Emily Dow, design + delivery studio executive and Caitlin Krasovic, sustainable design principal, Walt Disney Imagineering will speak at greenloop 2024.
greenloop is blooloop’s online conference focusing on sustainability in visitor attractions. Now in its 4th year, greenloop aims to inform and inspire with top speakers and great networking. Join us online on 30 April 2024.
Attendees will get to hear from Walt Disney Imagineering, whose ambitious environmental reporting goals were extended to include Scope 3 emissions last year. This year the discussion will focus on taking a holistic approach to sustainable design, exploring the opportunities for impact at scale across a whole site, adapting to various global regions, and planning for the future with resilient developments.
Walt Disney Imagineering’s sustainability leaders
Emily Dow is the design and delivery studio executive for Walt Disney Imagineering and head of the global design studio, where she leads an interdisciplinary design team who creates the built worlds of Disney’s Parks, Resorts, and Cruise Ships.
Her team includes Sustainability, Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Graphic Design, Theme Lighting Design, Design Management, and Engineering. Before holding this position, Dow was the global leader of design strategy for the Design + Planning Studio. Prior to being a studio leader, she was a senior design manager for the Shanghai Disney Resort project.
For this role, she relocated to China for multiple years to head an international team of designers, architects, and engineers to plan and execute the two themed areas of Mickey Avenue and Gardens of Imagination. Throughout Dow’s 20-year career at WDI, she has contributed both as a designer and a leader to bring Disney stories to life across the globe and is a strong advocate of sustainable design.
Dow is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s School of Architecture and Interior Design and a Cincinnatus Presidential Scholarship recipient. She is also the proud mother of two young daughters.
Caitlin Krasovic is the sustainable design principal at Walt Disney Imagineering where she is currently focusing on integrating The Walt Disney Company’s 2030 Environmental Goals to Imagineering’s global portfolio of projects. She has history as a designer, architect, and as a leader throughout her 18 years with Disney.
Her career started in the architectural department
at the Disneyland Resort where she continued to grow and gain design & construction experience by managing a variety of projects, developing design standards, interfacing with local city officials, and collaborating with various lines of business across the Company.
Krasovic also actively led the Disneyland Resort’s CANstruction team for several years where they volunteered to create large themed sculptures entirely out of canned food to help raise hunger awareness and then the cans get donated to the OC Food Bank.
Krasovic then transitioned to join Imagineering in 2018 where she partnered on leading the Architecture Studio, managing and mentoring emerging professionals and coordinating architectural talent resources across global projects.
In 2020, Krasovic began leading the sustainable design initiatives within Imagineering in support of the Company’s 2030 Environmental Goals. She has been embedding sustainability throughout the project process, from early engagement in design to construction implementation, as well as developing embodied carbon reduction strategies.
Krasovic graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a Bachelor of Architecture degree, is a licensed architect in California, is NCARB certified and a LEED AP.
Both Dow and Krasovic spoke at greenloop in 2022, when they discussed how Walt Disney Imagineering put environmental goals into action in practice. They also spoke in 2023 about how the industry can meet Scope 3 emissions measurement and targets.
Why should you attend greenloop?
greenloop’s focus is on bringing together leading voices and professionals committed to sharing knowledge and experience of how to tackle the biggest issue facing our industry.
We will give you an overview of the entire industry’s sustainability progress, the latest climate science, case studies and signpost what your next steps should be. More top speakers tbc …
Emily Dow, Design Studio Executive with Walt Disney ImagineeringWhen it comes to solving really big challenges, like how do we build sustainable theme parks, resorts and cruise ships around the world, it takes all of us and all of these different industries coming together.
And that’s what’s great about greenloop … our collaboration is key to really think about how we build sustainable themed entertainment experiences.
This year blooloop is subsidizing tickets to enable as many people as possible to attend. Group tickets start at just £10 each. Don’t miss out, join us on 30 April!
