The theme of the ninth annual Green Energy Summit and Exposition is The New Economic Wave – Clean, Green and Blue. This popular regional conference for consumers, investors, innovators and educators is geared toward raising awareness of the opportunities propelled by the new economic wave for green investment, development, education and employment. The event will be held from March 7 to 9, in Milwaukee’s Frontier Airlines Center. More than 4,000 attendees are expected.

The summit-exposition boasts extraordinary speakers such as Ed Begley Jr., Will Allen, Charlie Hall and Majora Carter, and an astounding array of exhibits. Breakout sessions will highlight the latest trends, strategies and technologies in a variety of emerging fields, including renewable energy, the energy-water nexus, energy efficiency, green manufacturing and business, green and blue careers, water technologies, transportation, sustainability, urban agriculture and social responsibility. The three-day event is preceded and followed by tours and workshops.

“The primary mission of this unique conference is focusing the attention of all stakeholders in our economic future on the historic changes all around us: changes in the way we do things from lifestyle to business bottom line,” comments event Chairperson George Stone, Ph.D., a science professor at Milwaukee Area Technical College. “If you plan to live and work on planet Earth in the 21st century, there’s much of great value for you at the 2012 Green Energy Summit and Exposition.”

For more information, visit GreenEnergySummit.us.