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Agenda
Aligning Entrepreneurship and Innovation with Government Stimulus Over September 8-10, 2009, clean technology sector leaders—representing trillions of dollars in capital—will assemble in Boston for Cleantech Forum XXIII at the Boston Exhibition & Convention Center to drive demand and open clean technology markets.
Entrepreneurs, CEOs, scientists, policy-makers and an assembly of global forerunners of the clean technology sector will meet to discuss, debate and forge solutions to the current global economic challenges as they relate to cleantech.
To craft and chart the industry’s direction, power players will: - Address climate change and resource scarcity
- Measure the current global economic climate as it relates to cleantech
- Gain access to capital and industry pioneers
- Network and learn from cleantech pioneering innovators, corporates and investors
- Connect with industry insiders at thought-provoking sessions
Now, more than ever—where critical cleantech networking is done. Tuesday -- September 8, 2009 | | TIME | EVENT DESCRIPTION | 12:00pm -
1:30pm | North American Advisory Board / Lead Sponsor Meeting
By Invitation Only
Speakers:
Nick d'Arbeloff, President, New England Clean Energy Council
Peter Rothstein, Sr. VP & Co-Chair, Innovation Task Force, New England Clean Energy Council
| 2:00pm -
5:00pm | LP Meeting
An invitation-only roundtable with leading institutional investors active in the cleantech space. The interactive roundtable discussion will address key opportunities and challenges faced by LPs in today's market.
By Invitation Only | 5:30pm -
7:30pm | Welcome Reception
| 8:00pm -
10:30pm | Advisory Board Dinner
By Invitation Only | Wednesday -- September 9, 2009 | | TIME | EVENT DESCRIPTION | 8:00am -
6:00pm | Registration | 8:00am -
6:00pm | Cleantech Innovation Showcase™
Throughout the day, engage with emerging and market leading companies holding significant promise in the clean technology space. Innovations across the full spectrum of clean technologies will be represented.
| 8:30am -
9:45am | Continental Breakfast |
| Icebreaker Sessions
Icebreaker sessions are informal, interactive discussions about subjects that complement the main agenda, structured and facilitated by industry experts. Two breakout rooms will be set up with a series of roundtables so that participants can bring their refreshments and join the exchange. | 9:00am -
9:45am | Ice Breaker Session
Cleantech India Outlook Discussion hosted by: The Indus Entrepreneur - Boston Speakers:
Dr. Avinash Patkar, Chief Sustainability Officer, TATA Power
Kamal Meattle, CEO, Greenspaces | Ice Breaker Session
Women in Cleantech Discussion hosted by:
Marianne Wu, Partner, Mohr, Davidow Ventures
Vicky Sharpe, Ph.D., President & CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Elke Heiss, Vice President, Sterling Communications
Kim Pargoff, Director of Strategic Partnership, Cleantech Group | 10:00am -
10:30am | Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speakers:
Sheeraz Haji, Managing Partner, Cleantech Group
Ian Bowles, Secretary, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, State of Massachusetts
Tom Menino, Mayor, City of Boston | 10:30am -
10:35am | Global Cleantech 100
Speaker:
Richard Youngman, Managing Partner, Cleantech Group | 10:35am -
10:55am | The Cleantech Forecast: Data, Patterns, Trends & Predictions
The Cleantech Group unveils impactful, market moving data, analysis and predictions. What’s hot, what’s not, what’s next.
Speaker:
Nicholas Parker, Executive Chairman, Cleantech Group LLC | 10:55am -
11:20pm | Keynote: Driving fundamental change in the United States and around the world
Matt Rogers oversees the U.S. DOE’s disbursement of energy-related stimulus funding. He reports to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and will offer insights on how the sector can best interface with U.S. government to access billions in DOE funding. Previously, Rogers was senior partner in McKinsey & Company's San Francisco office where he helped establish their clean technology practice.
Speaker:
Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor for Recovery Act Implementation, U.S. Dept of Energy
| 11:20am -
12:00pm | Networking Break | 11:30am -
11:45am | Demonstration of Cleantech Membership Benefits Join the Cleantech Group for a demonstration of our new membership services. Learn about the full suite of services available to help you scale your strategy. | 12:00am -
12:15pm | Keynote: The Future of the Grid
Speaker:
Gordon van Welie, President & CEO, ISO New England | 12:15pm -
1:15pm | | General Session | Deal Flow | CEO Showcase | | Policy Adoption and Acceleration: Changing the Rules of the Game
Policy developments in ‘green’ economic stimulus, energy and climate have accelerated in the past several months, with more significant changes on the way. As a result, the rules of the game for cleantech companies and investors have also changed. Leading policymakers, investors and entrepreneurs discuss the most recent (and upcoming) developments, and how they impact cleantech companies and investors.
Moderator:
Bob Epstein, Co-founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs
Speakers:
Nick d'Arbeloff, President, New England Clean Energy Council
Dr. Vicky Sharpe, President & CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Dr. William Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy & Director, Center for International Environmental & Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Rick Duke, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Policy, U.S. Department of Energy
| Presenting Company 1 | Novomer Speaker:
Jim Mahoney, CEO
| | Presenting Company 2 | | Presenting Company 3 |
| | Presenting Company 4 | | Presenting Company 5 |
| | Presenting Company 6 | | 1:15pm -
2:15pm | Lunch | 1:30pm -
2:15pm | Ice Breaker Session
Overview of Cleantech and Its Role in Economic Development Discussion hosted by:
William Wescott, Ph.D, Managing Director, Cleantech Group
Kent Lupberger, Senior Manager, Portfolio and Technology Global Information and Communication Technologies, IFC
Corinne Figueredo, Senior Investment Officer, Portfolio and Technology Global Information and Communication Technologies, IFC | Ice Breaker Session
Commercialization Through Partnerships Discussion hosted by:
Kazunari Fukui, Growth & Commercialization Manager, GE Energy - Strategic Marketing | 2:15pm –
3:15pm | | Investor Panel: Cleantech Across Asset Classes
Despite the recent slowdown, cleantech has become a top growth category across major asset classes – venture capital, private equity, commercial lending and project finance. Key leaders in each asset class discuss the status of cleantech financing, and the outlook for 2010 and beyond.
Moderator:
Bob O'Connor, Corporate Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Speakers:
Tom Cain, Managing Partner, SAIL Venture Partners
Kurt Faulhaber, Vice President, Macquarie Funds Group
Jamie Kiggen, Senior Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer of Cleantech Ventures, The Blackstone Group
Scott Voss, Principal, HarbourVest | Presenting Company 7 | CEO Showcase
Aqwise
Speaker:
Elad Frenkel, CEO
| | Presenting Company 8 | | Presenting Company 9 | MaxWest Environmental Services
Speaker:
Bob Erwin, Chairman
| | Presenting Company 10 | | 3:15pm –
4:15pm | Futurecasting:
Thought leaders debate the challenges and opportunities facing humanity, the planet and their implications for action.
Moderator:
Jeffrey Leonard, Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder, Global Environment Fund
Speakers:
Joseph Stanislaw, Ph. D., Independent Senior Advisor, Energy & Resources, Deloitte LLP
Terry F. Yosie, President & CEO, World Environment Center
Greg Kats, Senior Director & Director for Climate Change Policy, Good Energies Inc.
Matthew Kiernan, Co-head of the Sustainability Solutions Group, RiskMetrics Group | Presenting Company 11 | CEO Showcase
Coskata
Speaker:
William Roe, CEO
| | Presenting Company 12 | | Presenting Company 13 | Mascoma
Speaker:
Michael Ladisch, CTO
| | Presenting Company 14 | | Presenting Company 15 | | Presenting Company 16 | | 4:15pm –
4:45pm | Networking Break | 4:30pm –
4:45pm | Demonstration of Cleantech Membership Benefits Join the Cleantech Group for a demonstration of our new membership services. Learn about the full suite of services available to help you scale your strategy. | 4:45pm –
6:00pm | | Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The past 12 months have posed historic challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs. The dramatic drop in capital markets, the credit freeze, and the increasingly regulated environment in many cleantech sectors have challenged even the most seasoned management teams. Leading entrepreneurs discuss these as well as new opportunities, such as accessing government stimulus programs. Moderator:
David Cole, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP
Speakers:
Don Young, President & CEO, Aspen Aerogels
Bill Capp, President & CEO, Beacon Power
Ken Lazarus, CEO, Lilliputian Systems Inc.
Phillip Boyle, President & COO, Powerspan
Scott MacDonald, Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures
| Presenting Company 17 |
| | Presenting Company 18 | | Presenting Company 19 |
| | Presenting Company 20 | | 6:00pm –
6:30pm | Keynote: The Future of Entrepreneurship Speaker:
Leonard Schlesinger, President, Babson College
Most Promising Technology Award
| 6:30pm –
9:00pm | Networking Reception & Strolling Dinner
Network with industry insiders in an informal, relaxed environment. Please join Cleantech Group for a delicious strolling dinner and cocktails while networking with key cleantech power players. | Thursday -- September 10, 2009 | | TIME | EVENT DESCRIPTION | 8:00am –
4:00pm | Registration | 8:00am -
3:00pm | Cleantech Innovation Showcase™
Throughout the day, engage with emerging and market leading companies holding significant promise in the clean technology space. Innovations across the full spectrum of clean technologies will be represented.
| 8:00am –
9:00am | Continental Breakfast | 8:15am -
9:00am | Ice Breaker Session
Cleantech in Economic Development: the role of corporations Discussion hosted by:
Pedro Arboleda, Partner, Monitor Group
Geoff Tuff, Partner, Monitor Group
Ashok Boghani, Associate Partner, Monitor Innovation |
| 9:00am -
9:25am | Keynote: Clean Tech – How it fits with our Energy Future
Speaker:
James B. Robb, Senior Vice President Enterprise Planning and Development, Northeast Utilities System (NU) | 9:30am –
10:30am | | Track A
Industrial Energy Efficiency
As climate and carbon bills loom on the horizon, industry is now looking for energy efficiency solutions for their core operations, such as efficient motors, waste heat capture, CHP and micro-CHP. Leading companies, vendors and investors discuss their experience with these solutions, as well their outlook for the greening of the industrial economy.
Moderator:
Chuck McDermott, General Partner, Rockport Capital Panelists:
Dennis Costello, Managing Director, Braemar Energy Ventures
Jonathan Guerster, CEO, Groom Energy Solutions
Tim Healy, CEO & Chairman, EnerNOC
Mitch Tyson, CEO & Director, Advanced Electron Beams
| Track B
Carbon Solutions for Business
As businesses prepare for upcoming carbon legislation, we review the various products and services that enable businesses to track, verify, audit, manage, and ultimately, reduce their carbon footprints. These include consulting services, enterprise software suites, carbon management services, and more. Which ones are appropriate for your business?
Moderator:
Mark Donohue, Clean Technology Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Babson College, Founder of Expansion Capital Partners Panelists:
Neal Dikeman, Partner & Founder, Jane Capital, Carbonflow
Ron Dembo, Founder & CEO, Zerofootprint
Rich Domaleski, CEO, World Energy Solutions Inc.
Philip Giudice, Commissioner, Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources | CEO Showcase
IQwind Speaker:
Gideon Ziegelman, CEO
| CEO Showcase
Deerpath Energy Speaker:
Kellogg Warner, CEO
| | 9:30am -
11:30am | Entrepreneurial MasterClass Clinic By invitation only This session will leverage the expertise already at the Forum for the benefit of emerging enterprises. Entrepreneurs will have the chance to mix with and take advice from seasoned experts from Babson College, Deloitte, Sterling Communications, GE and Pillsbury on key challenges in building their companies, and commercializing technologies that go well beyond the lab. | 10:30am –
11:30am | | Biomass to Power
Biomass, which has traditionally been associated with biofuels, is getting a new look as a source of renewable, carbon-neutral power. Many regions of the country see biomass-to-power as critical to meeting goals set by climate and energy regulations. Moderator:
Vincent DeVito, Partner, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP Panelists:
Dan Goldman, Executive Vice President & CFO, GreatPoint Energy
Colin South, CEO & Founder, Novogy, Mascoma
Jim Gordon, President, American Renewables
| CPV: The next solar frontier?
As the current crop of well-capitalized thin-film startups continue to make progress towards commercial scale, the next generation of concentrated PV startups look to disrupt the market with high-efficiency, mechanically complex designs. Is the expense and added complexity worth the additional efficiency? Moderator:
Scott Smith, U.S. Leader of Clean Tech, Deloitte Panelists:
R Jeffrey Lyman, Partner, Goodwin Procter
Jim Paull, Founder, Founder, CEO, Stellaris
Mark Crowley, President & CEO, Solfocus | CEO Showcase
Xunlight Speaker:
Xumming Deng, Ph.D, CEO
| | General Compression Speaker:
David Marcus, CEO
| | 11:30am –
12:00pm | Networking Break | 11:45am –
12:00pm | Demonstration of Cleantech Membership Benefits Join the Cleantech Group for a demonstration of our new membership services. Learn about the full suite of services available to help you scale your strategy. | 12:00pm –
1:00pm | | Next Generation Wind
Wind has traditionally been viewed as a mature technology, with the top ten turbine manufacturers accounting for over 90% of the market. In 2008, we saw a wave of next-generation technologies, including innovative turbine designs, transmissions, towers and generators, and venture capital funds invested over $400 million in these startups. What impact will these technologies have on the fast-growing wind market? Moderator:
Grant Rochelle, Director, Industry Marketing, Autodesk Panelists:
Tom Carbone, CEO, Nordic Windpower
Kelly Warner, CEO, Deerpath Energy
Stanley Kowalski III, CEO, FloDesign
Greg Watson, Senior Advisor for Clean Energy Technology, Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs | Infrastructure: Key Environmental Challenges and Opportunities
While this year may be a historic one for laying the foundation to address climate change, there are a host of other challenges and business opportunities for clean technology to address including water, waste management and environmental services. These issues also have carbon implications.
Moderator:
Joan Berkowitz, Farkas Berkowitz & Company Panelists:
Phiippe Martin, Vice President of Research and Innovation, Veolia
Jud Hill, Managing Partner, Summit Global Management
Gideon Gradman, Vice President of Corporate Development, Ze-gen
Mark Smith, CEO, Geospatial Holdings Inc.
| CEO Showcase
Advanced Electron Beams Speaker:
Mitch Tyson, CEO
| | Cape Wind Speaker:
Jim Gordon, President
| | 12:00pm –
1:00pm | Participating Companies 1-7 | 1:00pm –
2:00pm | Lunch
| 1:15pm -
2:00pm | Ice Breaker Session
Cleantech in Economic Development at the State Level: Implications for the Private Sector
Discussion hosted by:
Lisa Frantzis, Managing Director for Renewable and Distributed Energy, Navigant Consulting
Andrew Kinross, Director, Navigant Consulting | Ice Breaker Session
Investing in cleantech - the view of the Institutional Investor
Discussion hosted by:
Kim Schappert, Former President and CEO of JP Morgan Investment Management, Vice Chairman of the Americas for Asset Management at Credit Suisse |
| 2:00pm –
3:00pm | | Energy Storage: The Necessary Breakthrough
The lack of high capacity, low-cost energy storage is a key hurdle in shifting the world’s power generation mix from fossil fuels to renewable sources like solar and wind. Business leaders discuss technology options such as advanced batteries and CAES and how they relate to the grid.
Moderator:
Marianne Wu, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Panelists:
Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Founder & CEO, Boston Power
David Marcus, CEO, General Compression
Dr. Branko Terzic, Regulatory Policy Leader in Energy & Resources, Deloitte Services LP
| From Waste to Energy
Globally, waste-to-heat or –power projects are being proposed as solutions to both waste disposal, and CO2-neutral power and heat generation. In the most recent Waxman-Markey bill, waste-to-energy is now classified as renewable power generation. These developments have infused a sense of excitement in the waste management industry. Leading waste-to-energy companies and startups provide perspective on the changing landscape of waste.
Moderator:
Kelly Sarber, President & CEO, Strategic Management Group
Panelists:
Jonathan Rhone, President & CEO, Nexterra Systems Corp
Jack Ristau, Director of Business Development, Wheelabrator Group (a division of Waste Management)
William Baker, VP of Marketing, MaxWest Environmental Systems
Sean Casten, President & CEO, Recycled Energy Development | CEO Showcase
FloDesign Speaker:
Stan Kowalski III, Chairman
| | Greatpoint Energy Speaker:
Dan Goldman, CFO
| | 2:00pm –
3:00pm | Participating Companies 8-14 | 3:00pm –
3:30pm | Cleantech Product Innovation Award Award Recipient: Johnson Controls-Saft
Speaker: Mary Ann Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Johnson Controls-Saft | 3:30pm –
4:00pm | Networking Break | 4:00pm -
5:30pm | Stimulus and Policy Workshop
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law last February, providing unprecedented funding for the cleantech sector. This workshop will include breaking news from the U.S. Department of Energy along with insights and advice from some of the top professionals in the energy and finance fields. Learn how to access loan guarantees, grants and other financial resources so you can make informed financing decisions in this fast evolving landscape. Speakers:
Andy Hirsch, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati
Steve Spinner, Small Business Loan Guarantee Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Curt Rich, Head of Public Policy Practice Group, Van Ness Feldman
John Mizroch, Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati
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