greenloop – sustainability in visitor attractions conference

Charles Read, Blooloop’s MD, welcomes you to greenloop.

Choni Fernandez Veciana, PortAventura Central Services Director: Purchasing, Logistics and Corporate Responsibility, & PY Gerbeau, CEO, The London Resort.

PortAventura is the world’s first carbon neutral theme park. Choni will take attendees through an overview of the process from identifying UN sustainability goals to measurement to implementation.

The London Resort is one of the most ambitious projects in Europe. Set to open in 2024 the plan is to be an operationally carbon neutral theme park. PY will share how this will be achieved.

Sara Kassam, Sustainability Lead, The V&A, & Guillaume Allaire, Director of International Affairs, Puy du Fou.

Sara will look at the organisational change needed instilling sustainability into everyday processes in the world’s leading design museum.

Sustainability is in the DNA of Puy du Fou. Guillaume will explain how  sustainable practices have been hard wired into historical spectaculars at “the best theme park in the world“.

Join in our speed networking session to be paired with other attendees for a 3-minute conversation.

Visit the virtual booths in the Expo Hall to learn more about our sponsors and see what sustainable solutions they provide.

Michel Linet-Frion chairs this panel session discussing the challenges faced by waterparks in becoming more sustainable. The panel includes Therme Group’s Viorel Beltechi, VP Energy & Engineering, CEO Therme Asia.

Thank you to our sponsor ProSlide.

Mark Locker, CEO of Attractions.io is joined by special guests in this talk which explores technology’s power to overcome environmental challenges.

Emily Dow, Design Studio Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering.

Emily will talk about how Disney Imagineering incorporate sustainable processes to deliver compelling visitor experiences.

Kelly Williams, Water Slide Engineering Manager and Franceen Gonzales, Chief Experience Officer from WhiteWater.

WhiteWater experts share how ride design advancements and extending the life of waterslides are practical sustainability solutions you can implement this season.

Wayne Hitchings, Head of Sustainability, The Natural History Museum & Ike Kwon,  Chief Operating Officer & Head of Government Affairs, California Academy of Sciences.

Alistair Gosling, Founder and CEO of Extreme International, Qiddiya Advisory Board Member.

Alistair will discuss how Extreme works to leave a positive legacy and how it has taken action to become more sustainable with its ‘Tread Lighter’ initiative.

John Bull, Sustainability Pavilion Director, Expo 2020 Dubai | Loic Finlan, Director – Environmental Sustainability, Qiddiya.

Expo 2020 Dubai has said Terra – the Sustainability Pavilion is already inspiring visitors to make changes that will contribute to a cleaner environment. John will take us through the hopes for a legacy for this meaningful visitor experience.

From 14 April 2022, Almere will be the stage for the Floriade Expo 2022 International Horticultural Expo for six months: the greenest day out. Once every 10 years Floriade is the park to enjoy the scent and colour of flowers, plants, vegetables and fruit. The Expo offers 40 inspiring country presentations, a spectacular greenhouse complex, a cable car over the Floriade park, pavilions with sustainable innovations and a vibrant arts and culture programme. We’ll hear how Floriade plans to create a green legacy.

David Harland, CEO, Eden Project International.

The Eden Project has been hugely influential in the creation of green attractions since it’s opening in a disused Cornish clay pit in 2001. The iconic biomes have led the way for eco-attractions. Eden Project International was launched in 2014 to deliver social and ecological benefits to new locations around the world.

Dominic Hare, CEO, Blenheim Palace & Lukas Scheub, Management representative for Public Affairs, Europa-Park.

In this session we look at how two very different attractions, both with rich heritages, are creating a sustainable legacy.

Thank you to our sponsor ProSlide.

The pandemic has shone a light on how many companies operate and has pushed ESG thinking even more to the forefront. We will consider the point of view of consumers, operators, developers and investors, revealing the compelling motivations for visitor attractions to become more sustainable.

We also have the results of an exclusive sustainability survey, carried out by A Different View for Blooloop, to share.

Gay Coley (Chairman of the Board, The Wave & previously MD, Eden Project) and  Philip Shepherd (ex-PwC), Geoffrey Dixon (A Different View) and Michael Collins (Leisure Development Partners).

Visit the virtual booths in the Expo Hall to learn more about our sponsors and see what sustainable solutions they provide.

Join in our speed networking session to be paired with other attendees for a 3-minute conversation.

Karen Fifield, Chief Executive, Wellington Zoo & Chair of the WAZA Ethics and Animal Welfare Committee & David Rosenberg, Vice President, Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Karen will present WAZA’s new sustainability strategy. David will talk about Monterey Bay Aquarium’s mission to inspire conservation of the ocean, leading by example and the Aquarium Conservation Partnership,