The first cleantech investment boom (2001-2008) was driven by rapid growth and experimentation. A second cleantech investment boom is being driven by a new emphasis on capital efficiency, and engaging governments—which, combined, are now the single largest investor in cleantech.

Cleantech Forum® XXIII in Boston, September 8-10 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, will have a strong focus on governmental programs given that worldwide governments have pledged billions of investment capital to clean technologies.

Themed The Second Cleantech Investment Boom: Aligning Entrepreneurship and Innovation with Government Stimulus, this year’s East Coast Cleantech Forum in Boston will assemble CEOs, investors, scientists, policy-makers and other industry pioneers to drive demand and open cleantech markets.

What will you get by attending?

* Explore latest developments in climate change and resource scarcity driving markets for clean technologies
* Measure the current global economic climate and its relationship to cleantech
* Gain access to capital and industry pioneers
* Network and learn from cleantech pioneering innovators, corporates and investors
* Connect with industry insiders

Keynote speaker: Matt C. Rogers, Senior Advisor for Recovery Act Implementation, U.S. Department of Energy

Matt Rogers

Rogers oversees the U.S. DOE’s disbursement of energy-related stimulus funding. He reports to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and will offer insights at the Cleantech Forum into how the cleantech sector can best interface with the U.S. government to access billions in DOE funding. Rogers was formerly leader of McKinsey’s North American Petroleum Practice and was an advisor to the Obama presidential transition team. Previously, Rogers was Senior Partner in McKinsey & Company’s San Francisco office where he helped establish their clean technology practice.

The three day Cleantech Forum XXIII Boston features:

* Discussions on the challenges cleantech entrepreneurs and innovators face navigating government loan guarantee programs
* Cleantech 101 workshop for economic development organizations
* Developments in the emerging markets of India and China
* Opportunities to interact with CEOs of professional investor-selected cleantech growth companies looking for advice, capital, partners, customers and talent – a hallmark of Cleantech Forums
* An Entrepreneurial MasterClass clinic
* Presentation of a new Cleantech Product Innovation award, and
* Multiple tracks, with sessions exploring latest developments in carbon, industrial energy efficiency, biomass, CPV, infrastructure opportunities and challenges, next generation wind, waste to energy, energy storage and more

Who should attend Cleantech Forum XXIII?
Investors:

* Limited partners & investment banks
* Venture capitalists, angels, corporate and institutional investors
* Hedge fund and private equity managers
* Project financiers and asset managers

Industry leaders and influencers:

* Corporate energy and sustainability executives
* Cleantech entrepreneurs
* Utility and industry executives
* Professional service providers such as lawyers, accountants and consultants
* Governments, economic development councils, policy makers, scientists and researchers

Sponsored by the CleanTech Group

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