2013 Speakers

Rohit Aggarwala
Special Advisor to the Chair
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Transformation in the Built Environment: Design, Intelligence, & Energy Awareness
Raj Atluru
Partner
Silver Lake Kraftwerk
Innovation Around Life's Essentials: A Spotlight on Waste and Recycling
Moussa Baggili
Business Development USA
Ozoval
Regional Spotlight: France
Yoav Banin
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Solergy Inc.
Regional Spotlight: Green Innovation Made in Italy
Rachel Barge
Partner and Communications Guru
Greenstart
Cleantech Goes Social
Mauro Battocchi
Consul General
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Regional Spotlight: Green Innovation Made in Italy
Susan Betcher
Partner and Firmwide Co-Chair, Cleantech Practice
Perkins Coie
Innovation Around Life's Essentials: A Spotlight on Waste and Recycling
Mark Blackwell
Fund Advisor
Cenovus Energy
Conventional Meets Cleantech: Sustainability Innovation in Oil and Gas Markets
Brad Bowery
CEO
SRECTrade
Entrepreneur Showcase
Hervé Buisson
Vice President of Process Engineering
Veolia Water
ROI meets H2O: In Search of Real Value in the Water Technology Market
Tahir Cader
Distinguished Technologist
Hewlett Packard
Moving Bits & Electrons: The Future of Energy Efficient Data Centers & IT
Bertrand Camus
CEO
United Water
ROI meets H2O: In Search of Real Value in the Water Technology Market
Frank Cloutier
CEO
Inspired Light
Entrepreneur Showcase
Issam Dairanieh
Head, BP Ventures
BP
Conventional Meets Cleantech: Sustainability Innovation in Oil and Gas Markets
D. Jeff Dionne
CEO
Smart Energy Instruments
Regional Spotlight: Canada Entrepreneur Spotlight
Nicolas Durand
President
NDHI
Regional Spotlight: France
Giorgio Einaudi
Senior Advisor
Italian Ministry for the Environment
Sanford Ewing
CEO
Tellus Technology
Entrepreneur Showcase
Stefano Facco
New Business Development Director
Novamont SpA
Regional Spotlight: Green Innovation Made in Italy
Jill H. Feldman
Chair of the Financial Transactions Group
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Cleantech Financing
Marc Fenigstein
CEO
BRD Motorcycles
Entrepreneur Showcase
Edward Fenster
co-CEO
Sunrun
Getting Off the Grid: Just How Decentralized is Our Future?
Debora Frodl
Global Executive Director, ecomagination
General Electric
Jeff Fulgham
CSO
Banyan Water
ROI meets H2O: In Search of Real Value in the Water Technology Market
Renato Garzon
Investment Coordinator
Pro Ecuador
Ecuador, a Smart Move in Electricity and Renewables
Michael Gilbert
President and Chief Scientific Officer
SemiosBIO
Regional Spotlight: Canada Entrepreneur Spotlight
Susan Gladwin
Senior Global Program Manager
Autodesk
ROI meets H2O: In Search of Real Value in the Water Technology Market
Jim Gowen
Chief Sustainability Officer
Verizon
Skip Grow
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Cleantech Financing
Steve Hahn
Senior Research Scientist
Dow Chemical Company
Innovation Around Life's Essentials: A Spotlight on Waste and Recycling
Sheeraz Haji
CEO
Cleantech Group
Bert Haskell
Chief Technology Officer
Pecan Street
Getting Off the Grid: Just How Decentralized is Our Future?
Kirstin Hoefer
SVP Marketing
Clean Power Finance
Getting Off the Grid: Just How Decentralized is Our Future?
Todd Jaquez-Fissori
Senior Managing Director
Hercules Technology Growth
Cleantech Financing
Mads Jensen
CEO
Sefaira
Entrepreneur Showcase
David Kelsey
CFO
Elevance
Sustainable Sourcing: The Quest for Innovative Chemicals & Materials
Adam Kingdon
CEO
i20 Water
Entrepreneur Showcase
Tony Kingsbury
Director of Corporate Sustainability
ChemRisk
Sustainable Sourcing: The Quest for Innovative Chemicals & Materials
Virginia Klausmeier
CEO
Sylvatex
Entrepreneur Showcase
Lee S. Krevat
Director, Smart Grid
San Diego Gas and Electric
Getting Off the Grid: Just How Decentralized is Our Future?
Michael Linn
CEO
Greensleeves
Entrepreneur Showcase
Heidi Lubin
CEO
HEVT
Entrepreneur Showcase
Matt Maloney
Head of Cleantech Practice
Silicon Valley Bank
Cleantech Financing
Deward Manzer
CEO
Instant BioScan
Entrepreneur Showcase
Paolo Martini
Vice President Business Development
Archimede Solar Energy
Regional Spotlight: Green Innovation Made in Italy
William McDonough
Chairman
McDonough Advisors
Paul Michalet
Director of Finance, Strategy and Business Development
Fermentalg
Regional Spotlight: France
Ali Mirza
Senior Vice President, Head of Project Finance
Regenerate Power
Cleantech Financing
Daniel Moneta
CEO
MMB Networks
Regional Spotlight: Canada Entrepreneur Spotlight
Chris Morrison
Assistant Vice President, Technology Scout Team
Ecolab/Nalco
ROI meets H2O: In Search of Real Value in the Water Technology Market
Dr. Pulakesh Mukherjee
Principal
BASF Venture Capital
Rick Needham
Director of Energy & Sustainability
Google
Greg Neichin
Executive Vice President
Cleantech Group
Carlos Nouel
Director of Vendor/Alliance Strategy
National Grid
Getting Off the Grid: Just How Decentralized is Our Future?
Greg Nuttall
President & CEO
Woodland Biofuels
Regional Spotlight: Canada Entrepreneur Spotlight
Melanie Nutter
Director
San Francisco Department of the Environment
Innovation Around Life's Essentials: A Spotlight on Waste and Recycling
Bob O'Connor
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Ralph Overend
Chief Scientist
EnagraTech
Entrepreneur Showcase
Benoit Paget
CEO
Canibal
Regional Spotlight: France
Scott Pallais
CEO
Leak Defense Alert
Entrepreneur Showcase
Billy Parish
Founder & President
Mosaic
The End of Ownership: The March Toward Web-based Resource Sharing
Nicholas Parker
Chairman
Cleantech Group
Innovation Around Life’s Essentials: A Spotlight on Waste and Recycling
The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
Chairman, the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago; Former Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs
The Paulson Institute
Keynote
Nicole Peill-Moelter
Director of Environmental Sustainability
Akamai Technologies
Moving Bits & Electrons: The Future of Energy Efficient Data Centers & IT
Yves Peligry
President
Ecosense
Regional Spotlight: France
Damien Perriman
VP Business Development
Genomatica
Regional Spotlight: Green Innovation Made in Italy
Nancy Pfund
Managing Partner
DBL Investors
Cleantech Goes Social
Brook Porter
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Cleantech Goes Social
Dan Probst
Chairman of Energy and Sustainability Services
Jones Lang LaSalle
Transformation in the Built Environment: Design, Intelligence, & Energy Awareness
Rahul Raj
Director of Sustainability + Merchandising Innovation
Walmart
William K. Reilly
Senior Advisor
TPG Capital, LP
Opening Night Reception
Jonathan Rhone
President & CEO
Axine Water Technologies
Regional Spotlight: Canada Entrepreneur Spotlight
Delane Richardson
Vice President
Beta Renewables SpA
Regional Spotlight: Green Innovation Made in Italy
Neal Roche
CEO
Gridtest Systems
Entrepreneur Showcase
Matt Rogers
Founder & VP of Engineering
Nest
Kevin Self
Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development
Johnson Controls
Transformation in the Built Environment: Design, Intelligence, & Energy Awareness
Jean-François Simon
CEO
HydroQuest
Regional Spotlight: France
Mike Smith
Director, Building Technology Services Group
Forest City Enterprises
Transformation in the Built Environment: Design, Intelligence, & Energy Awareness
Young-Sae Song
Corporate Vice President, Product Marketing & Data Center Server Solutions
AMD
Moving Bits & Electrons: The Future of Energy Efficient Data Centers & IT
Cory Steffek
Corporate Venture Capital
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures
Conventional Meets Cleantech: Sustainability Innovation in Oil and Gas Markets
Rich Steinberg
CEO
Drive Now, BMW
The End of Ownership: The March Toward Web-based Resource Sharing
Paul Straub
Partner
Claremont Creek Ventures
Transformation in the Built Environment: Design, Intelligence, & Energy Awareness
Taryn Sullivan
CEO
Efficiency Exchange
Entrepreneur Showcase
Julien Sylvestre
President
Delabio
Regional Spotlight: France
E. Anthony Tan
CEO
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
Regional Spotlight: Hong Kong Science and Technology
Amit Tandon
CEO
Ventana Cleantech
Entrepreneur Showcase
Joseph Vaillancourt
Vice President, Corporate Venturing
Waste Management
Innovation Around Life’s Essentials: A Spotlight Waste and Recycling
Wal van Lierop
President & CEO
Chrysalix
Conventional Meets Cleantech: Sustainability Innovation in Oil & Gas Markets
Dick Vega
Trade Commissioner of Ecuador Los Angeles
Pro Ecuador
Ecuador, a Smart Move in Electricity and Renewables
John Viera
Global Director, Sustainability and Vehicle Environmental Matters
Ford
Sustainable Sourcing: The Quest for Innovative Chemicals & Materials
Bill Weihl
Sustainability Guru
Facebook
Adam Werbach
Founder
Yerdle
The End of Ownership: The March Toward Web-based Resource Sharing
Victor Westerlind
General Partner
RockPort Capital
The End of Ownership: The March Toward Web-based Resource Sharing
Kathrin Winkler
Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer
EMC Corporation
Moving Bits & Electrons: The Future of Energy Efficient Data Centers & IT
John Woolard
President & CEO
BrightSource Energy