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Clean Technology Conference
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January 19, 2012 | 8:00am - 3:30pm
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| SAP |
| 3410 Hillview Avenue |
| Palo Alto, CA |
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Clean Technology Conference: Sustainability
Thursday, January 19, 2012
SAP, Palo Alto
Online registration is now closed. Walk-ins are welcome.
Description:
Clean Tech Conference preview by Peter
Graf, Chief Sustainability Officer of SAP
The domestic clean technology industry has faced political, financial, regulatory, and competitive challenges. However, venture capitalists continue to invest in the industry, as illustrated by the $891 million raised by 80 cleantech companies in the third quarter of 2011*. Come hear from key leaders and industry influencers about innovative business models and technologies that are addressing global concerns around sustainability and climate change.
* According to the MoneyTree™ Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data provided by Thomson Reuters.
AGENDA:
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8:00am - 8:45am |
Registration/Continental Breakfast & Networking |
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8:45am - 9:00am |
Welcome and Introductions |
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9:00am - 9:30am |
Thilo Koslowski, Gartner - EV Evolution - Opportunities & challenges for the electric vehicle in 2012 and beyond
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9:30am - 10:15am
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Panel Discussion: The New Electric Vehicle Market
Aaron Cohen, CODA Automotive
Harry Hobbs, InterContinental Hotel
Geoff Ryder, SAP
Byron Shaw, GM Advanced Technology
Moderator: Thilo Koslowski, Gartner
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10:15am - 10:45am |
Morning Break |
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10:45am - 11:15am |
Networking
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11:15am - 12:00pm
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Panel Discussion: Green Building
Asim Hussain, Bloomenergy
Alain Poivet, Sunplanter
Swapnil Shah, FirstFuel
Andrew Yip, PG&E
Moderator: Abby Johnson, Abacus Property Solutions
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12:00pm - 12:45pm
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Panel Discussion: Investment Landscape
Jason Matloff, Battery Ventures
Rachel Sheinbein, CMEA Capital
Dylan P. Steeg, Intel Capital
Moderator: Steve Bengston, PwC
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12:45pm - 1:30pm |
Demo Table Showcase & Lunch Break |
1:30pm - 2:15pm
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Panel Discussion: Technologies and Innovation
Erich Klawuhn, Soladigm
Tsafrir Oranski, Panoramic Power
Tamin Pechet, Banyan Water
Benzi Ronen, Farmigo
Moderator: Gil Perez, SAP
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2:15pm - 2:45pm |
Peter Graf, SAP - Sustainability
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2:45pm - 3:30pm |
Networking |
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3:30pm |
Conference Concludes |
LOCATION:
SAP
3410 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
PRICING:
Early Bird Discount through Dec. 16: $130 Non-members, $110 members, $60 Platinum Pass; $65 Students
Online Price through Jan. 19: $150 Non-members, $130 members, $80 Platinum Pass; $75 Students
A valid student identification card is required upon check-in.
Walk-In: Additional $40 at the door
*American Express is no longer accepted at the door.
SPONSORS:
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A special thank you to our organizing committee:
Debi Gerstel: PwC
Gil Perez: SAP
Timo Stelzer: SAP
SPEAKER BIOS:
 Steve Bengston, Director, Emerging Company Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Steve is Director of the Emerging Company Services (ECS) group at PricewaterhouseCoopers. ECS acts as “mentor capitalists” for young, high potential companies. Before joining PwC, Steve had 20 years of experience in a variety of marketing, business development and general management roles at several high tech companies in the Bay Area. Most recently, he was Pres/CEO of ynot.com, a leading international emarketing and greeting card company. Previously, he was VP Marketing & Business Development at Worldview Systems, an Internet travel pioneer. At Worldview, Steve helped launch and market Travelocity with Sabre Interactive. Steve has a BA in Economics and MBA from Stanford University. He works closely or sits on the Advisory Board at Churchill Club, SVASE, Life Science Angels, Bay Bio, and the Stanford/MIT Venture Lab, has taught classes on start ups at UC Berkeley, San Jose State, Santa Clara Law School, Hastings Law School, and Stanford, and is active in a variety of other organizations in the Bay Area targeting entrepreneurs and investors. He is a frequent moderator/panelist at both university and industry sponsored events. |
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 Peter Graf, Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President of Sustainability Solutions, SAP. Peter Graf serves as Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President of Sustainability Solutions at SAP. Graf is responsible for developing sustainable solutions that best serve the needs of SAP’s global customers, while also driving sustainable operations within SAP. During his tenure at SAP, Graf has held various management roles. Previously, Graf was the Executive Vice President of Solution Marketing at SAP. In this role, Graf was responsible for shaping the company's industry solution, application and platform strategy. Based out of SAP Labs in Palo Alto, CA, Graf holds a masters degree in computer science and economics as well as a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence. |
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 Harry Hobbs, Director of Engineering, InterContinental Hotel. LEED Gold Certification for a hotel building with 550 guest rooms sounds impossible to everyone who knows how the LEED rating system works. Most people assume that hotel is a place for vacation, relaxation, and celebration. While we look at the back side of it, hotel is a huge energy, gas and water consumer, and waste generator. As one of the most luxurious hotels in the city and hotel chain, we cannot sacrifice services by asking our hotel guests to control their usage; however, we want to be green. It is the reason why we pursue the LEED Certification. LEED Certification is not an easy project. When we decide to pursue it, we know that it will take more than a year and large amount of money to make our hotel to be certified. We have renovated some of our facilities in order to lower the energy consumption. “We will only use the amenities which do not take the luxury experience away from our hotel guests. If one product does not meet our expectation, we will go for another one until we can find the best one for ours guest.” Hobbs said. The InterContinental San Francisco has official received LEED-EBOM Gold Certification on January 2011 with scores 83 and 86 in division rate and Energy Star. Since then, we become the largest LEED Gold Recipient of existing buildings in California; the 3rd largest in the U.S. LEED Gold Certification will not be our final goal. We will keep improving if there is any possibility available. |
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 Asim Hussain, Bloom Energy, Director of Product Marketing. Asim has over 10 years of energy sector experience focused on marketing, business development and product management in the distributed generation and Smart Grid sectors. He is the Director of Product Marketing at Bloom Energy, a provider of breakthrough solid oxide fuel cell technology that generates clean, reliable, and highly-efficient power onsite. Asim's responsibilities at Bloom Energy include new market development, customer engagement and experience, as well as new product development. Prior to Bloom Energy, Asim worked for CURRENT Group, a Smart Grid solutions provider, as the Chief of Staff for the CEO focused on building the executive team and strategic planning as well as marketing and business development activities. At CURRENT Group, Asim developed an industry leading value model to quantify the monetary benefits of various Smart Grid applications. He previously also advised electric utility and telecommunication clients on strategy and systems integration initiatives while working for Deloitte Consulting. Asim earned a BS in Commerce with Distinction from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School. |
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 Abby Johnson, President, LEED AP & LEED AP O&M, Abacus Property Solutions. Founded in 2009, Abacus Property Solutions is a real estate advisory firm, providing owner’s representation services for commercial building retrofits. Abacus specializes in the financing of energy efficient, sustainable improvements through our debt and equity capital sources. Abby Johnson, President, has worked in the commercial real estate industry for over 15 years both in the US and Europe. Prior to forming Abacus, she worked as a consultant for numerous commercial banks, institutional lenders and investors, underwriting the acquisition, re-finance and construction of existing and new construction projects. As a director at Johnson Capital, a national mortgage banking firm, Abby was responsible for the origination, underwriting and closing of real estate transactions of office, industrial, retail, hospitality and mixed-use properties. Her real estate background is complemented by her experience in the building sciences, providing architectural/engineering assessments of commercial buildings and working as an architect on urban redevelopment projects in Rome, Italy. Abby’s introduction to green building was in Brussels, Belgium where she worked on the eco-labeling scheme as an environmental policy consultant. She has authored numerous articles on green building topics such as smart metering, LEED/Green Globes and developing retrofit strategies for commercial building owners. She is a LEED AP O+M with a Bachelor of Architectural History from the University of Virginia and a Master in International Business and Management from L'Universita' SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy. |
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 Erich Klawuhn, Vice President of Business Development, Soladigm. Mr. Klawuhn is the Vice President of Business Development at Soladigm, responsible for defining the company’s business strategy, marketing and product management. Mr. Klawuhn has more than 15 years of experience developing new thin-film product businesses at Novellus Systems and Varian Thin-Films. He has held technical, product management, and business positions providing a unique perspective into developing and launching new products. Mr. Klawuhn holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara and holds 10 US patents. |
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 Thilo Koslowski, VP, Gartner Inc. Thilo is Vice President, Distinguished Analyst and founder of the Automotive practice at Gartner Inc. He is recognized as a global thought leader and futurist regarding the evolution of the automotive industry, the connected vehicle, the connected driver, mobility innovation and new business models. In this role he advises C-level and senior business and technology leaders in the automotive, electronics industries, Internet, communication and technology industries on the evolution of innovative business opportunities and the creation of leading cross-industry strategies. He is also an advisor for global government agencies focusing on new mobility and transportation concepts including e-Mobility, mobility-as-a-service and multi-modal transportation. Mr. Koslowski graduated from the Technical University (RWTH) Aachen in Germany and holds a master's degree in Business Studies with majors in Marketing, European Economy and Production Engineering. |
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 Jason Matlof, Partner, Battery Ventures. Jason joined Battery in January 2005 and focuses on investments in the clean technology sector. Jason is currently a board member at Clean Urban Energy (CUE), FirstFuel Software, Redwood Systems, SolarBridge Technologies, Qteros, and SkyFoundry (Observer). Before joining Battery, Jason spent more than a decade in management roles at leading technology companies. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Neoteris, which was acquired by NetScreen and then subsequently acquired by Juniper Networks. At Neoteris, Jason was responsible for developing and executing the company’s product strategy and establishing leadership within the emerging SSL VPN product category. Jason received a BA with honors in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Jason co-authors www.cleanmakesgreen.com, a blog focused on cleantech.
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 Tsafrir Oranski, VP Business Development, Panoramic Power. Prior to joining Panoramic Power, Safi served as the Vice President for Business Development at Arcadian Networks, a provider of smart-grid wide area networks to the energy sector - electric, water, and gas companies. Safi worked at Gilo Ventures, where he focused on the funds’ portfolio companies, driving various aspects of the business including marketing, strategy, planning, partnerships and acquisitions. Formerly, Safi worked at SAP as a marketing manager developing messaging, enablement and go to market solutions. As an attorney, he worked at the corporate division of one of the leading law firms in Israel. Safi holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and an LLB in Law from The Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. |
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 Tamin Pechet, CEO, Banyan Water. Tamin is the CEO at Banyan Water. He is also Chairman of Imagine H2O (www.imagineh2o.org), a global organization spurring entrepreneurship in the water industry through innovation prizes and a water business incubator. Tamin also serves on the Board of Directors of Lux Research (www.luxresearchinc.com), a leading provider of research and analytics on water and other clean technology markets. Previously, Tamin was a Principal and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Catamount Ventures where he invested in and supported the growth of portfolio companies in water, energy, and the environment. Tamin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an A.B. with Honors from Harvard University. |
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 Gil Perez , Global Vice President of Sustainability Management & Strategy, SAP. Gil is responsible for developing and commercializing new sustainability business opportunities. Gil is also chartered with extending SAP’s internal sustainability operational excellence through innovation and deployment of breakthrough products and technologies. Gil brings more than 15 years of experience in enterprise software as a co-founder and executive of multiple startups, angel investor and VC. Gil was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University in 2003-04 focusing on Social Entrepreneurship. |
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 Alain Poivet, Founder and CEO of Sunplanter Inc. Alain is currently launching Sunplanter in Silicon Valley. Prior to funding Sunplanter Inc, Alain focused on solar energy solutions applied to buildings since 2006 and founded Sunplanter in France in 2009. Working on 4 year research program, he co-developed and patented a game changing technology. Alain is a seasoned architect and entrepreneur in the building industry with more than 20 years of architectural experience. Alain co-founded and led Poivet Chameau, a 20-staff architectural firm in Paris/France and completed numerous architectural projects internationally. Alain graduated with honors from Ecole d'Architecture de Versailles, France. |
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 Benzi Ronen, Founder & CEO, Farmigo. Benzi and his team are on a mission to make fresh locally grown produce available to all households. Benzi believes software is the missing link to create and alternative food system that connects consumers directly with the growers of their food. Benzi was most recently Vice President of Product Management at SAP. Prior to SAP, he co-founded and was CEO of Octago Inc. based in San Francisco and was a product manager at both Microsoft and Netscape. He has an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BA in Sociology and Anthropology. |
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 Geoff Ryder, Principal, SAP. Geoff is a Sustainability Principal at SAP Labs, Palo Alto, leading strategy research and market development initiatives in green transportation. Projects draw on SAP’s deep enterprise application software expertise in automotive, electric power utility, finance, insurance, service, and transportation industries, and enabling plug-in vehicle and infrastructure deployment with SAP solutions has become a major topic. In July he served as programming chair for the IEEE New Frontiers in Computing Conference at Stanford, which covered software-driven green technology advances in the automotive industry. He received his MS and PhD from UC-Santa Cruz in Computer Engineering, and his BSEE and BA-Asian Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
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 Swapnil Shah, CEO and co-founder, FirstFuel Software. Swap has built his career building winning IT companies. He is a seasoned entrepreneurial leader with 20 years of experience leading software companies into innovative markets. He was a key founder of three companies that went on to an IPO or acquisition, including Open Environment (IPO), WebSpective Software (acquired by Inktomi ) and mValent (acquired by Oracle). Swap holds a BS from Cornell University.
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 Byron Shaw, PhD. GM Advanced Technology. Byron has over 20 years experience in the automotive, software, high-tech and venture industries. As Managing Director of GM’s Advanced Technology Office in Silicon Valley, Byron has dual roles reporting to GM Global R&D and GM Ventures. He began his career in the automotive industry as a GM Scholar with GM’s Harrison Division (Delphi), before a stint as a visiting scientist with Daimler Benz research labs in Stuttgart, Germany. Byron was instrumental in developing the charter of BMW’s Technology Office in Palo Alto, CA, where he was the Manager of Advanced Technology and technical director of a 30-person engineering and marketing team and a $4 million budget where he oversaw the discovery and implementation of new and advanced technologies into BMW’s vehicle development process. After leaving BMW, Byron was the co-founder and CTO of a Photovoltaic Solar startup where he led the development team in releasing its first product launch and participated in venture fundraising. Byron holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a BS in German Language and Literature from MIT. His PhD was completed at the University of California at Berkeley in the Vehicle Dynamics and Control Laboratory, focusing on engine emissions modeling and control, embedded electronics and digital signal processing. |
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 Rachel Sheinbein, Partner, CMEA Capital. Rachel Sheinbein joined CMEA Capital in 2008 and is a Partner with the Energy and Materials team. Rachel is on the boards of CMEA portfolio companies Arcadia Biosciences, Contour Energy Systems, Danotek Motion Technologies, Reel Solar (Observer) and Solaria Corporation. Before CMEA, Rachel was a consultant for start-ups in the areas of bio-plastics, solar and water treatment. For 9 years prior to consulting, Rachel worked in several positions at Intel Corporation – as a Chemical Engineer for industrial liquid waste and wastewater systems, a Program Manager for Environmental Health & Safety, focusing on metrics and new technology, a Purchasing Analyst, and a Strategic Product Manager for Supply Chain IT. Rachel is the President of the board of Expanding Your Horizons Network, a nonprofit that encourages girls in math, science, engineering and technology. In addition, Rachel volunteers in various roles for California Clean Tech Open – a business plan competition that encourages the development of clean technology companies and Imagine H20 – a not-for-profit that is turning water problems into entrepreneurial opportunities. Ms. Sheinbein holds a Chemical Engineering degree with a concentration in Environmental Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Rachel was also a sponsored Leaders for Global Operations fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she received an MBA and a Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
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 Dylan P. Steeg, Director, Intel Capital. Dylan Steeg is currently a Director and Kauffman Fellow at Intel Capital, the corporation’s global venture capital organization. Dylan is responsible for several cleantech sectors including Smart Grid (Demand Response, Storage, Security), Datacenter Energy Efficiency, and Photovoltaics as well as support for Intel Labs activities in next generation information technology. Dylan previously worked in Intel Capital’s Portfolio Management organization, where he managed sell-side M&A’s, IPO’s and private placements. Prior to Intel Capital, Dylan was a Process and Metrology Engineer within Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing organization, leading the development of processes and manufacturing equipment which then proliferated throughout Intel’s global fab network. Dylan received a BS in mechanical engineering from Boston University and a MBA in finance from the Columbia Business School. |
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 Andrew Yip, Manager of Solar and Customer Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Andrew is the Manager of Solar and Customer Generation at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). His team is responsible for managing all customer side distributed generation incentive programs, which include technologies such as solar, solar water heating, wind, and fuel cells. These programs are the largest and most successful incentive programs in the United States and provide financial assistance to the customers of PG&E to further help them reduce their electric and/or gas consumption and their carbon footprint. Andrew is also involved in regulatory and policy implementation of these programs and other distributed generation related activities in California. He has been with PG&E for over eight years with experiences in PG&E's Customer Services Department, Quality Assurance Department, and now the Solar and Customer Generation Department. He graduated from San Jose St. University with a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering. |
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