Sustainable Strategy, Finance, Best Practices

Abstracts Due: January 16^th 2009

Topics & Application Areas

Clean Partnering & Ventures:	TechConnect Summit IP & Venture Program: Submit your Clean Technology IP or Early State Company for review and presentation at the world’s largest peer reviewed clean technology venture & partnering forum
Finance & Investment:	Venture Capital Trends and Leaders, Growth Capital Financing – VC, PE, IPO & M& A Opportunities, Clean Project Financing, Importance of Sustainable Investment
Strategy:	Green Market Strategy, Reward and Risk Management, Regulation Impact, Global Trends Water to Energy, Aligning Energy Security, Economic Growth and Climate Change
Carbon:	Policy & Regulation, Copenhagen Update, Pricing & Markets – EU, RGGI, Japan, Voluntary Carbon Markets – Offsets, Quality, Impact, Measuring, Tracking, GHG Reporting & Targets
Sustainable Cities & Communities:	Best Practice Case Studies, Utility Programs, Incentive Programs, City & Region Programs
Sustainable Industry Case Studies & Best Practices:	Efficiencies, Building, Fleet, Waste, Emissions, Water Use, Supply Chain, Incentives, Best Practices

Submit Business & Policy Proposal

Track Committee (invited)

Kei Koizumi, AAAS
Jean-Luc Park, Calvert Funds
Ibrahim Maslamani, City of Atlanta
Alexander Wong, D. E. Shaw Group
Brian Johnston, Eastman Kodak Company
Neil Cameron, Emerald Technology Ventures
Ben Machol, Environmental Protection Agency
Tony Maull, Ernst & Young
Matt Denesuk, IBM Venture Capital Group
Skip Grow, Lazard & Co.
Amy-Corinne Smith, Barclays Capital

Paul Danielson, MMA Renewable Ventures
Shyam Venkatesh, Omron
Christopher Hieb, Pacific Crest Securities
Wade Adams, Rice University
Dhiraj Malkani, RockPort Capital
Marie Miglin, Shell
Jeff Osborne, Thomas Weisel Partners
Ben Finkelor, UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center
Peter Adrieans, University of Michigan
Jay Kipper, University or Texas at Austin
Matthew Trevithnick, Venrock
David Henderson, XPV Capital Corporation

2009 TechConnect Review Board

Air Products & Chemicals
Arrowhead Research
ASML
Atomic Venture Partners
BASF
Battery Ventures
Boston University
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Cabot Corporation
Cargill Investments
CMEA Ventures
Council of Scientific Research, India
DuPont Ventures
Eastman Kodak Company
Emerald Technology Ventures
ETH-Zurich
ExxonMobil
Ford Motor Company
Garage Ventures
GE Healthcare
General Catalyst Partners
General Electric
Genzyme
Georgia Tech
Goodrich
Greenberg Traurig
Harris and Harris Group
Honda
Honeywell
IBM
iNovia Capital
In-Q-Tel
IncTANK
Intel
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Tech Transfer Center
Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MTDC)
Medtronic

Merck
Mohr, Davidow Ventures
Motorola
NanoDimension AG
Navigator Technology Ventures
New York University
Northwestern University
Novartis
Oklahoma State University
Omron
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Pfizer
Philips
Procter & Gamble
Quantum Insight
Rice University
Sanyo
Simon Fraser University
SUNY Albany
Texas A&M University
TIAX LLC
Tufts University
UBS
UCD, Ireland
UniQuest-Australia
Univalor LP
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Florida
University of Geneva, CH
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Pittsburgh
University of Texas Health Science Center
University of Washington
University of Waterloo, Canada
University of Wisconsin-Madison
X Seed Capital
Yale University