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Austin Energy and the Clean Energy Incubator are proud to announce the fourth annual Clean Energy Venture Summit, “Re-Imagining the Built Environment,” on September 29-30, 2010 at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin, Texas. This Summit gives early stage clean energy companies a chance to audition their technologies for inclusion in Austin’s $10.4M DOE smart-grid/smart-home demonstration project. Competitors will present their innovations to venture capitalists, angel investors and potential strategic investors as well as decision makers from Austin Energy, the Pecan Street Project and local government.
The Pecan Street Project is the nation’s most ambitious city-wide clean energy laboratory. The demonstration project, which includes 1,000 homes and 75 businesses, will deploy and monitor novel energy technologies.
A series of moderated panel discussions will focus on clean energy innovations in seven focus areas of the Pecan Street Project demonstration project: energy management, building-integrated energy efficiency technologies, smart appliances, energy information systems, smart resource management (electricity, water, gas and waste), distributed energy storage and distributed fueling for transportation. Keynote speakers will include industry leaders at the forefront of innovation in the smart-grid/smart-home arena. Meals and social mixers round out your opportunities to learn, influence, educate and associate with peers from around the country.
We expect 500 participants, including early stage clean technology entrepreneurs and investors. We would love for you to join our team and help sponsor CEVS 2010.
If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact:
Clay Robison - Company Applications, PR, and Information
Clean Enery Venture Summit Director
Email - crobison@ati.utexas.edu
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Austin Energy is the nation’s 9th largest public power electric utility with more than 400,000 customers and $1.2 billion in annual revenues. Austin Energy is a leader nationwide in the use and promotion of clean energy technologies. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, for example, has ranked Austin Energy’s GreenChoice® program #1 in the nation for the last seven years in a row for the most sales by a utility-sponsored green power program. The Green Building program, started in 1991, was the first program of its kind in the country to rate buildings by the number of energy-efficient features that are incorporated into their design and construction. The Utility’s energy-efficiency programs are the most comprehensive in the nation and since 1982 have collectively offset the need to build an 850 megawatt power plant. Austin Energy also led the Plug-In Partners National Campaign to demonstrate to automakers that there is nationwide support by consumers for the manufacture of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to lessen our dependence on foreign oil and reduce greenhouse gases. The Utility has joined with the Clean Energy Incubator to beta test clean energy technologies to support the development of clean energy companies in Central Texas that will benefit both our economy and environment. |
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The ATI Clean Energy Incubator (CEI) gives young clean energy companies the resources they need to succeed and grow into self-sustaining entities that contribute jobs to Austin and intellectual capital to the world. Located in Austin, Texas, CEI provides the resources and facilities necessary for start-ups to attract funding, aggressively compete in the free market, and turn ideas into reality.
Clean Energy Incubator members and alums include venture focusing on the development or commercialization of proprietary technology in areas including renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy management, distributed resources, energy storage, fuel cells, microturbines, power quality, alternative fuels, and transportation. CEI can serve as a talent pipeline for its member companies.
Since 2002, CEI has served 18 companies within the renewable and energy efficiency sectors; more specifically, these companies range from geothermal power and biofuels, to wind energy and water conservation. With CEI's assistance, companies fill in knowledge gaps and build stronger business propositions, helping to increase their chance for success. Current member companies can be found on our portfolio page. |
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's broad range of services and legal disciplines is focused on serving the principal challenges faced by the management and boards of directors of business enterprises. The firm is nationally recognized as a leader in the fields of corporate governance and finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities class action litigation, employment law, intellectual property, and antitrust, among many other areas of law. With long-standing roots in Silicon Valley, the firm has offices in Austin, New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's energy and clean technology practice is built on the firm's leadership in the fields of corporate law, intellectual property counseling and patents, venture capital finance, project finance, technology transactions, mergers and acquisitions, energy regulation, tax, and real estate and environmental law. Our attorneys counsel companies and entrepreneurs creating and commercializing clean technologies in a wide variety of industry segments, including renewable energy (such as geothermal, wind, solar, ocean, biomass, and biofuel); fuel cell, battery, and other energy-storage technologies; distributed power generation systems; software, sensors, and controls; and grid management/interface enhancements. Experienced in issues involving climate change and strategic carbon counseling, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati also helps its clients both mitigate risks posed by global climate change and maximize opportunities created by the solutions to this issue. For additional information, please visit www.wsgr.com. |
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Brown McCarroll is one of Austin’s largest law firms, with additional offices in Dallas and Houston. Our attorneys have experience counseling a variety of companies in all types and stages of renewable and clean energy development. Our experience includes representation of power generation and transmission companies —including projects using biomass, wind, solar, geothermal and coal-derived clean fuels—and practical applications involving air emissions compliance and interconnection to the electric power grid. Our multi-disciplinary Climate Change and Renewable Energy attorney team combines broad industry experience in the areas of state regulatory, financing, tax, corporate, land use, and real estate to help make clean energy projects a reality throughout Texas. We have been at the forefront of advancing and shaping legislative and regulatory policy regarding Texas' electric market development and restructuring, renewable energy deployment and integration, and energy efficiency, as well as Texas environmental law. Members of our team regularly represent clients before state regulatory agencies, including the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. We have been a member of the Austin legal community since 1938, and are proud to support programs—such as the Clean Energy Venture Summit—that help keep Central Texas on the cutting-edge of clean energy technology. For more information, please visit: www.brownmccarroll.com. |
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Winstead PC, one of the largest business law firms in Texas, is an early leader of the burgeoning clean technology and renewable energy industry. Winstead represents investors, lenders, utilities, developers, research institutes, universities, cooperatives, and municipalities, as well as some of the largest energy purchasers throughout the alternative energy and electricity industry sectors. Winstead represents:
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The Austin Chamber of Commerce represents the central Texas business community and targets clean energy as an industry sector for job growth and investment. The Pecan Street Project’s focus on creating a new energy system creates opportunities for new technologies and companies to form. Pecan Street Project further enhances the robust clean tech ecosystem in Austin, which aids the Chamber’s mission of recruiting new companies to the region. Through Pecan Street Project, the Chamber will have an opportunity to continue working with UT Austin, Austin Energy, EDF, and the local clean tech community on developing Austin into a global center of excellence in new energy technologies and policy implementation. |
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SAIL Venture Partners LLC (www.sailvc.com) is a cleantech investment firm with unique global insight into technologies, markets and opportunities. Drawing on decades of experience in cleantech and in growing successful businesses, the SAIL team invests in emerging cleantech companies with proven technologies, visionary leadership, demonstrated revenue and profit growth potential. SAIL has invested in a number of today's leading global cleantech companies, including: The Cleantech Group, Xtreme Power, Ice Energy, Enerpulse, Kokam Advanced Batteries, SNTech Motors, and WaterHealth International. For more information, visit www.sailvc.com. |
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The Pecan Street Project is a bold effort to establish the City of Austin as America's clean energy laboratory. We will design and implement an energy generation and management system that generates a power plant's worth of power from clean sources within the city limits and delivers it over an advanced delivery system that allows for unprecedented customer energy management and conservation. Pecan Street Project, Inc., a separate non-profit organization created through Phase I, will steer the mission and vision of the founding partners according to the Phase I recommendations through demonstration projects, additional analysis and research, intensive public outreach, education and testing new technologies, products and services. The first demonstration project will be at the Mueller development in central Austin. Mueller is a 711-acre mixed-use redevelopment of Austin's former municipal airport. It's located just two miles from the U.T. campus and three miles from the Texas Capitol. The Department of Energy awarded the Pecan Street Project, Inc., federal stimulus funds to develop an advanced clean energy system at Mueller that's called an "Energy Internet." An Energy Internet is a next generation smart grid that makes it possible to integrate rooftop solar, sophisticated smart grid software, electric vehicles, green building and water and sprinkler systems. Over the next five years, this project will deploy some of the most advanced clean energy and smart grid technologies, and we will be doing it at Mueller. |
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Austin Business Journal is owned by American City Business Journals, the largest publisher of metropolitan business newsweeklies in the United States, with 40 business journals across the country. ACBJ reaches millions of readers who are highly engaged in their industries and hobbies. For additional information please visit www.austinbusinessjournal.com . |
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Good Company Associates is an Austin-based consulting firm specializing in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and smart grid applications such as energy management, energy storage, and demand response. We primarily focus on the Texas market, where we’ve played an important role in the development of efficiency and renewables policy, projects, and programs since 1991. Specific service offerings include business development consulting, government & regulatory affairs, project management, technical advice, and economic analysis. For more information, please visit www.goodcompanyassociates.com. |
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The Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities is a nonprofit organization founded in 2006 that promotes sustainable communities by facilitating the adoption of new technologies for energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy storage, and smart energy management into the built environment.
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Maxwell Locke & Ritter is the largest locally owned and managed accounting and consulting firm in the Greater Austin Area. Our mission is to help companies and people achieve their dreams by selecting Great People, serving Great Clients and focusing on Great Execution. We create an environment of open communication, honesty, compassion, respect, and active community participation. Through these efforts, our employees voted us one of Central Texas’ Best Places to Work seven years running. |
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Andrews Kurth has counseled energy technology companies for more than a century. Our Technology and Emerging Companies Group is a dedicated team of attorneys providing focused representation to entrepreneurs and cutting edge start-ups from inception to IPO and beyond. We counsel energy and clean technology companies, venture capitalists, private equity firms, investment banks, lenders and traders on formation, operations and corporate governance matters; venture capital financings; public offerings; and mergers and acquisitions. For additional information, please visit www.andrewskurth.com. |
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Baker Botts is an international law firm recognized for our creative approach to the legal and business issues facing our clients. The work we do is often groundbreaking.
With approximately 750 lawyers and a worldwide network of offices, Baker Botts works with our clients on a wide range of matters. Our approach to the law practice is collaborative, with lawyers functioning as integrated teams to bring the most appropriate response to client needs. Since 1840, Baker Botts has been highly regarded for our integrity, our work ethic, the quality of our legal advice, and our people. |
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KUT 90.5FM, Austin’s 50 year old listener-supported public radio, is dedicated to be the most trusted radio source for news and music in Central Texas. A founding member of NPR, KUT also serves the community with award winning local news as well as a unique blend of hand picked Austin music. KUT offers Underwriters the ability to connect with the people who shape Austin and is ranked as a top public station in the US. For information on Austin-centric marketing: ksiliven@kut.org |
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The British Consulate-General serves to promote links between Science and Innovation providers and users in the UK and US. This is done through its contacts in US industry, academia and research institutions. The Houston office identifies opportunities for collaboration between those on the cutting-edge of Science and Innovation in Texas and the UK. The Consulate also works to see that UK policy makers are fully informed about any developments in its six-state region (Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas), as well as promote the UK as a world-class leader in science and innovation. The team facilitates international research collaboration and technology transfer, working closely with the Consulate's Trade and Investment section. For more information about UK Trade & Investment, click here. |
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Cedar Park is the third largest city in the Austin metropolitan area, known for its outstanding schools and pro-business climate. Cedar Park is home to many innovative high tech firms such as ETS-Lindgren, Mystic Pharmaceuticals, Integrated Bank Technology, EEStor, and Fallbrook Technologies. These companies enjoy Cedar Park's highly skilled workforce, low cost of doing business, and easy access to Austin via the 183A Expressway and the Capital MetroRail. |
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JETRO helps U.S. companies set up an office in Japan quickly & cost effectively by providing expertise, resources, and industry connections. Because JETRO is an independent agency of the Japanese government, we are able to provide many of our services for free. Visit www.jetro.org |
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