Sixth Annual USGBC

Leadership Awards

The Merchandise Mart

Thursday, Nov 8, 7:00PM-11:00PM

Cost: Free to full conference attendees

Exhibitor, Student/EGB, Guest and One-Day Attendees: $100

Tickets can be purchased at registration.

Held at a premier venue in the host city - this year it is the world's largest commercial building, the Merchandise Mart - the leadership awards celebration is the social highlight of Greenbuild. Join more than 5,000 conference participants at this year's event. Chicago is known for its architecture and is loved for its music. Experience Chicago's sultry jazz and blues first-hand at the Leadership Awards Celebration when we transform the Merchandise Mart into a musical playground and bring rhythm, melody and harmony to life.

Award Categories:

Advocacy

Community

Education
LEED

Research

USGBC Leadership

Awards will be presented at the Thursday, Nov 8 Luncheon Plenary

Title Sponsor

Greenbuild proudly presents the artists of Youth Speaks during the Thursday plenary

Youth Speaks is the leading nonprofit presenter of Spoken Word performance, education and youth development programs, encouraging written and oral literacies among young people as a way to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of social change.

Don't Miss the Party Around the Mart with our Partners!

This year's event features the special opportunity to take advantage of the hospitality of tenants of the Mart. At approximately 8:30PM, attendees will be invited to experience a unique hosted reception in participating showrooms. Please join Haworth, Herman Miller, IIDA, Kohler, Milliken Contract, Steelcase, and Teknion as they welcome you to the Mart. Prizes will be awarded to attendees who visit each party and receive a stamp on their "Passport to Prizes".

Sponsors

 

Media Sponsor

 

History of The Merchandise Mart

Opened on May 5, 1930 by Marshall Field and Company, the Merchandise Mart realized Marshall Field's dream of a single wholesale center for the entire nation. Encompassing 4.2 million square feet, the Mart remains the largest trade center in the world and welcomes more than three million visitors each year. Sixty percent of the building's area is devoted to wholesale sohwrooms.

Getting There

The Merchandise Mart is at 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza. Shuttle buses will depart from the conference hotels. Please check the schedule in your hotel lobby.