Shad Balch

General Motors

Tom Baruch

Founder and Managing Director, CMEA Capital

Tom Baruch is the Founder and Managing Director of CMEA Capital. Tom heads up the firm's energy & materials investments. He serves as Chairman of the Board of materials and energy companies including: Codexis, Inc., Intermolecular and Wildcat Discovery Technologies. Tom also serves on the boards of Entropic Communications and Solyndra. Tom holds an engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Juris Doctor degree from Capital University. He is a registered patent attorney and also a member of the Board of Trustees of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Tom is also both a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of Competitiveness and a member of the Steering Committee of the ESIS Initiative (Energy, Security, Innovation and Sustainability) of the Council of Competitiveness.

Troy Batterberry

Product Unit Manager, Microsoft Hohm, Microsoft

Batterberry leads the company's effort to develop and deliver products and services that enable consumers to better manage and ultimately reduce their home energy consumption. As a 12 year veteran of Microsoft, Troy has served in various leadership roles creating and delivering dozens of various Windows Media products and services used by hundreds of millions of people. Before joining Microsoft in 1997, Troy worked as a systems engineer at Sony Corp. designing advanced interactive digital television systems for commercial aircraft. Troy holds numerous patents, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering from North Dakota State University, and a Master’s Degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Southern California.

Tom Blaisdell

DCM

Lee Burrows

Partner, VantagePoint Venture Partners

Lee Burrows joined VantagePoint Venture Partners in 2002, bringing with him 15 years of broad semiconductor technology expertise, specifically in the areas of semiconductor processing, advanced materials, power storage and management, and battery, lighting, and smart grid technologies. Previously, he founded an optical component company that was subsequently acquired by New Focus, a leading photonics solutions provider. Lee holds six patents, with two additional patents pending in optical networking and device manufacturing. He graduated with honors from the California Institute of Technology (BS, MS) and is also a candidate for a PhD in Applied Physics.

Navin Chaddha

Managing Director, Mayfield Fund

Navin Chaddha was ranked on the Forbes Midas List of top 15 dealmakers in 2008 and 2009. Chaddha invests in the Cleantech, Internet, Enterprise and Telecom industries in the US and India. He has made over 30 investments in the past, of which nine have had IPOs and eight have been acquired. Prior to becoming a VC, Chaddha was founder and Chief Technical Operator of VXtreme that was acquired by Microsoft and became Windows Media. He was also the co-founder of iBeam Broadcasting (NASDAQ IPO) and Chief Executive Officer of Rivio (acquired by CPA2Biz). Chaddha holds an MS degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a B. Tech degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi and holds over 35 patents.

Anirban Chakrabarti

SVP of SAP Carbon Impact, SAP

Anirban Chakrabarti or "AC" has been an executive in the enterprise software space for well over a decade from large organizations to venture backed start-up firms. At SAP, "AC" is the SVP and General Manager of SAP's Carbon Impact business unit. Previously, he was the President and Co-Founder of a cleantech venture backed start-up called Clear Standards that offered the leading on-demand software solution for carbon management and green compliance, where companies can use a single platform to assess their footprint, analyze impact, and act on green initiatives. Clear Standards was acquired by SAP in June 2009. Prior to Clear Standards, AC was an executive at Siebel Systems, Inc. and a management consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Amit Chatterjee

CEO and Founder, Hara

Amit Chatterjee is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder of Hara Software. Prior to founding Hara he led SAP’s fast-growing Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) unit, increasing revenues from $30 million to $250 million during his tenure. Mr. Chatterjee developed his strategic and leadership experience while at McKinsey & Co., working with clients such as SAP, Cisco and Oracle. His contributions to environmental and energy management started with Global Reporting Institute, UN Global Compact and at Harvard’s JFK School of Public Policy. For his work in the GRC space, Mr. Chatterjee was selected T&R Magazine’s 2007 list of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance 2007. Mr. Chatterjee has B.A. degrees in Political Science and Chemistry from UC Berkeley, with graduate studies at Stanford University.

Eric Dresselhuys

EVP, Silver Spring Networks

Eric has been with Silver Spring since it was founded in 2002. Eric has more than ten years of experience in advanced metering and communications sales and marketing. He has held various roles in customer development, new product development and product introductions. Eric has presented a number of technical and commercial papers related to advanced metering and smart grid technologies and was a founder of OpenAMI. He currently serves on the board of directors of the DRSG Coalition (Demand Response and Smart Grid) and has served on the Automatic Meter Reading Association’s (AMRA) Marketing and Development Committee. Eric previously spent nine years at Procter & Gamble in various sales and marketing roles. He holds a B.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Last summer Eric installed solar-powered lights around his home.

Jason Few

President, Reliant Energy

Jason Few, President of Reliant Energy has a successful record running and launching new businesses, leading large global teams and bringing new technologies to market. He joined Reliant energy in July 2008 from Motorola, Inc., where he was corporate vice president and general manager for Companion Products. He previously oversaw Motorola’s global retail, distribution, quality and customer advocacy, as well as marketing of the North American mobile devices business. Prior to joining Motorola, he led SBC Communications’ broadband, SBC Yahoo and business development activities. Few serves on the board of directors of Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SVR), and the board of the Greater Houston Partnership. He also serves on the boards for Rebuilding Together Houston and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago.

Josie Garthwaite

The GigaOM Network

Saul Griffith

Squid Labs

Bill Gross

CEO, Idealab

Bill Gross is the Founder and CEO of Idealab. Bill started Idealab in 1996, and in 14 years has created and built 75 technology companies, including Overture (acquired by Yahoo!), Internet Brands (NASDAQ:INET) and Picasa (acquired by Google). In 2007, Idealab created eSolar with the mission to develop utility-scale concentrating solar power projects and Bill served as the company's CEO until recently. Bill was a serial entrepreneur before starting Idealab, creating successful companies in high school and while pursuing an engineering degree at Caltech. He sold his company, GNP Development, to Lotus 1985 and in 1991 he started Knowledge Adventure, which he later sold to Vivendi. Bill is on numerous boards and serves as a Trustee at the Art Center College of Design and Caltech.

Dian M. Grueneich

Commissioner, California Public Utility Commission

Commissioner Grueneich is a nationally recognized expert in energy and environmental issues, with over 30 years experience. She was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission in 2005 by Governor Schwarzenegger and confirmed unanimously.Commissioner Grueneich serves as lead Commissioner at the Commission on energy efficiency, overseeing energy efficiency programs delivered by California investor-owned utilities. She provided leadership for the development of the California Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan (www.californiaenergyefficiency.com) and in August 2008, received the National Champion of Energy Efficiency Award by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy for outstanding career-long leadership in the energy efficiency field and innovation in utility regulation.

Jim Hanson

Energy and Utility Principal, Motorola

Jim Hanson heads up the Energy & Utility Industry vertical within Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility Solutions business. Hanson is responsible for engaging with internal and external organizations, channels, partners and alliances to develop and deliver solutions for Motorola’s energy customers. Hanson has more than 20 years experience in this field and is currently a member of Utilimetrics, Utilities Telecom Council, Edison Electric Institute and Gridwise organizations. Prior to Motorola, Hanson worked for American Meter/Ruhr Gas, Schlumberger Industries, Teldata/First Point Inc. and National Grid Company PLC.

Casey Harrell

Greenpeace

Brian Huey

Sprint Nextel

Laura Ipsen

SVP and GM, Smart Grid, Cisco

Laura Ipsen is responsible for shaping Cisco’s Smart Grid vision and strategy, building an extensive product and services portfolio, and managing a strategic plan for communicating to Cisco customers, partners, shareholders, and employees. Ipsen is also the co-chair of Cisco’s EcoBoard, which leads Cisco’s comprehensive “green” strategy related to the use of IT to achieve a positive impact on the environment and climate change. Previously, Ipsen established and managed the Global Policy and Government Affairs division for Cisco and was responsible for developing Cisco’s public policy agenda and advancing governmental policies in support of broadband and IP-based technologies. Ipsen serves on the boards of the GridWise Alliance, the Public Affairs Council, One Economy Corporation, and the Technology Board for Pacific Research Institute.

Steve Jurvetson

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Paul Kedrosky

Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation

As Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, Paul Kedrosky shares his experience as a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and academic to explore new programming opportunities for the Foundation in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation, and capital markets. Kedrosky is a venture capitalist, media personality, and entrepreneur. He is a sought-after speaker; an analyst for CNBC television; a columnist for TheStreet/RealMoney; the editor of Infectious Greed, one of the best-known business blogs on the Internet; and he is frequently quoted in major publications around the world. He has published more than 300 articles in academic and non-academic publications. Kedrosky also is a venture partner with Ventures West, one of North America's longest-standing institutional venture capital firms.

Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

Jonathan Koomey

Project Scientist and Consulting Professor, Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Laboratory and Stanford

Jonathan Koomey is a Project Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a Consulting Professor at Stanford University, and was (for the Autumn semester of 2009) a visiting professor at Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Dr. Koomey holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley, and an A.B. in History of Science from Harvard University. He is the author or coauthor of eight books and more than 150 articles and reports, and is one of the leading international experts on the economics of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of information technology on resource use. His latest solo book is the 2nd edition of Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving http:/www.analyticspress.com.

Edward Lu

Program Manager in Advanced Projects, Google

Edward Lu serves as a Program Manager in Advanced Projects at Google and leads a team of engineers working to develop PowerMeter, an energy information software tool that will enable consumers to make informed choices about their energy use as they browse the web, read email, or use a mobile phone. Prior to his position with Google, Ed served as a NASA astronaut for twelve years. He manned two Space Shuttle missions, a Russian Soyuz mission, and spent a six-month tour on-board the International Space Station. Ed is an electrical engineer with a PhD in applied physics, with a specialty in theoretical astrophysics.

Alexis Madrigal

Staff Writer, WIRED.com

By day, Alexis Madrigal is a staff writer at Wired.com, where works on Wired Science, the largest science blog in the world. By night, he's the author of a forthcoming book on the history of green technology and a visiting scholar at University of California Berkeley’s Office for the History of Science and Technology. He’s been invited to speak at South by Southwest, Berkeley Journalism School, Stanford Law School, E3, and Webvisions, and his work will be anthologized in Best Technology Writing 2010. To celebrate the completion of his book, he's contemplating getting a tattoo of the Duffy wave motor, patented in 1895.

Hugh McDermott

Better Place VP, Global Utility Alliances, Better Place

McDermott leads the company’s smart-grid and utility ecosystem initiatives. He has over 25 years of experience in technology and service enterprises in the energy infrastructure and cleantech sectors. Before joining Better Place, he was a member of the founding management team of Nexant, a former unit of Bechtel spun-off in 2000 to provide advisory and software solutions for the electricity generation and transmission sector. During his 10 years with Nexant, McDermott successfully led several strategic initiatives including the firm’s entry into the South Asia market, His early experience includes co-founding several start-ups in the areas of electricity retailing and marketing as well as commercialization of advanced energy technologies in the areas of energy storage and high-efficiency industrial end-use technologies.

Bill McKibben

Author, Educator, Environmentalist, EAARTH: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, Deep Economy, and numerous other books. He is the founder of the environmental organizations Step It Up and 350.org, and was among the first to warn of the dangers of global warming. A former staff writer for the New Yorker, he writes regularly for Harper's, the Atlantic, and the New York Review of Books, among other publications. He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and lives in Vermont with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, and their daughter.

Allan Schurr

VP Strategy and Development, IBM

Allan Schurr is responsible for IBM’s market strategy, regulatory policy, and partner management for the global electric, gas, and water industries. IBM’s solutions include offerings in customer management, advanced metering infrastructure, and work & asset management that integrate the breadth of IBM hardware, software, and service offerings. Schurr has testified before the US Congress regarding smart grid technology. In 2010 he was named to earth2tech’s Top 15 Connected Car Influencers, and he holds a patent for System and Method for Energy Usage Curtailment and received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California Davis and a masters in business administration from St. Mary’s College in California. He is a registered engineer in the State of California.

Jeff St. John

The GigaOM Network

Andy Stanford-Clark

IBM Academy of Technology

Gavin Starks

Founder and CEO, AMEE

Gavin is the founding Director of AMEE (http://www.amee.com). Gavin has blended novel business, technology, science and media concepts for more than a decade; and delivered tangible results. Leading projects with organizations as diverse as the UK Government, Google, BBC, Rolls Royce, LogicaCMG, Shell and Christian Aid, he has broad and deep knowledge of how data can change the world. He holds a BSc in Astronomy: working in Radio Astrophysics at the Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory; and a Master’s in Computer-Music (in 1993 he created and lectured new IEEE courses in Electronics and Music at Glasgow University, also developing internet-based research tools).

Steve Vassallo

Foundation Capital

Martin Vesper

Executive Director, Yello Strom GmbH

Mr. Martin Vesper is Executive Director of Yello Strom. Within the EDF Group he holds the position as Head of Business line B2C. He joined Yello in 2001. Before he worked for Vorwerk & Co. in different positions, as Head of Controlling & IT, as Head of Customer Service and as Project Leader of a Service Business Reengineering program. He holds a Diploma in Business Mathematics from the University of Ulm, Germany and a MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

Molly Webb

Head of Strategic Engagement, The Climate Group

Molly coordinates The Climate Group's activities across the ICT sector. She co-authored the report SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age (June 20, 2008) which highlighted the 7.8 Gt opportunity for the sector to reduce emissions through enabling energy efficiency across the economy. Prior to joining The Climate Group, Molly was a researcher at Demos, a London based think tank, where she focused on science, innovation and environmental policy. She authored Korea: Mass innovation comes of age, and co-authored The Disrupters: Lessons for low-carbon innovation from the new wave of environmental pioneers. Before moving to London for her Masters in Environmental Policy, she spent 5 years working in internet companies in New York and Tokyo.

Bill Weihl

Green Energy Czar, Google

Bill Weihl is Green Energy Czar at Google, where he leads efforts in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and also manages the company's greenhouse-gas footprint. He is an experienced technologist, entrepreneur, and committed environmentalist with deep and broad experience in computer science. His extensive business and high-tech experience includes ten years as a professor of Computer Science at MIT, five years as a research scientist at Digital's Systems Research Center, and five years as Chief Architect and then CTO of Akamai Technologies

Warren Weiss

General Partner, Foundation Capital

Warren joined Foundation Capital in 2002 with more than 25 years experience in the software industry, including serving as president and CEO of four public and private software companies. Warren focuses primarily emerging software companies - both licensed and software as a service - as well as on those in the cleantech industry. He currently serves on the boards of eMeter.com, Guardian Analytics, InterAct, MarkMonitor, nGenera, Purfresh, Quantivo, Rearden Commerce, SilkRoad Technologies, and Silver Spring Networks. Previously, Warren served as president and CEO of Prism Solutions. Prior to that, he was president of SQRIBE Technologies (now Hyperion) and earlier, president and CEO of SMI. Warren has held numerous other senior executive positions at Next Software (Apple), Continuum (Computer Sciences Corporation) and Dun & Bradstreet Software.

Clint Wheelock

Managing Director, Pike Research

Clint Wheelock is the founder and managing director of Pike Research, a leading market intelligence firm focused on the global cleantech industry. He leads all research operations at the company, including management of its analyst team as well as client interactions and consulting engagements. His personal research focuses on smart grid technologies. Wheelock has an extensive background in market intelligence focused on emerging technologies, most recently serving as chief research officer for ABI Research. Prior to that, he was vice president at the NPD Group and research director at In-Stat. Previous positions also include senior product management and strategic marketing roles at Qwest Communications and Verizon Communications. Wheelock holds an MBA from the University of Dallas and a BA from Washington & Lee University.

Todd Woody

Fortune Magazine

Saul Zambrano

Director, Integrated Demand-side Management Core Products, PG&E

Saul Zambrano is Director of Pacific PG&E’s Integrated Demand-side Management Core Products team. Saul’s team is responsible for developing new products within existing energy efficiency product categories such as lighting and appliances, electronics, HVAC, and energy management. In addition, Saul’s team is responsible for PG&E’s customer offerings in the emerging area of electric vehicles. Prior to joining PG&E, Mr. Zambrano was Director of the Global Finance Transformation Initiative for Carlson Wagonlit Travel and Director of WiMAX Solutions Commercial Marketing for Intel Corporation. Mr. Zambrano began his career as IT consultant and business development and finance professional with Nortel Networks, IBM Consulting, and JP Morgan. Mr. Zambrano received an MBA from Southern Methodist University and a BA in Economics from the University of Texas El Paso.

Mark Perry

Nissan