Emerging growth companies delivering clean-tech products and services represent the next big wave of technology innovation. Over the last seven years, venture investments in the sector have increased from less than 1 percent of total venture investments to more than 10 percent. Clean-tech investing in the U.S. in 2006 reached $2.7 billion across a range of sectors, including renewable and distributed energy, advanced materials, transportation, and water purification and management. Many clean technologies are experiencing double-digit annual growth rates and 2008 is likely to be remembered as the years that clean tech became a bipartisan issue in Washington, an imperative in corporate boardrooms and a socially conscious issue on Main Street.
Savvy investors are realizing the opportunity to capitalize on solutions that serve the needs of industry, government, and society with innovative technologies that compete on price and performance while reducing pollution, waste, and resource use. Come join the drivers of this new economy -- clean-tech investors, entrepreneurs, multinational corporations, policy makers, and others that are leading the way. The Clean-Tech Investor Summit in Palm Springs is where these thought leaders meet each year to exchange insights, explore emerging opportunities, uncover potential pitfalls, and hear from other leaders in the field. Come join us in 2008 for our 4th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit. |
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FINAL AGENDA: |
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 |
| 10:00-12:00 |
Registration |
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| 12:00-1:30 |
Luncheon -- Hosted by Deloitte
Keynote: Dan Reicher, Director of Climate and Energy Initiatives, Google.org and former U.S. Assistant Energy Secretary |
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Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Ira Ehrenpreis
General Partner
Technology Partners |
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| 2:00-2:45 |
Fireside Chat:
Ira Ehrenpreis in Conversation with Elon Musk, Founder of PayPal and SpaceX; Chairman of Tesla Motors and SolarCity |
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Ira Ehrenpreis
General Partner
Technology Partners |
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Elon Musk
Founder of PayPal and SpaceX
Chairman of Tesla Motors and SolarCity |
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| 2:45-3:30 |
Trends Watch: Carbon Markets and Emerging Opportunities
While the U.S. remains the lone major industrialized nation to hold out on mandatory carbon caps, carbon trading is becoming a significant business valued at more than $50 billion annually. What will the future of carbon trading and markets look like abroad, and more importantly, in the U.S.? Hear from some of the leading thinkers on what the new carbon market might look like, and how it will unfold.
Moderated by Ron Pernick, Co-Founder and Principal, Clean Edge and Co-Author,
The Clean Tech Revolution |
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Dan Kammen, Professor, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
Terry Tamminen, Cullman Senior Fellow, New America Foundation and former Secretary,
California EPA
Rob McAndrew, Senior Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange |
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Networking & Refreshment Break |
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| 4:00- 4:45 |
Trends Watch: Green Buildings and Energy Efficiency |
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The U.S. Green Building Council estimates there will be more than 1 million LEED-certified buildings around the world by 2015. Join us in a lively discussion with a number of key players at the forefront of green buildings and conservation innovation.
Moderated by Joel Makower, Co-founder and Principal, Clean Edge |
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Christine Ervin, former president and CEO of USGBC
Phil Williams, VP LEED AP, Webcor Builders
Stephen Selkowitz, Program Head, Building Technologies Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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Inspirational Keynote: |
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Majora Carter
Executive Director,
Sustainable South Bronx
"Solutions Start in the South Bronx"
Majora Carter will discuss how her group is revitalizing the South Bronx by demonstrating clean-tech solutions to land-use, energy, transportation, water, and waste policy. Majora’s determination and ability to advance the environmental and economic rebirth of the South Bronx is inspiring solutions across the nation and around the world. |
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Evening Cocktail Reception - Hosted by Jefferies |
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Thursday, February 7, 2008 |
| 7:30-9:00 |
Breakfast - Hosted by Spenser Stuart |
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| 9:00-10:15 |
Utility CEOs: Driving Innovation in Renewables, Smart Grid, and Efficiency |
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KKeynotes and moderated Q&A with Joe Stanislaw, co-founder, Cambridge Energy Research Associates and independent senior advisor to Deloitte & Touche.
Jim Rogers, CEO, Duke Energy
Jeff Sterba, CEO, PNM Resources |
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Networking & Refreshment Break |
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While disruptive activity often happens among emerging and growth-stage companies, multinationals play a crucial role in developing technologies, enabling markets and bringing new opportunities to scale. In this year’s corporate keynote series we hear from sustainability innovators at Wal-Mart, BP, and CISCO. |
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Matt Kistler, Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Dr. Steven Koonin, Chief Scientist, BP.
Paul Marcoux, VP Engineering and Sustainability, CISCO. |
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Luncheon - Hosted by Orrick |
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Keynote: John Podesta, CEO, Center for American Progress and former Chief of Staff to President Clinton “Federal Clean-Energy Policy: An Insider’s View” |
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Trends Watch: Clean-Energy Project Finance
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Energy projects are capital intensive and require significant up front capital and debt. What does it take to get a multi-MW wind or solar farm constructed and deployed? Experts in project finance come together to look at challenges and opportunities in this emerging financial sector. |
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Moderator:
Raj Atluru, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson. |
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Scott Brown, CEO, New Energy Capital
Aaron Lubowitz, Structured Finance, Morgan Stanley
Kelly Lloyd, Vice President Finance and CFO, enXco |
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Insider View: CFO Success Strategies |
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In this session we talk with CFOs of recent clean-tech public
companies and those that have raised significant early-stage venture capital. We’ll uncover how they are managing capital-intensive businesses to ensure success.
Moderator:
George Crookshank, former CFO OPTI Canada Inc. and energy consultant
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Mike Picchi, CFO, Comverge
Dan Goldman, CFO, Great Point Energy
Jack Jenkins-Stark, CFO, BrightSource Energy |
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| 3:00-3:30 |
Networking & Refreshment Break |
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Industry Keynote: Greg Boyce, Chairman and CEO, Peabody Energy
Hear from the CEO of the world’s largest private-sector coal company. While there are some in the clean-tech community that are skeptical about the concept of “clean coal,” it’s clear that coal isn’t going away. In this special appearance, Boyce will share with us firsthand what the company’s doing in the areas of near-zero emission plants, carbon mitigation, and new technologies – and what he’s looking for from clean-tech innovators.
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Exit Outlook: The View from Wall Street |
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Moderator:
Bill Kingsley, Managing Director, EnerTech Capital |
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Michael J. Molnar, Global Investment Research, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Skip Grow, Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co.
Michael Horwitz, Senior Research Analyst, Pacific Growth Equities
Jeff Lipton, Managing Director, Jefferies & Co. |
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| 5:00-6:30 |
Cocktail Reception - Hosted by Morrison & Foerster |
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| 6:30 pm |
Conference Adjourns |
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