Date: December 6th, 2010
Time: 8:30am - 5:30pm
Location: Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford University
326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, 94305-6105
Transformational change in the way our region delivers and uses energy and water is on the horizon. The opportunity is huge. The payoff, a resilient Silicon Valley and new global markets for technology, is even greater…
Please join us for three important panel discussions, a lively exposition and lunch in this day-long event. The goal of the WEST Summit is to catalyze a sea change in action towards long-term resiliency in Silicon Valley through the distributed management of our water and energy supply. It will be a pivotal opportunity to build relationships with local business and community leaders already taking action on the important nexus between water and energy usage.
Participants will:
- Discover what peer organizations are doing in the domains of energy and water conservation and distributed management, and the relationship between them
- Understand how to apply the principles of industrial ecology to urban water cycles with a focus on the H2O/energy balance and economics
- Connect with other organizations to energize conversations and begin to implement strategies for catalyzing systemic transformation
- Learn the ideas and technologies necessary to get their organizations to commit to measure and reduce their water and greenhouse gas footprints
- Explore complementary and diverse products and services at the exposition
Program Highlights:
Exposition: Exhibit before, in-between and after the panel discussions.
Welcome: Buzz Thompson, Co-Director, Woods Institute for the Environment; Bonnie Nixon, SSV Board Chair
EcoCloud Introduction: Drew Clark, Director of Strategy, Co-founder, IBM Venture Capital Group
Panel 1: Innovation in Technology to Manage Water and Energy
Peter Williams, CTO, Big Green Innovations, IBM
Laura Unobskey Shenkar, Principal, Artemis Project
Ken Stedman, Founder & CTO, M2 Renewables
Moderator: Alex Macintosh, Founder & CEO, EcoMundi Ventures
Panel 2: Innovation in Business Structures and Models
Tamin Pechet, CEO Banyan Water; Founder Imagine H2O
Craig Criddle , Professor, Woods Institute, Stanford University
Mark Mitchell, GM, Serious Materials (invited)
Andrew Tang, Pacific Gas and Electric
Moderator: Elizabeth Echols, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Admin., Region IX
Plenary Panel and Call to Action: Catalyzing Transformative Change
Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Steve Ritchie, Assistant GM, SFPUC Water Enterprise
Suz MacCormac, Partner, Morrison and Foerster, Co-Chair, CleanTech Practice Group
Fred Keely, CA Forward Leadership Council
Moderator: Marianna Grossman, Exec. Director, Sustainable Silicon Valley
Thank you to our sponsors: SAP, Santa Clara University, Woods Institute, Hara, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Nalco, Sustainable Life Media, Eucalyptus Magazine, GreenBiz Group, Worrell Water, SVLG.
