Green:Net 09

Where Green and Networks Meet

March 24, 2009

Golden Gate Club, San Francisco, CA

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The First Green Conference for the Internet Technology Industry

At Green:Net, we’ll show you how the tools created in the Internet, computing and IT revolutions will be crucial for fighting climate change. Whether you’re in a corporation looking to learn about best Green IT practices or you’re an entrepreneur looking for your next venture, Green:Net in San Francisco is a must-attend event that will allow you to take away the best ideas, contacts and thinkers in this space.

The conference, designed by Om Malik and Katie Fehrenbacher, will highlight the opportunities ahead. The conference has sold out early, but tune in to Earth2Tech for live coverage of the event. We will spend the day exchanging practices and ideas for a better world.

To minimize the environmental footprint of the event, we have made strong efforts to “Make Green:Net Green.” We have chosen environmentally preferable goods and services where possible and minimized the waste, energy use, and carbon footprint of this event. 100% of the carbon emissions associated with Green:Net have been offset through the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, including attendee travel and on-site electricity use.

Our topics include:

Dotcom Investors Turn to Cleantech

The investors that funded the Internet wave are now leading investments in cleantech firms. But the industries are vastly different, requiring different skill sets, longer timelines and more money. Get a map of the opportunities and the funds chasing deals at this session.

Energy-Efficient Data Centers: Save Money and the Planet

Computing can help us fight climate change, but it’s also a huge user of electricity. Servers alone were responsible for using 5 times the national power requirement of a nation like Sweden. How are computing giants making data centers and networks more energy efficient? What are the impacts and what can be done to make corporate IT more green responsible?

Software Tools for Measuring Impact, Managing Risk

Companies are developing and using software to monitor everything from corporate carbon emissions to in-building energy consumption to rooftop solar panel output. With more carbon regulation around the corner, every company will need a corporate energy and carbon strategy, and software will be a critical component of gathering, storing and managing that data.

The New Networked Car

IT tools are landing in the unlikeliest of places — even your vehicle. The next generation of electric cars will fuel up from the power grid, and the charge will be controlled by software and a utility data center. Startups are building the systems now — are the big auto makers ready?

Power 2.0: Understanding the Smart Grid

The next generation of the electrical system is predicted to grow to a $65 billion business by 2013. Both startups born out of the IT world and large corporations manufacturing networking equipment will help utilities remake infrastructure that has seen little innovation in the last century. Who are the innovators, and what software and network technology will usher in the next generation of the power grid?

Leveraging the Social Web for Green Activism — Profitably

The Internet created a social movement that propelled Barack Obama into the White House, and leaders from Al Gore to Google’s Eric Schmidt think the web can rally the same powerful response to fight climate change. Which web sites can create a successful call to action and what business models can monetize the green movement?

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Keynote Speakers

Bob Metcalfe: Founder, 3Com
Partner, Polaris Ventures
Rob Bernard: Chief Environment Strategist,
Microsoft

Opening Address

Gavin Newsom: Mayor of San Francisco

Speaker Lineup

Saul Griffith: President & Chief Scientist, Makani Power and Founder, Wattzon.com
Steve Westly: Managing Partner, The Westly Group
Paul Holland: General Partner, Foundation Capital
Rich Lechner: VP Energy & Environment, IBM
Dr. Albert Esser: VP of Data Center Infrastructure Group, Dell
Martin Tobias: Founder & CEO, Kashless, Inc.
Adrian Farley: Chief Deputy Director for Policy and Program Management, State of California
Will Semmes: Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of General Services, State of California
Rob Aldrich: Sr Manager & Principle, Energy Efficient Solutions, Cisco
Sunil Sharan: Director, Smart Grid Initiative, GE Energy T&D
Rolf Schreiber: RechargeIT Engineer, Google
Mark Zanoli: Managing Director, JP Morgan
Christina Page: Director, Climate and Energy Strategy, Yahoo!
Erik Straser: Partner, MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures
Kenneth G. Brill: Executive Director, Uptime Institute
Dara O'Rourke: CEO, GoodGuide
Erin Carlson: Director of Yahoo! for Good, Yahoo!
Gavin Starks: CEO, AMEE
Jesse Berst: Managing Director, Global Smart Energy
Jonathan Gay: Founder, Greenbox Technology
Bill Vogel: CEO and Founder, Trilliant Inc.
Andrew Tang: Sr Director, Smart Energy Web, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Alexis Madrigal: Staff Writer, Wired.com
Jonathan Koomey: Project Scientist & Professor, Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Laboratory & Stanford Univ
Ron Dembo: CEO & Founder, Zerofootprint
Richard Lowenthal: CEO, Coulomb Technologies
Alex Wissner-Gross: Co-Founder & CTO, CO2Stats
Jason Karas: Founder & President, Carbonrally.com
Scott Lang: CEO, Silver Spring Networks
Jeremy Jaech: CEO, Verdiem Corporation
Felix Kramer: Founder, The California Cars Initiative (Calcars.org)
Michael Copeland: Senior Writer, Fortune
Navin Chaddha: Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Jason Wolf: VP of Business Development, Better Place
Kevin Marks: Developer Advocate, Google, Open Social
Raffi Krikorian: Co-Founder, Wattzon.com
Eric Miller: Chief Solutions Officer, Trilliant
Karl Lewis: Chief Strategy Officer, GridPoint
Rich Miller: President, Data Center Knowledge
Eric Dresselhuys: Vice President and Co-Founder, Silver Spring Networks
Paul Kedrosky: Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation
Richard Barber: CTO and Vice President of Engineering, CarbonFlow
Steve Burt: CEO, EQ2
Lori Duvall: Corporate Sustainability, Sun
Gil Friend: CEO, Natural Logic
John Clark: Electric Vehicle Management, GridPoint