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FountainBlue's Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum

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FountainBlue's Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum

Topic: Energy Storage and Management

Date & Time: Monday, September 13 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m.

Location: SRI Building G on Laurel Avenue between Ravenswood and Burgess, in Menlo Park

Cost: $22 members, $32 partners, $42 general

On-Site Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership plus admission

Registration: Please pre-register by noon on September 10 using the adjacent PayPal link  

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.

Facilitator Kathy Fields, Partner, Goodwin Procter

Panelist Matthew Denesuk, Ph.D., STSM, Partner, IBM Venture Capital Group, Scientist, IBM Research

Panelist Dr. Angel Sanjurjo, Director Materials Research Laboratory, SRI International

Presenting Entrepreneur Jit Bhattacharya, CEO, Mission Motors

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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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.


Presenting Entrepreneur Jit Bhattacharya, CEO, Mission Motors

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.


Sponsor Craig Lobdell Director, CFO Advisory Services - KPMG

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 for our free mailing list using the form above and hope to see you at an event 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.
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Description

Friday, January 29 Breakfast @ EMC Corporation, 2831 Mission College Blvd,
Santa Clara,

 

Sponsored by EMC, Goodwin Procter, KPMG

State of the Clean Green Industry with Clean Energy Showcase

FountainBlue Clean Green Annual Conference: Past Successes, New Opportunities

 

Corporate Panel: Doing Well While Doing Good

 

Clean Green MashUp for:

1. Air, Water and Waste

2. Energy Efficiency

3. Green Building  

4. Renewable Energy

5. Smart Power, Green Grid and Energy Storage

6. Transportation

 

Our speakers will include:

 

 

Dan Adler, President, California Clean Energy Fund

 

Ray Homan, SAP Sustainability

Speaking on carbon & energy management and overall sustainability performance management

 

Craig Lobdell, Director, CFO Advisory Services, KPMG

 

Matt Maloney, Head of Relationship Management, Silicon Valley Bank

 

Eric Wesoff, Greentech Media, Publisher of the Venture Power newsletter

 

Kathrin Winkler, Chief Sustainability Officer, EMC  Speaking on employee engagement and the role of information technology in sustainability

 

Peter Williams, Distinguished Engineer, Chief Technology Officer, Big Green Innovations, IBM

Speaking on water management and carbon reduction

 

Tim Woodward, Managing Director, Nth Power

 

Laurie Yoler, Managing Director, GrowthPoint Technology Partners

 

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.

Friday, February 5 Breakfast @ SAP, 3410 Hillview Ave
Palo Alto

 

Sponsored by Goodwin Procter, KPMG, PeopleConnect, SAP

The Opportunities in Managing and Monitoring Energy Usage

Facilitator Craig Lobdell Director, CFO Advisory Services - KPMG

 

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

 

Panelist Dharmesh Thakker, Advanced Technology Ventures

 

Panelist Eileen Tanghal, Investment Director, Applied Ventures

 

Presenting Entrepreneur Eric Alderman, Founder, President and CEO, SolarNexus

 

Presenting Entrepreneur Mark Friedman, President, Green Axle

 

Presenting Entrepreneur Zachary Gentry, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-founder, Adura Technologies

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 Craig Lobdell, Director, CFO Advisory Services, KPMG

 

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

Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Director, CFO Advisory Services, KPMG

 

Panelist Paul Davis, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

 

Panelist Karl Littau, Synthetic Fuels Program Manager, PARC

 

Panelist Uday Mathur, Renewable Energies Group, PG&E

 

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

Facilitator Kathy Fields, Partner, Goodwin Procter

 

Panelist Cheryl McGovern, US EPA, Region 9

 

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.

Monday, July 12 @ location to be confirmed

 

Sponsored by Goodwin Procter, KPMG

Clean Green Financing Options

Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Director, CFO Advisory Services, KPMG

 

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

 

Panelist Byron Shaw, Managing Director, GM Advanced Technology

 

Panelist Trond Unneland, Vice President & Managing Executive, Chevron Technology Ventures

 

Presenting Entrepreneur Krish Ram, OpticLanes

 

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

 

Sponsored by SRI

Energy Storage and Management

Facilitator Kathy Fields, Partner, Goodwin Procter

 

Panelist Matthew Denesuk, Ph.D., STSM, Partner, IBM Venture Capital Group, Scientist, IBM Research

 

Panelist Richard Hart, Marketing Manager, Energy Efficiency and Carbon Solutions, EnerNOC, Inc.

 

Panelist Dr. Angel Sanjurjo, Director Materials Research Laboratory, SRI International

 

Presenting Entrepreneur Linda Maepa, Founder & COO, ElectronVault, Inc.

 

Presenting Entrepreneur Michael McDonald, CEO, CleanShare

 

Presenting Entrepreneur Jit Bhattacharya, CEO, Mission Motors

 

Panelist from KPMG to be confirmed

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. 

Date

Title

Facilitator and Panelists

Description

Friday, January 30
at Sun Microsystems

State of the Clean Green Industry with Clean Energy Showcase

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’.

Friday, February 6
at KPMG

Clean Green Investor Panel

  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.

Monday, March 2 at Silicon Valley Bank

Clean Green Policy Changes in a New Administration

  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.

Monday, April 6
at EPRI

Working with the Utilities

  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.

Monday, May 4 at Silicon Valley Bank

Local to Global Clean Energy Solutions

  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.

Monday, June 1 at SRI

Next Generation Solar Solutions

  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.

Monday, July 6 at Silicon Valley Bank

Clean Green Transportation Machines

  Facilitator Lafe Vittitoe, Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank

  Panelist Ann Chan, Director, California Programs, Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP)

  Panelist Brad Mattson, Partner, Vantage Point Venture Partners

  Panelist John Suh, General Motors
• Panelist Elise Zoli, Partner and Clean Tech Chair, Goodwin Procter LLP

  Presenting Entrepreneur: Neil Maguire, VP of Business Development, Imara

  Presenting Entrepreneur: Fraser Smith, CEO, ElectraDrive 

  Presenting Entrepreneur: John Zajac, CEO, Zajac Motors

  Presenting Entrepreneur: Forrest North, Mission Motors

  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.

Monday, August 3 at Bowne

Energy Generation: Breakthroughs and Challenges

  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.

Tuesday, September 8 at Symantec

Energy Storage and Management: Smart Grid & Energy Efficiency

  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.

Monday, October 5

Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment

  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.

Monday, November 2, at Tech Museum

Financing Clean Energy 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.

Monday, December 7, at SRI

Cutting Edge Clean Energy Solutions

  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 Marianne Wu, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Monday, July 7 Holiday Break, No session Holiday Break, No session
Monday, August 4 Clean Manufacturing & Materials Facilitator Mark Radcliffe, Partner, DLA Piper LLP

Panelist Annette Finsterbusch, Director & Kauffman Fellow, Applied Ventures, LLC

Panelist Dan Lankford, Partner Wavepoint Ventures, Clean Energy Entrepreneur/CEO

Panelist Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials

Panelist Steve Vassallo, Principal, Foundation Capital
Tuesday, September 2 Energy from Air, Water and Waste Facilitator Max Shapiro, PeopleConnect

Panelist Matan Friedman, Senior Associate, Bessemer Venture Partners, specializing in clean tech investments

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, covering  water 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
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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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