LOS ANGELES, June 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 30 leading elected official and business professionals will address how high-tech can help businesses run cleaner, more efficiently and more profitably at Clean Tech Roundtable hosted by Bryan Cave LLP at The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. The event will feature top California leaders, including Attorney General Jerry Brown, Treasurer Bill Lockyer, Controller John Chiang, and former Controller and clean tech venture capitalist Steve Westly. The state leaders will outline their vision on how to promote important new state and federal clean technology initiatives.
Bobby Shriver, Santa Monica City Councilman, will lead a panel discussion on how to access grants and other government incentives for clean technology projects, including "stimulus" funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Experts will share how investors assess clean technology investment opportunities, how current and anticipated environmental regulatory programs (including "cap and trade") could foster or hinder renewable energy and other clean technology initiatives, and other unique business issues facing clean technology industries.
This event is free and open to the public. Members of the media - including reporters, writers, editors, photographers and production crews - are encouraged to register in advance to receive press passes for the Clean Tech Roundtable by calling James Wood at (310) 576-2341.
Strategic Partners for the event include Englander & Associates, which provides strategic advocacy, government affairs, crisis management, litigation support and PR services to corporate, government, and non-profit clients; SK Impact, a political consulting firm dedicated to building "blue-green coalitions that win"; VerdeXchange, which shares news of the evolving marketplace for green innovations; The Westly Group, a clean technology-oriented venture capital firm; Environ, which provides global health, safety, and environmental services; and Barbaro Strategies, a government affairs consultancy.
Bryan Cave LLP (www.bryancave.com) has a diversified international legal practice. The firm represents a wide variety of business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. Subsidiaries Bryan Cave International Trade and Bryan Cave Strategies LLC provide trade and customs consultancy and government relations and strategic counsel, respectively. Aided by extensive investments in technology, Bryan Cave's more than 1,100 lawyers and other consulting professionals in 26 offices across the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia efficiently serve clients' needs in the world's leading business and financial markets.