SJF Summit on the New Green Economy, Durham, June 2-3
The time is NOW for entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, and community leaders to come together to share strategies for investing in and building the new green economy. Billions of federal stimulus dollars are available to help kick start new sustainable businesses that will become market leaders as we emerge from the recession.
The SJF Summit on the New Green Economy, to be held June 2-3 at the Durham Convention Center, which coincides with SJF's 10th anniversary, will be launched with a keynote from Nicholas Parker of Cleantech Group LLC, which has helped catalyze the exponential growth of North American cleantech investment to $5.9 billion in 2008. The summit also will include keynotes by: Jeff Wolfe, chief executive officer of groSolar; Majora Carter, principal of Majora Carter Group; and Martin Eakes, founder and CEO of Self-Help Credit Union and the Center for Responsible Lending.
SJF has presented Cleantech CEO Panels for the past four years on Wall Street, but this year is expanding the event and bringing it to its headquarters location of Durham, NC.
Two CEO panels will feature leaders from fast-growing zero-carbon and zero-waste enterprises who will share innovative cleantech strategies, key growth drivers, and green jobs success stories. Cleantech CEOs and just a few of the 43 green investment, business, government, and community leaders to present include:
• Janet Cowell, NC State Treasurer
• Michael Nark, Prenova
• John Moore, Acorn Energy Inc.
• Tom Darden, Cherokee Investment Partners
• Joseph Brakohiapa, CleanPower Finance
• Bruce Kahn, Deutsche Asset Management
• Michael Profit, Intechra
• Mark Wilson, Ryla Teleservices, Inc.
• Vien Truong, Green for All
• Garald Cottrell, Bio-Gen Energy Solutions
• Tom Boucher, Native Energy
• Phil McMullen, Thrift Recycling Management
• Dan Hoversten, Salvage Direct
• Chris Martin, CleanScapes
• Maria Kingery, Southern Energy Management
• Kevin Trapani, The Redwoods Group
• John E.P. Morrison, Advanced Energy
• Deb Parsons, Investors' Circle
• Deborah Gallagher, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment
Sponsors of the event are Reitler, Brown & Rosenblatt LLC, Ernst & Young, Hutchison Law Group, Acorn Energy, Greenfire Development, Our State, and Justmeans.
The SJF Summit on the New Green Economy standard registration fee is $275 and non-profit, government or student registration is $195. Learn more and register at www.sjfund.com.
SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund that focuses on cleantech, business and web-enhanced services, and premium consumer products companies. The fund looks for experienced management teams that are driving exceptional growth and positively impacting the world. SJF Ventures specializes in companies with revenues of $1 million to $20 million seeking equity capital of $1 million to $5 million. SJF Advisory Services is an affiliated nonprofit that provides entrepreneurial assistance, trainings and research. SJF has offices in Durham, NC, New York, and San Francisco and invests throughout the U.S.
For more information and to register, go to www.sjfund.com
Anne Claire Broughton, senior director
SJF Advisory Services
broughton@sjfund.com
www.sjfund.com
