SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2006--
Governor's Special Assistant for Energy & Environmental Technologies Recently Added to List of Speakers for February 10-11 Summit Hosted by UC Santa Barbara's Technology Management Program
UC Santa Barbara's Technology Management Program today announced
details for its upcoming Concept to Commerce: Emerging Energy
Technologies Summit, to be held on campus February 10 and 11. The
two-day event will bring together renowned scholars, business leaders,
financiers, engineers, and policy makers to discuss the development and
creation of profitable and practical energy technology solutions that
meet the market's evolving energy demands.
Summit attendees will have the opportunity to interact with Terry
Tamminen, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Special Assistant
for Energy & Environmental Technologies, and other business leaders
and investors who are experts in the field of energy technologies.
Tamminen, who previously served as the Governor's Cabinet Secretary and
Secretary of CalEPA, works to shape policy that balances conservation
and environmental protection with economic benefit. Tamminen has
extensive background in environmental policy and is an active proponent
of clean and renewable energies.
Other featured speakers and participants include:
-- Daniel Weiss, General Partner, The Angeleno Group - a leading
private equity firm focused on high growth investments in the energy
technology sector.
-- Howard Berke, CEO, Konarka Technologies - one of today's hottest solar start-ups according to Fortune.
-- Walter Kohn, Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate, UC Santa Barbara - recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
-- Ted Sargent, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Toronto - one of the 2005 Scientific American 50 and "one
of the world's top young innovators" according to MIT's Technology
Review Magazine.
Attendees will also participate in lectures
and discussion panels that focus on the interdependency of political,
market, and technical influences in bringing these concepts to market
as well as the latest research and development for new energy
technologies.
"We have tremendous visionary and intellectual
resources at UC Santa Barbara," said Chancellor Henry Yang. "This is an
exciting opportunity to bring together our outstanding talent and world
leaders in emerging energy technologies to discuss cutting-edge and
innovative solutions to global energy issues."
"At UC Santa
Barbara we seek to invent technology solutions to unmet needs in the
marketplace -- profitably," said Gary Hansen, Associate Dean of the
Technology Management Program. "We expect this summit to generate
significant innovation and creativity in bringing new technologies to
market. Anyone who is interested in addressing emerging energy
technologies in new, unique ways should plan on attending."
Summit sponsors include Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, The
County of Santa Barbara, Pacific Coast Business Times, DAVIES, The
Angeleno Group, Silicon Valley Bank, and PG&E.
The
Technology Management Program within the College of Engineering at UC
Santa Barbara is a pioneering, interdisciplinary academic program that
seeks to close the gap between the sciences and management. The Program
offers graduate and undergraduate classes in areas such as general
management skills, new venture creation and finance, product
development, marketing, and analysis of new business opportunities.
For a complete participant list and to register, please visit www.c2c.ucsb.edu or call Conference Director Leslie Edwards at 805-893-3944. Registration deadline is February 6, 2006.
Source: Visionary Summit
