Samee Roberts
CEDA
510-238-2136
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Harry Hamilton
CEDA
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News from: City of Oakland Community & Economic Development Agency

Oakland to Host Statewide Clean Tech Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 26, 2011

Oakland to Host First-Ever Statewide Clean Tech Innovation Conference

Oakland, CA – Consistently ranked among the top 10 greenest cities in
the country and the regional epicenter of green industry, the City of
Oakland will proudly host the California Clean Tech Innovation
Conference on November 2-3, 2011 at the Kaiser Center.  Produced by
Grow-California, this first-ever conference will bring together industry
influencers from across the state and nation to address key topics such
as industry trends, new technologies, global competitiveness and
leveraging publicly-funded research and private capital to deliver
innovative technologies and successful business models.  The conference
culminates with the presentation of 19 “Game Changer of the Year” awards
for entities that have had significant impact on California’s green
industry, including three Oakland-based enterprises.

“Oakland has burst onto the national scene as a major hub for clean tech
companies,” said Mayor Jean Quan. “We are delighted to host this
top-level gathering of industry leaders as we advance our efforts to
attract even more sustainable businesses to Oakland and the East Bay
Green Corridor.”

The 2011 conference will attract emerging market leaders, major
corporations, government officials, early-stage companies, suppliers,
academia, venture capitalists, angel investors, mergers and acquisition
advisors and other industry experts.  Featured speakers include: Mayor
Quan; Mike Rossi, Senior Advisor for Jobs & Business, Office of Governor
Jerry Brown; State Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez, Chair, Assembly
Committee on Jobs & the Economy; Bill Reichert, Managing Director,
Garage Technology Ventures and; Vikram Janardhan, CEO, Insera Energy and
author of “Energy Explained: Conventional Energy and Alternative.”
Day-one of the conference also includes a spotlight on Oakland as an
emerging clean tech hub with Michael Murray, CEO of Oakland’s Lucid
Design.

Three pioneering Oakland firms honored among the 19 “Game Changer of the
Year” awards include Sungevity, the nation’s most innovative,
customer-centric, residential solar provider; Lucid Design, creators of
the Building Dashboard(r) Network; and Waste Management, Inc., North
America’s leading provider of comprehensive waste management services.

Sungevity – Category: Innovation in Cleantech Marketing & Sales
Campaigns

Sungevity’s online iQuote process and Solar Lease program make it easy
and affordable for homeowners to benefit from solar power. Leveraging
web-based solar analytics and satellite imagery, it can provide
homeowners with a firm, same-day quote without a home visit and provide
savings on their electricity bills. This affordability and ease-of-use,
combined with Sungevity’s solar social network strategy, is all part of
the fast-growing company’s mission to accelerate solar into the
mainstream.

Lucid – Category: Innovation in Clean Energy Education

Founded in 2004, Lucid is a privately held cleantech software company
and pioneer in providing real-time information feedback to teach,
inspire behavior change and save energy and water resources in
buildings. Lucid’s team has made resource use visible, accessible and
engaging so that building occupants have the data visualization and
communication tools to manage and reduce their consumption. Lucid’s
Building Dashboard(r) Network allows people to view, compare and share
building energy and water use information on the web.

Waste Management, Inc. – Category: Innovation in Energy Investment &
Financing

Waste Management, Inc., is the leading provider of comprehensive waste
management services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the
company provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery,
and disposal services. It is also a leading developer, operator and
owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the
U.S. Serving over 20 million residential, industrial, municipal and
commercial customers throughout North America, Waste Management’s 45,000
employees are committed to maximizing resource value, while minimizing
environmental impact so that both the economy and environment can
thrive.

A center of innovation and growth in green and cleantech industries,
Oakland is also home to industry leaders BrightSource Energy, First
Solar, KEMA, Sirona Fuels, Renewable Funding and many others. A charter
member of the East Bay Green Corridor, the city boasts more than 300
environmental, recycling and cleantech firms. Additional stimulus comes
from job training programs that are preparing a skilled workforce for
tomorrow’s green jobs and City policies that support energy efficiency,
waste reduction, transit-oriented development and environmental
stewardship.

In addition to the Oakland firms, four additional companies located in
the East Bay Green Corridor were named among Grow-California’s 19 “Game
Changers.” These include:  Amyris Biotechnologies, Emeryville; MBA
Polymers, Richmond and; Energy Recovery, Inc., based in San Leandro.
Grow-California also compiled respective lists of the Top 40 and Top 100
Cleantech Innovation companies in California and Oakland/East Bay were
well represented, with the East Bay region garnering nearly one third of
the spots on all three lists.  These rankings reflect the East Bay’s
competitiveness with Silicon Valley and other areas in this critical
segment of the state’s economy.

Formed in April 2011, Grow-California is a spin off of Golden Capital
Network, which has spent over 10 years helping businesses grow in
California. It’s mission is to foster jobs and wealth creation by
connecting innovative entrepreneurs, growth companies and market leaders
with capital, talent, academia, customers, and partners.

To register for the California Clean Tech Innovation Conference, visit
grow-california.com/register-now. Sponsored by the City of Oakland’s
Community & Economic Development Agency, the event is being held at the
Kaiser Center, located at 300 Lakeside Drive in downtown Oakland.

Samee Lynn Roberts, Manager
Cultural Arts & Marketing Division
Community & Economic Development Agency
City of Oakland
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612
sroberts@oaklandnet.com <mailto:sroberts@oaklandnet.com>
510.238.2136 (phone)
510.238.6341 (fax)

On November 2-3, Grow-California will be hosting the inaugural California Clean Tech Innovation conference at the Kaiser Center in downtown Oakland.  There are many excellent conferences that highlight and focus on the clean energy sector.  Our conference is unique in that it brings together all key influencers from across California that influence the clean tech industry, including CEOs from  “Game Changing” market-leading companies, major corporations, angel and venture capital investors, media, policymakers and regulators, academia, grant funders, economic development organizations, and start-ups.  As part of the conference, 15 clean tech companies will be named “Game Changers of the Year” for 2012 and honored at a special awards lunch with official State of California resolutions recognizing their important contributions to California’s leadership in the clean tech sector and for their positive impact on our state economy.  Our “Game Changer” selection committee was sequestered on Wednesday to review the “Top 40” finalists for the awards.  Next Monday we will be releasing the names of the winners who will be featured at the conference.  They represent many of the “best of the best” in California.  But today I’ll step back and recognize 100 of the compelling California clean tech companies who were nominated for the awards, and congratulate their individual and collective impact in the communities, for the state, and on the world overall.  They are making a difference each and every day in sustainability, energy efficiency, environmental quality, recycling, green building, green transportation, renewable energies, and LED technologies, among many other areas of impact.

Over the next 4 weeks you’ll get regular updates about featured speakers, panelists, media participants, and start-ups who will be involved with the conference.  Today I’m also pleased to announce that online registration for the conference is “live” and seating is limited.

Visit……………………to register.

Only a Few Slots Left for Clean Tech Start-Ups!

Companies seeking to present at the conference must e-mail an executive summary to jon@grow-california.com by Friday, October 14 at the latest 

The conference provides a unique opportunity for a maximum of 20 clean tech start-up and early-stage presenting companies to showcase their business opportunity and funding needs. Presented by Grow-California, this conference has a proven track record — presenting companies at prior conferences hosted by Grow-California’s CEO have gone on to raise over $1.2B in capital.  Over the past dozen years over 1,400 companies have presented at Grow-California, including notable companies like StubHub and Pandora Media.

Companies will be selected — after meeting screening criteria for quality — on a first-come, first-served basis with all slots expected to be full by October 14.  If selected, there is a nominal showcase fee. Some of the participating funders include:

Gerd Goette, Siemens Venture Capital

Amol Deshpande, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Maurice Gunderson, CMEA Capital

Dan Rubin, Alloy Ventures

Keith Bladen, Sacramento Angels

Herman White, Technology Credit Union

Randy Hawks, Claremont Creek Ventures

Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures

Eileen Tanghal, Applied Ventures

Cynthia Ringo, DBL Investors

Dr. Gary Bjorkland, Band of Angels

Micah Myers, Claremont Creek Ventures

Dan Lankford, Wavepoint Ventures

Neil Paschall, McLean Group

John Balbach, Clean Path Ventures

Seth Miller, DBL Investors

Oleg Kaganovich, DFJ Frontier

Peter Shannon, Firelake Capital

Rachel Pike, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Laura Smoliar, Signal Lake Ventures

Rahul Banta, Times Ten Ventures

Max Shapiro, Keiretsu Forum

Barbara Kamm, Technology Credit Union

Cheryl Beninga, Beninga Advisors

Kristin Cooper-Carter, Grant Management Associates

Debra Guerin Beresini, invencor, inc.

Peter Gardner, Wavepoint Ventures

The Top 100 Clean Tech “Game Changer” Nominees

From a base of over 200 nominations from throughout California, the following 100 companies deserve special recognition for their environmental, social and economic contributions.  The “Game Changers of the Year” – selected from this list – will be announced on October 10.

Contour Energy Systems, Azusa

Sun Run, San Francisco

Adura Technologies, San Francisco

Amrys Biotechnologies, Emeryville

Nanosys, Palo Alto

Solexel, Milpitas

Alphabet Energy, San Francisco

PolyPlus Battery, Berkeley

Build It Green, Oakland

Soladigm, Milpitas

Sungevity, Oakland

Bright Source Energy, Oakland

Sirona Fuels, San Francisco

Lucid, Oakland

Stopwaste.org, Oakland

Abundant Bio Fuels, Monterey

Chico Bag, Chico

Integral Group, Oakland

SynapSense, Folsom

LS9, South San Francisco

Sapphire Energy, San Diego

Solazyme, South San Francisco

Synthetic Genomics, La Jolla

Potter Drilling, Redwood City

Sentilla, Redwood City

EnphaseEnergy, Petaluma

ESolar, Burbank

MiaSole, Santa Clara

Solar City, San Mateo

Tigo Energy, Los Gatos

Renewable Funding, Oakland

CaliSolar, Sunnyvale

Calera, Los Gatos

Serious Energy, Sunnyvale

BridgeLux, Livermore

Hara, San Mateo

EMeter, San Mateo

Grid Net, San Francisco

Advanced Home Energy, Richmond

Tau Science, Mountain View

Silver Spring Network, Redwood City

Trilliant, Redwood City

WaterHealth, Irvine

NanoH20, El Segundo

Better Place, Palo Alto

Coulomb Technologies, Campbell

Fisker Automotive, Anaheim

Green Road Technologies, Redwood Shores

Deeya Energy, Fremont

Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale

Purfresh, Fremont

MBA Polymers, Richmond

Clear Edge Power, Sunnyvale

Tesla Motors, San Carlos

Powergenix Corp., San Diego

Project Frog, San Francisco

Agile Energy, San Bruno

Energy Recovery, Inc., San Leandro

Heliodyne, Richmond

Excellent Packaging and Supply, Richmond

Cobalt Technologies, Mountain View

Green Volts, Inc., Fremont

Solar Power, San Jose

Enlightened, Inc., Mountain View

Primus Power, Hayward

Cambrios Tech Corp., Sunnyvale

Skyline Solar, Mountain View

Alion, Richmond

Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening Coalition, Berkeley

Redwood Systems, Fremont

NanOasis, Richmond

Intellergy, Richmond

Array Converter, Sunnyvale

Pinnacle Engines, San Carlos

NovaTorque, Sunnyvale

HydroPoint Data Systems, Petaluma

Relay Rides, San Francisco

Modular Wind, Long Beach

GRT, Inc., Santa Barbara

Klean Kanteen, Chico

Pax Water, Richmond

Transfer Flow International, Chico

Roplast Industries, Oroville

Clean Energy Systems, Sacramento

Bloo Solar, West Sacramento

Jadoo Power, Folsom

Cleaire, San Leandro

OSIsoft, Inc., San Leandro

Halus Power Systems, San Leandro

Halotechnics, Emeryville

Lundberg Family Farms, Richvale

Google, Mountain View

Scientific Conservation, San Francisco

Sentient Energy, Burlingame

Lemnis Lighing, San Francisco

Bay Friendly Coalition, Berkeley

Waste Management, Oakland

ECullet, Richmond

Agoura Technologies, Roseville

Springboard Biodiesel, Chico

CONTACT: John Segale, 916.600.1081

GROW-CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCES

CALIFORNIA’s “Top 40” CLEAN TECH INNOVATORS

Companies Recognized for Their Green Technology Leadership

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (September 26, 2011) – With many political and business leaders advocating continued support for green technology to create much-needed jobs, improve the economy and lessen demand for fossil fuels, Grow-California announced today the “Top 40” Clean Tech Innovators for 2011.   From this elite group of clean technology leaders, fifteen nominees will be presented “Game Changer of the Year” awards at a luncheon culminating the first Clean Tech Innovation Conference, scheduled for November 2^nd and 3^rd at the Kaiser Center in downtown Oakland. The “Top 40” companies were nominated by the conference’s Host Committee, as well as, dozens of other California-based professional services firms, suppliers, investors, banks and academia who identified clean tech companies that were distinguished from competitors because of their focus on innovation and important contributions to California’s economic growth. Grow-California, the conference organizer, is dedicated to fostering jobs and creating wealth in California by connecting entrepreneurs, growth companies and market leaders with talent, capital and customers.  A selection committee comprised of clean tech industry experts, banks, venture capital firms, and academia will determine the fifteen “Game Changer” of the Year winners. “This is an elite group of clean tech innovators who represent the tremendous impact that innovation is having on the green industry, and more importantly, the exciting potential for California and its economy,” said Jon Gregory, CEO, of Grow-California.  He added, “Despite recent news on some companies, the reality is that a number of clean tech companies are thriving and we are excited to recognize these companies for their vision, leadership and ability to transform innovative ideas to reality.”

The Top 40 Clean Tech Innovators are:

Google, Mountain View                                              Energy Recovery Inc., San Leandro
Clear Edge Power, Sunnyvale                                     Sungevity, Oakland
Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale                                           BridgeLux, Livermore
Calera, Los Gatos                                                        Lundberg Family Farms, Richvale
Solar City, San Mateo                                                 eSolar, Burbank
Enphase Energy,  Petaluma                                        Solazyme , South San Francisco
Sapphire Energy, San Diego                                       LS9, South San Francisco
SynapSense, Folsom                                                    BrightSource Energy, Oakland
Soladigm, Milpitas                                                      Nanosys, Palo Alto
Amyris Biotechnologies, Emeryville                           Contour Energy Systems, Azusa
Adura Technologies, San Francisco                            Sentilla, Redwood City
Hara, San Mateo                                                         eMeter,  San Mateo
Fisker Automotive, Anaheim                                      MBA Polymers, Richmond
Tesla Motors, San Carlos                                            Project Frog, Inc., San Francisco
Primus Power, Hayward                                             Pinnacle Engines, San Carlos
Cleaire, San Leandro                                                  OSIsoft, San Leandro
Scientific Conservation, San Francisco                       Lemnis Lighting, San Francisco
Bay Friendly Coalition, Berkeley                                Waste Management, Oakland
eCullet, Palo Alto                                                        Pax Water Technologies, Richmond
NanOasis, Richmond                                                   Tau Science, Mountain View
Lucid Design Group, Oakland                                     Bloo Solar, West Sacramento
Altergy Systems, Folsom

The California Clean Tech “Game Changer” of the Year Awards will be selected from twelve categories including Energy Investment and Financing; Technology and Energy Efficiency; Environmental/ Recycling; Raising Capital for Clean Tech Innovation; Consumer Education Initiatives; Public/Private Partnerships; Energy and Agriculture; Clean Tech Marketing and Sales Campaigns; Clean Water Innovation; Green Transportation;  Green Building Technology; Solar Technology; Energy Storage; Clean Tech Start-Up; and, Renewable Energy. Grow-California CEO Jon Gregory commented, “The California Clean Tech ‘Top 40’ Innovators represent the ‘best of the best’ in California and by virtue of that, are critical to California’s economy now and in the future.”

To find out more about the Clean Tech Innovation 2011 conference, visit www.grow-california.com

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