RESCHEDULED to March 11

Talk is cheap. Sustainability and climate change get talked about a lot. But what does it really mean to investors, entrepreneurs, and policy makers? We know that clean tech doesn’t mean quick tech, quick solutions, quick money, or a quick fix. However, the challenges posed by sustainability and climate change do mean enormous opportunity in the energy industry, the largest industry in the world, and opportunity brings innovation, jobs and new markets. You will hear from one of the leading clean tech investors, Ray Lane of Kleiner Perkins, and perspectives from a panel of thought leaders in institutional sustainability investment, policy development and the science of climate change.  What are the key issues related to making clean energy the next big thing? How will science, business and policy of climate change converge to create opportunity?  Is clean energy for real now or ten years from now?
  
 
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Keynote:

Ray Lane Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and former President and COO of Oracle Corporation Ray Lane is a Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, focused on helping entrepreneurs with technological and market insight, organizational development, team building, selling and managing growth. Since joining KPCB, Ray has sponsored several investments for the firm in enterprise and consumer technology, as well as clean and alternative energy. These companies include Ausra (solar concentrator), GreatPoint Energy (coal to gas conversion), Fisker Automotive (plug-in hybrid car), Th!nk NA (electric car), Luca Technologies (biologically enhanced gas recovery from fossilized hydrocarbons), Xsigo Systems (virtual I/O switch for datacenters), SpikeSource (open source platform for integration and testing), MEVIO (social media network), Vertica Systems (data warehousing solutions) and Elance (marketplace for services). He also serves on the board of Quest Software.

Panelists:
	Philip Giudice, Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
	Mindy Lubber, President, Ceres (www.ceres.org)
	Dan Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment

Moderator:

Dan Goldman, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Great Point Energy

Program Organizers: Pearl Freier, Cambridge Biopartners, and Daniel P. Goldman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, GreatPoint Energy

Immediately following the program at 8:00 p.m. we'll have a special networking reception for registered attendees.

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