News Release NR-3408
21st NREL Industry Growth Forum to Feature 35 Clean Energy Companies
State and National Leaders to speak about Growth in the Clean Energy Industry
October 27, 2008
Thirty-five clean energy companies, including nine Colorado companies, will gather in Denver Oct. 28 – 30 to present their clean energy business cases to a panel of national venture capitalists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory 21st Industry Growth Forum.
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Senator Ken Salazar and Vinod Khosla, founding CEO of Sun Microsystems are slated to speak to nearly 500 participants at this year’s Forum. Xcel Energy Foundation will present awards totaling $25,000 to the Best Early Venture of the Year, Best Early Seed Investment of the Year and the Best Later Stage Investment of the Year. High resolution photos are available online at: ftp://ftp.nrel.gov/pub/pix-out/NREL_Growth_Forum/.
WHAT: 21st NREL Industry Growth Forum
WHO: U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory
WHEN: Tues. Oct. 28 – Thurs. Oct. 30
WHERE: Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801 Quebec St., Denver, CO 80207
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATIONS:
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Tues., Oct. 28 Noon – 12:30 p.m. |
Bill Ritter, Governor of Colorado |
Welcome and Forum opening remarks – Colorado’s role in the Renewable Energy Industry |
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Tues., Oct. 28 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
John Hickenlooper, Mayor, City of Denver |
Gala Welcome Reception – Clean Energy growth Opportunities in Denver |
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Wed., Oct. 29 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. |
Dan Arvizu, Director NREL |
Vision for NREL |
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Wed., Oct. 29 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. |
Ken Salazar, Colorado Senator |
Colorado’s Vision for Clean Energy within the National Context |
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Wed., Oct. 29 Keynote Luncheon Speaker Noon – 1:30 p.m. |
Vinod Khosla, Founding Partner, Khosla Ventures and founder CEO of Sun Microsystems |
Vinod Khosla has risen to green-tech fame by investing in companies through his firm Khosla Ventures. Khosla will give his perspective on today’s financial markets. |
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Thurs. Oct. 30 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. |
Jay Herrmann, Vice President, Control Center, Xcel Energy |
Xcel Energy Foundation sponsored presentation of Industry Growth Forum awards
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More than $1.2 billion has been raised by companies presenting at the forum since 2004.
Conference registration is required to attend the 21st NREL Industry Growth Forum. Complete registration details and the full agenda are available at: http://cleanenergyforum.com/index.php
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.
Contacts:
Marty Murphy and Rich Bolin Co-Chairs, 21st NREL Industry Growth Forum
303-275-3050 and 303-275-3028, lawrence_murphy@nrel.gov and richard_bolin@nrel.gov
Industry Growth Forum Web site: http://cleanenergyforum.com/
CCI and associated Web sites: http://www.corecolorado.org/
http://www.milehigh.com/business/greenerdenver/cleantech
For further information contact NREL Public Relations at (303) 275-4090.
