"Right Here, Right Now - How Three Visionary Organizations Are Driving Cleantech in the Bay Area"

Friends & Colleagues:

Join us again on Tuesday September 1, 2009 for the third installment of the Harvard Club of San Francisco's (HCSF) Cleantech Thought Leader Series.  This time we meet at Adobe Systems' LEED Platinum headquarters building in San Jose for a panel discussion featuring the executive directors of three prominent Bay Area cleantech organizations:

Rex Northen, Clean Tech Open (CTO)
Melinda Richter, Environmental Business Cluster (EBC)
Dan Adler, California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF).

Moderated by Jonathan Livingston of Livingston Energy Innovations, the evening will focus on the challenges and accomplishments of the three panelists' organizations in promoting the growth of clean, efficient and profitable energy solutions. The panelists will each provide a thumbnail sketch of how his or her organization came to its current position of leadership in the cleantech community, and will discuss the outlook for clean energy technology in California and worldwide in the years to come.

ONLINE REGISTRATION THROUGH 8/30: http://harvardclubsf.org/events/index.asp#692

Members & Partners (HCSF, CTO, EBC): $25
Non-Members: $45
After 8/30 & Walk-ins: $75

Price includes dinner.

Tuesday September 1, 2009
6:00-7:00 Dinner  
7:00-8:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A

Adobe Systems Inc.
Corporate HDQS -- East Tower
321 Park Ave. San Jose, CA 95110

Email inquiries to Series Chair, Augie Rakow:  augierakow@post.harvard.edu

This event is limited to 150 people.  Register soon and join us for a fantastic evening!!

Attendees will receive $300 off registration for The Cleantech Institute, a three-day executive education program at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business on October 4-6:  http://executive.berkeley.edu/programs/cleantech-institute/

The HCSF Cleantech Thought Leader Series is an ongoing event series of the Harvard Club of San Francisco.  The events showcase important thought leaders working on the many front lines of clean technology. The series is chaired by Augie Rakow, an intellectual property attorney and HCSF board member.

Sponsor Alston & Bird LLP is a national law firm with specialized expertise in regulatory, finance, real estate and intellectual property aspects of cleantech law.