My thoughts on the Sustainable Events Summit 2011
I want to say a big thank you once again to all of the delegates who joined us at this year’s Sustainable Events Summmit. We are now in the process of collating delegate feedback, and so far I’m pleased to say it’s been overwhelmingly positive – with 87% of delegates saying they felt the Summit [...]
Read moreStudent Scribe tickets available for SES 2011
We’re keen to offer as many interested people as possible the opportunity to attend this year’s Sustainable Events Summit, taking place on 13 June at the Barbican Centre, London. While the event is first and foremost a business occasion, we’re conscious that in previous years many event management students have been keen to participate. This [...]
Read moreSustainable Events Summit launches
We are delighted that the fourth Sustainable Events Summit will be taking place on 13 June at the Barbican, London. We have an exciting and interactive day planned for all delegates, and our first keynote speaker has been confirmed as Wayne Hemingway MBE.
Check out the detailed information and book online at the Summit website [...]
Listen to our first ever podcast
We were lucky enough to be visited by the good people at Stopgap last week who interviewed us about sustainable events, digital marketing and the future of the events industry. You can hear our conversation online now at www.stopgap.co.uk/podcast.
Read moreAndrew chosen as Mayor’s London Leader!
Congratulations to Andrew for being selected as one of 15 London Leaders for 2011. See press release below for the lowdown…
The “London Leaders” for 2011 were announced on Wednesday 23 March, with the events industry represented by Andrew Williams, MD of Seventeen Events. Now in its fourth year, the programme has already supported over 40 [...]
Congratulations Louise!
Last week saw the unveiling of this year’s Conference & Incentive Travel Magazine’s annual Power 50 list. For the second year in a row Seventeen were represented – Louise Davies was named at number 49 in the list following an intensive voting period. Huge congratulations to Louise for her place on the list, which recognised [...]
Read moreLast chance to enter – Julie’s Bicycle Green Business Award
*NEWSFLASH* – Deadline now extended to 4th March!
Do you work in the music industry? Have you been taking steps to make your business greener? Now is the time to get the recognition you deserve. Our friends at Julie’s Bicycle are looking for entries to their Green Business Award which takes place as part of the [...]
Observer Ethical Awards – get voting
We’re delighted to be working on the SIXTH Observer Ethical Awards. Once again we’ve worked with the Observer to recruit a fantastic judging panel of the great and the good in ethical living. This year Ben Fogle, Lily Cole, Colin Firth and Ben Okri, amongst others, will be considering hundreds of entries for the most [...]
Read moreA greener 2011?
A very happy new year to all friends of Seventeen! We hope you had a good festive period and had a chance to relax.
It will be interesting to see what 2011 brings in terms of sustainability in the events industry… will the looming Olympics push the agenda forward or will the continuing financial squeeze [...]
Katine – It Starts With a Village
We had the pleasure of organising a conference for the Guardian last week focussing on the work they’ve been doing in the village of Katine in Uganda. Speakers at the event included Lord Malloch-Brown and Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, and the seminar was followed by a reception and private view of a new [...]
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