ECOngress To Be Hosted By The World Market Center

Posted by MCC on December 31st, 2009 at 07:00am

The World Market Center and Sustainable Furnishings Council will be hosting ECOngress the day before the opening of the winter market. The event will be geared toward discussing the impact that the Lacey Act will have on the home furnishings industry.

The event, which is called teh One Good World ECOngress: Sourcing Legal Wood and Building Green Markets will be at the World Market Center on January 31 from 10:45 a.m. until 6 p.m. according to the SFC. This event will bring together environmental groups, landowners, academic institutions, manufacturers, retailers and the United States government.

The sessions will focus primarily on the policy, manufacturing and consumer marketing and will consist of both presentations and panel discussions. The event will host sixteen different speakers that will represent various organizations such as the Global Forest and Trade Network and the U.S. Department of Justice.

You can register for this event by contacting susan@sustainablefurnishings.org

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