New Approaches for Clean Technology Funding
Time:
March 25, Thursday
08:30 - 10:00
Developed in cooperation with The Cleantech Group
Clean technology cannot survive on venture funding alone. Capital requirements, quickly developing worldwide markets, regulatory structures, and buyer profiles require greater collaboration across asset classes. New trends and innovations in clean technology funding through venture capital, private equity, and debt funds will be analyzed.
Nicholas
Parker,
Executive Chairman, Cleantech Group LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA
(Moderator)
Robert
Peterman,
Senior Manager, Global Clean Technology, Toronto Stock Exchange & TSX Venture Exchange, Toronto, ON, Canada
Wal
van Lierop,
President & CEO, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
David
Bonn,
Associate, Masdar Venture Capital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Vicky
Sharpe,
President & CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Competitiveness + Jobs: The Role of Clean Technology in Near-Term Stimulus and Long-Term Economic Development
Time:
March 25, Thursday
15:30 - 17:00
Developed in cooperation with The Cleantech Group
How can we “future-proof” our economic development portfolio, leveraging present strengths and identifying future opportunities and threats? How can the recent crisis be used as an opportunity to re-invent our world and create new jobs in the process? This session will analyze the pros and cons of different approaches for economic development including “cleantech clusters” and “cleantech for everyone”, as well as the metrics to evaluate their individual levels of success.
Denis
LeClerc,
President & Chief Executive Officer, Écotech Québec, Montréal, QC
Jonathan
Rhone,
President & CEO, Nexterra Systems Corp.; Chair, Cleantech CEO Alliance, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hon. Blair
Lekstrom,
Minister of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada
Corporate Integration: Clean Technology as a Source of Innovation
Time:
March 26, Friday
08:30 - 10:00
Developed in cooperation with The Cleantech Group
Using clean technology in a basic capacity will not be enough to succeed in aggressively reducing carbon emissions and creating more resilient companies. The solar panels in the parking lot, for example, can be a distraction to using clean technology as a lens for re-inventing business models that can unleash greater value and long-term cost savings. Learn how leading companies are using clean technology to innovate across product lifecycles and are developing operations that are both more efficient and sustainable.
Sheeraz
Haji,
President, Cleantech Group LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA
(Moderator)
Paul
Cousens,
North American Sales Manager, Clean Technology Industry, Autodesk, Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Michel
Morvan,
Vice President, Research and Innovation, Veolia Environment, Paris, France
David Harris
Kolada,
Vice President, Corporate and Market Development, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Nigel
Steward,
Vice President, Technology Sales, Operational Excellence and Climate Change, Rio Tinto Alcan, Montréal, QC, Canada
*Invited