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A Call for Leaders

We had no time to waste

Founded in 2022, Sustainability in AV (SAVe) has already become a global force for change. Now is the time for our growing international membership to gather and harness our momentum in bringing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to pro AV. And to do that, we need leaders. We need you. Join us in Los Angeles at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center and discover how you can help lead the pro AV industry toward sustainability.

Get involved in a real way

Be a catalyst for change in an industry that not only needs to embrace sustainability, it hungers to do so. There’s a groundswell of support for our mission. All we have to do is activate and direct it. In whatever capacity you can contribute your time, talents and passion, know this: SAVe provides you a vehicle to become a true sustainability leader.

Get educated. Become empowered.

Attend SAVe 2024 with your colleagues and get your organization SAVe Certified through a workshop experience that results in development of an actionable, measurable sustainability plan. Learn how to give your AV gear a second life at the end of its first one. Gain knowledge and resources that will empower you to advocate in your community.

Meet your international allies

While SAVe is the first U.S.-based industry-wide organization of its kind, our mission is global, and so is our membership. At SAVe 2024 you’ll meet, learn from, and share ideas with like-minded change makers from across the planet. The experience will lay the ground for global change. But you, too, will be transformed by this opportunity to join a movement that grows by the day.

SAVe 2024 Sponsors

Sustaining Sponsor

Preservation Sponsor

Impact Sponsors

General Sponsors

SAVe Partners

Agenda

March 14, 2024

7:30 - 9:30 AM PT
Registration
9:30 - 10:00 AM PT
Opening Welcome Speech Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA, Bonny Bentzin, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA, and Joe Way, Executive Director, Digital Spaces, UCLA, Christina De Bono, Founder & President, SAVe, Co-Founder and Joe Perez, CTO of ClearTech AV
10:00 - 10:50 AM PT
Keynote Presentation: Bringing Sustainability to AV Christina De Bono, Founder & President, SAVe and Joe Perez, Co-Founder and CTO of ClearTech AV
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Controlling AV Electronic Waste: There is No Away When You Throw it Away Carlos Hernandez, LATAM Coordinator of the UNIDO/GEF Program
12:00 - 1:15 PM PT
Networking Lunch
1:15 - 2:45 PM PT
The Invisible Footprint of Audiovisual Systems - Measuring the True Carbon Footprint Heather Galvin, Chief Information Officer | Principal, DLR Group, Prem Sundharam, Chief Climate Officer, DLR Group and Ray Kent, Principal, Senior Design Leader, DLR Group
3:00 - 5:00 PM PT
SAVe Certification Workshop Facilitated by SAVe Leadership Team
6:00 - 7:00 PM PT
Cocktail Reception
7:00 - 9:00 PM PT
Fundraising Dinner & Auction

March 15, 2024

7:30 - 8:30 AM PT
Networking Breakfast
8:30 - 9:45 AM PT
Sustainability is the Future - Our Role in Achieving the SDGs - Panel Discussion Christina De Bono, SAVe President (Moderator), Carlos Hernandez, LATAM Coordinator of the UNIDO/GEF Program, Althea Ricketts, VP of Corporate Initiatives, Shure, Kathryn Gaskell, Director of Eco-Design, Legrand AV, Keiko Yokoyama, Corporate Environment, Sony
10:00 - 11:15 AM PT
Breakout Session: Global Change Makers - SAVe Ambassador Panel Discussion Joe Perez (Moderator), Julie Legault, CEO, Techni+Contact, Juan Carlos Guiterrez, CEO, Integración AV, Juan Carlos Medina, CEO, Viewhaus, and Carolina Sosa, Marketing Director, Integración AV
10:00 - 11:15 AM PT
Breakout Session: Partnerships for the Goals Panel Discussion Christina De Bono (Moderator), Founder & President, Susan Angus, Executive Director, Commission on Voluntary Service & Action (CVSA), Joe Way, Executive Director, Digital Spaces, UCLA and Debbie Williamson, CEO, Tempest Technologies
11:30 AM - 1 :30 PM PT
Networking Lunch and Closing Ceremony
1:30 - 3:00 PM PT
UCLA Campus Tour Joe Way, Executive Director, Digital Spaces, UCLA