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West Coast Green, detained last year in San Jose, is at Fort Mason in San Francisco for its fourth year. "The biggest conference on green innovation for the built environment", as it's called, is expected to be at least bigger than ever.

Last year's meeting boasted 10,000 attendees and 380 exhibitors. Show organizers expect 14,000 attendees this year. Any development actually achieved will be inspiring, given the impact of the recession on the construction industry and business travel. Registration is still available.

There's no one speaker as well-known as a few of those in previous years, when Al Gore, Jerry Brown and others attracted attention. Among those featured are:

* Andrew Winston, author of Green Recovery;
* Dan Kammen, Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at UC Berkeley;
* Architect Michelle Kaufmann.

A packed conference schedule includes tracks on building communities, clean tech, and social innovation. A new Green Jobs Pavilion may get a lot of attention from attendees, with US unemployment having recently reached a post-World War II high.

The conference will close Saturday with an after-party at the California Academy of Sciences, the largest LEED Platinum-rated public building in the world.