Agenda

Breakfast and Registration: Enjoy coffee, tea, and light fare while networking.

Icebreaker Breakfast: MaRS: Cleantech @ MaRS has rapidly grown from an advisory services play to an active player in the early-stage Cleantech space. MaRS is the world's second-largest innovation center in the world, and Cleantech @ MaRS leads the charge. We now have three legs to our operations: Advisory Services, the privately-backed MaRS Cleantech Fund and the Energy Innovation Initiative. Built on one of the largest cleantech pipelines in North America (Advisory), we also provide early-stage venture capital (the Fund) and directly engage with the the regulatory and large utility space in Canada (the Energy Innovation Initiative). The MaRS model is unique, and effective.

As a result, we have one of the most promising early-stage cleantech deal-flows in the world. We've brought six of our companies to San Francisco in 2013. Come hear about the MaRS model, and directly from some of our portfolio companies.

Hosted by: MaRS

John Woolard builds massive solar thermal power projects in desert locations. The Ivanpah Team recently installed the 100,000th motor-driven "heliostat" to reflect the sun onto "power towers” in the Mojave. John will share the inside scoop--including the battle scars--on his journey to create the largest solar thermal power plant in the world (enough to power 140,000 California homes).

The top three finalists of the Cleantech Goes Social contest will pitch their best use of Facebook’s billion-person network to accelerate cleantech to a panel of investors.

As prices for distributed generation and storage drop and technology improves, energy users are taking notice. Meanwhile, utilities are assessing what this means for the grid at large – and their business. What role will utilities play in an increasingly decentralized future? What other benefits are customers seeking from their energy? Will nimble new market players manage to carve off a significant number of businesses, homes and communities, giving them the ability to produce and consume their own energy? Or can utilities shape market activity and leverage these new energy sources to the benefit of all?

Despite decades of improving recycling technology and education, the US still only recycles around one third of the 250 million tons of trash we produce each year. How can we improve consumer recycling habits? How can we reduce the generation of trash in the first place? Can we use our trash to produce energy, chemicals and fuel? We will look at how innovation in these areas is ensuring we don’t end up buried under a pile of trash.

Increasing regulation, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing, water use and disposal constraints, improved corporate responsibility, transportation challenges and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are just some of the factors driving the need for continued innovation and incorporation of clean technologies in the rapidly evolving oil and gas sector.  In the face of the challenges and opportunities presented, oil and gas companies are increasingly becoming leaders in cleantech investment, research, adoption and strategic partnerships. Join FMC and guests in an exciting panel to hear some of the ways that leading oil and gas companies are currently working with cleantech companies to address these issues and solve problems that reach beyond oil and gas, while simultaneously growing cleantech companies and investment.

Hosted by: Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP and SNR Denton

Networking Lunch: Enjoy a strolling lunch or join breakout tables for group discussions on relevant topics.

Hosted by: Zayed Future Energy Prize

Despite drought conditions in much of the US and water shortages in various regions around the world, water, on average, remains remarkably cheap. The paradoxically low cost of water makes the business case for implementing innovative conservation, recycling, and re-use technologies that much more challenging. Even so, there are a number of verticals – from manufacturing to agriculture to food & beverage – where the economics are beginning to look attractive and customers are investing in changing the way that they use water. Our panel will go in search of these emerging opportunities where water technology can provide real value and will highlight where real markets are developing for innovative solutions.

UBIFRANCE, the French Trade Commission in North America, is proud to present 7 French companies at the Cleantech Forum San Francisco for the first time. The companies will introduce award winning technologies in hydroelectricity, waste collection, energy management, low-cost sugars and micro-algae. Learn more about the French delegation and the vision each entrepreneur has for their technologies. We are looking for collaboration and investments to grow these technologies worldwide.

Presenting companies: HydroQuest, Canibal, Ecosense, NDHI, Delabio, Ozoval, and Fermentalg.

2012 ushered in new era in cleantech finance. On the project-side, the expiration of the Section 1603 grant, low tax appetites, and stressed government budgets have hampered renewable and efficiency project pipelines. Checkered returns, tight IPO markets, and high profile bankruptcies have major investors looking to alternate sectors, reducing both equity and debt financing for innovative young cleantech companies, as well as their VC backers. As we continue to move through an uncertain global financing landscape, where will new sources of financing come from in 2013? Will we see accelerated participation of foreign investors and corporates, seizing on opportunities presented by lower valuations? Where are the emerging opportunities and models for innovative financiers looking to limit risk in this environment?

Hosted by: Morrison & Foerster LLP

Continue networking over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.

In 2008, when the global economy was on the verge of collapse, Republican Secretary of the Treasury "Hank" Paulson stood closest to the abyss--and he was arguably the most influential figure in keeping the financial markets stable, orderly, and liquid. One of the most prominent public and private financial executives in American history, Mr. Paulson will share why he is now urgently devoting his time, energy, and substantial resources to a cleaner global environment.

It takes a lot of energy to run the servers that organize the world's information. Rick's team has invested $900MM in wind farms, PV systems, solar thermal and offshore transmission. Find out how this former aeronautical engineer inspires one of the most widely-respected energy and sustainability teams.

Five competitively selected CEOs from across the full cleantech spectrum present and pitch their investment opportunities.

Hosted by: Autodesk

The rise of social media and multimedia, coupled with increases in the volume and detail of data captured by corporations has led to exponential growth in data over the past couple of years. In response to this spike in demand, tech giants have undertaken massive data center construction efforts. Worldwide, these data centers now consume billions of kilowatt hours per year, enough energy to power tens of millions of homes. What approaches are tech giants using to reduce energy consumption, as well as associated costs and carbon emissions? What energy efficient technologies are being developed? What factors should companies take into account when designing their data center strategies?

Networking Lunch: Enjoy a strolling lunch or join breakout tables for group discussions on relevant topics.

Icebreaker Lunch: Ecuador, A Smart Move in Electricity and Renewables: Join the delegation of Ecuador for lunch where we will provide presentations with detailed information about electrical projects that create a positive impact on the environment. Our goal is to forge rock-solid bridge financing relationships with companies and government officials.

Hosted by: Pro Ecuador

Five competitively selected CEOs from across the full cleantech spectrum present and pitch their investment opportunities.

Hosted by: Autodesk

How can the chemicals industry stop playing chemical whack-a-mole and shift to a more proactive approach to developing sustainable chemicals and materials? How can increased collaboration along the value chain help suppliers anticipate chemical deselection, drive new innovations in product design, and improve chemical end-of-life management?

Change takes a long time? Not if you see what Verizon has achieved in an amazingly compressed timeline. In just two years under Jim Gowen's leadership, Verizon cut its carbon footprint by 30% among its suppliers. How does Verizon do it? What can we learn?

The “Cleantech Goes Social” contest is a radical experiment in harnessing the creativity and vision of Facebook’s 1-billlion person social network for explicitly environmental purposes.  What did we learn?  How can we use the transformative power of social media to do extraordinary things for cleantech?

The winning entry of Cleantech Goes Social will be announced!