We're rounding out the agenda for GreenBat 2009, the seminal executive conference on the Super Grid taking place NEXT WEEK on Nov. 18-19. Today, we're delighted to announce the addition of still more policy, IT and investment experts.
Before we introduce them, remember to register for your GreenBeat ticket today. With an all-star lineup including former vice president Al Gore, Cisco’s Smart Grid guru Laura Ipsen and PG&E’s Andy Tang, tickets are going fast. You can sign up and find out more about the conference — located at the San Mateo Marriott — here, or follow us at @greenbeat2009 for breaking news on the event.
We’d also like to acknowledge our strategic partners: Vantage Communications, DEMO, Matter Network, and Fora.TV; and our sponsors: Accenture, Southern California Edison, Accel Partners, Mayfield Fund, Oracle Utilities, Schwartz Communications, Cisco Systems, CPower, CSC and KPMG.
Now, joining our prestigious roster of speakers, we have:
Rob ConantTrilliant. Having recently landed a deal to manage energy data for major overseas utility British Gas, Smart Grid software provider Trilliant is turning toward a more international strategy -- under Conant's watchful eye. Before joining the Trilliant team, Conant made a name for himself as the co-founder of Dust Networks, an innovator in wireless mesh networking technology and the originator of the Wireless HART standard for industrial wireless mesh communications. Earlier in his career, he invested micromirror technology for MEMS-based fiber optic switches.
Katherine HamiltonGridwise Alliance. Charged with bringing together divergent companies of all sizes into collaborative network to agree on Smart Grid standards, storage, communication and common lobbying goals. During her tenure, Hamilton has grown the organization from 70 to more than 100 members, and has helped forge a number of alliances pushing Smart Grid progress forward. She has also played a major role in advocating for the alliance's interests with Congress and other policymakers. Before joining the alliance, she served as a policy adviser to private energy investment firm Good Energies. She has co-directed the American Bioenergy Association, managed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's government relations and headed up her own consulting company.
Don WoodDraper Fisher Jurvetson. Primarily focused on cleantech and information technology investing, Wood has extensive experience with environmental business and policy. He started his green-collar career at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he worked in the policy planning department. After that, he was named senior vice president of sales and marketing at International Power Technology, a company that financed, installed and operated gas turbine co-generation power plants. One of his more recent claims to fame is that he helped major solar firm SunPower develop its original business plan and raise its initial capital. Familiar with the Smart Grid, he served as president of Metricom, a provider of wireless Smart Grid systems pioneering the first wireless mesh-network for channeling energy consumption data.
VentureBeat is hosting GreenBeat, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid, on Nov. 18-19, featuring keynotes from Nobel Prize winner Al Gore and Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr. Register for your ticket today at GreenBeat2009.com.