Corporate Investments in Clean Energy
Our February 5 Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum will be on Corporate Investments in Clean Energy.
Clean energy companies have two paths to market - through regulated companies like electric utilities or through private enterprises. The theme for our inaugural Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum, focuses on Corporate (private) Investments in Clean Energy. Over the past 30 years private enterprises have deployed billions of dollars in technologies that we call clean energy today. As a result financially compelling clean energy products have the opportunity to find initial reference customers with real budgets in large global corporations. In addition, as we evolve from the hardware and software industries and expand into the life science industries and now clean energy, the corporate players will share their strategies on how they are expanding into the 'new-new' of clean energy investments, and how they are working with entrepreneurs to support their internal R&D efforts.
The objectives of this session were to help entrepreneurs understand how large corporations invest and deploy clean energy concepts and clean technologies as part of their standard business practices; and to help entrepreneurs develop realistic strategies for corporate partnerships related to funding and reference customer relationships.
For more information:
Clean energy companies have two paths to market - through regulated companies like electric utilities or through private enterprises. The theme for our inaugural Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum, focuses on Corporate (private) Investments in Clean Energy. Over the past 30 years private enterprises have deployed billions of dollars in technologies that we call clean energy today. As a result financially compelling clean energy products have the opportunity to find initial reference customers with real budgets in large global corporations. In addition, as we evolve from the hardware and software industries and expand into the life science industries and now clean energy, the corporate players will share their strategies on how they are expanding into the 'new-new' of clean energy investments, and how they are working with entrepreneurs to support their internal R&D efforts.
The objectives of this session were to help entrepreneurs understand how large corporations invest and deploy clean energy concepts and clean technologies as part of their standard business practices; and to help entrepreneurs develop realistic strategies for corporate partnerships related to funding and reference customer relationships.
For more information:
Facilitator Brian Reidy, Partner of Growth Process Group,
http://www.growthprocess.com.Panelist Alex Beavers, Executive Director, Technology Commercialization, SRI International
- SRI's activities in Energy and Environment http://www.sri.com/focus_areas/environment.html
Panelist Jennifer Daniell Belissent, Sun Evangelist, Sun Microsystems
- Sun Eco Center http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/environment/
- Sun Corporate Social Responsibility http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/csr/
Panelist Annette Finsterbusch, Director, Corporate Business Development for Applied Ventures
- Applied Ventures News and Events http://www.appliedventures.com/news/index.html
- Applied Ventures Portfolio Companies http://www.appliedventures.com/portfolio/index.html
Panelist Jim Hanna, Environmental Affairs Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company
- Starbucks Social Responsibility
posted by Linda Holroyd at 8:18 AM
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