FountainBlue's Clean Energy Entrepreneur Meetup January 30, 2009

FountainBlue and SDForum cordially invite you to our second annual State of the Clean Green Industry event,
scheduled for Friday, January 30, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at
Sun Microsystems, 4030 George Sellon Circle in Santa Clara.
To register, visit http://www.sdforum.org.
FountainBlue discount code FB09 for discount rate of $65.
On-site registration will be $100.

This second-annual event will feature policy-makers, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, updating the larger Silicon Valley community on the opportunities and challenges in the clean green space. The event will commence at 8:30 with registration and networking, and begin promptly at 9:00 with Welcomes and Thank Yous.

Opening remarks will be presented at 9:15 by (keynote to be confirmed) and will feature comments on ‘How Policymakers Are Supporting Clean Green Entrepreneurship’.

At 10:00, following the opening remarks, we will present a Financing Panel entitled ‘Where’s the Green in Clean?’ The discussion will feature a wide range of investors in clean energy organizations, from angels to VCs to investment bankers.
• Facilitator tbd
• Kjerstin Barley, Sr VP, Industry Leader, Technology & Electronics, GE Commercial Finance
• Steve Eichenlaub, Managing Director, Hardware, Intel Capital
• Nancy Pfund, Managing Director, DBL Investors and Board Member, CalCEF
• Laurie Yoler, Managing Director, GrowthPoint Technology Partners LLC

Following the financing panel, there will be a morning break, from 11:00 – 11:15 a.m.

Promptly at 11:15, we will feature a corporate panel, on ‘Doing Well While Doing Good’. Our panelists will cover not only what their organization is doing internally to minimize their carbon footprint, but also how its products and services are better serving their customers and how they are partnering with clean green entrepreneurs to stimulate innovation of clean green solutions. The panel will feature:
• Facilitator tbd
• Annette Finsterbusch, Director & Kauffman Fellow, Applied Ventures, LLC
• Rich Lechner, VP, IBM
• John Skinner, Director of Marketing, Eco-Technology, Intel Corporation

At 12:15, we will feature a lunchtime keynote address on ‘Clean Green Investment Opportunities’

At 1:15, we will re-convene for our third and final panel featuring entrepreneurs profiling ‘Clean Green Success Stories’

Closing remarks will be held at 2:15 and further networking is encouraged from 2:30-3:00 p.m.

City of San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed will also be making a presentation during this event.

Exhibit Tables
We welcome you to purchase an corporate exhibit table for $500, or an entrepreneur exhibit table for $250. For more information, please contact Amanda Orrin, Amanda@sdforum.org.

Official Website: http://www.svcleanenergy.com