Of all cleantech innovations, developing modern lighting has one of the lowest capital costs and enjoys an unprecedented rate of investment. All of the new lighting technologies, CFC, HID, LED - deliver a quick payback to the purchaser, whether for commerical, industrial or residential applications. Who are the big players in this area, and which technologies are going to dominate?
Moderator: Jennifer Fonstad, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Antonio Espinosa, CEO, HID Laboratories, Inc.
Mark Swoboda, CEO, Bridgelux, Inc.
Mike Bauer, CEO, Nexxus Lighting, Inc.
Danny Yu, VP Segment & Strategic Marketing, Philips Lighting Company
Will massive new renewable energy projects find a massive new source of investment funds via carbon taxes, or through the proceeds from carbon emission auctions, or through qualifiying for funds as carbon offset projects? Will carbon become a new currency, reflating the global economy? Are carbon regulations, trading & taxes coming, and if not, how else will government policies finance green technologies?
Moderator: David Edwards, Partner, Edge Innovation Partners
David O'Connor, SVP Energy & Clean Technology, ML Strategies
Ajit Nazre, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Jon A. Anda, Visiting Fellow, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Randy Wilson, Principal, Energy Practice, KPMG
Max Seybold, CEO, Carbonflow, Inc.
Sean Schickedanz, General Partner, Clean Pacific Ventures
How does greentech intersect with agriculture and aquaculture? What defines green - does genomics have a role in raising crop yields and reducing herbicide and pesticide use? What are the models for high-yield sustainable farming, and what technologies and companies are pursuing this huge opportunity?
Moderator: Craig Lobdell, Director, KPMG
Peter Matthewman, CEO, Performance Plants, Inc.
Neil Sims, President & Founder, Kona Blue Water Farms
Ginny Orndorff, CEO, Evolutionary Genomics
Pam Marrone, CEO, Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
4:45 pm
Presentation - Project Kaisei: Capturing the Plastic Vortex - Callippe
Hear the findings of the first expedition of Project Kaisei (meaning "Ocean Planet"), a collaborative of leading science, technology, business and community organizations working to map out the scale of marine debris in the North Pacific Gyre, analyze its impact on the ocean and marine life, assess collection techniques for clean-up as well as technologies for converting plastic waste into fuels or new materials.
Doug Woodring, Co-founder, Project Kaisei
Mary Crowley, Co-founder, Project Kaisei
Eric Giler, CEO, Witricity Corp.
5:00 pm
Smart Sustainable Automobiles -
Callippe
What design is destined to be the car of the future? Extended range electric vehicles with onboard ICE generators? All electric quick-charge vehicles? EVs with battery-swap capabilities? Clean biodiesels? All of the above?
Moderator: Frank Markus, Technical Editor, Motor Trend Magazine
Kevin Czinger, CEO, Coda Automotive
Paul Wilbur, CEO, Aptera Inc.
Trae Vassallo, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive, Inc.
JB Straubel, CTO, Tesla Motors
Vinod Khosla, Managing General Partner, Khosla Ventures
Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive, Inc.
Andy Ball, President, Webcor Builders
Frank Markus, Technical Editor, Motor Trend Magazine
Chris Poirier, CEO, CoalTek
Jason Morris, SVP, Schwartz Public Communications
Dickon Pinner, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Brent Constantz, CEO, Calera Corporation
Bonnie Nixon, Director Environmental Sustainability, Hewlett Packard
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
John Woolard, CEO, BrightSource Energy
What specific transformations are happening to the energy grid to facilitate unprecedented opportunities both inside and outside the meter for information access and energy storage and management? How will this affect energy marketing and pricing, and what companies and technologies are at the forefront of this revolution?
Moderator: Russ Landon, Managing Director, Canaccord Adams
Navin Chaddha, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Frank Ramirez, CEO, ICE Energy
Cree Edwards, CEO, eMeter, Inc.
Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril Networks, Inc.
Joaquin Silva, CEO, On-Ramp Wireless, Inc.
How resources are produced and consumed is undergoing a sea-change and companies are realigning themselves accordingly. Big companies express their greening, small successful businesses built their names and their premiums on their greenness, new companies produce greentech, and high-tech vendors assimilate and enable green. Who is marketing green, why and how are they green, and what is green?
Moderator: Mike Farber, SVP, Schwartz Communications
Bonnie Nixon, Director Environmental Sustainability, Hewlett Packard
Cheemin Bo-Linn, CEO, Peritus Partners
Dave Power, Partner, Fidelity Ventures
Tim Keating, VP Marketing, Skyline Solar
Advanced materials are moving from the lab into new products at unprecedented speed, in the process rewriting conventional rules on resource sustainability, and retooling manufacturing and construction to become cleaner and more efficient than ever. Some of the leaders in this process discuss the technologies, practices, and still missing pieces, that provide the most opportunities for investors and entrepreneurs.
Moderator: Craig Moyer, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLC
Brent Constantz, CEO, Calera Corporation
Ravi Viswanathan, Partner, New Enterprise Associates
Marianne Wu, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Rao Mulpuri, CEO, Soladigm, Inc.
Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials
10:00 am CEO Showcases - Verbena
10:45 am Keynote - Callippe
Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
11:00 am Biochemicals, Bioplastics, Biofuel - Callippe
What is the latest with the move to cellulosic ethanol, where is algae biodiesel, where are we with high-yield fuel crops? To what extent are these new technologies facilitating a broader move into biochemicals and bioplastics, and what are the technologies and companies leading this advance?
Moderator: Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Jim Imbler, CEO, ZeaChem, Inc.
Bill Sims, CEO, Joule Biotechnologies, Inc.
Jim Stoppert, CEO, Segetis, Inc.
Jim Long, Chairman, Aurora Biofuels
Billions and billions of dollars are on the way, so where are they? How will funds from Washington get allocated for greentech, how do entrepreneurs find this money, what sectors are likely to be favored, and under what terms will the funds be awarded? How do venture firms participate - as co-investors in companies, as recipients of government money into their funds, or both?
Elise Zoli, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Betsy Mullins, SVP Government Affairs, TechNet
John Gimigliano, Principal, Energy & Sustainability, KPMG
Steve Boyd, Executive Director, ecoIDEA Institute
Jon Sakoda, Partner, New Enterprise Associates
11:45 am WildAid: The Business of Saving Endangered Species - Callippe
Hear how WildAid, a small but fast growing charity, is using business and venture capital principles to reach over one billion people per week with its messaging, which addresses the demand side of the multi-billion dollar trade in endangered animal parts.
Tod Bensen, Chairman, WildAid
Peter Knights, Founder & Executive Director, WildAid
Ian Copeland, President, Renewables & New Technology, Bechtel Corp.
What is the optimal balance between increasing production of energy and water vs. increasing efficient use of energy and water? How is advanced information technology making it easier to find this balance? What are the primary technologies and key companies offering potential sustainability breakthroughs on both sides of this equation?
Moderator, Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner, DBL Investors
Rich Lechner, Vice President, Energy and Environment, IBM
Tony Prophet, SVP Supply Chain Operations, Hewlett Packard
Mark Bernstein, President & Center Director, Palo Alto Research Center, Inc.
Richard McCormack, SVP Server and Solutions Business, Fujitsu America
John Skinner, Director of Marketing, Eco-Technology, Intel Corporation
Honorable Chuck Reed, Mayor, San Jose
3:15 pm Financing the Green Revolution - Callippe
What financing models will pave the way for revolutionary advances in energy, urban infrastructure, transportation, agriculture and water? How much will come from governments and utilities, how much from the private sector? Where are the niches of opportunity or the catalysing breakthroughs that investors and entrepreneurs should seize?
Moderator: Tom Burton, Partner, Mintz Levin
Woodrow Clark, CEO, Strategic Partners
Lyndon Rive, CEO, Solar City
Michael Goguen, Partner, Sequoia Capital
Colin Stewart, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley
Spin Room Interviews
Mark Fischetti, Board of Editors, Scientific American
John Woolard, CEO, BrightSource Energy
Marc Sternberg & Tony Perkins, AlwaysOn / Laura Shenkar, Principal, The Artemis Project
David Miller, Partner, KPMG
Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn