Solar America Forum 2009
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Solar America Forum, September 23
San Jose, CA

CleanTech Instutute
1290 Parkmoor Ave
San José, CA 95126

Corporate Sponsors

Solar America Forum 2009

Can Solar Energy Lift us out of Recession?

A Case for Optimism

In the middle of a recession, there is hope and a sense of transformation for the United States to once again become the leading economic powerhouse in renewable energy.

Register to hear civic leaders, industry experts and others discuss the latest happenings in Solar energy and present solutions that can create jobs and economic prosperity.

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AGENDA

Agenda

The Preliminary Agenda is now available online.

09:00 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks
09:10 a.m. Keynote
09:45 a.m. Industry Updates
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. Industry Presentations
12:00 p.m. Lunch
01:00 p.m. Public Policy - Government Funding
02:00 p.m. Mayors & Panel discussion
02:45 p.m. Industry Updates
03:00 p.m. Coffee Break
03:15 p.m. Financing Solar Energy Projects
04:00 p.m. Solar Services & Green Living
04:45 p.m. Workforce Training
05:30 p.m. General Discussion
06:00 p.m. Reception & light Hors d'œuvres

Solar America Forum Special Guests and Industry Speakers

Mayors

• Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, TX
• Matthew Godfrey, Mayor of Ogden, UT
• James E "Jamie" Mayo, Mayor of Monroe, LA
• Peter Drekmeier, Mayor of Palo Alto, CA

Industry Speakers

• Pete Shoemaker, PG&E Renewables
• Michael Rogerson, Applied Materials
• Dave Metcalf, Kyocera Solar, inc.
• Danny Kennedy, Sungevity
• Joseph Brakohiapa, Clean Power Finance
• Robert Noble, Envision Solar International
• Andrew Wahl, IG Partners
• Craig Hill, Managing Partner
  Northcross, Hill & Ach
• Mark Chasan, Transformative Capital
  
• Dan Guerra, Com. Bus. Coll.
• Randy Zechman, Clean Solar
• Elmira Ryabova, Solar Vision
• Tor Allen, Rahus Institute
• Tai-Ran Hsu, San José State University
• Lloyd Tran, Clean Tech Institute
• Les Hamasaki, Green Initiative Village Empowerment

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