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Below is the agenda of SF Green, the cleantech event that we’ve joined its founder Steve Newcomb to put on tonight at San Francisco’s 111 Minna Gallery. This schedule isn’t set in stone, but should give a rough idea of how the evening will go, from the doors opening to the end of the night.

But first, a final list of all the companies and presenters: Headlining we have Ray Lane, managing partner at Kleiner Perkins. Tesla Motors will be there with a pair of Roadsters, represented by VP of marketing Darryl Siry. Also showing off their green vehicles will be Smart, with its newest Fortwo car, and Vectrix, with its highway-speed electric scooter.

Demoing on the floor are two other companies: Akeena Solar, a solar installer that’s also bringing an Andalay solar panel; and Ponoko, an on-demand manufacturer that will have some assorted goods on hand.

Here’s the agenda:
5:00 p.m.: Doors open to the first arrivals, networking begins
6:00 : The official program begins, with quick intros of the demoing companies
6:10 : Darryl Siry comes on stage to talk about Tesla
6:35 : Ray Lane of Kleiner Perkins comes on to talk about Fisker, Think USA and other investments
7:00 : Official program ends; demos and vehicles open, open networking
9:00 : SF Green ends, but the bar stays open, so stay on if you want

There’s a small batch of tickets left for the event. To get one of the ones that remain, click here.

The clean-technology event VentureBeat is co-hosting with SF Green is coming up on Monday (it starts at 5pm for networking at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco; program content starts at 6pm).

We’ve added three companies onto the roster of exhibitors, which already included Tesla Motors and Kleiner Perkins managing partner Ray Lane. Ticket sales for the event are still open here, while our previous post includes full details on the event’s background. The purpose is to bring clean-tech entrepreneurs, investors and other interested parties together.

First up, we’ll have Akeena Solar showing up with one of their new Andalay solar panels, which they’re calling the lego blocks of the solar world — just snap them together on a rooftop. (Unlike legos, you’ll still want to have a professional installer on hand.) Second, we’ll have a pair of Vectrix electric scooters on hand from a local dealership. With a top speed of 62mph, top range of 55 miles and 0-50mph acceleration in 6.8 seconds, it’s one of the few two-wheeled electric vehicles that could get you to work reliably every day.

Finally, we’ve got Ponoko, an “online personal factory” startup. Ponoko takes designs from its users and creates them in the physical world with laser cutting machines. Although the company is based in New Zealand, it’s establishing an outpost in San Francisco. Its eventual ambition is to spread across the map, setting up local, on-demand shops close to where they’re needed, and thus saving on transportation and manufacturing waste. I got together with Ponoko’s Dave ten Have today to talk about the concept, and that’s what the audio post and pictures below are about.

A puzzle board made with Ponoko’s laser cutting machines:

The plastic parts in this device are made by Ponoko, the remainder assembled by the designer:

VentureBeat is proud to announce a gathering for clean technology entrepreneurs next Monday, May 12. We’ve joined forces with SF Green, a San Francisco gathering founded by Steve Newcomb that aims to help shape the region’s cleantech and environmental future.

The aim is to bring together some of the brightest local entrepreneurs and investors, as well as other interested parties — environmentalists, government representatives and regular citizens — in one place, helping to forge connections and spark new ideas, just as we did last week with our Digital Media launch party.

Keynoting the next SF Green are Ray Lane, the managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who invested in Fisker Automotive, the new Think America partnership and the solar thermal startup Ausra; plus Tesla Motors’ VP of marketing Darryl Siry, and a Roadster or two. Both will join us for Q&A sessions at different times during the evening, with the chance for the crowd to ask a few questions of their own.

SF Green was started this March by Newcomb, a founder of Powerset who left to pursue legislative issues and an as-yet-unannounced startup. The first event was a hit, drawing together several hundred people from various backgrounds in the sustainability movement.

By holding an open event, we hope to continue attracting members of all those groups to come together and discuss their ideas. Along with Newcomb, we hope that we can help influence the Green Economy by sparking new discourse. Newcomb has more thoughts on why he founded the event at his blog.

If you’ve noticed a transportation theme for this particular event, you’re dead on: We’ll also have one of the new Smart cars to exhibit inside the venue. Naturally, much of the talk will revolve around the subject we’ve chosen, but if it’s anything like the first event, there will be conversations about every sector of cleantech. And to help round out the night, we’ll have other cleantech companies demoing amidst the crowd.

We’ll also have our generous sponsors on hand: Ernst & Young, Sun Microsystems, Dig Communications, Network Verde, California Cleantech Open, and the SF Chamber of Commerce. Our organizer is Room Full of People, who also plan the popular SF Beta event.

For those who aren’t familiar with it, 111 Minna is a gallery and bar south of Market Street in the Financial District. The place only holds about 400 people, and tickets are going to go fast. If you’ve got $15 and an open night on Monday, swing on by. You can get your tickets right here.