Having celebrated its 18th birthday earlier this year, the Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI) is collaborating with iconic venue The O2 for its 19th edition next February, heralding an exciting new era for the event, as well as a significant boost to the profile of sustainability in the live entertainment sector.

As the event scales up for its 2027 gathering, sustainability pioneers, A Greener Future (AGF), will host GEI19 across indigo at The O2 and the O2 Blueroom, under the world’s most iconic tent.

Set to take place on Tuesday, 23rd February 2027, GEI is the planet’s leading conference for event sustainability, with a history in bringing together the brightest minds to tackle the most poignant and pressing topics relating to event sustainability, climate change, and social action.

Whilst GEI is moving out of the family home, like the archetypal teenagers who bring home their washing, it will remain an integral part of ILMC’s programming, and will retain its activities in the same week and in the same city, and will be accessible to ILMC delegates and non-delegates alike.

Past Speakers

Past speakers include eco-warriors and artists Brian Eno, Moby, Aurora, Blaine Harrison, Jarvis Cocker, Madame Gandhi, Jacob Collier, and Declan McKenna, while frontline environmentalists and campaigners include such names as Carly McLachlan (Tyndall Centre), Dale Vince OBE (Ecotricity / Grid Faeries), Danielle Magalhaes (Secretariat to the Climate Framework at UNFCCC), Dr Clair Barnes (World Weather Attribution / Imperial College London), Erik Distler (AEG), Greg Cochrane (journalist and broadcaster), Minister for Climate Kerry McCarthy (MP Bristol East), and Cathy Runciman (EarthPercent).