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Power Talks in Palm Springs: 6th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit Announces Leading Visionaries and Thought Leaders as Keynotes

Clean-tech venture capitalists, government advisers, utility thought leaders, and corporate visionaries will convene in Palm Springs in January for the 6th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit, the industry's annual gathering produced by Clean Edge and International Business Forum (IBF), and chaired by Technology Partners' Ira Ehrenpreis. This elite event sells out every year, so please register now to reserve your spot for January 20-21, 2010.

This year, as always, The Clean-Tech Investor Summit will offer its high-level audience a series of keynotes from some of the greatest minds in clean tech. Audience members will be privy to a provocative presentation by Dr. Craig Venter, whose fame for sequencing the human genome may yet be surpassed by his efforts to apply "biological robots" to global energy and environmental challenges. A123 CEO David Vieau will reveal, as much as he's able to on the cusp of his company's recent IPO, what the industry can expect from the public debut of his company and the future of energy storage and electric vehicles. And the pros and cons of nuclear power's next steps will addressed by NRDC's Ralph Cavanagh and Global Business Network's Peter Schwartz in a moderated conversation with conference co-producer Ron Pernick.

Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor, DOE, will hold a fireside chat with Clean-Tech Investor Summit chairman Ira Ehrenpreis, to explore the latest efforts of the U.S. government to increase investments and capital flow into the emerging clean-tech sector. Reed Hundt, co-chair, Coalition for the Green Bank, former head of U.S. FCC, and author In China's Shadow, will give the audience a first-hand look at U.S. entrepreneurship, China's rise, and the need for a Green Bank. And Ray Anderson, Author, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist, and Chairman, Interface, will provide an inspirational keynote on how industry and the environment aren't mutually exclusive, but intricately linked.

Other confirmed speakers and panelists include:
-- Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril
-- Amanda Little, environmental journalist and author, Power Trip
-- Carl Bass, president and CEO, Autodesk
-- Judith B. Warrick, senior advisor, Morgan Stanley
-- Michael Allman, president and CEO, Sempra Generation
-- Rob Bernhard, chief environmental strategist, Microsoft

This year's Clean-Tech Investor Summit sponsors include: Baird; Orrick; Morrison & Foerster; Wells Fargo; Jefferies; Antenna Group; Hobbes & Towne; Akin Gump; Manatt; and Stoel Rives.

Register Early For Savings
Attendees who purchase their conference passes by 11/18/09 can save $250 off the regular registration fee of $1,895. Purchase your discounted conference pass by visiting http://www.ibfconferences.com or calling IBF registrar Cathy Fenn at 516-765-9005 x21 and using discount code: ECT6.

For more information about the Clean-Tech Investor Summit, the Clean-Tech Expo and for sponsorship opportunities, visit http://www.cleantechsummit.com.