The Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference will be held on March 13-14 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.

The Conference will launch a nationwide dialogue about moving our country rapidly toward leadership in promoting the benefits of a new green economy.

It has been designed for advocates representing the labor, environment and public health movements; local, state and federal policy makers; business leaders; economic and workforce development specialists; investors; and scientists and technology experts. It hopes to accomplish three objectives:

· Provide a forum for strategic interaction between the different constituents with a stake in the developing new green economy;

· Showcase key policy initiatives for the rapid expansion of green job growth and economic development; and

· Demonstrate to the importance of public and private investments in the emerging green economy and launch the public discussion on these ideas.

More than 50 experts and leaders will speak, including: Phil Angelides, Board Chair, Apollo Alliance, Joy Clarke-Holmes, Director of Public Sector Markets, Johnson Controls, Leo Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers, Gerry Hudson, Executive Vice-President, Service Employees International Union, Van Jones, Green for All & the Ella Baker Center, Katrina Landis, Vice President, British Petroleum, Ed Mazria, Architecture 2030, John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress, Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club, Lou Schorsch, CEO, Arcelor-Mittal, North America, Rich Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO and Dr. Beverly Wright, Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice

For more information and to register, visit the Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference website or email conference coordinator Sue Cardillo at sue@mcmahon-cardillo.com . The registration deadline is March 3 – so don’t delay.

2/1/2008