Agenda 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
5:00PM – 6:30PM	Welcome Networking Reception
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
7:30AM – 9:00AM	Registration & Networking Breakfast Hosted by:
9:00AM – 9:45AM	Chairman’s Welcome and “State of the Clean-Tech Industry” Outlook Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner, Technology Partners
9:45AM – 10:30AM	Fireside Chat with Dan Yergin: Dan Yergin, Author, “The Quest” and Chairman, IHS CERA All registrants will receive a free copy of Yergin’s new book, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World.
10:30AM – 11:00AM	Networking Break and Book Signing with Dan Yergin
11:00AM – 11:45AM	The IT Meets Clean-Tech Opportunity Hear from Rick Needham, Director of Energy and Sustainability, Google, Lorie Wigle, General Manager, Eco-Technology Program Office, Intel, and Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft on what each of their companies are doing to green their operations, and more importantly, what they’re doing to help grow energy efficiency (think datacenters), EV infrastructure, green buildings, renewables, and more in this moderated conversation with Clean Edge Senior Editor Clint Wilder.
11:45AM – 12:15PM	Keynote: Investing in Clean Tech at the Base of the Pyramid Stuart Hart, Professor of Management at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management and Author, numerous books and articles
12:15PM – 12:30PM	Special Musical Guest: Vienna Teng
12:30PM – 2:00PM	Networking Luncheon with Keynote: Luncheon Keynote: The Future of Energy Innovation Dr. Arun Majumdar, Director, ARPA-E Hosted by:
2:00PM – 2:40PM	Keynote: Sustainable Energy for All: What is Taking so Long? Professor Dan Kammen, Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
2:40PM – 2:45PM	Memorial Tribute to Ray Anderson – a Radical Industrialist
2:45PM – 3:15PM	Networking Break Hosted by:
3:15PM – 4:00PM	Driving Clean-Energy Growth at the State Level Former Governor of Colorado and Director, Center for the New Energy Economy, Bill Ritter along with Connecticut Energy and Environment Commissioner and Green to Gold Coauthor Dan Esty will share their perspectives with Summit co-producer Ron Pernick in an interactive discussion addressing the critical role of state government in driving clean-energy growth.
4:00PM – 4:10PM	Special Musical Guest: Vienna Teng
4:10PM – 5:00PM	Inspirational Keynote: Hunter Lovins, President and Founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions; Coauthor, Climate Capitalism
5:00PM – 7:00PM	Networking Reception Following a full day of content rich talks and presentations, attendees will wind down with food and drinks. Hosted by:
7:00PM – 9:00PM	Casino Party in the Lobby court The party continues! Play alongside fellow attendees and speakers for a unique networking experience while testing your luck at Blackjack, Poker, Craps and Roulette.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
7:30AM – 9:00AM	Networking Breakfast hosted by:
9:00AM – 9:30AM	Keynote: Building Out the Smart Grid Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
9:30AM – 10:15AM	Fireside Chat: Merging with the Sun Tom Werner, CEO, SunPower along with Denis Giorno, Vice President, New Ventures, Gas & Power division, Total S.A., will share the behind the scenes story about how their merger came to fruition. Summit Chairman Ira Ehrenpreis will uncover the benefits and any challenges of the integration.
10:15AM – 10:45AM	Networking Break
10:45AM – 11:15AM	IPO Spotlight on Solazyme: What sets this biofuel company apart from the crowd? Jonathan Wolfson, Co-Founder and CEO, Solazyme
11:15AM – 12:00PM	The Future of Clean-Tech Exits: Will IPOs or M&A Lead the Way? Radford Small, Managing Director in the Natural Resources Group in the Investment Banking Division, Goldman Sachs, Michael Horwitz, Senior Clean Technology Research Analyst, Baird, Kevin Genieser, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, and Russ Landon, Managing Director, Clean Technology Practice, KeyBanc, in a moderated conversation with Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner at DBL Investors.
12:00PM – 12:30PM	Corporate Keynote: The Role of Natural Gas in the Sustainable Energy Future Michael Allman, President and CEO, Southern California Gas Company
12:30PM – 1:30PM	Luncheon with Keynote Mark L. Vachon, Vice President, GE ecomagination Hosted by:
1:30PM	Conference Adjourns