GLO SHO: Global Cleantech Showcase

This summit will attract a global audience of entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, industry executives, utility executives, and policy makers. Last year’s inaugural event attracted over 400 participants, and had 70 speakers from more than 20 nations. Participants in the 2013 Global Showcase saw entrepreneurs presenting their innovative businesses, expert panels debating current topics in their respective fields, and policy leaders describing their vision for the future. GloSho’14 is the signature event of LACI’s Global Innovation Network (GIN), which is a new transnational initiative, designed to foster global innovation and commercialization in the cleantech sector. The primary focus of this year’s event is linking up investors with entrepreneurs. Please see the attached flyer for more details.

GloSho’14 Program
http://glosho.la/program/

Video highlights from 2013 Global Showcase (featuring Mayor Eric Garcetti, Chief Sustainability Officer Matt Petersen, CARB Chair Mary Nichols, ARPA-E Director Cheryl Martin)

Speakers/panelists/presenters:

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols
Governor Jennifer Granholm
NYSERDA Chair Richard Kaufman
Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainability and Economic Development Officer, Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power (LADWP)
Stephen Cheung, Director of International Development, Port of LA
Assemblyman Anthony Rendon
LA City Councilman Paul Koretz
Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager of Metropolitan Water District
Matt Rogers, Director, McKinsey & Co.
David Nahai, Partner in the law firm of Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith
Tom Soto, Managing Director, TCW/Craton
Mark Duval, President of American Chamber of Commerce – China
Bob Weisenmiller, Chair, California Energy Commission
Jim McDermott, Managing Director of U.S. Renewables Group
Mark Gold, Acting Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES)

Program includes:
Investment Bootcamp
Dinner with Your Favorite VC
Global Showcase
Investor Showcase
Funding Platform Panel
International Trade Symposium
International Partners Dinner
Global Company Showcase
International Market Showcase
Global Innovation Network Panel
Fireside Chat with Two Clean Economy Titans: How state policies drive technological innovation
A Tale of Two Green Cities
Extracting Value from Universities and National Labs

Participating investors:

Andrew Haughian
Partner
PangaeaVentures Ltd.

Anil Tammineedi
Principal
Angeleno Group

Bryon H. Lyons
Partner and CEO
SDDCO Brokerage Advisors LLC

Daniel Colbert
Managing Partner
North Energy Ventures

David DeWitt
Manager
Advanced Technology Research Honda R&D

Donald Ye
Founding Managing Partner
Tsing Capital

Erik Steeb
VP Programs LACI

Fran Seegull
Chief Investment Officer
ImpactAssets

James Zhang
Co-Founder and General Partner
Formation 8

James Magowan
Managing Director & Impact Investments Team
SRA Capital

Jim McDermott
Managing Director and Managing Partner
US Renewables Group

Joshua Haacker
Managing Director
US Renewables Group

Julien Creuze
Principal
Aster Capital

Larry Thrall
Managing Director
Vireo Energy

Matt Vitamente
Executive Vice President
California Global Innovation Exchange

Murray McCaig
Managing Partner
ArcternVentures

Rob Leclerc, Ph.D
CEO
Agfunder

Steve Foster
Managing Director
ClearSky Power & Tech Fund

Steve Hahn
Research Fellow, Ventures and Business Development
The DowChemical Company

Tom Soto
Managing Director
TCW/Craton

Vincent R Molinari
Founder/Chief Executive Officer
GATE Global Impact, Inc