CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwire - February 2, 2010) - On February 10, the
MIT Enterprise Forum of
Cambridge will present a session on how investors, entrepreneurs and
businesses can engage with the sustainability revolution that continues to
grow within communities across Massachusetts and beyond. The session will
feature a keynote presentation by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers clean
tech investor, and former Oracle Corporation President and COO, Ray Lane.
Lane will discuss challenges posed by sustainability and climate change and
the enormous opportunities in the energy industry. He will also share his
thoughts on how the science, business and policy of climate change will
converge and what that means for investors and entrepreneurs.
Following Lane's presentation, Dan Goldman, EVP and CFO of Great Point
Energy, will lead a panel of thought leaders to discuss institutional
sustainability investment, policy development and the science of climate
change. The in-depth conversation will further explore the opportunities of
innovation, jobs and new markets that are created by the energy industry.
The panel will feature Philip Giudice, commissioner of the Massachusetts
Department of Energy Resources; Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres; and Dan
Schrag, Sturgis Hooper professor of geology; professor of environmental
science and engineering; and director of the Harvard University Center for
the Environment.
Keynote speaker:
Ray Lane is a managing partner at
Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), where he is focused on helping
entrepreneurs with technological and market insight, organizational
development and managing growth. Since joining KPCB, Lane has led several
investments for the firm in enterprise and consumer technology, as well as
clean and alternative energy, including Ausra, Great Point Energy, Fisker
Automotive, Th!nk NA and Elance. Before joining KPCB, Lane was president
and COO of Oracle Corporation, the second-largest software company in the
world. Lane was elected to the Academy of Distinguished Graduates of West
Virginia University, where he earned his bachelor's degree, and also served
as a director of the WVU foundation board and currently serves on the
University's Board of Governors. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of
Carnegie Mellon University as its chairman.
Panelists:
Philip Giudice is commissioner of the
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and brings more
than 30 years of experience working in the energy industry, as both a
geologist and a management professional. Prior to joining DOER, Giudice was
SVP at EnerNOC and senior partner at Mercer Management Consulting. Giudice
serves on several boards and groups within the clean energy community,
including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the Massachusetts
Renewable Energy Trust and the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency.
Mindy Lubber is president of
Ceres, a
U.S. coalition of investors and environmental leaders working to improve
corporate environmental, social and governance practices. In addition to
her role at Ceres, Lubber also directs the Investor Network on Climate Risk
(INCR). She has held leadership positions as the regional administrator of
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Century Capital Management
and was the senior advisor and communications director to former Governor
Michael Dukakis.
Dan Schrag is Sturgis Hooper professor of geology; professor of
environmental science and engineering; and the director of the
Harvard University Center for the
Environment. Schrag studies climate and climate change over the
broadest range of Earth history. Schrag helped develop the Snowball Earth
hypothesis, proposing that a series of global glaciations occurred between
750 and 580 million years ago that may have led to the evolution of
multi-cellular animals. Currently he is working with economists and
engineers on technological approaches to mitigating future climate change.
Moderator:
Daniel Goldman is EVP and CFO of
Great Point Energy, where he
brings more than 20 years of energy industry experience. Prior to joining
Great Point, Goldman was co-founder, CFO and board member of New Energy
Capital Corp. He has also held senior management positions at InterGen,
Arthur D Little and was co-founder of Minuteman Wind, Clean Energy Venture
Group and Environmental Entrepreneurs in New England.
When: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
5:30pm: Networking mixer
6:15-8:00pm: Program
8:00-9:00pm: Networking reception
Where: MIT Stata Center (Building 32), Kirsch Auditorium, 32 Vassar St.,
Cambridge, MA
Registration and information:
http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/iseries/feb10.html
Pricing: Forum members: $25, Non-members: $40. Students from all
universities are free with college ID. Pre-registration is encouraged.
Contact Information: MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM OF CAMBRIDGE CONTACT:
Trish Fleming
MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
617-253-8240
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