Think Green
A Clean Technology &
Alternative Energy Forum
March 24 ~ 26, 2009
InterContinental
San Francisco
Conference Agenda
ThinkGreen
A Clean Technology & Alternative Energy Forum
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| TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009 | ||||
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| 5:00 PM | REGISTRATION OPENS: Fifth Floor | |||
| 6:00 PM | WELCOME & COCKTAIL RECEPTION: InterContinental Ballroom, Fifth Floor | |||
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009 | ||||
| 7:00 AM | REGISTRATION OPENS: Fifth Floor | |||
| 7:30 AM | BREAKFAST: InterContinental Ballroom, Fifth Floor | |||
| 7:45 AM | BREAKFAST KEYNOTE: Jennifer Scott Fonstad, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson | |||
| GRAND BALLROOM C: THIRD FLOOR | GRAND BALLROOM A: THIRD FLOOR | |||
| SESSION: | THE SOLAR VALUE CHAIN | SESSION: | DRIVING PAST PETROLEUM: THE FUTURE OF FUELS | |
| 9:00 AM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Where is the Sweet Spot of the Solar PV Product Chain: Wafers, Cells, Modules or all of the above? Moderated By Colin Rusch, ThinkEquity Bob Ford, President & CEO, Solaicx Hari Surapaneni, President & CEO, Solar Semiconductor Jeffrey Wolfe, CEO, groSolar |
9:00 AM | Verenium Corporation (VRNM) Company Presentation | |
| 9:50 AM | Real Goods Solar (RSOL) Company Presentation |
9:30 AM | Westport Innovations Inc. (WPRT) Company Presentation | |
| 10:15 AM | Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (STP) Company Presentation |
10:00 AM | LS9, Inc. Company Presentation | |
| 10:40 AM | OPEN | 10:30 AM | Solazyme, Inc. Company Presentation | |
| 11:05 AM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Industry Growth Outlook from An Equipment Vendor Perspective Moderated By Joe Dews, ThinkEquity Roger Little, Chairman & CEO, Spire Corporation (SPIR) Jonathan Pickering, Vice President, Global Marketing & Business Development, Solar Business Group, Applied Materials (AMAT) Paul J. van der Wansem, CEO, BTU International (BTUI) J.S. Whang, President & CEO, Amtech Systems (ASYS) |
11:05 AM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Renewable Fuel and Chemical Technologies Moderated By David Woodburn, ThinkEquity Charles Eggert, President & CEO, OPX Biotechnologies Lee Edwards, President & CEO, Virent Energy Systems Jim Imbler, President & CEO, Zeachem Robert Walsh, CEO, Aurora Biofuels | |
| 12:00 PM | LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Fifth Floor: Mark Mills, Founding Partner, Digital Power Capital, Chairman, CEO, International Battery | |||
| SESSION: | THE SOLAR VALUE CHAIN | SESSION: | MARKET MECHANISMS FOR ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT | |
| 1:15 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Demand Drivers for Solar in this Economic Environment Moderated By Shez Bandukwala, ThinkEquity Lyndon Rive, CEO, SolarCity John Woolard, CEO, Brightsource Energy Alexander Von Welczeck, President & CEO, Solar Power Partners Frank Smith, CEO, Entech Solar |
1:15 PM | TerraPass Company Presentation | |
| 2:15 PM | eSolar Company Presentation | 1:45 PM | Carbonetworks Corporation Company Presentation | |
| 2:15 PM | World Energy Solutions (TSX:XWE) Company Presentation | |||
| SESSION: | ADVANCED LIGHTING: THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT |
SESSION: | RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION | |
| 2:45 PM | Finelite, Inc. Company Presentation | 2:45 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Sourcing New Water: Conservation, Technology or Both? Moderated by David Woodburn, ThinkEquity Damian Georgino, EVP, Corporate Development & Chief Legal Officer, PICO Holdings, Inc. (PICO) Trevor Hill, President & CEO, Global Water Resources | |
| 3:10 PM | Bridgelux Company Presentation | |||
| 3:35 PM | Precision-Lighting (HUB.A) Company Presentation |
3:35 PM | HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc. Company Presentation | |
| 4:00 PM | Luminus Devices Company Presentation | 4:00 PM | Electronic Recyclers International, Inc. Company Presentation | |
| 4:25 PM | Renaissance Lighting Company Presentation |
4:25 PM | Flipswap Company Presentation | |
| 5:15 PM | COCKTAIL RECEPTION: InterContinental Foyer, Fifth Floor | |||
| THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009 | ||||
| 7:00 AM | REGISTRATION OPENS: Fifth Floor | |||
| 7:30 AM | BREAKFAST: InterContinental Ballroom, Fifth Floor | |||
| 7:45 AM | DISCUSSION: Private Placements and M&A in the Clean Technology & Alternative Energy Sectors | |||
| GRAND BALLROOM C: THIRD FLOOR | GRAND BALLROOM A: THIRD FLOOR | |||
| SESSION: | SOLAR 2.0: BEYOND SILICON |
SESSION: | SMART GRID | |
| 9:00 AM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Challenges & Opportunities in Thin Film Moderated By Shez Bandukwala, ThinkEquity Bill Green, Venture Partner, VantagePoint Venture Partners Peter Nieh, Founder, Lightspeed Ventures Dr. Keshav Prasad, VP, Business Development, Signet Solar Homayoun Talieh, President & CEO, SoloPower |
9:00 AM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Enabling Efficiency with Intelligent Infrastructure Moderated By Colin Rush, ThinkEquity Robert Chiste, CEO, Comverge (COMV) Gary Fromer, CEO, cPower, Inc. Keith Schaefer, CEO, BPL Global | |
| 10:00 AM | Daystar Technologies, Inc. (DSTI) Company Presentation |
SESSION: | POLICY INITIATIVES TO DRIVE ADOPTION | |
| 10:30 AM | Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (ASTI) Company Presentation | 9:50 AM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Alternative Energy & Current Policy Moderated By Joe Dews, ThinkEquity Julie Blunden, VP, Policy & Corporate Communications, SunPower (SPWR) Hank Habicht, SAIL Venture Partners Gary Klein, Partner, DLA Piper Jigar Shah, Founder, SunEdison | |
| 11:00 AM | NanoGram Corporation Company Presentation |
SESSION: | GREEN INNOVATION | |
| 11:30 AM | OPEN | 10:50 AM | Ceradyne, Inc. (CRDN) Company Presentation | |
| 11:15 AM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Enabling Green Moderated By Michael Lew, ThinkEquity Alexei Andreev, Managing Director, Harris & Harris (TINY) Don Young, CEO, Aspen Aerogels Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials | |||
| 12:00 PM | LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Fifth Floor: Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner, Technolgy Partners | |||
| SESSION: | ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE | SESSION: | BATTERIES: DRIVING US INTO THE FUTURE | |
| 1:15 PM | MasTec, Inc. (MTZ) Company Presentation | 1:15 PM | Ener1 (HEV) Company presentation | |
| 1:45 PM | Nordic Windpower Company Presentation | 1:40 PM | Quantum Technologies, Inc. (QTWW) Company Presentation | |
| 2:05 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION: The Importance of the Supply Chain Moderated By Kelly Walters, ThinkEquity Lorne Gettel, CEO, Advanced Lithium Power Mil Ovan, Co-Founder & Senior VP, Firefly Energy Dan Squiller, CEO, PowerGenix Nick Sugimoto, Principal, Honda Strategic Venturing | |||
| SESSION: | WIND POWER: TODAY'S BIG ENERGY ALTERNATIVE |
3:00 PM | Valence Technology, Inc. (VLNC) Company Presentation | |
| 2:15 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Wind Energy: Changing Policy and Incentive Landscape Moderated By Gregory Jenner, Stoel Rives LLP Yaron Brook Ph.D., President & Executive Director, The Ayn Rand Institute Warren W. Byrne, Founder & CEO, Foresight Wind Energy Thomas Carbone, President & CEO, Nordic Windpower Tyler Tringas, New Energy Finance |
3:25 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Electric Vehicles: The Future is Now Moderated by Michael Lew, ThinkEquity Deepak Ahuja, CFO, Tesla Motors Jack Bailey, President, DesignLine USA William Rankin, President & CEO, UQM Technologies, Inc. | |
| 3:15 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Wind Energy: State of the Union & Outlook David Dreessen, Partner, Battery Ventures Walter Hornaday, President, Cielo Wind Power, LP Jose Mas, CEO, Mastec (MTZ) Richard Saunders, Director of Project Development, GreenHunter Renewable Power LLC (GRH) Geoff Sharples, Principal Renewable Energy, Google (GOOG) |
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| 4:30 PM | Conference Concludes | |||
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