TiE Entrepreneur Week
Cleantech

Sponsored by:

"San Jose Redevelopment Agency:  turning innovation into industry by supporting entrepreneurship.”

Are you interested in discussing the latest developments in the Cleantech industry, including in solar, smart grid, biofuel, and transportation?  Then you must attend Cleantech Day at TiE Entrepreneurs Week.

The afternoon will begin with a PowerConnect session entitled “Spotlight on Solar”, where you’ll interact with solar industry executives from companies like Enphase, Akeena Solar, and Solaria and hear about the evolution of the space over the past several years.

Later in the afternoon, an "Emerging Leaders in Cleantech" session will feature presentations some of the top, well-funded cleantech companies across solar, biofuels, smart grid, and transportation like Brightsource, Solazyme, and Tesla Motors.  That will be followed by a panel discussion that explores the ways in which these companies have been able to navigate their respective fields and understand how their financing strategies played a role in their current success.

Non-members: register at member's price using discount code TiE-Deal

TiE Event Hosts: Andrew Chung & Dharmesh Thakkar

2:00 - 2:30 PM Registration & Networking

2:30 - 3:00 PM Welcoming Remarks

Sponsor Host:

• Sam Liccardo, San Jose City Councilmember

TiE Host:

• Andrew Chung, Lightspeed Venture Partners; TiE Cleantech SIG Chair 

 3:00 - 4:00 PM PowerConnect–Spotlight on Solar

Moderator:

• Kathy Fields, Partner, Goodwin Procter

• Raghu Belur, Co-Founder/VP of Marketing, Enphase Systems
• Barry Cinnamon, CEO, Akeena Solar
• David Hochschild, VP of External Affair, Solaria
  
• Ted Ko, FITCoalition
• Mike Ross, VP of Business Development, Solar Semiconductor

4:00 - 4:15 PM Break

4:15 - 5:00 PM Showcase Presentations - Emerging Leaders in Cleantech

5:00 – 6:15 PM Panel Discussion

Moderator:

• Adam Bergman, Senio Vice President, Jefferies & Company, Inc.
  

• Matt Dinsmore, SVP, Corporate & Product Strategy, Current Group (Smart Grid)
• Jack Jenkins-Stark, CFO, Brightsource Energy (Solar)
  
• Tyler Painter, CFO, Solazyme (Bioful)
  
• Diarmuid O'Connell, VP of Business Development, Tesla Motors (Transportation)
• Seth Weissman, VP & General Counsel, Solar City (Solar)
  

6:30–8:30 pm Dinner / Networking