CleanTech Forum 2021 - San Francisco | Cleantech Group | 19 January 2021 | Virtual

This year, our theme, From Chaos to Transformation: Tackling the Climate Crisis Together will inspire you to find your next partner and uncover the innovations and ideas transforming our shared future.

By introducing you to rising star companies in the 2021 Global Cleantech 100 and beyond, as well as providing you with updates on key innovation trends and topics to pay attention to in 2021+, Cleantech Forum San Francisco is committed to helping you get re-set in January for 2021+, with a refreshed mindset and new ideas, leads, and contacts.

Who Attends?
The Forum connects the latest generation of start-ups with investors and corporates looking for new partners.
• 200+ Innovatoirs
• 200+ Investors
• 125+ Corporates
• 200+ Cities & 30+ Countries

2021 Speakers

Nate Aden
Senior Fellow at The World Resources Institute & Project Manager for SBTI Finance

Aashay Arora
Co-Founder, Enkoat

David Arsenault
CEO & Co-founder, Effenco

Donnel Baird
CEO & Founder, Blocpower

Yakov Berenshteyn
Manager, Strategy & Revenue Ops, Weavegrid

Brady Berg
Partner, Wilson Sonsini

Trevor Best
CEO, Syzygy Plasmonics Inc

Apoorv Bhargava
CEO & Co-Founder, Weavegrid

Jahangir Bhatti
Director, Cleantech Practice, BDC

Fatih Birol
Executive Director, IEA

Cassie Bowe
Principal, Energy Impact Partners

Shannon Bragg-Sitton
Manager of Systems Integration, Idaho National Laboratory

Tony Brasil
Branch Chief, California Air Resources Board

Louis Brasington
Lead Analyst, Energy & Power, Cleantech Group

Maria Buitron
Investor, Piva

Doug Campbell
CEO, Solid Power

Grant Canary
CEO, Droneseed

John Cant
Sustainability Lead - Diageo Sustainable Solutions, Diageo

Geoff Catherwood
Partner, Ice Venture Fund, BDC

Grace Chan
Associate, BP Ventures

Lucy Chatburn
Consultant, Cleantech Group

Dan Corns
CEO & President, Magnovate

Anthony Deorsey
Consultant, Cleantech Group

Snehal Desai
EVP & Chief Growth Officer, Evoqua Water Technologies

Cisco Devries
CEO, Ohmconnect

Charles Dimmler
Co-Founder & CEO, Checkerspot

Karin Ebbinghaus
CEO, Elonroad

Chris Erickson
General Partner, Pangaea Ventures

Therese Feng
Vice President of Research, the Climate Service

Ashley Finan
Director, National Reactor Innovation Center

Thomas Folker
CEO, Leap

John Fox
President & CEO, Merqbiz

Natasha Franck
Founder & CEO, EON

Matt Gregori
Technology Development Manager for Customer Applications, SoCalGas

Maria Guercio
North America Clean Technology Leader, Chubb

Lori Guetre
VP, Business Development, Carbon Engineering

Raghubir Gupta
Co-Founder & President, Susteon

Rhea Hamilton
Managing Director Ventures, Ogci Climate Investments

Sara Hastings-Simon
Senior Research Associate, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines

Yoachim Haynes
Consultant, Cleantech Group

Thomas Healy
CEO & Founder, Hyliion

Steve Heckeroth
CEO, Solectrac

Brett Henkel
Co-Founder & VP, Strategic Accounts & Government Affairs, Svante

David Hochschild
Chair, California Energy Commission

Matanya Horowitz
Founder & CEO, Amp Robotics

Jeremy Hux
Senior Managing Director, Marathon Capital

Craig Irwin
Managing Director / Senior Research Analyst, Roth Capital Partners

Jeanette Jackson
CEO, Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre

Pete Johnson
Partner, Azimuth Capital/co-founder & Board Director, Monolith Materials

David Keith
Gordon Mckay Professor of Applied Physics at the Harvard John a. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Seas) and Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School

Pat Kennedy
CEO & Founder, OSIsoft

Kostyantyn Khomutov
Co-Founder & CEO, Gbatteries

Dave King
CEO, Denvr Dataworks Corp

Steven Kloos
Partner, True North Venture Partners

Ajay Kochhar
Co-Founder, President & CEO, Li-Cycle

Tyler Lancaster
Principal, Energize Ventures

Howard Learner
President & Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center

Alicia Lenis
VP, Chrysalix Venture Capital

Joe Madden
CEO, Xpansiv

Erin Madro
Sr. Engineer, Environmental Innovation, Cenovus Energy

Taku Matsumoto
Energy Business Manager, Acario Innovation/Tokyo Gas

Zebedee Mclaurin
Director of Sustainability, Goodr

Steve Meller
CEO, Ch4 Global

Robert Menegotto
President & Ceo, Mantech

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

Albert Mihranyan
CEO & Founder, Nvigorea AB

Nisa Mirza
General Analyst, Cleantech Group

Tim Mohin
Executive Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer, Persefoni

Eugene Montoya
Climate Strategy & Impact Specialist, Sustainable Finance Center of Excellence, Wells Fargo

Francisco Morocz
Co-Founder & CEO Helia Technologies

Ryan Morris
CEO, Turntide Technologies

Fares Mubarak
CEO, Spark Microsystems

Bob Mumgaard
CEO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Kedar Murthy
Chief Commercial Officer, Boston Materials Inc

Laura Nereng
Corporate Strategy & Business Development, 3m

Robert Niven
Founder & CEO, Carboncure Technologies

Seamus O’regan
Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada

Scott Pinizzotto
Senior Investment Director, Engie New Ventures

Matthew Plante
Co-Founder & President, Voltus

Alfred Poor
CEO, Ideanomics

Rodrigo Prudencio
Climate Pledge Fund, Worldwide Corporate Development, Amazon

Julia Reichelstein
Investor, Piva

Chris Reid
CEO, Ekona Power

Jonathan Rhone
CEO, Axine Water Technologies

Michael Roeth
Executive Director, North American Council for Freight Efficiency

Abigail Ross-hopper
President and CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association (Seia)

Rick Sander
CEO & Founder, Rhombus Energy Solutions

Pat Sapinsley
Managing Director of Cleantech Initiatives, Urban Future Lab/ Nyc Acre, Nyu Polytechnic School of Engineering

Lidija Sekaric
National Market Director for Distributed Energy Systems, Siemens

Cassidy Shell
Lead Analyst, Transportation & Logistics, Cleantech Group

Deepinder Singh
Founder & CEO, 75f

Marcel Smit
CEO, Energyworx

Rich Sorkin
CEO & Co-Founder, Jupiter Intelligence

Arcady Sosinov
CEO & Founder, Freewire Technologies

Holly Stower
Lead Analyst, Resource & Environment, Cleantech Group

Kim Sturgess
Executive-in-residence, Foresight and Ceo, Watersmart Solutions

Hari Suthan
Chief of Strategic Growth, Opus One Solutions

Chris Sworder
Lead Analyst, Agriculture & Food, Cleantech Group

Alex Tavasoli
CEO, Solistra

Ben Ullman
Product Manager, Transactive Energy, Opus One Solutions

Michael Walsh
Chief Commercial Officer, Smart Wires

Jim Witham
CEO, Gan Systems

Richard Youngman
CEO, Cleantech Group

Joe Zhou
CEO, Quidnet Energy

2021 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• BP Ventures

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Canada
• Cycle Capital Management
• Ideanomics
• SoCalGas
• The Swedish Energy Agency

SILVER SPONSORTS:
• Acario
• Chubb
• Silicon Valley
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• ENGIE New Ventures
• Evok Innovations
• Foresight is Canada’s Cleantech Innovation Centre
• Fort Capital
• hub.brussels
• Marathon Capital
• The Nuclear Energy Institute
• OGCI Climate Investments
• Opus One Solutions
• Terrestrial Energy

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• London & Partners
• The Solar Impulse Foundation
• Women in Cleantech and Sustainability (WCS)

MEDIA PARTNER:
• Antenna Group