February 6-7, 2013 Palm Springs, CA IBF Conferences

Agenda

Tuesday, February 5th

5:00 - 6:30 pmWelcome Networking Reception

Musical Performance:
Vienna Teng

Wednesday, February 6th

7:30 - 9:00 amRegistration & Networking Breakfast
9:00 - 9:45 amChairman's Welcome and "State of the Clean-Tech Industry" Outlook

Conference Chairman:
Ira Ehrenpreis
General Partner
Technology Partners
9:45 - 10:30 amRevolutionizing the Automobile

Guest Speaker:
JB Straubel
Co-Founder & CTO
Tesla Motors
10:30 - 11:00 am Networking Break
11:00 - 11:45 amThe Giants of Energy Innovation


Dr. Arun Majumdar
Director, Energy Initiatives
Google.org

 

Ernie Moniz
Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
MIT Department of Physics
11:45 - 12:30 pm Keynote Speaker

Tom Siebel
Chairman
C3
12:30 - 2:00 pm Luncheon with Keynote Presentation

Energy: A View from DC

David Sandalow
Under Secretary Of Energy (Acting), Assistant
Secretary For Policy & International Affairs
2:00 - 2:45 pmTomorrow's Utility: The View from the Sun

Guest Speaker:
Jim Hughes
CEO
First Solar
2:45 - 3:30 pm Energy Perspective

Guest Speaker:
Ralph Alexander
Managing Director
Riverstone
3:30 - 4:00 pm Networking Break
4:00 - 4:30 pmCorporate Keynote

David Schramm
President & Chief Executive Officer
Maxwell Technologies, Inc.
4:30 - 5:15 pmWhy one of the Luminaries of IT turned to Cleantech

Bill Watkins
CEO
Bridgelux
5:15 - 5:30 pm Special Musical Guest

Vienna Teng
5:30 - 9:00 pmEvening Reception & Entertainment

Lior Suchard
Supernatural Entertainer and Mentalist

Thursday, February 7th

7:30 - 9:00 amNetworking Breakfast
Out on the Lawn
9:00 - 9:45 amFossil & Renewables: Friend, Foe or Frenemies?

Don Paul
Executive Director
Energy Institute at the University of Southern California


John McDonald
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Chevron
9:45 - 10:15 amKeynote Presentation

Guest Speaker:
Shai Agassi
Founder
Better Place
10:15 - 11:00 amNetworking Break
11:00 - 11:15 amSpecial Musical Guest

Vienna Teng
11:15 - 11:45 amKeynote Conversation

Guest Speaker:
Ahmad Chatila
CEO
MEMC


Guest Speaker:
Dickon Pinner
Global Cleantech Practice Leader
McKinsey & Company
11:45 - 12:30 pmIPO Spotlight

Guest Speaker:
Lyndon Rive
Co-Founder & CEO
SolarCity
12:30 - 2:00 pmLuncheon with Keynote Presentation

Guest Speaker:
Jeff Bingaman
Former U.S. Senator, New Mexico
2:00 pmConference Adjourns