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Events on Tuesday Sep 21
NYC °CoolRoofs - Bronx House
(All day) | Bronx House -Open to the Public990 Pelham Parkway SouthNY, NY, 10461
NYC °CoolRoofs is an exciting collaboration between NYC Service, the NYC Department of Buildings and the Community Environmental Center to promote and facilitate the cooling of New York City’s rooftops. Applying a reflective surface to a roof helps reduce cooling costs, cut energy usage and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Join us as we coat 1 million square feet of rooftop to make a greener, greater New York!
For more information, visit http://www.nyc.gov/coolroofs
Green Broadband 2010: Devising Implementation Strategies for Cable Operators & Telcos
8:15am - 2:30pm | The Westin Times Square, -270 West 43rd Street, The Majestic Ballroom, 5th Floor,NY, NY, 10036Free to qualified registrants otherwise $500 |Open to the Public
Green Broadband 2010 is designed to provide telecom executives with a vital and concise summary of the challenges and opportunities network operators must consider in developing implementation strategies for green programs.
In recognition that telecom operators face both similar and unique challenges, the conference structure includes common sessions, as well as segment-specific panel discussions.
For more information, visit http://www.lightreading.com/green
Financing Smart Cities, States & Regions: Policies to Stimulate the Growth of Emerging Technologies
9:00am - 12:00pm | Undisclosed Location - NYC -Invite Only
Smart policies that stimulate private finance are crucial to enable the rapid scale-up of clean technologies. Some cities, states and regions have already created policies that support the growth of low carbon technologies, create jobs and provide a profit through private financing.
On the second day of Climate Week NY°C, The Climate Group will host a high-level discussion, where government and business leaders will share success stories and help others to develop and implement policies that will have the same impact in their own regions. Participants will also explore opportunities for new and innovative finance measures that can accelerate public funding as well as attract private sector investment into clean technology.
Program Agenda
9am: Opening Keynote – Alan Salzman, Chairman and Founder, VantagePoint Venture Partners
Mr. Salzman will provide an overview of investments into ‘Smart’ solutions companies focused on buildings, transportation, the electric grid and lighting. He will highlight the important role the venture capital community has taken in driving the industry and the role of city, state and federal policy.
9:30: Panel 1 – SMART solutions in Europe, Canada and the US: Update on policies and financing, where are we now and where do we need to be?
Moderated by Deborah Ifrah, Executive Director, Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan
- Klaus Chavanne, Head of Research, MEAG New York Corporation
- Mr. Bernabé Unda, Regional Minister of Industry, Innovation, Energy and Tourism, Basque Government
- Clay Nesler, Vice President, Global Energy & Sustainability, Johnson Controls
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Frans Anton Vermast, Advisor Public & International Affairs, Physical Planning Department, City of Amsterdam
10:30-10:45: Coffee Break
10:45-11:30: Panel 2 – SMART solutions in India, China and Korea: Understanding the opportunity and progress being made in Asia to provide clean energy to over 2 billion people.
Moderated by Rutu Dave, Climate Change Specialist, World Bank Institute
- Dimitri Zenghelis, Director, Climate Change Practice, Cisco IBSG
- Samir Menon, Head – Client Relationships, Eco-Sustainability Services, Tata Consultancy Services
- André Andonian, Director, McKinsey & Co.
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Stephen Hammer, Director, JUCCCE Energy Smart Cities Initiative
11:30: Closing Keynote – Dr. Han Seung-soo, Former Prime Minister of the republic of Korea and the Chair of board of Directors, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Hosted by: The Climate GroupBusiness Climate 2010
9:00am - 6:30pm | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, -51 West 52nd Street,New York, NY, 10019$495 |Invite Only
The conference BusinessClimate 2010 is co-presented by carbonRational, The Carbon War Room, and PricewaterhouseCoopers and hosted by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe at their Black Rock Building offices, 51 West 52nd Street in New York on Tuesday September 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. followed by a cocktail reception from 5-6:30pm . Participants will examine how addressing climate change and building a zero-carbon economy presents the greatest business opportunity of the 21st century.
Topics to be covered include:
- A Moore’s Law for Sustainability
- Breakthrough Energy for Gigaton-level Emissions Reductions
- Competition Driving a Carbon-constricted Economy
- How Information Will Replace Energy
- The link between Entrepreneurialism and Sustainability in the 21st century economy
Speakers
Expected speakers include:
- Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group
- Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres,
- Craig Cogut of Pegasus Capital,
- Matt Arnold, Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Jigar Shah of the Carbon War Room,
- Andrew McKeon, Principle, carbonRational
- Hannah Granade, CEO, Advantix
- Paul Dickinson, CEO, the Carbon Disclosure Project,
- Rich Lechner, Vice President for Environment & Energy, IBM
- Stephen Harper, Director of Environment and Energy Policy, Intel Corporation
- Clay Nesler, Vice President, Global Energy and Sustainability, Johnson Controls
- Andrew Winston, author of "Green Recovery" and co-author of "Green to Gold"
- Mark Gunther, conference chair, FORTUNE Magazine's Brainstorm: Green
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Fabien Cousteau, Founder, Plant a Fish
For more information, visit http://www.businessclimate2010.com, http://www.carbonrational.com, http://twitter.com/carbonRational
UN Week Digital Media Lounge
11:00am - 5:00pm | 92nd Street Y -Lexington Avenue at 92nd StreetNY, NY, 10128No fee but accreditation is needed: http://mash.to/2hRQL |Open to the PublicFollowing the Social Good Summit, the United Nations Foundation, which advocates for the UN by providing a platform for connecting people, ideas and resources, is sponsoring the week’s Digital Media Lounge from September 21-24 with 92Y and Mashable.
Hosted at 92Y, the fully wired Digital Media Lounge will provide the on-line community exclusive access to high-level UN officials and international leaders. Newsmakers and experts in global issues and social media will talk with bloggers and journalists both in person and through a Skype video calling facility. Parts of the event will be also streamed online with Livestream.com.
There is no fee required to access the Digital Media Lounge but accreditation is necessary for access and can be obtained at http://mash.to/2hRQL.
Crossing the Commercialization Valley of Death: Financing Clean Energy Technologies
1:30pm - 3:00pm | Location TBC -Invite OnlyNY
Clean energy technologies have made substantial progress over the past decade, as they have been positioned to address such issues as climate change, energy diversification and, for many nations, energy independence. Leading-edge technologies such as concentrated solar power (CSP), electric vehicles (EVs), and smart grids are proliferating more rapidly than ever before. However, critical financing gaps remain before these technologies can be adopted in a truly widespread and meaningful way.
While venture capital firms or corporate research & development departments will support small-scale pilot projects, the initial commercialization phases are generally beyond these budgets, creating an often-insurmountable “valley of death” before larger institutions are prepared to step in and finance a commercially viable project. This intermediate financing phase has quickly emerged as a central theme for policymakers, project developers, and now the financial community.
Panel Discussion
This event will highlight the experience of clean energy companies that have successfully traversed the “valley of death,” and seek to identify a series of policy and financing solutions needed to unlock a greater level of private sector investment into clean energy technologies.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Peter Grauer, Chairman, Bloomberg L.P.
- Amy Davidsen, US Executive Director, The Climate Group
- Brian Bolster, Managing Director, Cleantech Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
- Kevin Czinger, President and CEO, CODA Automotive
- Jonathan Maxwell, Co-founder and CEO, Sustainable Development Capital
- Jeffrey McDermott, Founder and Managing Partner, Greentech Capital Advisors
- Ethan Zindler, Global Head of Policy Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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Ken Locklin, Director of Finance and Investment, Clean Energy Group
Sponsored by: Bloomberg New Energy Finance and The Climate Group
For more information, visit http://bnef.com/
World Climate Summit – Launch
5:15pm - 7:00pm | Offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, -Invite Only51 West 52nd Street, 23rd FloorNY, NY, 10019
Press launch of the World Climate Summit (WCS). The World Climate Summit the largest business conference during the UNFCCC COP16, Cancun, Mexico.
The World Climate Summit is a 10-year summit dedicated to accelerate economic solutions to climate change by 2020. The World Climate Summit will convene the world’s leading businesses, financiers, philanthropists and governments, so that they can collaborate, innovate, and finance, local and global solutions. This high-profile 2-day summit will take place on December 4-5th at The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun, Mexico.
The World Climate Summit is managed by World Climate Ltd and is dedicated to accelerating economic solutions to climate change. World Climate Ltd facilitates events, collaborations, and matchmaking between businesses, financiers, philanthropists and governments on regional, national and global economic solutions to climate change.
This event is part of BusinessClimate 2010.
Partners and Sponsors: UNEP FI, UN Global Compact, World Bank, Carbon Disclosure Project, ICLEI, BrightGreen, ProMexico, Prince of Wales’ Corporate Leaders Group.For more information, visit http://www.worldclimatesummit.com/, http://twitter.com/wclimate
New Ideas for Electric Transportation: recent developments in New York State and Quebec
5:30pm - 7:30pm | Harvard Club of New York City -Open to the Public35 West 44th StreetNew York, NY
Many of the breakthroughs in battery technology and electric vehicles take place thanks to a close collaboration between businesses, research centers and governments at the regional and local levels.
This panel discussion focuses on a cross-border case study of innovations in the development of battery technology and electric vehicles in New York State and Quebec. Major North American companies such as General Motors, Hydro-Quebec, General Electric and Nova Bus will share their experience in applying electric battery technology to a range of vehicles, from passenger cars to buses to locomotives.
Moderated by Dr. David King, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University
Confirmed panellists:
- Pierre-Luc Desgagné, Principal Director, Strategic Planning and Government Relations, Hydro Québec
- Richard F. Drake, Program Manager, Transportation & Power Systems R & D, NYSERDA
- Gary Stottler, Manager, Demo Fleet Vehicle Service, Support and Infrastructure, General Motors
- Matthew C. Nielsen, Principal Scientist, GE Global Research
- René Allen, Vice President, Production and Planning, NovaBus
- Dr. Karim Zaghib, H.D.R., Administrator, Energy Storage and Conversion Department, IREQ
A reception will follow the panel discussion.This event is sponsored by Quebec Government Office in New York, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and NYSERDA.
RSVP to Alain Olivier
You can also follow the Quebec Government Office in New York on Twitter: http://twitter.com/QuebecNewYork
