Spa News: Green Spa Network Announces 2015 Congress Keynote Speakers

Simon Robinson of Holonomics Education and Daniella Russo of Think Beyond Plastic will serve as the keynote speakers at the 8th annual GSN Congress this September.

Green Spa Network (GSN) will be hosting its 8th annual Congress September 26-30, 2015 at the Tenaya Lodge in Yosemite National Park. The multi-day program will be filled with speakers, presentations, and various workshops designed to inspire positive change for businesses and their communities, and will feature two keynote speakers: Simon Robinson, founder of Holonomics Education, and Daniella Dimitrova Russo, CEO and founder of Think Beyond Plastic.

Simon Robinson founded Holonomics Education, a consultancy which “helps organizations to think and innovate differently, allowing the development of high value customer experiences, the development of powerful and effective strategies, and of meaningful and sustainable brands.” Additionally, he co-authored the book, Holonomics: Business Where People and Planet Matter, which was nominated as one of the Top 36 Sustainability Books by Sustainable Brands in January 2015, and helped found he world’s first mobile internet portal, Genie Internet, which received many media awards for innovation, and has been a developer of cutting-edge innovations in technology and new media at BT, O2 and Digital Bridges. He is the editor of the blog www.transitionconsciousness.org and is a Harvard Business Review Brazil author.

Daniella Dimitrova Russo is the CEO and Founder of Think Beyond Plastic, a social impact venture that “addresses plastic pollution by harnessing the forces of innovation and entrepreneurship, and the power of the markets to do good.” Russo’s executive experience in high-tech, from startups to Fortune 500 businesses and NGOs, has helped elevate plastic pollution to the forefront of global, social, environmental, and political discourse. She launched Think Beyond Plastic to address plastic pollution as an untapped innovation challenge and investment opportunity that leverages the growing demand for sustainable alternatives to conventional petroleum plastics. Additionally, Russo serves on the Executive Board of World Green Citizen, BLUE Ocean Film Festival, UPSTREAM and numerous businesses. She co-founded and led Plastic Pollution Coalition to become the world’s first and largest NGO dedicated specifically to eradicating plastic pollution.

For more details or to register for the 8th annual GSN Congress, please visit http://greenspanetwork.org/8th-annual-fall-congress/. Register by June 30, 2015 to save $100 off regular registration.