FEATURED EVENT
2023 BUYERS CONFERENCE
Grand Geneva Resort & Spa
October 22-25, 2023
Join us for our next Buyers Conference in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin! This three-day (in-person) event encourages lifelong relationships between buyers and suppliers through a variety of productive business meetings, sustainability education, and collaborative wellness workshops.
UPCOMING EVENT
2023 Virtual Sustainability Summit
May 3rd & 4th, 2023
Join the conversation on sustainability with GSN Planet this May! We are delighted to host this two-day virtual event featuring expert speakers, panel discussions with industry leaders, and educational sessions. Get ready to gain insight on best practices, hear about success stories and challenges, and connect with like-minded individuals.
SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT SCHEDULE
May 3, 2023
11.45 am ET
Panel Discussion
Sustainability in Action: A discussion on the steep sustainability learning curve, challenges in implementation strategies and how leading spas found solutions
1.00 – 2.30 pm ET
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Rich Blundell: The Natural History of Us
May 4, 2023
11.45 am ET
Welcome & Recap of May 3rd programming
12.00 – 1.15 pm ET
Panel Discussion
Biotech Beauty: The Transition from Clean Beauty
1.15 – 2.15 pm ET
Educational Session
In House Sustainability Audits: GSN Greenspa Calculator
2.15 pm ET
Wrap up & Farewell
UPCOMING EVENT
SPA BUZZ
June 24-26, 2023 | Red Mountain, Irvins, UT
September 18-20, 2023 | multi-location event
GSN is honored to partner with The Spa Buzz for their on-going events. As we continue to expand our sustainable footprint in a new decade of possibility, we are working to bring together the best partners and increase awareness of the imperative need to plant trees. GSN board members will act as sustainability liaison’s while sharing information about the GSN Tree Planting Initiative during Spa Buzz retreats.
Offering inspired gatherings for wellness professionals, The Spa Buzz connects leaders and visionaries to strengthen the wellness community through its Business Immersion Retreats. Spa Buzz was founded by Kristi Konieczny in 2003 with the intention of nurturing relationships and allowing event attendees to expand their network with prestigious leaders and partners within the spa industry.
PAST EVENT
2022 BUYERS CONFERENCE
Wild Dunes Resort
October 23-26, 2022 | Charleston, SC
This three-day (in-person) event encourages lifelong relationships between buyers and suppliers through a variety of productive business meetings, sustainability education, and collaborative wellness workshops.
PAST EVENT
VIRTUAL BUYERS CONFERENCE
April 20-22, 2022
Build relationships and collaborate on solutions in this ever-changing market. Meet together with quality resource suppliers and interested buyers for three days of virtual networking, self-care workshops, and sustainability education.
PAST EVENT
2021 BUYERS CONFERENCE
Ojai Valley Inn
October 31 – November 3, 2021 | Ojai, California
This three-day (in-person) event encourages lifelong relationships between buyers and suppliers through a variety of productive business meetings, sustainability education, and collaborative wellness workshops.
Past Event
GSN PLANET CONGRESS 2020
Ojai Valley Inn & Spa
January 26 – 29, 2020 | Ojai, California
Green Spa Network Congress is the event that changed the definition and expectation of a spa conference. For over 10 years, Congress has been bringing spa, wellness, and sustainability professionals together from across the industry and around the world to talk about work, business and the future, while creating a positive vision for themselves, both professionally and personally. Each event has pursued innovation within the spa and wellness industry, covering leadership, sustainability, wellness, collaboration, and experience.
Join us in 2023 for our next GSN Planet Congress. Please stay tuned for dates and location!
Past Event
SELF-CARE + PERSONAL SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
December 1-3, 2019 | Stockbridge, MA
The Summit brings the wellness community together in a peaceful environment offering attendees a mixture of lecture, yoga, emotional release work, breathwork, aromatherapy, and hands-on adjustments with live music, movement, and meditation.
Topics covered during summit lectures include:
- Emotional intelligence as a tool for improving your self-care
- Hemp, CBD, sustainability, and the future of this interesting plant
- What green beauty really means, why you might be more interested in blue beauty, and how what you choose on the shelf affects not only your skin but also the planet
- The impact Standard American Diet has on mood, metabolism, hormones, happiness, libido, connection, creativity, and brain function.