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Clean Tech Institute provides
expert management consulting services on
strategic planning, corporate development, business positioning,
and capital funding assistance in the emerging clean tech
industry. In partnership with the International
Association of Nanotechnology, the Institute provides workforce
training as well as facilitating the deployment and use of clean
tech solutions by business, government, universities and other
institutions.
For more information about our
services, please contact our Account Executive at 408-280-6242
or email to
services@cleantechinstitute.org
The Clean Tech Institute and our partner, the International
Association of Nanotechnology, is pleased to present the Clean
Tech Innovation & Growth 2008:
March 18-19, 2008
at our Corporate Headquarters:
1290 Parkmoor Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126
The Clean Tech Innovation & Workforce 2008 will feature leading
policy makers, venture capitalists, industry leaders, energy
experts and educators in the emerging field of Clean Tech.
The Clean Tech Innovation & Growth Forum 2008 will feature panel
discussions on the following
Topics:
• Advanced Technology Showcase
• Public Policy and regulations
• Infrastructure Development
• Best Practice, Codes and Standards
• Commercialization and Applications
• Investment Opportunities and Challenges
• Education and Workforce Training
Agenda:
The Program Agenda in PDF can be downloaded here.
Venue:
Corporate Headquarters of the International Association of
Nanotechnology:
1290 Parkmoor Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126
For more information about the meeting
venue and hotel accommodation,
please click here.
Registration online:
http://nanotechcongress.com/registration.htm
Partial List of Speakers
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The Honorable Mike
Honda U.S. Congressman, 15th Congressional District of
California |
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Annette Finsterbusch
Director,
Applied Ventures, LLC
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Barry Cinnamon CEO,
Akeena Solar |
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Preston Roper Executive Vice President, Tioga
Energy
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Alexei Andreev
Executive Vice President Managing
Director
Harris & Harris Group |
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Nag
Patibandla Director of Energy Products Division,
Applied Materials |
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Fritz Prinz Director, Fuel Cells
Consortium; Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford
University |
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Mark Bernstein
Managing Director of Energy Institute, University of
Southern California |
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David Hochschild
VP of Solaria and CPUC Commissioner in San
Francisco |
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Mark C. Trexler
Managing Director, Global Consulting Services,
EcoSecurities
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Neal Dikeman
Partner
Jane Capital Partners |
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Marc Gottschalk
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
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Chris Busch
Economist, California Climate Program/Union of Concerned
Scientists |
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Barry Worthington
Executive
Director, United States Energy Association
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Geoff Sharples
Director, Electra |
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Roland Winston
Professor of Natural Sciences & Engineering Chair,
University of California, Merced |
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Daniel Hullah
Associate, Rockport Capital Partners |
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Randy Lewis
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
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Nancy Pfund
Managing Partner
DBL Investors |
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Margret J. Kim
Senior Advisor for International Climate Change,
California Air Resources Board
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Jennifer Oliver
Director, Center of Excellence , West Valley College |
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John Carrese
Director, Center of Excellence, City
College of San Francisco |
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Sue Kateley
Executive Director
California Solar Energy Industries Association |
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Jin Zhang
Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz |
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Heidi Livingston
Eisips
Founder,
Korala Consulting |
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Dan Kalafatas
President & COO,
3Degrees |
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Lyndon Rive
Founder & CEO
SolarCity |
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Peter Hsiao
Partner
Morrison & Foerster, LLP |
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Leonard Sharp
VP of Marketing
Silicon Valley Solar
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Michael Pak
CEO
Nanoexa |
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AGENDA
Clean Tech Innovation & Growth Forum 2008
The
Program Agenda in PDF can be downloaded here.
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Tuesday March 18, 2008 |
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration |
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9:00 AM - 12:15 PM |
Pre-Conference
Workshops
1. Introduction to Nanotech &
Clean Tech (9:00 AM – 10:30 AM)
An introductory course outlining the
state of Nanotechnology and its role in
Clean Tech and renewable energy
applications.
2. Clean Tech Business Landscape
(10:45 AM – 12:15 PM)
An overview of the trends and challenges
for the Clean Tech Revolution.
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12:15 PM- 2:00 PM |
Lunch |
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2:00 PM - 2:10 PM |
Welcoming Remarks |
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Lloyd L. Tran
President, IANANO
Director, Clean Tech Institute
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2:10 PM - 3:30 PM |
Clean Tech
Innovation & Trends Panel Discussion
Lyndon Rive
CEO
SolarCity
Lenny Sharp
VP of Marketing
Silicon Valley Solar
Seth Zimring
Energy Procurement
PG& E
Bill Byun
Managing Director
Samsung Ventures
John Scull
Managing Partner
Southern Cross Venture Partners
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3:30 PM -3:45 PM |
Coffee Breaks |
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3:45 PM - 5:45 PM |
Carbon Offset
Strategies Panel Discussion
Margret J. Kim
Senior Advisor for International Climate
Change
California Air Resources Board
Rahul J. Young, LEED AP
Manager
ICF International
Dan Kalafatas
President & COO
3 Phases Energy Services LLC
Peter Hsiao
Partner
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
Heidi Eisips
Founder
Korala Consulting
Mark C. Trexler
Managing Director, Global Consulting
Services
EcoSecurities
David W. South
President
Technology & Market Solutions
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5:45 PM- 7:00 PM |
Reception |
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Wednesday March 19 |
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8:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
Conference Registration - Breakfast |
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8:30 AM - 8:40 PM |
Opening Remarks
Lloyd L. Tran
President, IANANO
Director, Clean Tech Institute |
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8:40 AM - 9:00 AM |
Keynote:
The Honorable Mike Honda
US
Congressman, 15th Congressional District of California
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Policy Panel Discussion
Sue Kateley
Executive Director
California Solar Energy Industries Association
Barry Worthington
Executive Director
United States Energy Association
Arjun Makhijani
President
Institute for Energy & Environmental Research
David Hochschild
VP of Solaria and CPUC Commissioner in San
Francisco
Randy Lewis
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Chris Busch
Economist
California Climate Program/Union of Concerned Scientists
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10:30 AM -10:45 AM |
Morning Break |
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10:45 AM - 11:00 PM |
Keynote: Ricardo Angel
Senior Vice President
GE Energy Financial Services |
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11:00 AM-12:15 PM |
Investment Panel Discussion
Alexi Andreev
Executive Vice President/Managing Director
Harris & Harris Group Inc.
Annette Finsterbusch
Director
Applied Ventures, LLC
Tim Cesarek
President
Koch Genesis
Neal Dikeman
Partner
Jane Capital Partners
Nancy Pfund
Managing Partner
DBL Investors
Daniel Hullah
RockPort Capital Partners
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12:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
Keynote: Barry Cinnamon
CEO
Akeena Solar |
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1:50 PM - 3:30 PM |
Tech Leaders Panel Discussion
Michael Pak
CEO
Nanoexa
Anna Halpern-Lande
Founder & Principal
Cyrnel LLC
Nag Patibandla
Director of Energy Products Division
Applied Materials
Elaine Sison-Lebrilla
Senior Project Manager
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Geoff Sharples
Director of Sales and Business Development
EasEnergy
Marc Gottschalk
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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3:30 PM - 3:40 PM |
Afternoon Break |
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3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
Keynote: Fritz Prinz
Director, Fuel Cells Consortium;
Chair of Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University |
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Education &
Workforce Panel Discussion
Mark Bernstein
Managing Director of Energy Institute
University of Southern California
Roland Winston
Professor of Natural Sciences & Engineering
Chair
University of California, Merced
Jin Zhang
Professor of Chemistry
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jennifer Oliver
Director, Center of Excellence
West Valley College
John Carrese
Director, Center of Excellence
City College of San Francisco
Preston Roper
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Tioga Energy
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5:30 PM-7:00 PM |
Reception |
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Registration online:
http://nanotechcongress.com/registration.htm
Clean Tech California
The Clean Tech Institute in partnership with the California
Institute of Nanotechnology, has launched a
Clean Tech
California Initiative aimed at fostering the innovation and
development of clean technologies, addressing workforce needs
for high growth, high demand job training in California, and
creating a consortium of public and private organizations to
promote the affordability of clean technologies.
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Past Events
The Emerging Technology Investment Forum 2008
January 24, 2008
Our Corporate Headquarters:
1290 Parkmoor Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126
Thanks to our
speakers. presenters and participants, the Emerging Tech
Investment Forum was a great success.
The Investment Forum 2008 featured leading venture capitalists
and start-up and high growth companies in the emerging field of
Nano Bio Clean Tech. The Forum will help to facilitate the
meeting between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists and
corporate investors in high growth industries.
The Investment Forum was held in conjunction with our
Professional Training in Nanotech & Clean Tech, offering 12 high
level executive workshops focusing on strategic thinking, latest
marketing research and state-of-the-art technology and business
concepts as well as valuable networking opportunity with this
emerging industry.
Venue: Corporate Headquarters of the International Association
of Nanotechnology:
1290 Parkmoor Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126
AGENDA:
Program Agenda in PDF can now be
downloaded
Featuring presentations from:
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Fred
Aslan
Vice President
Venrock |
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Alexei Andreev
Executive Vice President Managing
Director
Harris & Harris Group
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Andrew Wahl
Managing
Director
IG Partners
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Ford
Tamer
Operating Partner
Khosla Ventures |
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Sam Bhaumik
Senior Managing Director
Group Head of Technology
Hercules Technology Growth Capital
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Kathy
Conte
Managing Director Technology Officer
Hercules Technology Growth Capital |
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Bill Rodoni
Managing Director
Revolution Partners |
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Matt Horton
Partner
@ Ventures |
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Rich Helfrich
Managing Director
Alameda Capital |
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Jackie Crespo
Partner
New Energy Finance
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES IN
NANOTECHNOLOGY & CLEAN TECH
held in conjunction with the Emerging Tech Investment Forum,
January 24, 2008
BUSINESS RE-ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE IN NANOTECH & CLEAN TECH
(January 23, 2008)
TUITION FEES: The list price for the Business Re-engineering
Program is US$3,750
Special price at the Clean Tech Congress 2007: US$1,875.00
US residents: $695.00 (with subsidy from the US Department of
Labor) (see below *)
California Residents: $395.00 (with subsidy from the State of
California) (see below *)
The Certificate Program includes the following
workshops:
Workshop 1 : Introduction to Nanotech & Clean Tech
(January 23, 2008, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM)
Lloyd L. Tran, President, IANANO & Director, Clean Tech
Institute
Workshop 2 : Photovoltaic Technology & Solar Energy Business
Opportunities
(January 23, 2008, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM)
Lloyd L. Tran, President, IANANO & Director, Clean Tech
Institute
Workshop 3: Environmental Implications & Clean Tech Laws
(January 23, 2008, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM)
Jeff Wong- Deputy Director, Toxic Control Department, California
Environmental Protection Agency
Workshop 4 : Intellectual Property Landscape in Nanotech & Clean
Tech
(January 23, 2008, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM)
Joel Ackerman, Of-Counsel, Townsend & Townsend
Workshop 5: Financing an Emerging Growth Company
(January 23, 2008, 4:15 PM- 5:45 PM)
Andrew Wahl, Managing Director, IG Partners
Workshop 6: How to Develop and Presenting a Winning Business
Proposal
(January 23, 2008, 12:30 PM-1:30 PM)
Workshop 7: Special Project- Participating in the Emerging Tech
Investment Forum
(January 24, 2008, from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
"TRAIN THE TRAINER" CERTIFICATE IN
NANOTECHNOLOGY & CLEAN TECH
(January 23-25, 2008)
TUITION FEES: The list price for the
Training the Trainer Program is US$3,850
Special price at the Clean Tech Congress 2007: US$1,925.00
US residents: $795.00 (with subsidy from the US Department of
Labor) (See below *)
California Residents: $495.00 (with subsidy from the State of
California) (See below *)
Workshop 1 : Introduction to Nanotech & Clean Tech
(January 23, 2008, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM)
Lloyd L. Tran, President, IANANO & Director, Clean Tech
Institute
Workshop 2 : Photovoltaic Technology & Solar Energy Business
Opportunities
(January 23, 2008, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM)
Lloyd L. Tran, President, IANANO & Director, Clean Tech
Institute
Workshop 3: Environmental Implications & Clean Tech Laws
(January 23, 2008, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM)
Jeff Wong- Deputy Director, Toxic Control Department, California
Environmental Protection Agency
Workshop 4 : Thin Film Technology & Applications
(January 23, 2008, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM)
Zhen Guo, Research Scientist, INTEL Corporation
Workshop 6 : Micro-Nano Fabrication & Applications
(January 23, 2008, 4:15 PM- 5:45 PM)
Workshop 5: Nanobiotechnology & Bioenergy
(January 25, 2008, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM)
Lloyd L. Tran, President, IANANO & Director, Clean Tech
Institute
Workshop 7: Nanomaterials Characterization
(January 25, 2008, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM)
Geetha R Dholakia, Research Scientist
Advanced Aerospace Materials and Devices, ELORET, NASA Ames
Research Center
Workshop 8: How to Develop and Presenting a Winning Business
Proposal
(January 23, 2008, 5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Workshop 9: Special Project- Participating in the Emerging Tech
Investment Forum
(January 24, 2008 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
Workshop 10: How to Use AFM and SEM for Nanoscale
Characterization- A introduction
(January 25, 2008- 2:00 PM- 4:30 PM)- a tour to visit Stanford
University Laboratory
Robert Sinclair, Professor & Director
Nano Characterization Laboratory- Stanford University
* Notes: The US and California participants are eligible to the
US Department of Labor and State of California financial subsidy
as given below, provided the participants (a) send a letter of
in-kind support from the Employer; (b) complete the coursework
and submitting a mini-proposal within 5 working days after the
completion of the Workshops and (c) completing the 15 day
evaluation form.
Prerequisite: a minimum of a BA or BS degree with 3 years of
industry experience or equivalence
Past
Event
4th International Congress of Nanotechnology (ICNT) 2007
Clean Tech Congress 2007
November 5-8, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel San
Francisco Airport
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We would like to thank our sponsors, exhibitors,
speakers, participants, friends and colleagues, staff
and volunteers who have made the 2007 Congress a
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KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS
We are pleased to welcome our keynote speakers
for the 4th International Congress of Nanotechnology/Clean Tech
Congress 2007
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Prof. Roger
Kornberg
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2006 |
Prof. Harry Kroto
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 1996 |
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Member Loni Hancock
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Senator Leland Yee, PhD |
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For more information, please contact our office at :
Clean Tech Institute
1290 Parkmoor Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126 USA
Tel. 408-280-6242
Fax. 408-280-6255
Email:
services@cleantechinstitute.org
http://www.cleantechinstitute.org
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