22nd Industry Growth Forum Presentations
Here you'll find presentations from NREL's 22nd Industry Growth Forum on Nov. 3–5, 2009, in Denver, Colo. Presentations include those from the:
Note: if a presentation isn't listed below, NREL hasn't received permission to post it, or the presenter doesn't want it posted.
The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.
For more information about the Forum, including its presenting companies, speakers, panels, sessions, and more, read the:
Forum Co-Chairs
The Industry Growth Forum Co-Chairs, L. Marty Murphy and Tod Perry, introduced attendees to the Forum's purpose and each day's events.
22nd NREL Industry Growth Forum Opening Remarks - Day 1
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Presenter: L. Marty Murphy, NREL
22nd NREL Industry Growth Forum Opening Remarks - Day 2
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Presenter: Tod Perry, NREL
Clean Energy Opportunity Forum: Creating the New Energy Economy - Day 3
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Presenter: L. Marty Murphy, NREL
Presenting Companies
The following clean energy companies were competitively selected to present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts. In turn, the panels provided them with intensive feedback on their presentations.
Amprius, Inc.
Technology: Energy storage - lithium ion batteries
Presenter: Ryan Kottenstette, Director of Business Development
Presentation: Breakthrough Materials for Energy Storage
Beacon Power Corporation
Technology: Energy storage - flywheel
Presenter: F. (Bill) William Capp, President and CEO
Presentation: Beacon Power Corporation
Coolerado Corporation
Technology: Cooling — heat exchanger
Presenter: Mike Luby, President and CEO
Presentation: The Greenest Way to Stay Cool
Green Pacific Biologicals
Technology: Biofuels and bioenergy
Presenter: Leandro Vetcher, President
Presentation: Seed-Stage Algae-to-Biofuels Start-Up
HOMErgent
Technology: Buildings - off-grid portable shelters
Presenter: Arthur Zwern, President
Presentation: Weapons of Mass Construction — Portable Homes to Enable Net Zero Lives
Hydrovolts, Inc.
Technology: Hydropower
Presenter: W. Burt Hamner, CEO
Presentation: Hydrovolts, Inc.
Lumiette, Inc.
Technology: Lighting — flat panel lamps
Presenter: Noel Park, President and CEO
Presentation: Next Generation Light Source
Nano-C, Inc.
Technology: Photovoltaics - nanostructured carbon
Presenter: Viktor Vejins, President and CEO
Presentation: Materials That Power Our World - Nanostructured Carbon
NovaTorque, Inc.
Technology: Electric motor
Presenter: Emily Ligget, CEO
Presentation: Highly Efficient Electric Motor Systems
Paraclete Corporation
Technology: Solar — photovoltaics (PV)
Presenter: Jeff Norris, President
Presentation: Paraclete Corporation
Rivertop Renewables
Technology: Renewable chemicals — glucaric acid
Presenter: Jere Kolstad, Senior Executive
Presentation: Rivertop Renewables
WindPole Ventures, LLC
Technology: Wind - resource monitoring network
Presenter: Steve Kropper, CEO
Presentation: "The Bloomberg of Wind"
Widetronix, Inc.
Technology: Energy storage - betavoltaic batteries
Presenter: Jonathan W. Greene, CEO
Presentation: Betavoltaic Batteries: Long-Life Power for Defense and Medical Markets
Panels and Sessions
The 22nd Industry Growth Forum featured the following panel and session presentations.
Doing Business with NREL
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Presenter: Casey Porto, NREL Senior VP of Commercialization and Deployment
Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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Presenter: Jim Spaeth, U.S. Department of Energy
Insights and Opportunities: Technologies, Policies, and Markets for Clean Energy Solutions
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Presenter: Doug Arent, Director of NREL Strategic Energy Analysis Center
Looking for an Exit: Variations on M&As and IPOs
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Presenters: Timothy J. Keating, Keating Capital; Shez Bandukwala, ThinkEquity; John M. Eustermann, Stoel Rives; and Robert G. O'Connor, Wilson Sonsini
NREL Science and Technology Perspectives on R&D Partnerships
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Presenter: Ryne P. Raffaelle, NREL National Center for Photovoltaics
Preparing for a Game Change
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Presenter: Alan Mawdsley, Bechtel Enterprises
SmartGridCity™ - Plugging Renewables into the Smart Grid
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Presenter: Sandy Simon, Xcel Energy
Successful Financial Strategies in a Credit-Constrained World
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Presenter: John McKenna, Hamilton Clark and Co.
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Presenter: Maurice Gunderson, CMEA Capital
Utility-Scale Renewables: Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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Presenter: David Mooney, NREL Director of Electricity, Resources and Building Systems Integration
Working with NREL — Licensing Technologies and Collaborating on Commercialization
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Presenter: Bill Farris, NREL VP of Commercialization and Technology Transfer
