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Academics, Institutional Investors, Family offices, Consultants and Associations
Clint Cox, President, The Anchor House (SFO)
Tim Atkinson, Trustee, City of Austin
Gomez Torrenova, CEO, AVANGREEN (TEJASOL)
Robin Quarrier, Green Analyst & Counsel, Center for Resource Solutions
Christine Chan, Founder, Chan Environmental Consulting
Trent Yang, Director Entrepreneurship and Business, University Of Colorado at Boulder
Michael Gruber, Managing Director, Cornerstone Angels
Erin Cubbison, Associate, Gensler
Emilie Cortes, CFA, Senior Consultant, Alan Biller and Associates Investment Consultants
Stan Yakatan, Chairman, Co-Founder, Katan Associates (SFO)
Hong-Seh Lim, President, Mil Kered Inc. (SFO)
Ihab H. Farag, Sc.D., Professor of the Chemical Engineering Department, University of New Hampshire
Bert Haskell, Technology Director, Pecan Street Project
Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen's Energy Program
Edward Baxter, Managing Partner, Regus Advisors, Inc.
Heidi Poon, Investment Officer, City of San Jose Retirement Services
Walter Wang, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Kenneth Funsten, Founder, FamCo Advisory Services
Jonathan Callahan, President, Mazama Science
James Ruggiero, Research Analyst, Imprint Capital Advisors
John Goldstein, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Imprint Capital Advisors
CJ Comu, Managing Partner, Regus Advisors Inc.
Allan W. Moskowitz, CFP, AIF, Financial Planner, Progressive Wealth Management
S. Tyler Edelstein, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Ocean Endowment Partners, LLC
Leslie Mujica, MPA, Westmark Group
Ed Beardsworth, Managing Director, Energy Technology Advisors
Daniel Hennessy, Research Analyst, Alan Biller and Associates Investment Consultants
Keith Carson, Trustee, Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association
George Dewey, Trustee, Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association
Ann Shammas, Private Investor
Dr. Carey King, Research Associate, The University of Texas at Austin
Chris Dudley, Senior Vice President, Filigree Advisors (MFO)
Jan Pepper, Electric Division Manager, Silicon Valley Power
Dan McGilvray, Senior Investment Analyst, Highland Capital Management, LLC (MFO)
Charlie Harrison, III, Chairman, City of Pontiac General Employee Retirement System
Catherine Dunwoody, Executive Director, The California Fuel Cell Partnership
Larry Hayward, Co-Founder/Director, Cornerstone Angels
Tony Lindsay, R&D Director, Gas Technology Institute
Mark Mushkat, Senior Advisor, GenSpring Family Offices (MFO)
Steven Moss, Executive Director, San Francisco Community Power
Mark Eisner, Chairman, Daytona Beach Police and Fire Pension Fund
Bruce Miller, Finance Director, City of Annapolis Maryland
Maury Maertens, Board Member, The Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board
Terry O'Day, Executive Director, Environment Now Foundation
Kalman Hui, Senior Accountant, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Carla Peterman, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
James Bartridge, Advisor to Commissioner Peterman, California Energy Commission
Jeremy Loh, VP of Investments, EDBI
Todd Maki, Project Manager, Sustainability, Electric Power Research Institute
Bryan Shipley, Senior Analyst, Arnerich, Massena & Associates
Adam Shor, Project Engineer, Electric Power Research Institute
James Maloney, Trustee, Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago
Carl Gilmore, President, Oakland Municipal Employees' Retirement System
Steve Taber, Chairman & CEO, Princeton Energy Group
James Johnston, Director of Canadian Operations, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Bob Krause, Member of the Board of Directors, San Francisco Community Power
Dawn E. Dzurilla, Founder & Managing Partner, Gaia Human Capital Consultants
Wanda Lopuch Ph.D., President, MDA Associates
John Rennels, Committee Member, BART INVESTMENT PLANS COMMITTEE
William McNarland, Investment Analyst, McNarland Family Office (MFO)
Nicola Kerslake, EIR, NIREC
Larry Gorman, Board Member of Investment Board, Cal Poly University, SAN LUIS OBISPO
Gabriel Kra, CIO, Elan Management (SFO)
Patricia Shepard, COO, Elan Management (SFO)
Jonathan Schorr, Partner, Bay Lane Capital (SFO)
Robert Feeback, Partner, Regus Advisors Inc.
Marshall Koch, President, Koch Family Office (SFO)
Anthony Buckley, Division Administrator CFO, Oregon Department of Energy
Willam Hernandez Requejo, Adjunct Professor, University of California, Irvine
Sharath Sury, Dean's Executive Professor of Finance, Executive Director, SIFIRM, SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
Manda Sury, CEO, SVRT Corp. (MFO)
Raphaelle Richarde, Associate Director, U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Clean Energy Application Center
Meredith McClintock, Principal, Green Growth Partners
Jonathan Trent, Bioengineer, NASA Ames Research Center
Larry Gorman, Board Member of Investment Board, Cal Poly University, SAN LUIS OBISPO
Gabriel Kra, CIO, Elan Management (SFO)
Patricia Shepard, COO, Elan Management (SFO)
Jonathan Schorr, Partner, Bay Lane Capital (SFO)
David Welch, Partner, Regus Advisors Inc.
Robert Feeback, Partner, Regus Advisors Inc.
Marshall Koch, President, Koch Family Office (SFO)
Anthony Buckley, Division Administrator CFO, Oregon Department of Energy
Willam Hernandez Requejo, Adjunct Professor, University of California, Irvine
Sharath Sury, Dean's Executive Professor of Finance, Executive Director, SIFIRM, SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
Manda Sury, CEO, SVRT Corp. (MFO)
Raphaelle Richarde, Associate Director, U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Clean Energy Application Center
Meredith McClintock, Principal, Green Growth Partners
Jonathan Trent, Bioengineer, NASA Ames Research Center
Jordan Daniels, Senior Partner, BuildingWise
Kevin P. Ridgely, Managing Director, Ridgely & Associates
Ann Goodman, Ph.d., Founder, Telesis Consulting; Women's Network for a Sustainable Future (WNSF)
Kimberly de los Santos, Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation
Lily Cavanagh, Treasurer, Redford (MI) Police & Firemen Retirement
Eric Bielke, Consultant, McKinsey & Co.
Lauryn Agnew, Trustee, San Mateo County Employees' Retirement Association
Robert Freling, Executive Director, Solar Electric Light Fund
Lanny Sinkin, Executive Director, Solar San Antonio
Venture Capital Firms and Fund of Funds
Andrew Tang, Managing Director, ABB Technology Ventures|ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.
Karin Larsen Burns, Director, Ambata Capital
Derrick TL Lee, Vice President, Bessemer Venture Partners
Gaurav Joshi, Founder & CEO, TrueCapital, USA
Wayne LeBlanc, Sr. Managing Director, Heartland Bridge Capital, Inc.
Jay Chong, Director, Samsung Venture Investment Co.
Walter L. Schindler, Managing Partner, SAIL Venture Partners LLC
Dong-Sue Kim, Director of Investment, Samsung Venture Investment Co.
Michael Hoadley, Vice President, UGL Services
Paul Fox, Partner, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund
Cynthia Ringo, Managing Partner, DBL Investors
Kevin Kopczynski, Principal, RockPort Capital
Winston Fu, General Partner, U.S. Venture PartnersMasatoshi Ueno, CEO, Yasuda Enterprise Development America
Hedge Funds, Real Estate and Private Equity Firms
Spencer Hempleman, Renewable Energy Portfolio Manager & Partner, Ardsley Partners
Don McCoon, President, McCoon Commercial Real Estate
Tom Faust, Managing Director, Redwood Renewables
William Brennan, Portfolio Manager & Principal, Summit Global Management
Debra Sparks, Director, Monitor Capital, LLC
John Televantos, Partner, Arsenal Capital Partners
Matthew Fitzmaurice, Founder and Co-Managing Member, AWJ Capital Partners, LLC
Josh Fiedler, Vice President, RW Baird
W. Gregory Montgomery, Managing Partner, Abundant Power
Benjamin Guillon, Manager, Acquisition, New Forests Inc.
Abby Laufer, CEO, Virid Capital Management
Howard Gould, President, Tundra Capital Partners
Ejnar Knudsen, CFA, Portfolio Manager, PASSPORT CAPITAL
Walther Lovato, Portfolio Manager, Passport Capital
Brian Orkin, Operating Director, Arsenal Capital Partners
Lachlan McLean, Principal, US Renewables GroupEdward J. Tirello, Jr., Senior Advisor, Investment Banking, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Industry Service Providers
Suedeen Kelly, Partner, Patton Boggs, LLP
Gerry Runte, Principal, Worthington Sawtelle LLC
Adam Raphaely, Director, Karbone Inc.
John Marciano, Associate, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Alan Lederman, Esq., Shareholder, Gunster Law Firm
Sheeraz Haji, CEO, Cleantech Group
Samuel Lee, Investment Consultant, Accelerated Capital Group
Mark Rosenheim, Executive, DECK Monitoring
Mr. Mark Crowdis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Think Energy, Inc.
Ms. Helen Tocco, LEED AP, Director of On-site Generation and Green Building, Think Energy, Inc
David A. Palella, President, BIOSCIENCE VENTURES Inc.
Jordan Daniels, Senior Partner, BuildingWise
Kevin P. Ridgely, Managing Director, Ridgely & Associates
Ann Goodman, Ph.d., Founder, Telesis Consulting; Women's Network for a Sustainable Future (WNSF)
Kimberly de los Santos, Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation
Lily Cavanagh, Treasurer, Redford (MI) Police & Firemen Retirement
Eric Bielke, Consultant, McKinsey & Co.
Lauryn Agnew, Trustee, San Mateo County Employees' Retirement Association
Robert Freling, Executive Director, Solar Electric Light Fund
Lanny Sinkin, Executive Director, Solar San Antonio
Cory Williams, Senior Vice President, SDI Realty Group (SFO)
Wayne Turner, Managing Director, SDI Realty Group (SFO)
Adam Loser, Project Manager, Partner, SDI Realty Group (SFO)
Bill Sadler, SVP Energy Lending, SDI Realty Group (SFO)
Fern Jones, Investment Committee,Triskeles Foundation
Cal Broomhead, Energy Program Manager,SF Environment
Ward Lenz, Director- Energy Division,NC Department of Commerce
Patty Hargreaves, Principal,Clean Energy Advisors
Daniel Matross, Trade Commissioner,Government of Canada
Peter Brock, Family Council Board Chair,HFO Services Corporation
Richard Kil, Business Development,UK Trade & Investment
Rich Chien, Private Sector Green Building Coordinator,San Francisco Department of Environment
8:00 am
Registration Open
Breakfast
8:45 am
Co-Chair Opening Remarks
9:00 am
Keynote Speaker:
Partner, Patton Boggs, LLP
9:30 am
Government Policy and Regulations affecting Green Investing
- Tax Breaks and Incentives for Investing Green
- What regulations are being imposed?
- The Dodd Frank Act
Moderator:Trustee,
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago
Panelists:Shareholder,
Gunster Law FirmManaging Director,
Clean Range VenturesPrincipal,
Clean Energy Advisors
10:15 am
Refreshment Break
10:30 am
Sustainable Investing
- What is the investment case?
- How and where does this fit into a portfolio?
- Where is the demand in the institutional and private wealth world?
- Where should investors start?
- What is the expected impact of climate legislation or lack thereof?
- Who gets the major benefit?
- What instruments are used for participation?
- Why is it important?
Moderator:CFA, Senior Consultant,
Alan Biller and Associates Investment Consultants
Panelists:Senior Analyst,
ARNERICH, MASSENA & ASSOCIATESFounder & Managing Partner,
GAIA HUMAN CAPITAL CONSULTANTSCEO,
VIRID CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
11:15 am
Residential Solar Power
- Distributed residential energy
- Solar panels for homes
- Future of solar in homes
- What is the current state of technology?
Moderator: Electric Division Manager,
Silicon Valley Power
Panelists:
Managing Director,
Redwood RenewablesExecutive Director,
Solar San AntonioChief Financial Officer,
Sungevity
12:00 pm
Commercial Solar Power
- Incentives in Commercial solar programs
- Why Solar?
- Current state of solar technologies
- Solar panels for businesses and homes
- Future of solar in business and at home
- What is the current state of technology for each model?
Moderator: Senior Advisor,
GenSpring Family Offices (MFO)
Panelists: VP Business Development,
Ideal Power Converter
VP of Structured Finance,
SPG Solar Inc.Lead Analyst, North American Solar,
Bloomberg New Energy Finance
President,
Scatec Solar North America
2:15 pm
Clean and Green Hedge Funds
- Sustainable Investing Verses Socially Responsible Investing
- Hedge Funds Verses Private Equity
- The Argument for Liquidity
- Opportunities in Water, Energy and Agriculture?
- Opportunities on the Short Side of These Markets?
Moderator: Founder and Co-Managing Member,
AWJ Capital Partners, LLC
Panelists: Portfolio Manager & Principal,
Summit Global ManagementRenewable Energy Portfolio Manager & Partner,
Ardsley Partners
CFA, Portfolio Manager,
PASSPORT CAPITALManaging Principals,
Nephila Captial, LTD
3:15 pm
Clean and Green Venture Capital and Private Equity
Moderator:
Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Ocean Endowment Partners, LLC
Panelists:
Partner, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund
CEO, Clean Energy Group
Managing Partner, Abundant Power
&CEO, Barron Partners LP
4:30 pm
Green Energy in Emerging and Frontier Markets
- Opportunities in the Brazil, Russia and India?
- Opportunities and barriers for international investment?
- Opportunities in Frontier Market Countries?
- China as a technological and production powerhouse?
- Opportunities and barriers for international investment?
Moderator:Chairman,
City of Pontiac General Employee Retirement SystemPanelists:Principal,
US Renewables GroupPresident,
The Anchor House (SFO)President,
Mazama ScienceExecutive Director,
Solar Electric Light Fund
5:30 pm
Meet The Manager and Energy Companies
This session will consist of 5 Energy Companies with a total of 7 minutes each to speak. There will be no power point presentations during this session. The 7 firms will one by one have a chance to discuss their background, strategy, methodology, performance and uses of their products. There will be a session leader carefully watching the 7-minute limit. After all 7 firms have presented, we will open the floor to questions from the audience.
Moderator:
Treasurer, Redford (MI) Police & Firemen Retirement
Panelists:
President & CEO, Beautiful Earth Group
Managing Member,Resource Royalty Fund LLC
Founder & Managing Partner, Light Green Advisors
6:00 pm
Cocktail Reception
Sponsiored by:
Think Energy, Inc.
8:00 am
Building Green
- Green building materials and technology for a cleaner future
- Energy efficiency within current systems
- The push towards smarter more energy efficient buildings - Fully-integrating green technology in our future cities, offices, and homes
- Financing trends and obstacles
- Exciting developments in lighting, materials, building management systems, and demand response
Moderator:Trustee,
City of Austin
Panelists:Executive Director, Institute for the Built Environment,
Colorado State UniversityCEO,
Cleantech GroupGeneral Partner,
U.S. VENTURE PARTNERSLEED AP, Director of On-site Generation and Green Building,
Think Energy, Inc 9:00 am
Fossil Fuel Prices and Green Energy: Market Outlook for Renewables vs Fossil Fuels in an Age of Regulatory/Incentive Uncertainty
- Incentives for using natural resources versus renewable
- What is the current state of technology to turn these into clean sources?
- How can we integrate each into existing grid infrastructures without causing pollution?
- Offshore opportunities
- Minimizing disasters and pollution
Moderator: Director,
Public Citizen's Energy Program
Panelists:
Principal,
RockPort CapitalSenior Advisor, Investment Banking,
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. EIR,
NIREC 10:00 am
Refreshment Break
10:15 am
Associate, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
10:45 am
Comparing and Contrasting the Different Types of Renewable Energy: Wind, Solar, Water and Nuclear - Which renewable energy fits your investment profile?
- Incentives in renewable energy programs
- What is the current state of technology for each model?
- Future of renewable energy in businesses and at homes
- Investing in real estate for future projects
- How can we integrate each into existing grid infrastructures?
- Offshore opportunities?
Moderator: Chairman,
Daytona Beach Police and Fire Pension Fund
Panelists: Chief Executive Officer,
Solaria CorporationDirector,
Karbone Inc.Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Think Energy, IncVice Chairman,
Orenco Hydropower 11:45 am
Wind Power
- Investing in real estate and wind farms
- Why Wind Energy?
- What is the current state of technology for each model?
- Integrating wind power into existing grid infrastructure
- Offshore wind power
- New installation capital costs
Moderator: Chairman & CEO,
Princeton Energy Group
Panelists:
Founder,
Selsam InnovationsDirector- Energy Division,
NC Department of CommerceCEO,
Makani Power Inc.Portfolio Manager,
Passport Capital 2:00 pm
Smart Grids/Electricity
- How a proper smart grid/smart electric power system is created
- Options in smart grid's applications
- Why investors need to consider smart grids
- Smart grid IT infrastructure
Moderator: Technology Director,
Pecan Street Project
Panelists: Managing Partner,
SAIL Venture Partners LLCPresident and CEO,
Power TaggingVP of Corporate Development,
Ecotality 2:45 pm
Green Vehicles and Motors
- Green vehicle outlook
- Current and future regulations on the U.S. auto industry
- Energy storage: batteries
- Fuel cell technologies
- Investing in the green automobile industry
Moderator: Vice President,
UGL Services
Panelists:
Vice President,
UGL Services
Managing Partner,
Regus Advisors, Inc.President & Founder
, Arcimoto, LLC 3:45 pm
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
- Introduction to the fuel cell market landscape
- Investing in fuel cells and hydrogen
- Fuel cell companies with real products for real markets
- Differences between electric, hydrogen, and hybrid cells
- Fuel cell investment
Moderator: Principal,
Worthington Sawtelle LLCPanelists: Executive Director,
The California Fuel Cell PartnershipExecutive Director,
BTI/Fuel Cells 2000President,
First Element Energy 4:30 pm
Waste To Energy and Biomass -A look into Alternative Renewable Energy Sources
- Energy from animal waste
- Energy from desalination of water
- Producing Energy through the combustion of methane, methanol, ethanol or synthetic fuels
- Thermal versus Non-Thermal Technologies
- Present state of biomass energy
- Biomass products
- Biomass crop systems
Moderator: MPA,
Westmark Group Panelists:Director of Canadian Operations,
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State EconomyResearch Associate,
The University of Texas at AustinCEO,
Propel Fuels 5:15 pm
Algae
- Conversion process of algae into useable fuel applications
- Present outlook on algae and views on the future of the industry
- Algae growth and production outside of the U.S.
- Opportunities and barriers in algae investments
Moderator: Professor of the Chemical Engineering Department,
University of New Hampshire
Panelists:Chairman, Co-Founder,
Katan Associates (SFO)President,
BIODICOBioengineer,
NASA Ames Research Center 6:00 pm
Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by:
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
