AlwaysOn will present GoingGreen Silicon Valley 2010 from October 12th – 14th in San Francisco. This event wlll provide educational programs and networking opportunities for members of the cleantech/greentech community, including CEOs, entreprenuers, business development officers, researchers, media, and venture capital and private-equity investors.
Panel sessions at GoingGreen Silicon Valley 2010 include:
The Evolution of Green
The transformation to a clean and sustainable civilization encompasses every imaginable technology and industry. With the initial momentum of the favored green sectors slowed by economic reality and political reassessment, what cleantech sectors quietly advance, relatively immune to transient trends? In addition to energy and transportation, how is clean technology creating opportunities in water, agriculture, construction, infrastructure and waste management? How are enabling technologies in materials sciences and genomics catalyzing these opportunities?
- Moderator: J. Hovey Kemp, Partner, Goodwin Procter
- Anup Jacob, Partner, Virgin Green Fund
- Kevin Genieser, Managing Director, Head of Clean Energy Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
- Marc van den Berg, Managing Director, Vantage Point Venture Partners
- Raj Atluru, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Financing the Green 21st Century
How do you finance renewables in an economic environment of tight credit and lower prices for conventional energy? How can next-generation infrastructure upgrades using clean technology – not just in energy, but in water, transportation and construction – secure viable financing while still delivering solutions that create a net benefit for consumers instead of an additional economic burden? Is the expectation of some sort of climate or energy legislation holding up investment in energy technology? What emerging energy technologies are so competitive they can emerge regardless of government assistance?
- Moderator: John Gimigliano, Partner, Energy & Sustainability, KPMG
- Langley P. Eide, Vice President, Global Technology Equity Capital Markets
- Trae Vassallo, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
- Jon Sakoda, Partner, NEA
- Peter O’Rourke, Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, Loan Program Office, U.S. Department of Energy
At GoingGreen SiliconValley 2010 the AlwaysOn editors will also honor the GoingGreen Top 100 Private Companies. In addition, up to 50 green technology CEOs willl pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in “CEO Showcases.” For additional program information you can view the GoingGreen Silicon Valley 2010 website.
Thanks to our friends at AlwaysOn, readers of Green VC can receive a 50% discount off the standard registration rate by registering via this link. For more information: