Get ready for a new kind of conference!

 

This year at MyGBCE, we are excited to bring a new structure and experience to connect our broad community!

 

We remain committed to networking and learning, but now with a new focus on bringing you a fully immersive and interactive event!

Event Features:

An immersive Community Art and Exhibit Hall Party with music, passed appetizers, and drinks so connections can be made while we learn and play!

Topic-based Table Talks led by experts in the field at a small-scale level for personal connection, free-flowing conversation, and learning

Reservable meet-up spaces to chat with your peers

Workshop Sessions Panel Presentations

Project, Product, and Civic Awards

Inspiring Speakers and Keynotes

ESG Training

Innovative Startups

Zero-Emission Equipment Demonstrations

Continuing Education Opportunities

Call for Submissions:

TABLE TOPICS

We are interested in discussions that will allow us to gather community and industry leaders to address topics and identify solutions around equity and reciprocity, building community power, holistic solutions to climate interventions.

Abstracts will be chosen to fill a 30-minute session discussion slot with a capacity of 10-12 participants. We encourage a conversation-style dialogue at the table.

Submissions due March 26th, 2023.

SESSION ABSTRACTS

We are interested in proposals that showcase efforts that lead with equity and reciprocity, build community power, consider holistic solutions to climate interventions (e.g., just transition, workforce development, etc.), and discuss approaches at different scales (buildings, neighborhoods, citywide, etc.).

We highly encourage submissions that address multiple categories.

Submissions due March 19th, 2023.

CIVIC + PRODUCT AWARDS

USGBC-LA recognizes and honors elected officials, municipalities, organizations, and products for impact on both policy and projects that transform SoCal into a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable region for all.

Please submit your nominations for this year's Civic and Product Awards to be presented along with the annual Municipal Green Building Awards at MyGBCE 2023!

Submissions due March 26th, 2023.

Submitters will be notified via email of their status by the second week of April 2023.

MyGBCE 2023 Location: South LA

Find out what all the buzz is about!

 

We’re excited to bring these aspects to you at a new location that you’re sure to love while being proud to support,

The Beehive in South LA!

The Beehive is brought to us by SoLa Impact, a family of social impact real estate funds with a double bottom line strategy focused on preserving, refreshing, and creating high-quality affordable housing in low-income communities. They are committed to ending the homeless and housing crisis in Los Angeles's Black and brown communities. In addition to their real-estate investments, their social impact work is anchored by four pillars: 1) Access to Housing; 2) Access to Education in and Through Technology; 3) Access to Jobs; and 4) Access to Ownership.

SoLa’s Impact's affiliated non-profit (501c3), the SoLa I CAN Foundation, significantly expands the impact and reach by working to end intergenerational poverty by opening new access to educational and economic opportunities. SoLa I CAN's marquee projects include the SoLa College Scholarship Program & the SoLa Technology and Entrepreneurship Center which are housed at The Beehive.

The Beehive is SoLa Impact's Opportunity Zone (OZ) business campus, comprised of 8 buildings across 104,000 square feet of commercial space located only ten minutes south of downtown Los Angeles. This campus has become a cultural hub for the South Los Angeles community through a wide variety of events focused primarily on economic development for minority & female-owned businesses in Los Angeles. With eight unique and architecturally beautiful red-brick warehouses, this project transforms the local neighborhood and economy in the true spirit of the OZ legislation as the nation’s first OZ business campus.

Read more about their founder, Martin Muoto, and The Beehive's impact here via their most recent LA Times article.