Clean Tech Innovation & Growth 2008
The Clean Tech Innovation & Growth Forum 2008 will feature
panel discussions on the following topics:
• Advanced Technology Showcase
• Public Policy and regulations
• Infrastructure Development
• Best Practice, Codes and Standards
• Commercialization and Applications
• Investment Opportunities and Challenges
• Education and Workforce Training
Preliminary Agenda
Tuesday - March 18, 2008
Clean Tech Innovation & Trends Panel (2:00 PM – 3:30
AM)
Bill Byun, Managing Director, Samsung Ventures
Lyndon Rive, CEO, SolarCity
Scott Johns, Director of Sales & Marketing, Clean Air
Logix
Carbon Offset Strategies Panel (2:00 PM – 3:30 AM)
Margret J. Kim, Senior Advisor for International Climate Change,
California Air Resources Board
Rahul J. Young, LEED AP, Manager, ICF International
Dan Kalafatas, Green Certificates Director, 3 Phases Energy
Services LLC
Heidi Eisips, Founder, Korala Consulting
Wednesday - March 19, 2008
- Policy (8:30 AM – 10:30 AM)
KEYNOTE: The Honorable Mike Honda, U.S. Congressman, 15th
Congressional District of California
Panelists
Sue Kateley, Executive Director, California Solar Energy Industries
Association
Barry Worthington, Executive Director, United States Energy
Association
David Hochschild, VP of Solaria and CPUC Commissioner in San
Francisco
Randy Lewis, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Arjun Makhijani, President, Institute for Energy &
Environmental Research
Chris Busch, Economist, California Climate Program/Union of
Concerned Scientists
- Investment (10:45 AM – 12:15 PM)
Alexei Andreev, Executive Vice President/Managing Director, Harris
& Harris
Annette Finsterbusch, Director, Applied Ventures, LLC
Ricardo Angel, Senior Vice President, GE Energy Financial
Services
Martha Symko-Davies, NREL-Solar Investments, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory
Neal Dikeman, Partner, Jane Capital Partners
Abe Yokell, Senior Associate, Rockport Capital Partners
Tim Cesarek, President, Koch Genesis
Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner, DBL Investors
- Tech Leaders (1:30 PM – 3:30 PM)
KEYNOTE: Barry Cinnamon, CEO, Akeena Solar
Michael Pak, CEO, Nanoexa
Nag Patibandla, Director of Energy Products Division, Applied
Materials
Michael DeAngelis, Program Manager Advanced Renewable Technologies,
SMUD
Geoff Sharples, Director of Sales and Business Development,
EasEnergy
Marc Gottschalk, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati
- Education (3:45 PM – 5:30 PM)
Fritz Prinz, Director, Fuel Cells Consortium; Chair of Mechanical
Engineering, Stanford University
Mark Bernstein, Managing Director of Energy Institute, University
of Southern California
Roland Winston, Professor of Natural Sciences & Engineering
Chair, University of California, Merced
Jin Zhang, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa
Cruz
Jennifer Oliver, Director, Center of Excellence, West Valley
College
John Carrese, Director, Center of Excellence, City College of San
Francisco
Others to be announced. Please check online for updates.
http://www.ianano.org/
Conference Workshops – March 18,
2008
1. Introduction to Nanotech & Clean Tech (9 AM – 10:30
AM)
An introductory course outlining the state of Nanotechnology and
its role in Clean Tech and renewable energy applications.
2. Clean Tech Business Landscape (10:45 AM – 12:15 PM)
An overview of the trends and challenges for the Clean Tech
Revolution.