Preliminary Conference Agenda
and Associated Events
Preliminary Conference Agenda is now available
Welcome to the expanded Conference on Clean Energy Program!
In addition to coordinating with New England MREC's 2nd Annual Technical Conference on Tuesday, November 2nd and Boston Cleantech Venture Day on Friday, November 5th, the organizers of CCE 2010 are pleased to announce three days of high tech venture-related programming.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Wednesday, November 3 and Thursday, November 4
Sixth Annual Conference on Clean Energy: Two action-packed days designed to provide you with the latest investment opportunities, business insights, career options, and fund-raising strategies.
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Investor Pitches: More than three dozen early stage companies and licensing opportunities will be showcased in sessions of ten-minute presentations. Past participants have raised more than $100M, so come find your next investment or make sure you showcase your business opportunity!
- Industry Panels: Panel discussions company leaders on BioEnergy, Combined Heat & Power, Efficiency & Energy Services, Energy Storage, Portable Power, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Wind Power, Electric Car, Ocean Energy, Solid State Lighting, Waste as an Energy Feedstock and Building Systems/Green Buildings.
- Finance Panels: The finance panel discussions are aimed at issues faced emerging companies in the clean energy market. If you are starting up clean energy business, or looking down the road toward raising expansion capital or building out your first scaled-up project, this is an opportunity to learn from the experience of leading clean energy entrepreneurs and investors.
- University Panels: Panel discussions featuring the professors who are leading ground-breaking research centers in our universities as well as those who have spun out companies will discuss how to develop, license and grow startup companies from university IP.
- Career Program: With new political momentum for the nation's transformation to the clean energy economy, it has never been a better time to be part of the expanding renewable and clean tech sectors. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, the number of US jobs in the emerging clean energy economy grew nearly two and a half times faster than overall jobs between 1998 and 2007. The Clean Energy Careers Panel will help navigate careers in the Clean Energy sector. Experts in the workforce development field and industry leaders will share their views on industry trends, skills demands, educational opportunities, and career development strategy.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Sixth Conference on Clean Energy
Day One
| 8:00 - 8:40 |
Registration & Breakfast |
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Ballroom C |
Ballroom A |
8:40 - 9:30
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Welcome and
Opening Keynote
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Exhibit Hall
opens at 10:55 AM
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ROOM 302
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Room 304
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Room 306
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Room TBD |
| 9:40 - 10:55 |
Finance Panel 1: Project Finance
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Industry Panel 1: Electric Car
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Investor Pitch
Session 1
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| 10:55 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break & Exhibit Time |
| 11:30 - 12:40 |
Industry Panel 2: Solar Energy
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Industry Panel 3: BioEnergy
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Investor Pitch
Session 2
|
Ocean Energy International Progress |
| 12:40-12:45 |
Break |
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Ballroom C |
| 12:45 - 1:55 |
Lunch
with Keynote Speaker
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1:55-2:00 |
Break |
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ROOM 302
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Room 304
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Room 306
|
Room TBD |
| 2:00 - 3:10 |
Industry Panel 4:
Energy Efficiency
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Industry Panel 5: Waste to Energy
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Finance Panel 2:
Seed Finance
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Ocean Energy US Regulatory Environment |
3:10 - 3:30 |
Coffee Break & Exhibit Time
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| 3:30 - 4:40 |
University Panel 1: Research Directors
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Industry Panel 6:
Energy Storage
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Investor Pitch
Session 3
|
Ocean Energy Deployment in America |
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Ballroom A - Exhibit Hall |
| 5:00 - 7:00 |
Reception with Featured Speaker |
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Sixth Conference on Clean Energy
Day Two
| 8:00 - 8:40 |
Breakfast |
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Ballroom C |
Ballroom A |
| 8:40 - 9:30 |
Keynote or Panel
|
Exhibit Hall
opens at 9:30 AM
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9:30-9:40
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Break |
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ROOM 302 |
Room 304
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Room 306
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Room TBD |
9:40 - 10:55
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University
Panel 2:
Spin-Offs
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Industry Panel 7:
Combined Heat and Power
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Investor Pitch
Session 4
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Industry Panel 8:
Green Computing
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10:55 - 11:30
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Coffee Break & Exhibit Time |
| 11:30 - 12:40 |
Industry Panel 9:
Smart Grid
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Industry Panel 10:
Solid State Lighting
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Investor Pitch
Session 5
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Industry Panel 11:
Wind Energy
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| 12:40 - 12:45 |
Break |
| 12:45 - 1:55 |
Lunch with Funding Keynote
Stan Kowalski, FloDesign - How to raise $35 million
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| 1:55 - 2:00 |
Break |
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ROOM 302 |
Room 304 |
Room 306 |
Room TBD |
| 2:00 - 3:10 |
Industry Panel 12:
Portable Power
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Industry Panel 13:
Green Buildings
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ROOM 302 |
Ballroom C |
| 3:10-4:30 |
Career Session 1
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Closing Panel -
Funding from Government sources
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| 4:30 - 5:30 |
Career Session 2 |