“DEALing in a Hot, Flat & Crowded World”
Attend the ONLY event focused on middle-market private equity investors,
lenders, professionals and companies involved in sustainable markets.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Mr. Steve Westly
Founder and Managing Partner, The Westly Group; Former Controller and Chief Fiscal
Officer of the State of California and Former Senior Vice President of Marketing, Business Development, M&A and International at eBay.
CONFIRMED EXHIBITORS INCLUDE:
BDO Seidman | Element Partners | Encore Consumer Capital | Environmental Capital
Partners | Expansion Capital Partners | Greentech Media | Hanson Bridgett | Mindful Investors | New Resource Bank | Parallel Investment Partners | Satori Capital | SJF Ventures | Sustainable Industries | Sustainable World Capital | Terra Verde Partners | TSG Consumer Partners | VMG Partners | Watershed Capital | and more...
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Davide Berruto, CEO, Environment Furniture; Diana Propper de Callejon, General Partner, Expansion Capital Partners; Francois Chadwick, Tax Partner, BDO Seidman; Michael DeRosa, Managing Director, Element Partners; Aaron L. Enz, Partner, Wood Warren & Co.; Michael Kanellos, Editor, Greentech Media; Tony Kingsbury, Executive-in-Residence, UC Haas School of Business and The Dow Chemical Company; Bruce Klafter, Director, EH&S, Applied Materials, Inc.; Aaron Lamstein, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Worldwise, Inc.; Drummond Lawson, Director of Greenskeeping, Method, Inc.; Peter Liu, Founder and Vice Chairman, New Resource Bank; Dave Mandelbrot, Chief Business Officer, GoodGuide; Prakash Ramachandran, Chief Financial Officer, Nordic Windpower, Ltd.; Robyn Lawrie Rutledge, Principal, TSG Consumer Partners; Kevin Skillern, Managing Director, Venture Capital, GE Energy Financial Services; Scott Smith, Partner, Hanson Bridgett; Michael Whelchel, Managing Director, Watershed Capital
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- Establish connections in a rapidly expanding sector: Meet middle-market investors, lenders and intermediaries financing the growth of companies in sustainable markets, including: green consumer products, clean technologies, green building products and other sustainable market segments.
- Create awareness for your firm in increasingly relevant markets: The cleantech and sustainability sectors have been called the next “Industrial Revolution”. Network and build awareness for your firm in these growing sectors.
- New market knowledge: Learn from market leaders how innovation is achieving commercial scale and the opportunities and challenges facing investors and companies.
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The Sustainable Capital Forum will include panel discussions on issues impacting middle-market and expansion stage companies and their investors; private equity and other professional service provider exhibitors showcasing their activity in the cleantech and sustainable business sectors; and an afternoon cocktail reception featuring sustainably grown and produced wines from premium Sonoma and Napa wineries.
Panel Discussion Topics:
- Major Trends and Key Market Segments For 2010 and Beyond
- Special Considerations for Sustainable Businesses – Accounting, Regulatory, Stimulus, Carbon, Legal and Social
- Exiting Sustainable Businesses – How To Enhance Value, What Buyers Are Looking For and Pitfalls To Avoid
- Company Panels on Successfully Financing and Growing Cleantech and Sustainable Businesses
- Key Considerations for Achieving Scale
in Sustainable Businesses
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Sustainable Markets include:
- Green Consumer Products
- Green Building Products and Services
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Transmission and Storage
- Energy Efficient Products and Services
- Industrial Process Innovation and Efficiency
- Green Chemicals, Sustainable Packaging, Biopesticides
- Water Technology and Infrastructure
- Next Generation Vehicles and Transportation
- Recycling and Waste-To-Energy
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Date and Venue: |
February 3, 2010 |
Palace Hotel, San Francisco |
Conference Agenda: |
1:30 pm
2:00 – 3:00 pm
3:00 – 5:00 pm
5:00 – 7:00 pm |
Registration
Keynote Address, Mr. Steve Westly,
The Westly Group
Breakout Panels
Cocktail Reception
Featuring sustainably produced gourmet cheese from Cowgirl Creamery and sustainably grown, premium wines from Benziger Family Winery, Honig Vineyard & Winery and Inman Family Wines |
Conference Fees: |
For All Attendees
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$150 attendees registering prior
to February 3rd
$200 at the door |
Capital providers and professional services firms interested in sponsoring or exhibiting, please contact one of the following individuals: Michael Whelchel at (423) 785-6722, Aaron Enz at (415) 686-0068, or Scott Smith at (415) 995-5892.
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