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Clean Tech Lunch
Thursday May 14, 2009
11:30 AM- 1:30 PM
Clean Tech Lunch
A monthly seminar and networking opportunity for business executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals who are interested in the emerging clean technology field. A light lunch will be provided. The Clean Tech Lunch will be held on the second Thursday of the month, or as further noticed.
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, May 14, 2009
Download a Brochure
Topic:
Re-engineer your IT infrastructure in the Green Economy
Speakers:
Tod Stebbins , Data Center Leasing Project Manager with Sonoma Mountain Village
Douglas Alger, IT Architect for Physical Infrastructure, Cisco Systems
Ron Hughes, President of California Data Center Design Group
Jessica Black, California Operations Director, Brightworks
Agenda:
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM: Networking over lunch
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM: Presentation and group discussion
1:30 PM: Meeting adjourned
Venue:
Clean Tech Institute
1290 Parkmoor Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126
Download a brochure
Guest speakers:
Tod Stebbins is heading up the effort to find a carbon neutral data center tenant for Sonoma Mountain Village. Sonoma Mountain Village is located 40 miles north of San Francisco, in Rohnert Park, CA and is participating
in the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED-ND program to be developed as one of the most sustainable communities in the world.
Douglas Alger develops architecture roadmaps, solutions and policies for the physical infrastructure of Cisco’s Data Centers around the world. He has participated in more than 80 major Data Center projects, from all-new
construction to substantially retrofitting existing facilities, and is the author of two Data Center design books.
Ron Hughes has been involved in the design, operation, and construction of data centers for over twenty years. As owner of California Data Center Design Group, Mr. Hughes has supervised the design of over 2,000,000
square feet of state-of-the-art data centers. CDCDG is recognized as one of the leaders in data center design.
Bob Atkins is a charter member of the Green Building Council and provides operations consulting to Data Center operations for LEED certification and sustainable design.
Jessica Black is a green building and sustainability advisor
as well as an expert in LEED Certification
CleanTech Lunch Seminar Series is held on the second Thursday of each month from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM and features presentations, open discussions and networking opportunities with industry leaders. The Clean Tech Institute will also present a brief overview of its clean tech/nanotech training programs and resources.
Cost: $20.00 with Pre-registration (registration deadline is 24 hours before the event) or $30 at the door
Space is limited and preregistration is highly recommended
Please complete the online registration form:
http://www.ianano.org/registration-lunch.htm
For more information, please call 408-280-6242 or email to
info@cleantechinstitute.org
Past NanoLunch Speakers
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Speaker |
Topic |
| 10/2/08 |
Joe McGuire
Western Regional Sales Manager
Hysitron |
"Breakthroughs in Nanomaterials Testing" |
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| 9/25/08 |
Pam Contag
CEO
Cobalt Technologies, Inc. |
"Exploring the future of biofuels" |
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| 9/18/08 |
Jim Rynne
VP of Business Development
Novelx |
"Everything you wanted to know about Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) but were afraid to ask" |
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| 9/11/08 |
Dr. Omer Oralkan
Senior Research Engineer, E.L. Ginzton Laboratory
Stanford University
Dr. Ayhan Mutlu
Senior Member of the Technical staff
Extreme DA Corporation |
"Nanotechnology for Modeling, Imaging and Sensors" |
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| 9/4/08 |
Investment Managers, Invest in Denmark:
Gunnar Larsen
Jacob Rafn
Eva Beim Wind |
"Investment Opportunities in Denmark" |
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| 8/28/08 |
Peter Garcia
Chief Financial Officer
NanoSys |
"Developments and Applications of Inorganic Nanotechnology" |
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| 8/21/08 |
Aaron Held
Commercial Officer
Silicon Valley Export Assistance Center
United States Department of Commerce |
"How the High Tech Sector Can Reach Overseas Markets" |
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| 8/7/08 |
Rachael Simonoff Wexler
Partner
Goodwin Proctor LLP |
"Strategic Alliances between Nanotech & Clean Tech Industries" |
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| 7/24/08 |
Dr. Chris Mi
Chief Technical Officer
1Power Solutions
Jerry Pohorsky
President
Electric Automobile Association - Silicon Valley Chapter
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"Power to the People: Plug-ins, Hybrids & Batteries" |
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| 7/3/08 |
Jeff Wong
Chief Scientist
Department of Toxic Substances Control
California Environmental Protection Agency |
"A California Regulatory Perspective on Nanomaterials" |
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| 6/26/08 |
Charlie Ricker
Senior VP, Marketing & Business Development
BrightSource Energy |
"Solar Thermal Energy Technology" |
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| 6/12/08 |
Pankaj Dhingra
CEO
NanoStellar |
"Nanomaterials in Pollution Control and Reducing Exhaust Emissions" |
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| 6/5/08 |
Andrew Wahl
Managing Director
IG Partners |
"Funding TAM" |
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| 5/29/08 |
Lloyd Tran
Director
Clean Tech Institute |
"Opportunities & Growth in Clean Tech and Nanotech" |
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| 5/22/08 |
Rainer Aringhoff
President
Solar Millenium |
"The Promise of Concentrating Solar Power"
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| 5/8/08 |
Charles Zhou
Co-Founder of Quantum Intelligence & CASCADE Clean Energy |
"Turning Wastewater into Energy" |
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| 5/1/08 |
Bill Reichert
Managing Director
Garage Technology Ventures |
"Clean Tech Investment Challenges" |
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| 4/24/08 |
Seth Zimring
Energy Procurement
PG&E |
"Rates, Regulations & Renewables" |
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| 4/17/08 |
Bill Bach
Regional Sales Manager
Akeena Solar |
"Benefits of Solar Energy" |
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| 4/10/08 |
Heidi Livingston Eisips
Founder
Korala Consulting |
"Clean Tech & the Bottom Line" |
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| 4/3/08 |
Peter Hsiao
Partner
Head of Land Use & Environmental Law Group
Morrison & Foerster |
"Clean Tech IP Design & Protection" |
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| 3/27/08 |
Paul Sanghera
Assistant Professor
California Institute of Nanotechnology |
"Five Nanostructured Building Blocks of Life" |
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| 2/14/08 |
Lloyd Tran
Director
Clean Tech Institute |
"Workforce Training Opportunities: How to be a part of the high growth industries in Nanotech & Clean Tech in 2008" |
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| 2/7/08 |
Ken Heiman
Director of Outreach
International Association of Nanotechnology |
"Nanotech & Clean Tech Career & Business Opportunities" |
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| 1/10/08 |
Lloyd Tran
Director
Clean Tech Institute |
"Solar Energy 2008: Opportunities & Challenges for Entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley" |
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| 1/3/08 |
Lloyd Tran
Director
Clean Tech Institute |
"Clean Tech Strategic Growth in 2008" |
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