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Audience: Clean Energy Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs & Investors, No Service Providers Please
Energy Storage and
Management
How we store and manage
energy is about as important as how and where it is generated. Our event this
month will focus on managing, storing and distributing the energy generated and
how we can efficiently distribute it to residences and companies in need. Our
panel will represent investor, entrepreneur perspectives on the topic.
Presenting Entrepreneur Linda Maepa, Founder &
COO, ElectronVault, Inc.
Presenting Entrepreneur David Henkel-Wallace, Co-Founder,
Solar Storage Company
Panelist from KPMG to be confirmed
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Panelist Bios
Kathy Fields, Co-Chair, Silicon Valley Office, Partner, Corporate and
Private Equity and Technology Companies Group, Goodwin Procter LLP
Kathy Fields
concentrates on acquisitions and corporate and securities law. She joined
Goodwin Procter in 2005.
Ms. Fields has been
selected for inclusion in Chambers
USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America. Ms. Fields chaired "Going Private -
Understanding How Public Companies May Begin Life Anew as Private Companies,"
sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education in Boston in June 2003.
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Ms. Fields was a partner in the Business Practice
Group at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault in Boston, where she also served as
co-chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Ms. Fields is admitted to
practice in Massachusetts and California.
Panelist Matthew
Denesuk, Ph.D., STSM, Partner, IBM Venture Capital Group, Scientist, IBM
Research
Matt Denesuk is currently a
Partner with the IBM Venture Capital Group, where he focuses on new businesses
and technologies related to business services and cleantech. He was previously
the leader for services productivity and measurements in IBM's Global Technology
Services business, and for global strategy for IBM's assets-based services
transformation. Prior to that, he held various positions in IBM Research
focused on building new businesses upon emerging technologies, such as text
analytics, medical diagnostics, and advanced sensors. He is also currently
co-chair of the Services Engineering community of TPSA, the leading technology
professional services trade group. Before joining IBM, Matt co-founded and
managed several companies, including a global consumer products company with
manufacturing and design locations in Asia and across North America, and a
biodegradable plastics company. He also served for many years as a consultant
specializing in IP strategy & litigation and product liability. Matthew received
a B.S. from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona in Materials Science and
Engineering.
Dr. Angel Sanjurjo is the Director of the Materials Research Laboratory
(MRL) in the Physical Sciences Division at SRI International. He holds degrees in Chemistry and Physical
Chemistry from the University of Santiago in Spain, and in Education (Computer
Assisted Instruction) from Stanford University. He holds over 30 US Patents,
has more than 100 publications, and is the recipient of several awards for his
innovations. He is a world recognized expert on the development of processes
for the production of materials. Dr. Sanjurjo has developed techniques for the
deposition of films / coatings and for the production of pigments and
nanoparticles. He has developed unique
technologies for the production, purification, casting, crystal growth, and
physicochemical characterization of semiconductors including Si, GaAs and other
III-V and II-VI compounds for use in the semiconductor, solar energy, bioassay
and detector industries. Currently, he is involved in processes and materials
for energy generation, transmission, and utilization. He is involved in waste
byproduct utilization, and cleaning of the environment including CO2 absorption and water purification. Several of
these processes have been commercialized or have been licensed to companies
worldwide. He has been a researcher at
SRI International since 1976.
Dr. Sanjurjo supervises 25 principal investigators involved in the
development and testing of new advanced materials and processes. His responsibilities include technical
leadership, financial management, marketing, and technology transfer.
Each year, MRL researchers work on approximately 15-20 projects, with a
total budget of about $10 million. MRL
work includes the production of materials including metals, ceramics,
semiconductors, superconductors and optoelectronics, and testing of materials
(e.g., mechanical properties, fracture physics, corrosion, and lifetime
predictions). MRL researchers are also
engaged in the development of new components and systems including solar cells,
solid oxide fuel cells and sensors. In
addition to the laboratory work, under Dr. Sanjurjo's leadership, MRL personnel
are involved in process scale-up including pilot plant development, teaming
with industrial partners to solve production problems, technology evaluation
and transfer, and creation of spin-off companies.
Jit Bhattacharya is the CEO of Mission Motors, a high‐performance electric motorcycle and
electric powertrain company based in San Francisco. Jit holds an MSME from
Stanford University and worked at IDEO as an engineer. He also holds an MBA
from UC Berkeley's Haas, where he served as co‐President of the Berkeley Energy and
Resources Collaborative, and helped lead the launch of the campus's Center for
Energy and Environmental Innovation. Mission Motors has developed the world's
fastest pre‐production
electric motorcycle with a top speed of 150 mph. The company partners
with vehicle manufacturers as a provider of advanced electric powertrain
solutions.
Presenting
Entrepreneur David Henkel-Wallace, co-founder, Solar Storage Company
David Henkel-Wallace
is the co-founder of five companies in different fields: two under way, two
sold profitably, one deceased. These companies have spanned software, services,
internet, and pharmaceuticals. Total return to investors exceeds $1 Bn. David
started in research, then went on to be a software developer and architect. He
later went on to selling (I "carried a bag"), engineering management,
business development, and executive management.
Presenting Entrepreneur Linda Maepa, Founder & COO, ElectronVault, Inc.; Founder & CEO,
ElectronVault Energy Systems (Pty) Ltd.
ElectronVault is a Silicon Valley start-up that is expert in the design
and manufacture of large-format energy storage systems with several
production-ready vehicle battery systems on the roads of the US, Europe, and
Asia. At ElectronVault, Maepa focuses on operations, alliances, and technology
development. From Johannesburg, South Africa, she leads ElectronVault Energy
System?s push into the grid-scale storage space.
Maepa degreed at Caltech as a geobiologist focused on protein co-evolution
with the Earth?s early atmosphere. Her professional experience encompasses high
tech manufacturing, IT and state government as a consultant and bioinformatics,
seismology, and paleomagnetics in academia. She is also a small-scale organic
farmer and volunteers at the board level for non-profits.
Mr. Lobdell is a Director in the KPMG San
Francisco CFO Advisory Services practice with over eighteen years of Cleantech,
Power and Utility, and Energy industry experience. Craig has served many
segments of these industries including Cleantech companies, regulated and
unregulated electric and gas utilities, independent power producers (IPP),
engineering and construction firms, energy marketing & trading, solar power
service providers and integrators, independent system operators (ISO),
and electric, gas and water municipal utilities.
Specifically, Craig has experience
assisting clients with strategic business and systems architectural planning,
IPO roadmap development and readiness assessments, finance and accounting
infrastructure development, finance process transformation, process improvement
/ reengineering, chart of accounts, vendor selection, operational risk
assessments and contingency planning development, data integrity reviews,
revenue assurance / enhancement, controls integration, energy trading and
risk management systems assessments, organizational design and change
management, and has provided program and project management.
FountainBlue stimulates collaborative innovation, one
conversation, one leader, one organization at a time through our monthly
events, our dynamic communities, our ongoing discussions on entrepreneurial
issues, our invitation-only CEO forums, and through our consulting services.
FountainBlue Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Forums were launched in
February 2007 and has continued to grow and become an exceptionally high value
entrepreneur event in Silicon Valley. These events routinely attract between
50 to 300 clean energy entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors each month. The
topics cover the range of early stage entrepreneurship challenges and
opportunities. An invitation to this months event is below, along with a calendar
of past and upcoming topics and speakers, and notes from all our previous
sessions are available at http://fountainblue.biz/cleanenergy/cleanenergynotes.html.
If you are an entrepreneur, intrapreneur or investor, we invite you to sign up
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soon. Our events are typically held on the first Mondays of the month from 5:30
until 7:30 p.m., and include networking and registration for the first half hour,
fast pitches from three entrepreneurs to start off the event, and a panel
discussion, with half an hour reserved at the end for Q&A. Testimonials are
available below as well.
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Below is our
calendar for our 2010 clean energy entrepreneurs' forums for your
planning purposes. Please note that you may register only for the next
upcoming event. We invite your participation as part of the program
committee and we invite your nominations for entrepreneurs,
intrapreneurs or investors to join our panels. Service providers interested in sponsorship opportunities are also welcome and should contact us first at events@svcleanenergy.com prior to registering.
Elise
Zoli, Partner and Chair, Energy Practice, Goodwin Procter
The FountainBlue Annual Clean Green Conference
updates entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors on the successes,
challenges and trends of the industry overall, and showcases corporate and
entrepreneurial demos. Beginning with a panel sharing the growth and trends
of the industry from the legal, finance, venture, and research perspectives,
the program will next highlight how leading corporations are leveraging clean
energy solutions to better serve their constituents. The conference will
culminate in a MashUp of entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, researchers and others
to identify and promote new clean energy technologies and solutions in six
sub-industries.
Panelist Don Bray,
co-founder and President, Altaterra Research
Panelist Jeff Fara,
Solution Manager, SAP Sustainability
Panelist Micah Myers,
Associate, Claremont Creek Ventures
Panelist Nicholas Ward, Director,
Global Product Management Automation Services, Applied Materials
Panelist Elise Zoli,
Chair, Clean Energy Practice, Goodwin Procter LLP
Presenting Entrepreneur
John Steinberg, CEO - Co-Founder, EcoFactor
Presenting Entrepreneur
Gene Wang, CEO and Chairman, People Power Company
Proactively managing and monitoring energy usage
is an integral part of a home and a company's sustainability program. Indeed,
especially with population growth trends and the resultant exponential rise
in energy demand, managing, monitoring, and saving the energy we use is just
as important as generating more energy from a wider range of sources. This
month, we will feature the latest software and hardware solutions for
managing energy usage.
Monday, March 1 @ Applied Materials 3050 Bowers
Avenue in Santa Clara
Sponsored by Applied Materials, Goodwin Procter,
KPMG, PeopleConnect
Leveraging Software for Clean Green Solutions
Facilitator Dave Miller, Partner, KPMG
Panelist Andy Gordon, VP of Sales, Federspiel
Controls
Panelist John Suh, Member of the Technical Staff,
General Motors Advanced Technology Silicon Valley Office
Clean Energy entrepreneurs are leveraging
software for a wide range of clean energy solutions, from transportation to
buildings, from data center efficiency to water management and distribution,
from smart grid to lighting. Our panel of entrepreneurs, investors and
providers will cover the gamut of how software and technology is leveraged to
deliver clean green results.
Monday, April 5 @ Bay Café Clubhouse, 1875
Embarcadero in Palo Alto
Sponsored by Goodwin Procter, KPMG
Getting Plugged In With the Utilities
Facilitator Ryan Murr, Partner, Goodwin Procter
LLC
Panelist Jonathan Livingston, President,
Livingston Energy Innovations, LLC
Panelist Shiva Swaminathan, Senior Resource
Planner, City of Palo Alto Utilities
Panelist Robyn Zander, Southern California Edison
Technology Resource Incubator Outreach Program
Presenting Entrepreneur Steven Malloy, yoUtilBill
Presenting Entrepreneur Michael McDonald, CEO,
CleanShare
One way the clean energy industry differs from
other industries such as high tech, life science and services is that clean
energy businesses need to work with the utilities to manage the generation,
storage and distribution of energy to businesses and homes. This month, we
will focus on how clean energy companies are working with the utilities, what
changes lay ahead in this new administration, what infrastructure hurdles we
need to overcome together, and also touch upon the energy generation, storage
and distribution trends and opportunities.
Monday, May 3 @ PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Road,
Palo Alto
Sponsored by Goodwin Procter, KPMG, PARC
Renewable Energy Generation: Breakthroughs and
Challenges
Presenting Entrepreneur Kevin Gao, Founder and
Vice President, CASolar
Presenting Entrepreneur David Henkel-Wallace,
Solar Storage Company
Presenting Entrepreneur Mark Mah, CEO, Nergyos
Renewable Energy may encompass energy derived
from various power sources such as solar, biomass, wind, wave and tidal
energy, and more traditional hydro projects. This month, we will feature a
panel of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs who will cover innovations in
renewables, and the challenges and opportunity on the road to grid parity,
enticing companies and consumers to elect renewable energy options.
Monday, June 7 @ PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Road,
Palo Alto
Sponsored by Goodwin Procter, KPMG, PARC
Clean Tech Opportunities and Challenges with Air,
Water and Waste
Panelist Nitin Parekh, Director of Business
Development, PARC
Panelist G. G. Pique, President and CEO, Energy
Recovery Inc.
Presenting Entrepreneur Peter Frykman, Founder
and CEO, DripTech
Presenting Entrepreneur Dr. Fatemeh Shirazi,
Chief Executive Officer & President, Microvi Biotech Inc.
Presenting Entrepreneur Reza M Sheikhrezai, CEO,
Windation
Based on the Clean Tech Open definition, air,
water & waste clean energy companies improve resource availability,
conservation and pollution control, as well as materials reuse and recycling
technologies.
Factors such as water scarcity, urban
development, climate change, infrastructure challenges, and other factors
tied to our exploding global population make it a more difficult and more
urgent an issue.
Our panel will focus on opportunities around
water and air purification, energy generation around water, air and waste,
and the challenges and opportunities in this area.
Panelist Michael Niver, Director of Project
Finance, SolarCity
Panelist Brian Hubert, Applied Ventures
Presenting Entrepreneur Jim DiSanto, President
and General Manager, Earthrise Technologies, Inc.
Presenting Entrepreneur Steven Malloy, Founder,
yoUtilBill
Presenting Entrepreneur Fareed Sfard, PhD, CEO,
Ahura Energy Inc.
We are in the midst of a clean tech revolution:
companies big and small are focusing on delivering a wide range of
earth-saving products and services. Investments continue to be strong in this
sector, but most companies aren't yet getting the funding they need to
complete prototypes and bring the product or service to market. And most
customers are still electing the status quo over more costly, greener solutions
as we have not reached grid parity for most clean green offerings.
Our panel this month will speak from both sides:
how companies are managing to get financing to deliver their clean green
solutions, and what they are doing to partner with investors of all ilks to
help customers pay for the clean green solutions they seek.
Monday, August 2 @ Silicon Valley Bank, 3005
Tasman, Santa Clara
Sponsored by Goodwin Procter, Silicon Valley Bank
Transportation Greening Advances
Sponsor Facilitator TBD
Panelist Ann Chan, Director, California Programs,
Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP)
Panelist Dave Lyons, Entrepreneur in Residence,
Accel Partners
Presenting Entrepreneur Paul McGrath, CEO
RideSpring
Presenting Entrepreneur Simon Saba, Saba Motors
This month, our clean energy topic
will cover automotive and fuel production, and the policies and restrictions,
trends and opportunities in this clean green transportation sub-industry.
Topics might include fuel efficiency, air pollution management, oil
consumption usage, and strategies for reducing overall vehicle travel as well
as transportation technology enablers, ranging from hardware improvements,
Communications (between vehicles), Community (ride sharing), and safety
advances (through hardware and software).
Monday, September 13 SRI Building G on Laurel
Avenue between Ravenswood and Burgess, in Menlo Park
How we store and manage energy is about as
important as how and where it is generated. Our event this month will focus
on managing, storing and distributing the energy generated and how we can
efficiently distribute it to residences and companies in need. Our panel will
represent investor, entrepreneur perspectives on the topic.
Monday, October 4 reserved for the NVIDIA
Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment
Sponsor Facilitator to be confirmed
Panelist from Sobrato, to be confirmed
Panelist from Serious Materials, to be confirmed
Panelist VC to be confirmed
Panelist from NVIDIA to be confirmed
Presenting Entrepreneurs to be confirmed
Green building materials and design solutions are
a huge sub-market for the clean energy industry because of the large market
opportunity and because of the large range of solutions fitting into green
building materials and design. Join us as we gather the perspectives of a
builder, a corporation, investors, and entrepreneurs who are invested in the
success of green building solutions.
Monday, November 1 @ PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Road,
Palo Alto
Sponsored by PARC
Next Generation Solar Solutions
Sponsor Facilitator tbd
Panelist from eSolar, to be confirmed
Panelist from PARC, to be confirmed
Panelist from Applied Materials, to be confirmed
Panelist from Flextronics, to be confirmed
Panelist VC, to be confirmed
Presenting Entrepreneurs, to be confirmed
The first wave of clean energy investments have
been in solar solutions. Now that investments have taken place for decades,
the verdict has been coming in on solar solutions: some have evaporated, some
have excelled, some are STILL up and coming, and some are amongst the walking
dead. This leaves investors wary about funding new solar solutions,
particularly if they are 'me-too' solutions, without innovation in technology
or business models.
Monday, December 6 @ SRI Building G on Laurel
Avenue between Ravenswood and Burgess, in Menlo Park
Sponsored by SRI
Monitoring Energy Usage in the Home and at Work
Sponsor Facilitator to be confirmed
Panelist from Applied Materials to be confirmed
Panelist from Google to be confirmed
Panelist Matt Lecar, Principal, Smart Grid Center
of Excellence, Energy Applications & Systems Engineering, GE
Panelist from IBM to be confirmed
Panelist from SAP to be confirmed
Panelist from SRI to be confirmed
Sponsor Panelist to be confirmed
Large technology firms across the valley are
transitioning their technologies, products and services into the clean energy
space. This month, we will feature corporate innovators who will speak on
their company’s strategies for entering the clean energy space, leveraging
existing technologies, markets and channels. We will also feature research
organizations and service providers, and all will share their challenges for fostering
innovation within and outside their organizations, and how their organizations
are overcoming these barriers to collaboratively forge clean energy
innovation and develop new market opportunities.
Please join us in thanking the speakers, sponsors and facilitators for FountainBlue's 2009 clean energy events.
Mayor
Chuck Reed: How Policymakers Are Supporting Clean Green Entrepreneurship
Where’s the Green in Clean? Facilitator Quentin Falconer, Silicon
Valley Bank Kjerstin Barley, Sr VP, Industry Leader,
Technology & Electronics, GE Commercial Finance Steve Eichenlaub, Managing Director,
Hardware, Intel Capital Nancy Pfund, Managing Director, DBL Investors
and Board Member, CalCEF Laurie Yoler, Managing Director, GrowthPoint
Technology Partners LLC
Doing Well While Doing Good Facilitator Deborah Gage, SF Chronicle Subodh Bapat, Sun Microsystems Ann Marie Feldhursen, HP Peter Graf, SAP Rich Lechner, VP, IBM John Skinner, Director of Marketing,
Eco-Technology, Intel Corporation
Clean Green Success Stories Facilitator Dan Lankford, Partner, WavePoint
Ventures Tom Balkum, Balkrete Inc. Donnie Foster, Power Assure Matt Golden, President, Sustainable Spaces Jason Wolf, Business Development, North
America, A Better Place PR Yu, CEO, Optony
Our
second-annual State of the Clean Green Industry event featured policy-makers,
entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, updating the larger Silicon
Valley community on the opportunities and challenges in the clean green
space.
Opening remarks will be presented at 9:15 by City of San Jose Mayor Chuck
Reed and will feature comments on ‘How Policymakers Are Supporting Clean
Green Entrepreneurship’.
We presented a Financing Panel entitled ‘Where’s the Green in Clean?’
We featured a corporate panel, on ‘Doing Well While Doing Good’.
Our third and final panel featured entrepreneurs profiling ‘Clean Green
Success Stories’.
Facilitator Elise Zoli, Partner and Chair,
Clean Energy Practice, Goodwin Procter LLC Panelist Andrew Chung, Principal, Lightspeed
Ventures Panelist Matt Horton, Partner @Ventures Panelist Rodrigo Prudencio, Nth Power Panelist Dharmesh Thakker, Vice President,
Advanced Technology Partners
Clean
Energy Investor's Panel: Predictions for 2009
This month, our panel of clean energy investors will discuss the hot
opportunities in the clean green sector - who's getting funding and why, as
well as what's exciting in the year to come.
Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Director, KPMG Panelist David Arfin, VP of Customer
Financing, Solar City Panelist Peter Williams, Chief Technology
Officer, Big Green Innovations, IBM Panelist Marianne Wu, Partner at Mohr
Davidow
Clean
Green Policy Changes in a New Administration
We have made history with the adoption, inauguration and launch of this new
administration, which is addressing our immediate economic challenges with
the opportunities arising from a new industry. This month’s Clean Energy
Entrepreneurs’ Forum will profile national and international policymakers, as
well as local investors, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, as they lead a
discussion on clean green policy, how it’s changing in the new
administration, and what that means to our companies, our country, ourselves.
Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Director, KPMG Panelist Lee Cooper, Manager, Emerging
Technologies, Customer Energy Efficiency Pacific Gas and Electric Company Panelist Stu Dalton, Director, Generation,
Electric Power Research Institute Panelist Matt Lecar, Fund Manager, Clean
Energy Angel Fund (CalCEF) Panelist Stefan Wolf, Solution Management
for Utilities, SAP Panelist Elise Zoli, Partner and Chair,
Clean Energy Practice, Goodwin Procter LLC
One way
the clean energy industry differs from other industries such as high tech,
life science and services is that clean energy businesses need to work with
the utilities to manage the generation, storage and distribution of energy to
businesses and homes. This month, we will focus on how clean energy companies
are working with the utilities, what changes lay ahead in this new
administration, what infrastructure hurdles we need to overcome together, and
also touch upon the energy generation, storage and distribution trends and
opportunities.
Facilitator Elise Zoli, Clean Tech Practice
Lead, Goodwin Procter LLC Panelist Tony Chao, Associate, Applied Ventures Panelist Wayne Gluhan, Director of Sales and
Principal, Raident Technologies Panelist Gerd Goette, Managing Partner,
Siemens Ventures Panelist Andres Wydler, co-founder and
shareholder, BPL Global
Silicon
Valley clean energy companies have a range of strategies to target the global
clean energy market. This month, we will feature a range of entrepreneurs and
intrapreneurs who are successfully building local businesses serving global
markets. Our esteemed panelists will cover R&D, channel, policy, and
partnership challenges and opportunities.
Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Partner, KPMG Panelist Matthew Garratt, Senior Associate, Battery
Ventures Panelist Bob MacDonald, CEO, Skyline Solar Panelist Lorenza Moro, Senior Researcher,
Materials Science Laboratory, SRI International Panelist Ryan Murr, Partner, Business Law Department,
Goodwin Procter LLC Panelist PR Yu, CEO, Optony Presenting Entrepreneur: Kuldip Sethi, CEO,
NanoInnovations Presenting Entrepreneur: Fareed Sfard, Ahura
Energy Presenting Entrepreneur: Helmuth Treichel,
CEO, SunSonix
The
first wave of clean energy investments have been in solar solutions. Now that
investments have taken place for decades, the verdict has been coming in on
solar solutions: some have evaporated, some have excelled, some are STILL up
and coming, and some are amongst the walking dead. This leaves investors wary
about funding new solar solutions, particularly if they are 'me-too'
solutions, without innovation in technology or business models.
Presenting Entrepreneur: Lee Colin, Green
Vehicles
The Clean Tech Open's description of the transportation category
includes transportation and mobile technology applications that improve fuel
efficiency, reduce air pollution, reduce oil consumption or reduce vehicle
travel. This month's panelists will focus on transportation vehicles and
parts.
Facilitator Awais Khan, Director, Venture
Capital Practice, KPMG Panelist Jonathan Forrester, Principal,
Structured Transactions, PG&E Panelist Ripudaman Malhotra, Senior
Scientist, SRI International Panelist Ryan Murr, Attorney, Goodwin
Procter LLP Panelist Abe Yokell, Principal, Rockport
Capital Presenting Entrepreneur: Fareed Sfard, CEO,
Ahura Energy Inc. Presenting Entrepreneur: Jim DiSanto, CEO,
BE Energy Presenting Entrepreneur: Andres Wydler, CEO,
Real Green Power
Based
on the clean tech open’s definition, the Renewable Energies category includes
innovations that use, enable and accelerate the migration to renewable
energy. Renewables may encompass energy derived from various power sources
such as solar, biomass, wind, wave and tidal energy, and more traditional
hydro projects.
Facilitator
Craig Lobdell, KPMG Panelist Matthew Denesuk, IBM Ventures Panelist Kirk Phelps, Associate, Foundation
Capital Panelist Elise Zoli, Chair, Energy
Practice, Goodwin Procter LLP Panelist Dan Rastler, Technical Leader,
Energy Storage and Distributed Generation Program, Electric Power Research
Institute Panelist Tom Thomassen, Symantec Presenting Entrepreneur: Ed Cazalet, CEO,
MegaWatt Storage Farms Inc. Presenting Entrepreneur: Charlie Duncheon,
CEO, EIG America Presenting Entrepreneur: Bill Gray, CEO,
Velkess Inc.
How we
store and manage energy is about as important as how and where it is
generated. This month’s event will focus on managing, storing and
distributing the energy generated and how we can efficiently distribute it to
residences and companies in need. Our panel will represent investor,
entrepreneur perspectives on the topic.
Facilitator Kathy Fields, Partner, Goodwin
Procter LLP Panelist Ann Chan, Director, California
Programs, Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) Panelist Kathleen Cruise, Portfolio
Management Division, U.S. General Services Administration, Pacific Rim Division Panelist Dave Shroyer, NetApp Panelist Kevin Surace, President and CEO,
Serious Materials Panelist Brian Walsh, Senior Associate, Nth
Power Presenting Entrepreneur Barry Fitzgerald,
Suntulit Presenting Entrepreneur Greg Howes, CEO,
IDEAbuilder Presenting Entrepreneur Jason Lu, President,
EnFocus Engineering
Green
building materials and design solutions are a huge sub-market for the clean
energy industry because of the large market opportunity and because of the
large range of solutions fitting into green building materials and design.
Join us as we gather the perspectives of a builder, a corporation, investors,
and entrepreneurs who are invested in the success of green building
solutions.
Facilitator Ryan Murr, Partner, Goodwin
Procter LLP Panelist Jessie Denver, San Jose Solar
Program Coordinator, Environmental Services Department, City of San Jose Panelist Paul Detering, CEO, Tioga Energy Panelist Jeremy Panacheril, US Head Clean
Tech and Renewable Energy, Strategic and Commercial Intelligence, KPMG Presenting Entrepreneur Lee Edward Colin, VP
Business Development, Green Vehicles Inc. Presenting Entrepreneur Taber Smith, CEO,
Focal Point Energy
An
inordinate amount of energy and attention has been focused on the stimulus
package, and how the US government will invest in the economy and innovation
in shovel-ready clean energy solutions. This month, we will feature success
stories on clean energy financing and fundings.
Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Director, CFO Advisory
Services, KPMG Panelist Matthew Denesuk, Partner, IBM
Venture Capital Group, IBM Panelist Kathy Fields, Partner, Clean Tech
Practice, Goodwin Procter LLP
Panelist Barbara Heydorn, Director, Center
of Excellence in Energy, SRI International Panelist Seth A. Hindman, Industry Manager,
Autodesk, Inc. Panelist Sendil Palani, Senior Financial
Analyst, Tesla Motors Presenting Entrepreneur Tony McGettigan,
CEO, Luxim Presenting Entrepreneur Michael D'Amour, CEO
and President, LUMEnergi Presenting Entrepreneur Bob Frostholm,
QSolar
Clean
energy has certainly generated the buzz – because it represents the
convergence of existing technologies and businesses while also addressing the
social and ecological benefits of interest to clients, partners and
customers, among other factors. But the sheer diversity of the industry –
from energy generation to energy management and distribution, from
transportation to building to smart device solutions, from services to
manufacturing – makes it difficult to understand, analyze and grow.
Below is a list of our themes and topics for our 2008 clean energy entrepreneurs' forums. Please register for any of these events below through our Acteva or PayPal links.
Date
Title
Facilitator and Panelists
Friday, January 25
Policy and Its Implications for Clean Energy Entrepreneurs
The Honorable Bill Lockyer, State Treasurer, California's Investment in the Clean Revolution
"A Corporate Perspective: Doing Well While Doing Good" Panel: • Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Director, CFO Advisory Practice, KPMG • Panelist Janice Berman, Sr. Director of Customer Generation and Emerging Products, PG&E • Panelist Reed Content, AMD Fellow, Global Environmental Health and Safety, AMD • Panelist Annette Finsterbusch, Director, Corporate Business Development, Applied Ventures, LLC • Panelist Christina Page, Director of Energy and Climate, Yahoo Inc.!
"Clean Energy Lessons Learned" Panel: • Facilitator Ted Samson, Senior Analyst & Blogger, Sustainable IT InfoWorld Media Group, InfoWorld • Panelist Dan Lankford, Managing Director, Wavepoint Ventures, former Chairman and CEO, Bolder Technologies • Panelist Paul McGrath, RideSpring and California Clean Tech Open Finalist • Panelist John Melby, President and CEO of APX Inc. • Panelist Gregory Pal, Sr. Director, Corporate Development, LS9, Inc.
Keynote Speaker, Scott Sandell, NEA, “Clean Energy Opportunities and Challenges: the Venture Perspective”
Monday, March 3
Funding Solar and Other Clean Energy Solutions
Facilitator Melody Haller, President and Founder, Antenna Group
Panelist Andrew Chung, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Panelist Susan Preston, California Clean Energy Angel Fund
Panelist Michael Santullo, California Clean Tech Open
Monday, April 7
Generating Energy Beyond Solar: Wind, Biofuel, Water and Beyond
Facilitator Craig Tighe, Partner, DLA Piper
Panelist Mike Hess, President, Mariah Power
Panelist Lucian Ion, Energy Procurement, PG&E
Panelist Rafael Molano, Partner, Alternative Energy Practice, Woodside Capital Partners
Monday, May 5
Clean Energy Investors Panel: Funding Successes and Trends
Facilitator Awais Khan, Director, Venture Capital Practice, KPMG
Panelist Andrew Chung, Principal, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Panelist Will Coleman, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Panelist Steve Eichenlaub, Managing Director, Intel Capital
Panelist Jeff Loomans, Partner, Sierra Ventures
Monday, June 2
Clean Green Transportation Machines
Facilitator Jim Robbins, Executive Director, San Jose Environmental Cluster
Panelist Bob Garzee, CEO of Synergy EV, and Electronic Transportation Development Center spokesperson
Panelist Max Scheder-Bieschin, Barefoot Motors
Panelist Dr. Chris Guay, Director of Research and Development, Community Biofuels
Panelist Jeff Gigoux, VP of Business Development, Mariah Power, covering wind energy solutions, policy changes, and making an impact at the utility meter
Panelist Awais Khan, Director, Venture Capital Practice, KPMG, covering Waste to Energy, Waste into Fuel, Waste Management and Recycling
Panelist Laura Shenkar, The Artemis Project, coveringwater solutions including treatment, storage and monitoring, recycling and conservation technologies
Monday, October 6
Green Building Materials and Design
Facilitator Brad Rock, Senior Partner, DLA Piper
Panelist Matthew Denesuk, Ph.D., Partner, IBM Venture Capital Group
Panelist David Hayes, CEO, Skyline Construction
Panelist Marc Porat, CEO, Cal Star Cement
Panelist Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials
Panelist Brian Walsh, Senior Associate, Nth Power
Monday, November 3
Energy Storage and Management: Smart Grid & Energy Efficiency
Facilitator R. Todd Johnson, Partner-in-Charge, Jones Day LLP
Panelist Eric Dresselhuys, Silver Spring Networks
Panelist Sam Gabbita, Principal, Element Partners
Panelist Craig R. Horne, Ph.D., CEO, EnerVault Corporation
Panelist Aglaia Kong, VP and Fellow, Symantec Corporation
Panelist Scott McGaraghan, Director of CA Business Development, EnerNOC Inc.
Monday, December 1
Clean Energy Trends for 2009
Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Senior Director, KPMG
Panelist Stephen T. Adams, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLC
Panelist Dr. Peter Borden, Leading Technologist and Distinguished MTS, Solar Business Group, Applied Materials, Applied Materials
Panelist Oleg Kaganovich, Principal, DFJ Frontier
Panelist Matt Lecar, Fund Manager, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund
Panelist Dan Rastler, Technical Leader, Energy Storage and Distributed Generation Program, Electric Power Research Institute
We are grateful to our facilitators and panelists for 2007 and proudly acknowledge them below.
Date
Title
Facilitator and Panelists
Monday, February 5
Corporate Investments in Clean Energy Companies
Brian Reidy, Growth Process Group Alex Beavers, SRI International Jennifer Daniell Belissent from Sun Microsystems Annette Finsterbusch, Director, Corporate Business Development for Applied Ventures Jim Hanna, Environmental Affairs Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company
Monday, March 5
Government Policies and Investments in Clean Energy
Brian Reidy, Growth Process Group Kelly Fergusson, Mayor, City of Menlo Park Judith Ikle, Program/Branch Manager Procurement, Renewables & Climate Strategy Branch from California Public Utility Commission Steve Churchwell, Partner, DLA Piper
Monday, April 2
International Partnerships in Clean Energy Companies
Facilitator Brad Rock, Partner, DLA Piper Panelist Adam Browning, Executive Director of VoteSolar Panelist Almaz Negash, Entwine Panelist Peter Winarsky Innovation Center Denmark
Tuesday, May 8
Clean Energy Investors Panel: What's Hot and What's Not!
Facilitator Mark Bauhaus, Bauhaus Consulting Panelist Mike Dorsey, JP Morgan Panelist Justin Label, Bessemer Ventures Panelist Carol Sands, Angels Forum and Halo Fund Panelist Laurie Yoler from GrowthPoint Technology Partners
Monday, June 4
Clean Energy Entrepreneur Success Stories
Facilitator Max Shapiro, CEO of PeopleConnect Panelist Bob Lorenzini, founder, SunPower; founder and former CEO of Siltec; founder, Band of Angels Panelist Meredith McClintock, CEO, ReadySolar Panelist Phil Roberts, CEO and Co-founder, Extengine Panelist Kevin Surace, President, Serious Materials
Monday, July 2
Holiday Break, No session
Holiday Break, No session
Monday, August 6
Incubating Clean Energy Companies
Facilitator Carol Daly, California CleanTech Open, corporate executive Panelist David Aslin, Managing Director, AslinVC; cleantech entrepreneur, investor, startup coach Panelist Jim Robbins, Executive Director, San Jose Environmental Business Cluster Panelist Alessandro Zago, Director of Venture Technology, Siemens Technology-to-Business Center
Tuesday, September 4
Corporate Sustainability Practices and Its Implications for Entrepreneurs
Facilitator Jennifer Shepherd, Canyon Snow and Sustainable Silicon Valley Panelist Lori Duvall, Program Manager, Eco Responsibility, Sun Microsystems, with a corporate perspective Panelist Alex Sloan from Expansion Capital Partners with a VC's perspective Panelist Gail Slocum, Attorney with PG&E with a utility perspective
Monday, October 1
Clean Energy Business Models
Facilitator Jeremy Walker, Cleantech Startup Strategist & PR Chair, California Clean Tech Open Panelist Matt Lecar, Venture Associate, Trinity Ventures Panelist Lyndon Rive, Founder & CEO, SolarCity Panelist Preston Roper, Senior Launch Consultant & Strategy Advisor, Tioga Energy, Inc.
Monday, November 5
Breaking Into the Clean Energy Market
Facilitator Chuck DeVita, Growth Process Group Inc. Panelist Barry Cinnamon, CEO, Akeena Solar Panelist Mike Hess, CEO, Mariah Power Panelist Justin Label, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners Panelist Pradraic MacFreen, Comverge
Monday, December 3
Trends in Clean Energy Investing
Facilitator, Craig Lobdell, Senior Manager, KPMG Panelist Ekaterina Chtcherbina, Siemens Venture Capital Panelist Jonathan Forrester, Principal, PG&E's Emerging Clean Technology Policy Group Panelist Matt Jones, Partner, Nth Power Panelist Leif Langensand, The Angels' Forum
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