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Brown University is hosting a conference Thursday, Feb. 28, to highlight "green" technology in the business world.

This week's event will bring together "the region's top business leaders to address cutting edge topics in this emerging field, from environmentally friendly building to 'green ventures' in business," Brown said in an announcement today. "It is said that the field of green technology innovation could well become the largest economic opportunity of the coming century."

The daylong conference, "Green Technology: Science, Innovation and Enterprise in the Region," is being organized by the Brown Forum for Enterprise. The conference will take place at the Rhode Island Convention Center and will feature 25 speakers discussing renewable energy, environmentally friendly building, financing "green ventures" and other themes.

"People are showing a much greater awareness of our impact on the environment and how we can minimize it," Charles Kingdon, director of the Brown Forum for Enterprise, said in a statement. "This is a fantastic opportunity for the business community to gather and explore this new challenge. Together we can identify ways to meet it in Rhode Island and beyond."

Speakers include: J. Patrick Adcock, a senior vice president of World Energy, which operates leading online exchanges for energy and green commodities; Clyde Briant, vice president for research at Brown; and Kathy Loftus, who focuses on sustainable engineering, maintenance and energy management for Whole Foods.

The conference is open to the public with advance registration. Organizers expect 300 people to attend.

For more information on the conference, visit: http://brownenterpriseforum.org.

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