Cleantech Forum 2018 - San Francisco | Cleantech Group | 22 January 2018 | Parc 55 San Francisco, 55 Cyril Magnin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, US

Cleantech Group Events bring together corporate executives, entrepreneurs, investors, government agencies, and other players across 18 sectors of resource innovation to discuss trends, make connections, and do deals. Join us and connect face-to-face with people who are accelerating sustainable innovation.

Since 2002, Cleantech Group has brought together clean technology’s most influential leaders – corporate executives, start-up and growth company CEOs, investors, government agencies, and other players – from across all areas of resource innovation, from the major industrial verticals, and from across the globe.

The upcoming Forum will be our 16th annual showing of our flagship event, and Charting the Future, Connecting the Globe remains core to the value proposition of Cleantech Forums, and indeed all of CTG’s services. For our 16th Forum, we are building the theme around the idea of “next generations.”

Expect insights on where the next generation of technologies might take the industrial landscape, hear from the newest generation of investment vehicles, and expect to meet CEOs who are representing how the next generation of entrepreneurs are shaping up. More to come, as the next weeks go by.

2018 Speakers:

Dick Alexander
EVP, Business Development and Innovation, Transdev North America

Todd Allmendinger
Director of Research, Cleantech Group

Sasan Amini
Co-founder and CEO, Clear Labs

Antonio Anselmo
President, ChemBioPower

Raj Atluru
Managing Director, Activate Capital

Omeed Badkoobeh
CEO, Yotta Solar

Yaron Ben Nun
CEO, Nostromo Energy

Wade Barnes
President & CEO, Farmers Edge

Andrew Beebe
Managing Director, Obvious Ventures

Liam Berryman
CEO, Nelumbo

Jules Besnainou
Director, CTG

Wade Bitaraf
Director, Energy and Sustainability, Plug and Play Technology Center

Guy Blanchard
CFO, AeroFarms

Jocelyn Boudreau
CEO and Co-founder, Hortau

Doron Brenmiller
EVP, Brenmiller Energy

Bill Capp
Founder, Grid Storage Consulting

Paige Carratturo
CEO & Founding Partner, Enertech Search Partners

Karthik Chandrasekar
CEO, Sangam Ventures

Rob Oneybeer
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Shasta Ventures

Adrian Corless
Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Engineering

Rafael Coven
Managing Director, Cleantech Group’s Cleantech Indices

Matthew Crisp
President & CEO, Benson Hill Biosystems

Rob Day
General Partner, Spring Lane Capital

Divyaraj Desai
Member of the Research Staff in the Energy Systems and Materials Group, PARC

Subin Devar
Director, Community Renewable Energy Program, Sustainable Economies Law Center

Kumar Dhuvur
Co-Founder & SVP, Product, Powerscout

Jon Dogterom
Managing Director, Cleantech and Physical Sciences Venture Services, MaRS Discovery District

Gina Domanig
Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures

David Donnan
Senior Partner, A.T. Kearney

Jocelyn Doucet
CEO and Co-Founder, Pyrowave

Matt Duesterberg
CEO and Co-Founder, OhmConnect

Jason Dunn
Chief Technology Officer, Made In Space

Christi Edwards
SVP, Clean Tech Practice Leader, Chubb

Kevin Eggers
Principal, Market Development, Anglo American

Geoffrey Eisenberg
Principal, Ecosystem Integrity Fund

Nicholas Eisenberger
Managing Partner, PURE Energy Partners

Jorge Elizondo
Co-Founder and Technology Lead, Heila Technologies

Vonnie Estes
Independent Consultant

Judy Fairburn
Board Chair, Alberta Innovates

Gordon Feller
Founder, Meeting of the Minds

Zachi Flatto
Construction Innovation Zone Manager, SOSA

Martin Flusberg
CEO, Powerhouse Dynamics

Amy Francetic
SVP, New Ventures & Corporate Affairs, Invenergy

Julio Friedmann
CEO, Carbon Wrangler

Dan Gabaldon
Founding Partner, Enovation Partners

Stéphane Germain
President & CEO, GHGSat

Josh Gilbert
Analyst, Cleantech Group

Nate Gorence
Technology-to-Market Advisor, ARPA-E

Matt Gregori
Technology Development Manager for Low Carbon Resources, SoCalGas

Mike Reen
CEO, iPV Solar

Catha Groot
Director, Radicle Impact

Ashley Grosh
VP Sr. Relationship Manager, Corporate Clean Tech Banking Group, Wells Fargo

Gary Halbert
City Manager, City of Chula Vista

Malcolm Handley
Founder & Managing Partner, Strong Atomics

Andrew Haughian
General Partner, Pangaea Ventures

Yoachim Hayes
Analyst, Cleantech Group

Thomas Healy
CEO & Founder, Hyliion

Olof Heyman
CEO, Ferroamp

Andrew Hinkly
CEO AP Ventures, Anglo American

Ken-Ichi Hino
Director, Cleantech Group

Sarah Hodges
Director, Construction Business Line, Autodesk

Haggai Hofland
CEO, RayCatch

Wendolyn Holland
Senior Advisor, Cleantech Group

Andrew Hsieh
CEO, Feasible

Scott Jacobs
CEO and Co-Founder, Generate Capital

Karen Janowski
Vice President, Client Services, Prospect Silicon Valley

Margarett Jolly
Director Demonstration Projects – Customer Energy Solutions, Consolidated Edison Company of New York

Roy Joseph
CEO, Simplify Solar

Jeff Kayes
Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Ronald Kent
Manager, Advanced Technologies, Strategy & Development, SoCalGas

Emily Kirsch
Founder & CEO, Powerhouse

Florian Kolb
Managing Director, Innogy New Ventures

Peter Kozodoy
Founder & CEO, Glint Photonics

Shankar Krishnamoorthy
Executive Vice President, ENGIE

Ranga Krishnan
Vice President, Technology, Skuchain

Sanjeev Krishnan
Managing Director and CIO, S2G Ventures

Rahul Kumar
Vice President of Growth, TransLoc

Ben Larson
Managing Partner, Gateway Accelerator & Venture Fund

Will Latta
CEO, LP Amina

Jay Lipman
Co-Founder & President, Ethic

Deepa Lounsbury
CalSEED Program Manager, CalCef

Audrey Ma
Director of Business Development, Re-Fire Technology

Jinhua Ma
Deputy Secretary of Party Committee, Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone

Taavi Madiberk
CEO & Co-Founder, Skeleton Technologies

Chris Mallett
Corporate Vice President, Research & Development, Cargill

J.P. Martin
CEO, GrowX

Veery Maxwell
Director, Energy Innovation

Steve Malnight
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Policy, PG&E

Jesse Mcconnell
CEO, Rubicon Organics

Tal Meirzon
CEO, Datumate

Andrée-Lise Méthot
Founder and Managing Partner, Cycle Capital Management

Matt Miller
CEO & Chief Engineer, Nativus

Jeff More
CEO, MineSense Technologies

Jesse Morris
Foundation Council Member, Energy Web Foundation

Steven Murray
CEO, Primus Green Energy

Flavia Tata Nardini
CEO, Fleet Space Technologies

Rob Nail
Co-Founder, Singularity University

Robert Niven
Founder and CEO, CarbonCure Technologies

Matthew Nordan
Head of Investment Committee, PRIME Coalition

Robin North
CEO and Lead Technologist, Immense Simulations

Erik Nygard
CEO & Co-Founder, Limejump

Kevin O’brien
Chief Business Officer, Orbital Insight

Bob O’connor
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Rob O’reilly
Senior Technical Staff Precision Ag and Industrial Monitoring, Analog Devices

Lawrence Orsini
CEO, LO3 Energy

Chris Paterson
Digital Farming Lead for North America, Bayer CropScience

Diego Diaz Pilas
Head of New Ventures, Iberdrola

Milan Poidl
‎Head of SV Innovation Hub, Enel

Ryan Popple
President and CEO, Proterra

Joshua Posamentier
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Congruent Ventures

Matt Price
Managing Director, Partnerships, Cyclotron Road

Dr. Pratima Rangarajan
CEO, OGCI Climate Investments

Ulrich Quay
Managing Director, BMW i Ventures

James Redford
Co-founder and Chair, The Redford Center

Eric (Ric) Redman
Senior Policy Advisor, Energy & Climate, Davis Wright Tremaine

Ed Reiskin
Director of Transportation, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)

Jonathan Rhone
President & CEO, Axine Water Technologies

Sarah Richardson
Co-Founder, MicroByre

Chris Ripley
Founder & CEO, Smarter Sorting

Pat Romano
President & CEO, ChargePoint

Will Rosenzweig
Founder and Chair, Food Venture Lab

Siddhartha Sachdeva
Founder & CEO, Innowatts

Jeannine Sargent
Senior Advisor, Generation Investment Management

Debs Schrimmer
Transportation Policy Manager, Lyft

Craig Scott
Director, Advanced Technologies Group, Toyota

Pankaj Sehgal
CEO, SUN Renewables (SUN Group)

Michael Selden
CEO & Co-Founder, Finless Foods

Laura Shenkar
Founder and Principal, Artemis Water Strategy

Reshma Shetty
Co-Founder, Ginkgo Bioworks

Gireesh Shrimali
Director, India program, Climate Policy Initiative

Samar Singla
CEO, Jugnoo

David Snydacker
CEO, Lilac Solutions

Dan Squiller
CEO, Aquam

Mischa Steiner
CEO, Awesense

Tom Stepien
CEO, Primus Power

Daniel Teichmann
Founder and CEO, Hydrogenious Technologies

Chris Thomas
Founder and Partner, Fontinalis Partners

Mark Thomas
VP of Marketing, RideCell

Curtis Vanwalleghem
CEO and Co-Founder, Hydrostor

Mark Vasu
Executive Vice President, Greentown Labs

Sergey Vasylyev
CEO, Lucent Optics

Lance Wheeler
Research Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Steve Weiss
Co-Founder, Grey Heron

David Wilson
Chief Innovation Officer, Bechtel’s Future Fund

Lincoln Wood
Regional Director of Technology and Innovation, Turner Construction Company

Pete Worden
Executive Director, Breakthrough Starshot; former Director of NASA Ames Research Center

Roger Wyse
Managing Partner, Spruce Capital Partners

Richard Youngman
CEO, CTG

Robert Zabors
CEO, Enovation Partners

Kristine Wiley
R&D Manager, Gas Technology Institute

2018 Sponsors:

GOLD:
• Anglo American Platinum Limited
• Government of Canada
• IN2
• Cycle Capital Management
• Morrison & Foerster
• Socalgas
• Swedish Energy Agency
• Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute

SILVER:
• Abb Technology Ventures
• Chubb
• GE Ventures

BRONZE:
• Bdc
• ENGIE
• Gust Launch
• Future Fund
• JETRO
• Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)