California Clean Technology Event at SRI

We were thrilled to attend the California Clean Tech event held in Menlo Park at SRI headquarters on Thursday evening. Several hundred people ranging from entrepreneurs, to students and scientists interested in entering the upcoming Clean Tech Competion, came out to hear speakers from several leading laboratories and research facilities, who discussed their upcoming initiatives, ranging in innovations in lighting, to water treatment and filtration, to maximized use of solar power. On the program were:

Opening Remarks by Ben Matteo, Innovation Partners Program Chair
• Speaker Introductions by Mark Goldman
• Alex Beavers, SRI International
• Denise Koker, Sandia National Lab
• Leah Rogers, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
• Robin Johnston, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
• Meg Arnold, UC Davis InnovationAccess
• Luis Mejia, Stanford University OTL
• Mike Cohen, UC Berkeley OTL
• Tom Anyos, Technology Ventures Corporation
• Nitin Parekh, Palo Alto Research Center
• Ammi Amarnath, Electric Power Research Institute

In a highlight of the evening, Sunrise co-founder Emmett Pickett was interviewed about Sunrise and its activities by Ke Yuan, reporter for New Tang Dynasty Television, and the segment was scheduled to air the evening of Friday, May 2. We will have a link available shortly to share with those who would like to view it.

The California Clean Tech Open is an independent effort by entrepreneurs, researchers, environmentalists, investors and others to create economic growth and environmental sustainability by sparking a clean technology cluster in California.