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GoingGreen is where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth. Green technology innovators are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments - trillion dollar industries. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities. At GoingGreen, our editors will also honor the GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies. Thirty of the top CEOs from the GoingGreen 100 will pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our “CEO Showcase.”
Who Attends
Seven hundred greentech CEOs, business development officers, eminent researchers, venture capital and private-equity investors, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend GoingGreen. Over 20,000 webcast viewers from over 100 countries will also tune in and interact with the program. Executives attend GoingGreen to identify and debate emerging trends, build high-level relationships and create new business opportunities.
GoingGreen 2007 Program & Speakers:
Monday, September 10th, 2007
Registration hours 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
6:00 pm Welcoming Remarks from Hosts:
Nicole Biggart, Dean, UC Davis Graduate School of Management
Barry Klein, Vice Chancellor, UC Davis Office of Research
Ed Ring, Editor, EcoWorld
Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn
6:30 pm GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies
Co-Moderator: Packy Kelly, Partner, Silicon Valley VC Practice, KPMG
Co-Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn
Co-Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn
7:00 pm Opening Night Keynote:
Introduction: Zem Joaquin, Ecofabulous
William McDonough, Architect & Author "Cradle to Cradle"
7:45 pm AlwaysOn Reception
Mondavi Center, Grand Tier, 3rd Floor
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Registration hours: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm
8:00 am The Green Energy of Tomorrow
Green technology is about to deliver an era of energy abundance. This panel of venture investors predict what energy technologies, solar, wind, biofuel, geothermal and others, along with clean conventional fuels and energy efficiency technologies, will emerge to power the world in the 21st century.
Green technology is about to deliver an era of energy abundance. This panel of venture investors predict what energy technologies, solar, wind, biofuel, geothermal and others, along with clean conventional fuels and energy efficiency technologies, will emerge to power the world in the 21st century.
Moderator: Susan MacCormac, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Raj Atluru, Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Samir Kaul, Partner, Khosla Ventures
Ray Lane, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Bill Green, Partner, Vantage Point Venture Partners
8:45 am CEO Showcase:
Peter Le Lievre, CEO, Ausra
Vikram Mehta, CEO, Blade Network Technologies
David Riker, CEO, Storm Exchange, Inc.
Following this showcase the CEOs will be in the Studio Theatre for 30-minute
demos and Q&A
.
9:00 am The Green Water of Tomorrow
Creating and managing abundant water for the world requires investment and innovation. This panel of venture investors predict what industries and technologies are driving us to the next level in global water technology - home water systems integration, distributed runoff cisterns, utility interties, desalination, micro-treatment plants, water system integration with green power sources.
Creating and managing abundant water for the world requires investment and innovation. This panel of venture investors predict what industries and technologies are driving us to the next level in global water technology - home water systems integration, distributed runoff cisterns, utility interties, desalination, micro-treatment plants, water system integration with green power sources.
Moderator: Keith Johnson, Director Public Equity, Stanford Management Company
Dennis Merens, Director North America, Dow Venture Capital Group
John Sylvia, Partner, Texas Pacific Group
A. Judson Hill, Managing Director, The Halifax Group
Ajit Nazre, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
9:45 am Presentation - Accenture:
Rebecca Sternberg, Executive Director, Accenture Sustainability Practice
10:00 am Smart Green Buildings
Buildings of the future will generate their own energy, and recycle all of their water. High technology is going to deliver the totally green building which of course will also be a smart building. Who are the pioneering architects and innovators, and where is this huge industry headed?
Buildings of the future will generate their own energy, and recycle all of their water. High technology is going to deliver the totally green building which of course will also be a smart building. Who are the pioneering architects and innovators, and where is this huge industry headed?
Moderator: Michael Kanellos, Editor at Large, CNet
Michelle Kaufmann, Michelle Kaufmann Designs
Lyndon Rive, Founder & CEO, SolarCity
Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials
Frank Ramirez, CEO, Ice Energy
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Photovoltaics - What Technology Will Dominate?
Costs for traditional crystalline photovoltaics have never been lower, and the shortage of polysilicon is about to end. Meanwhile, thin film and concentrator technologies have finally arrived. Which technology is better, and are photovoltaics destined to become the best alternative energy solution?
Moderator: David Edwards, Research Analyst, Morgan Stanley
K.V. Ravi, Director, Solar Business Group, Applied Materials
Chris Goeltner, CTO, Silicon Valley Solar
Richard Swanson, President & CTO, SunPower
Conrad Burke, President & CEO, Innovalight
Conrad Burke, President & CEO, Innovalight
11:30 - 1:00 pm Buffet Lunch - in the Studio Theatre
11:45 am CEO Showcase:
John Berger, Chairman & CEO, Standard Renewable Energy
Kevin Klustner, President & CEO, Verdiem
Following this showcase the CEOs will be in the Studio Theatre for 30-minute
demos and Q&A
Noon Lunch Panel: The Biofuel Revolution
It turns out virtually anything that ever lived is a fuel feedstock. Ethanol comes from crops such as corn and sugar cane, or, eventually, from cellulose. Biodiesel comes from vegetable oils and animal fats. There is potential to extract diesel fuel from factory farmed algae; methane from biomass. What is coming soon, what is down the road, and what cautions and constraints may apply to this huge emerging industry?
Moderator, Peter Hanschen, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Robert Walsh, President, LS9, Inc.
Jonathan Wolfson, President & COO, Solazyme, Inc.
John Melo, CEO, Amyris Biotechnologies
Jonathan Wolfson, President & COO, Solazyme, Inc.
John Melo, CEO, Amyris Biotechnologies
Steven Perricone, CEO & Co-Founder, BioFuelBox, Inc.
12:45 pm CEO Showcase:
Bill Davis, CEO, Ze-Gen
Steven Mortensen, CEO, FiberTech Polymers
Following this showcase the CEOs will be in the Studio Theatre for 30-minute
demos and Q&A
1:00 pm Clean Fossil Fuels
With 80% of the world's energy coming from fossil fuels, and world energy production likely to increase in the near term faster than non-fossil fuel alternatives can keep up, what companies are poised to revolutionize the utilization of fossil fuel?
Moderator: Michael Horwitz, Partner, Pacific Growth Equities
Hunt Ramsbottom, CEO, Rentech, Inc.
Frank Alix, CEO, Powerspan Corp.
Lincoln Evans-Beauchamp, CEO, EWA Environmental, Inc.
Justin Adams, Director Long Term Techology, BP
Justin Adams, Director Long Term Techology, BP
1:45 pm CEO Showcase:
David Chacon, President & CEO, Waterlink Systems
Lyndon Rive, Founder & CEO, SolarCity
Following this showcase the CEOs will be in the Studio Theatre for 30-minute
demos and Q&A
2:00 pm Water Innovators - Replacing Scarcity with Abundance
Biotech, nanotech, energy and water technologies are converging to yield new ways to produce, store and recycle water. Who is in this space and where are the opportunities for investors and entrepreneurs.
Moderator, Joseph Culley, Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC
Jeff Green, CEO, NanoH2O
David Crowe, CEO, GeoPure Water Technologies
Glenn Rink, President, AbTech Industries, Inc.
Wayne Spittal, General Manager, Derceto
Wayne Spittal, General Manager, Derceto
2:45 pm CEO Showcase:
Chuck Mays, Vice President, Invetech
Michael Ostrom, CEO, Mygistics
Following this showcase the CEOs will be in the Studio Theatre for 30-minute
demos and Q&A
3:00 pm Distributed Power Generation and the Virtual Utility
Decentralized electrical generating systems are being installed at residential and commercial sites around the world. Not only will property owners sell their surplus power, but aggregators may create virtual power utilities. The "smart grid" is here. What are today's hottest innovations and who is in this huge, game-changing space?
Moderator: Marc van den Berg, Partner, Vantage Point Venture Partners
Tim Healy, CEO & Founder, EnerNOC
Ken Oshman, Chairman, Echelon Corporation
Paul DeMartini, Director Edison Smart Connect, Southern California Edison
Louis Szablya, EVP & Managing Director, Utility Division, Gridpoint, Inc.
Louis Szablya, EVP & Managing Director, Utility Division, Gridpoint, Inc.
3:45 pm Break
4:00 pm Electrical Storage Systems
For stationary applications, batteries and fuel cells have both come a long way. For automotive applications batteries have gotten recent attention. Ultra-capacitors and other novel energy storage devices show promise. Where will each of these electrical storage solutions dominate; which has the brightest future?
Moderator: Eric Wesoff, Greentech Media
David Vieau, CEO, A123 Systems
Saroj Sahu, CTO & Founder, Deeya Energy
Alan Gotcher, CEO, Altair Nanotechnologies
Participants: TBD
Participants: TBD
4:45 pm CEO Showcase:
Kamal Hassan, CEO, Skymetercorp.com
Anthony Cialone, COO & Co-Founder, Lehigh Technologies
Peter L. Corsell, CEO, Gridpoint, Inc.
Following this showcase the CEOs will be in the Studio Theatre for 30-minute
demos and Q&A
5:00 pm The Next Generation Automobile
Parallel hybrids, series hybrids, 100% battery-powered, hydrogen power, ultra-efficient and ultra-clean diesels - what will power the cars of the future? What about smart cars? What about ultra-safe cars? Who are building the green cars?
Moderator: Jessie Deeter, Producer, "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
Tom Gage, CEO, AC Propulsion
Gary Starr, Chairman, ZAP
Ian Clifford, CEO, ZENN Motor Company
Dennis Hogan, CFO, Phoenix Motorcars
6:00 pm Reception @ The Mondavi Center
Grand Tier, 3rd Floor
Stroll through the "Auto Garden."
Auto Garden Participants: Phoenix, AC Propulsion, E85 Viper, ZAP, Myers Motors NMG,
Commuter Car's Tango, ZENN Motor Company's ZENN, Wrightspeed's X-1
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Registration hours: 7:00 am - 3:00 pm
8:00 am Smart Green Cities
Eventually 100% of municipal waste streams will be recycled into new sources of energy, water, and useful materials. Utility-scale solar thermal plants will generate electricity 24 hours per day. Vehicles will drive themselves, and commuter cars will hitch daily rides on high-speed rail. Cities will generate more power and water than they consume. What technologies are going to transform our cities?
Moderator: Nancy Pfund, Managing Director, JP Morgan
Eventually 100% of municipal waste streams will be recycled into new sources of energy, water, and useful materials. Utility-scale solar thermal plants will generate electricity 24 hours per day. Vehicles will drive themselves, and commuter cars will hitch daily rides on high-speed rail. Cities will generate more power and water than they consume. What technologies are going to transform our cities?
Moderator: Nancy Pfund, Managing Director, JP Morgan
John Woolard, CEO, Bright Source Energy, Inc.
Kevin Bolin, CEO, Enertech Environmental
Darren Bouton, Manager, Sustainable Communities, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Participants: TBD
8:45 am CEO Showcase:
Gene Deshazo, CEO, Nowa Technologies
Scott Lang, CEO, Silver Spring Networks
Following this showcase the CEOs will be in the Studio Theatre for 30-minute
demos and Q&A
9:00 am Presentation: SAP
Doug Merritt, Executive Vice President, SAP
9:15 am High Tech Goes Green
Moderator: Doug Merritt, Executive Vice President, SAP
J. Patrick Kennedy, President & CEO, OSIsoft, Inc.
Matt Tormollen, VP & CMO, Pavilion Technologies, Inc.
Nikhil Sharma, Director, Server Enduser Initiatives, Intel
9:45 am Presentation: Intechra
Chip Slack, CEO, Intechra
10:00 am Energy Efficiency Innovations
Stretching each unit of energy yields the quickest financial payback of any green investment to-date. Technological innovations are delivering new, smarter ways to manage energy to get more with less. From data centers to transmission grids, sweeping changes are imminent.
Moderator: Andrew Hargadon, Chancellor's Fellow, UC Davis
Chandrakant Patel, Hewlett Packard Fellow
Rockwell Bonecutter, Managing Partner, Accenture Data Center Technologies
Peter Van Deventer, CEO, Synapsense Corporation
Robert Johnson, CEO, Environmental Support Solutions, Inc.
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Presentation: NASDAQ
Bill Shaw, Senior Managing Director, Global Capital Markets, NASDAQ
11:15 am Where's the Money? Financing Green Innovation
Green technology entrepreneurs are disrupting and transforming heavily regulated, taxed, subsidized, mega-industries, at the same time as green innovations promise to repair global ecosystems. But in many cases, application of new green technologies requires staggering sums of money. Who pays and how?
Moderator: Jeff Lipton, Managing Director, Jefferies & Company, Inc.
JonCarlo Mark, Senior Portfolio Manager, CALPRS
Steve Eichenlaub, Managing Director, Cleantech Investments, Intel Capital
Keith Casto, Partner, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
Chris Sorrells, Managing Director, NGP Energy Technology Partners
Rodrigo Prudencio, Partner, Nth Power LLC
11:30 - 1:00 pm Buffet Lunch - in the Studio Theatre
Noon Keynote:
Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner, Technology Partners
12:45pm Keynote:
Introduction: Andrew Hargadon, Chancellor's Fellow, UC Davis
Michael Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission
1:15 pm CEO Showcase:
Peter Van Deventer, CEO, Synapsense, Inc.
Following this showcase the CEOs will be in the Studio Theatre for 30-minute
demos and Q&A
1:30 pm Emerging Technologies: Green Nanotech & MEMS
What are the enabling technologies - and who are developing them - to allow distributed power sources, mini-water treatment plants, and other pollution and energy management devices that used to require industrial scale installations? Who is using nanotechnology and MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) to create viable solar energy, cheaper and cleaner water treatment, better batteries, and what other green innovations are being furthered by nanotech and MEMS?
Moderator: David Scott Lewis, SVP, Zytech Solar
Pankaj Dhingra, CEO, Nanostellar, Inc.
Deepak Srivastava, CTO, Nanoexa, Inc.
Martin Roscheisen, CEO, Nanosolar, Inc. (Invited)
Ken Lazarus, CEO, Lilliputian Systems (Invited)
2:15 pm CEO Showcase: TBA
Sam Goldman, CEO, d.light design
Paul Johnston, CEO, Terra Fuel Technologies
Colin Gillam, CEO, Alternative Fuels & Energy
John Maclay, COO, Fluorosolar Systems, Ltd.
Following this showcase the CEOs will be in the Studio Theatre for 30-minute
demos and Q&A
3:00 pm Mega-Projects - Water & Power for the World
Even with conservation and achieving unprecedented energy intensity, the water and energy requirements of a rapidly industrializing world economy will increase dramatically in the next twenty years. What huge and transformative projects are coming to ensure we will continue to water and power civilization?
Moderator: Jonathan Hoopes, Managing Director, ThinkEquity Partners, LLC
Ray Rothrock, Managing General Partner, Venrock
John M. Fedorko, Senior Vice President, Airtricity
John O'Donnell, EVP, Ausra
Christian Hackett, Partner, Babcock & Brown
Matt Cheney, CEO, MMA Renewables
If you are an executive, entrepreneurial CEO, business development officer in greentech, or an investor or I-Banker playing in the venture-backed company space, this is an event you can't afford to miss.
Click here to buy your ticket to GoingGreen now and take advantage of the "AO Insider" 10%-off ticket rate before it expires. If you do not want to pay online or want to inquire about group rates, please call Kathy Osweiler at 415.751.0170 to order by phone or email her at kathy@alwayson-network.com.
We look forward to any input you have as we put together our program and hope to see you at GoingGreen in September at UC Davis!
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Important GoingGreen Information:
To find out how your company can join GoingGreen’s distinguished group of sponsors, and detailed information on the GoingGreen 100 nomination and selection process and the CEO Showcase opportunity please contact:
Grant Gunderson
grant@alwayson-network.com
916.217.0427
Ryan Brenner
ryan@alwayson-network.com
650.346.4726
Noah Gellman
noah@alwayson-network.com
office 646.414.2464.
mobile 310.351.5671
Jennifer Slatkin
jennifer@alwayson-network.com
GoingGreen Program Suggestions & Input:
Ed Ring, Program Director
ed@ecoworld.com
Grant Gunderson
grant@alwayson-network.com
916.217.0427
Ryan Brenner
ryan@alwayson-network.com
650.346.4726
Noah Gellman
noah@alwayson-network.com
office 646.414.2464.
mobile 310.351.5671
Jennifer Slatkin
jennifer@alwayson-network.com
GoingGreen Program Suggestions & Input:
Ed Ring, Program Director
ed@ecoworld.com
GoingGreen Brand Sponsor Program
Sponsors gain brand exposure and communicate their leadership positions to GoingGreen’s live attendees and webcast audience through a powerful combination of video commercials, e-marketing campaigns, print advertising, on-site material distribution and signage, and program exposure. Brand sponsorship is open to technology, service and investment firms, and high-end consumer brands.
CEO Showcase Opportunity
Thirty top CEOs will have the opportunity to present their market strategies and business partnering objectives on the main stage at GoingGreen. Qualifying companies are either public or privately held and ideally come from one of the following industry sectors:
Solar Energy
Biofuel & Agriculture
Clean Energy (not solar or biofuel)
Energy Storage Systems
Energy Management, Smart Grid & Energy Efficiency
Water Technology & Water Management
Sponsors gain brand exposure and communicate their leadership positions to GoingGreen’s live attendees and webcast audience through a powerful combination of video commercials, e-marketing campaigns, print advertising, on-site material distribution and signage, and program exposure. Brand sponsorship is open to technology, service and investment firms, and high-end consumer brands.
CEO Showcase Opportunity
Thirty top CEOs will have the opportunity to present their market strategies and business partnering objectives on the main stage at GoingGreen. Qualifying companies are either public or privately held and ideally come from one of the following industry sectors:
Solar Energy
Biofuel & Agriculture
Clean Energy (not solar or biofuel)
Energy Storage Systems
Energy Management, Smart Grid & Energy Efficiency
Water Technology & Water Management
Green Materials, Green Buildings, Green Nano/Micro-Tech
Green Automobiles & Transportation
Clean Manufacturing & Clean Products
Resource Recovery & Waste Management
Green Automobiles & Transportation
Clean Manufacturing & Clean Products
Resource Recovery & Waste Management
Going Green Hotel Information
Hyatt Regency Sacramento
1209 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
The following Hyatt Regency rate is available to guests of AlwaysOn:
Standard Room at $179.00 per night
Embassy Suites
100 Capital Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
The following Embassy Suites rate is available to guests of AlwaysOn:
King Suite at $159.00 per night
Call the Reservations Department at 1-800-498-5237 and reference the AlwaysOn Going Green Conference for this special rate.
Space is limited and reservations must be received no later than August 20, 2007.
Cheers!
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