awards ceremony will be a networking drinks reception, and the following day GEI delegates have free access to London’s newest showcase festival, Soho Calling, which takes place across central London and is organised by ILMC.
GEI19 is organised by green event pioneers A Greener Future (AGF), and is supported by Ecotricity Business, Ecotalk, The O2, AEG, Skydiamond and long term supporters ILMC.
More information at agreenerfuture.com
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