Cleantech Industry Applications
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Symposium Sessions | ||
Tuesday June 14 | ||
| 8:30 | Opening TechConnect World Keynotes - Innovation Impact - Nanotech, Cleantech, Microtech, Biotech 2011 | |
| 10:30 | Cleantech Energy: Keynotes | |
| 1:00 | CTSI Utility Technology Challenge | |
| 1:30 | Water Technology & Corporate Spotlights | |
| 1:30 | Bio Energy Innovation Spotlights | |
| 1:30 | Italian Innovation & Commercialization Opportunities | |
| 1:30 | TechConnect IP Partnering: Transportation | |
| 2:50 | CTSI Utility Technology Challenge | |
| 3:10 | TechConnect IP Partnering: Solar Power | |
| 4:00 | Italian Trade Commission Reception - Nanotech booth 1607, Cleantech booth 707 | |
| 5:00 | CTSI Utility Technology Challenge Awards and Reception (5:00 - 6:00) | |
| 4:00 | Innovation Showcase & Poster Session - Reception (4:00 - 6:00) | |
Wednesday June 15 | ||
| 8:30 | Smart Grid & Storage Utility Needs & Partnering | |
| 8:30 | Canada Innovates! - Canadian Breakthroughs in Cleantech | |
| 10:30 | Solar Technology Innovation Spotlights | |
| 10:30 | Technology & Policy of Climate Change | |
| 10:30 | Cleantech Regional Cluster Inititiatves | |
| 1:30 | Transportation & Storage Corporate & Partnering | |
| 1:30 | Power Electronics Innovation Spotlights | |
| 2:00 | Fraunhofer presents: The German High Tech Champions Award 2011 - in Photovoltaics | |
| 1:30 | TechConnect IP Partnering: Energy & Efficiency | |
| 3:00 | TechConnect IP Partnering: Water Technologies | |
| 1:30 | Canada’s Hottest Innovative Cleantech Companies - Showcase | |
| 3:00 | Carbon Capture Innovation Spotlights | |
| 3:00 | Energy Storage Innovation Spotlights | |
| 4:00 | Piemonte Agency For Investments, Export And Tourism Reception - Nanotech booth 1607, Cleantech booth 707 | |
| 4:00 | Massachusetts Clean Energy Center - Catalyst Awardee Spotlights | |
| 5:30 | Cleantech Open - National Semifinalist Awards & Reception | |
| 6:00 | Canada Networking Reception (6:00 - 8:00) | |
| 4:00 | Innovation Showcase & Poster Session - Reception (4:00 - 6:00) | |
Thursday June 16 | ||
| 8:30 | Cleantech Capital: VC, PE & M&A Markets | |
| 10:30 | Emissions & Waste Management Technologies | |
| 10:30 | Efficiency, Low Carbon and Building Innovation Spotlights | |
| 10:30 | TechConnect Corporate Partnering: Venture Partnering | |
| 1:00 | TechConnect Ventures: Energy & Efficiency | |
| 1:30 | Green Build Corporate Needs & Partnering | |
| 1:30 | Marine & Wind Energy Generation | |
| 2:30 | TechConnect Ventures: Energy & Efficiency | |
| 2:30 | TechConnect Ventures: Transportation and Novel Technologies | |
| 3:00 | Building Efficiency Technologies | |
| 4:00 | TechConnect Ventures: Energy & Efficiency | |
| 4:00 | TechConnect Ventures: Solar | |
| 4:00 | TechConnect Ventures: Water | |
| 5:00 | TechConnect Closing Networking, Partnering & Investment Reception (3rd Floor, Boylston Hallway) | |
Symposium Program | ||
Tuesday June 14 | ||
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| 8:30 | Opening TechConnect World Keynotes - Innovation Impact - Nanotech, Cleantech, Microtech, Biotech 2011 | Ball Room A |
| Session chair: Matthew Laudon, NSTI/CTSI, US | ||
| 8:30 | Welcome and Opening M. Laudon, TechConnect World Co-Chair, US | |
| 8:40 | Cross Sector Perspective on Nanotech to Cleantech Innovation T. Earles, Lockheed Martin & Former OSTP, US | |
| 9:10 | No Small Matter: Scaling the Business of Materials Science T. Taber, CTO, Eastman Kodak Company, US | |
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| 10:30 | Cleantech Energy: Keynotes | Ball Room A |
| Session chair: Patti Glaza, CTSI, US | ||
| 10:30 | ''Digital Energy'': Opportunities and challenges at the intersection of information technology and energy D. Paul, University of Southern California, US | |
| 11:00 | Nanoscale Science for Clean, Renewable Energy and Energy Storage (invited presentation) H. Kung, US Department of Energy, US | |
| 11:30 | Application of Nanotechnology to Photovoltaics: Technical Approaches & Manufacturing Challenges (invited presentation)Manufacturing Challenges L. Tsakalakos, GE, US | |
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| 1:00 | CTSI Utility Technology Challenge | Room 311 |
| Session chair: Patti Glaza, CTSI, US | ||
| 1:00 | 7 AC Technologies (Building Efficiency & Management), P. Vandermeulen | |
| 1:12 | EcoFactor (Residential Energy Efficiency), E. Saltzman | |
| 1:24 | NovaThermal Energy (Industrial/Commercial Energy Efficiency), E. Haider | |
| 1:36 | Power Tagging (Smart Grid), J. LoPorto | |
| 1:48 | Tropos Networks (Smart Grid), H. Robertson | |
| 2:00 | V&R Energy Systems Research, Inc. (Smart Grid), M. Vaiman | |
| 2:12 | Minesto (Central Power Generation), A. Jansson | |
| 2:24 | Electric Pipeline Corporation (Transmission & Distribution), R. Faulkner | |
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| 1:30 | Water Technology & Corporate Spotlights | Room 310 |
| Session chair: Gary C. Ganzi, Siemens, US | ||
| 1:30 | General Electric A. Zaske, General Electric, US | |
| 1:50 | Veolia F. Nielsen, Veolia, US | |
| 2:10 | Advanced Membranes for Water Treatment O. Bakajin, Porifera, Inc., US | |
| 2:25 | Industrial and Produced Water Reuse A. Mandell, Oasys Water, US | |
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| 1:30 | Bio Energy Innovation Spotlights | Room 308 |
| Session chair: Brooke Coleman, New Fuels Alliance/Northeast Biofuels Collaborative, US | ||
| 1:30 | Catalytic Subcritical Hydropyrolysis of Waste Biomass into Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons R. Tungal, R.V. Shende, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, US | |
| 1:50 | Microwave-mediated Pyrolysis of Biomass M.J. Gronnow, V.L. Budarin, J. Fan, P.S. Shuttleworth, D.J. MacQuarrie, J.H. Clark, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, UK | |
| 2:10 | Cheap Sugars from Cellulosic Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals Production M. Raab, Agrivida, Inc., US | |
| 2:25 | Empowering Organics P. Sellew, Harvest Power, US | |
| 2:40 | A pipeline for the forward design of bio-energy related microbes C. Fischer, Gingko BioWorks, US | |
| 2:55 | Beyond Biofuels: Myriant & the Commercialization of Bio-based Chemicals S. McConnell, Myriant, US | |
| 3:10 | Harnessing Nanotechnology to Make Biofuels Faster, Better, and Cheaper A. Goel, Nanobiosym, US | |
| 3:25 | PROESA – Chemtex Breakthrough technology D. Richardson, Chemtex International, IT | |
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| 1:30 | Italian Innovation & Commercialization Opportunities | Room 305 |
| 1:30 | Welcome and Opening M. Loddo, Italian Trade Commission, IT | |
| 1:40 | Italian Cutting Edge in Renewable Energy Technologies TBA, Politecnico di Torino, IT | |
| 1:55 | Nanotech in Italy TBA, Nanotec IT- Italian Centre for Nanotechnology, IT | |
| 2:10 | Torino Piemonte, the Intelligent Location - Business Opportunity in the Nano and Clean Tech Sectors F. Zardi, Invest in Torino Piemonte, Piemonte Agency, IT | |
| 2:30 | Piedmont’s Nanotech Solutions For Energy Sources At High Miniaturization And Efficiency TBA, IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, IT | |
| 2:40 | Innovation and Commercialization M. Loddo, Italian Trade Commission, IT | |
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| 1:30 | TechConnect IP Partnering: Transportation | Room 301 |
| Session chair: Keith Ritala, University of Washington, US | ||
| 1:30 | Radio-Radar Fusion System for Intelligent Vehicles and Road Infrastructures T. Martinuzzo, Univalor, CA | |
| 1:40 | Miniature Multimodal MEMS based 77 GHz solid state Automotive Radar System using Rotman lens beam forming. H. Schmidt, University of Windsor, CA | |
| 1:50 | Fluid Dynamical Fractals A. Commito, Imperial Innovations Ltd, UK | |
| 2:00 | Excitelet Imaging technique using dispersive correlation for Structural Health Monitoring P. Lapierre, SOCPRA/MSBIV, CA | |
| 2:10 | Universal Utility Interface for Hybrid-Electric and Electric Vehicles and the Smart Grid E. Olson, University of Minnesota, US | |
| 2:20 | Method of Eliminating Galvanic Corrosion of Magnesium H. Schmidt, University of Windsor, CA | |
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| 2:50 | CTSI Utility Technology Challenge | Room 311 |
| Session chair: Patti Glaza, CTSI, US | ||
| 2:50 | Ideal Power Converters (Distributed Generation), P. Bundschuh | |
| 3:02 | Plasma2Energy (Distributed Generation), R. Sanchez | |
| 3:14 | Energy Compression (Energy Storage), T. Havel | |
| 3:26 | EnerVault Corporation (Energy Storage), C. Horne | |
| 3:38 | XTreme Power (Energy Storage), C. Coe | |
| 3:50 | InnoSepra, LLC (Natural Gas), R. Jain | |
| 4:02 | OsComp Systems (Natural Gas), P. Santos | |
| 4:14 | Prism Solar Technologies (Distributed Generation – Alumna), J. Barry | |
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| 3:10 | TechConnect IP Partnering: Solar Power | Room 301 |
| Session chair: Cheemin Bo- Linn, Peritus Partners | ||
| 3:10 | A Single-Phase PV Inverter with Reduced Size Passive Components and Improved Energy Yield B. Loux, AzTE, US | |
| 3:20 | Novel method of silicon production A. Sukhochev, Voronezh State University, RU | |
| 3:30 | Novel Electrospinning Spinneret for the Direct Production of Multi-Core/ Shell NanoFibrous Materials in Single Technological Step T. Chong, NUS Enterprise, SG | |
| 3:40 | Formation of the metal electrodes of silicon wafer solar cells using high-energy metal ions. T. Chong, NUS Enterprise, SG | |
| 3:50 | Nanostructured Transparent Polymer Materials for Replacing Glass and Producing High Efficient PV Modules E. Shembel, Enerize Corporation, US | |
| 4:00 | Hybrid solar module and charging system(PZT solar system) H.H. Ham, SINBI & SUN Co., Ltd., KR | |
| 4:10 | Self Cleaning Solar Panels J. Jensen, Boston University, US | |
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| 4:00 | Italian Trade Commission Reception - Nanotech booth 1607, Cleantech booth 707 | Expo Hall |
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| 5:00 | CTSI Utility Technology Challenge Awards and Reception (5:00 - 6:00) | Expo Hall |
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| 4:00 | Innovation Showcase & Poster Session - Reception (4:00 - 6:00) | Expo Hall |
Wednesday June 15 | ||
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| 8:30 | Smart Grid & Storage Utility Needs & Partnering | Ball Room A |
| Session chair: Chet Geschickter, GTM Research, US | ||
| - | B. Lawrence, Lockheed Martin, US | |
| - | C. Serna, Northeast Utilities, US | |
| - | P. Duffy, Cisco, US | |
| - | L. Wigle, Intel Corporation, US | |
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| 8:30 | Canada Innovates! - Canadian Breakthroughs in Cleantech | Room 206 |
| 8:30 | Welcome to Canadian Innovation C. Denter, Technology Partnering Officer, Consulate General of Canada to New England, CA | |
| 8:40 | Opening Remarks P. Binns, Consul General, Consulate General of Canada to New England, CA | |
| 9:00 | Canadian Energy RD&D and Clean Technology Developments P. St-Jean, Natural Resources Canada, Energy Technology Policy, CA | |
| 9:15 | Canada-US CleanTech collaboration Opportunities G. Murphy, Director, Natural Resources Canada, CA | |
| 9:30 | On the Rise – Conversion Efficiency in Organic Photovoltaics Y. Tao, National Research Council (NRC), CA | |
| 9:45 | Utilizing Renewable Energy Resources for Distributed Power K. Kassam, Ballard Power, CA | |
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| 10:30 | Solar Technology Innovation Spotlights | Room 312 |
| Session chair: Loucas Tsakalakos, General Electric, US | ||
| 10:30 | Designing Scalable, Low-Cost Photovoltaic Materials T. Buonassisi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US | |
| 11:00 | Konarka Technologies - From Concept to Manufacturing H. Berke, R. Gaudiana, Konarka, US | |
| 11:30 | Anisotropic Nano-photocatalysts: Toward Solar Fuels Applications S.E. Hunyadi Murph, Savannah River National Laboratory, US | |
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| 10:30 | Technology & Policy of Climate Change | Room 311 |
| Session chair: Paul Dickerson, Haynes & Boone LLP, Former COO, DOE, EERE | ||
| - | W. Rickerson, Meister Consultants Group, US | |
| - | L. Hodes, The Gold Standard Foundation, US | |
| - | J. Maynard, Silicon Valley Bank, US | |
| - | R. Day, Black Coral Capital, US | |
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| 10:30 | Cleantech Regional Cluster Inititiatves | Room 309 |
| Session chair: Peter Rothstein, NECEC, US | ||
| - | J.M. Granholm, Former Governor of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, US | |
| - | R. Bagley, Nortech, US | |
| - | B. Biemann, Maine Technology Institute, US | |
| - | L. Peterson, Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities, US | |
| - | E. Reynolds, MIT Industrial Performance Center, US | |
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| 1:30 | Transportation & Storage Corporate & Partnering | Room 313 |
| Session chair: Bob Wilson, ETA Partners | ||
| 1:30 | General Motors Corporation J. Mercurio, General Motors Corporation, US | |
| 1:50 | Toyota B. Reinert, Toyota, US | |
| 2:10 | A123 Systems W.L. Mitchell, A123 Systems, US | |
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| 1:30 | Power Electronics Innovation Spotlights | Room 310 |
| Session chair: Andrew Ray, Bingham McCutchen LLP, US | ||
| 1:30 | Low Weight, Low Cost Commercial-Scale PV Inverter P. Bundschuh, Ideal Power Converters, US | |
| 1:45 | Silicon Carbide Power Devices in Renewable Energy Applications R. Singh, GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc., US | |
| 2:00 | Distributed Energy Optimization for Photovoltaic Systems with a Module-Integrated Balancing Converter J. Stauth, Solar Semiconductor, Inc., US | |
| 2:15 | New Capacitor Materials for Power Electronics G. Welsch, Case Western Reserve University, US | |
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| 2:00 | Fraunhofer presents: The German High Tech Champions Award 2011 - in Photovoltaics | Room 309 |
| 2:00 | PV Technology from Basic Science to Application R. Schindler, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, US | |
| 2:20 | Business Case Ion Layer Gas Reaction R. S. Araoz, H. Zentrum, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, DE | |
| 2:40 | Business Case Protective PV Module Coating U. Lommatzsch, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials, DE | |
| 3:00 | Business Case Time Resolved Photoluminescence Imaging D. Kiliani, University of Konstanz, DE | |
| 3:20 | Business Case Direct Laser Interference Patterning A. Lasagni, Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology, DE | |
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| 1:30 | TechConnect IP Partnering: Energy & Efficiency | Room 301 |
| Session chair: Purnesh Seegopaul, Pangaea Ventures, US | ||
| 1:30 | Buckled Silicon Nanostructures on Elastomeric Substrates for Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries B. Loux, AzTE, US | |
| 1:40 | Enhancement of biogas production in anaerobic digestors using iron oxide nanoparticles. J. Reverter, ICN - INSTITUT CATALA DE NANOTECNOLOGIA, ES | |
| 1:50 | Non-equilibrium Synthesis of High Efficiency Thermoelectrics K. Elcess, Brookhaven Science Associates/Brookhaven National Laboratory, US | |
| 2:00 | Aluminum-Ion Battery to Transform 21st Century Energy Storage J. Caldwell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US | |
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| 3:00 | TechConnect IP Partnering: Water Technologies | Room 301 |
| Session chair: Didier Leconte, MSBi Valorisation, CA | ||
| 3:00 | Direct Electric Liquid Heater J. Callahan, ISI Technology LLC, US | |
| 3:10 | A tubular solar still: simple, elegant, inexpensive, even revolutionary, distillation. W. Possidento, Self, US | |
| 3:20 | Sub-Surface Evaporative Lift Irrigation System C. Pianta, AgroSci Inc., US | |
| 3:30 | Chemically Modified Nanofiltration Hollow Fiber Membranes T. Chong, National University of Singapore, SG | |
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| 1:30 | Canada’s Hottest Innovative Cleantech Companies - Showcase | Room 206 |
| Session chair: Sean Wise, Ryerson University, CA | ||
| 1:30 | Intoduction to Innovation Showdcase S. Wise, Ryerson University, CA | |
| 1:40 | Hydrostor (Grid Scale Storage) C. VanWelleghem, Hydrostor, CA | |
| 1:50 | ProDalG (Bio Fuels - Algae) M. Sales, ProDalG, CA | |
| 2:00 | Sine Slice (Energy Efficiency & Management) C. Webb, Sine Slice, CA | |
| 2:10 | Grid Co (Energy Efficiency & Management) C. Napior, Grid Co, CA | |
| 2:20 | Odotech (Emissions Management) T. Pagé, Odotech, CA | |
| 2:30 | VBINE (Wind Energy) D. Siman, VBINE, CA | |
| 2:40 | BDR Technol (Bio Fuels) K. Lawless, BDR Technol, US | |
| 2:50 | Free Breeze (Wind Energy) S. Labus, Free Breeze, CA | |
| 3:20 | Enviro Save (Transportation) B. Ingebrigston, Enviro Save, CA | |
| 3:30 | Corvus Energy (Energy Storage) G. Brown, Corvus Energy, CA | |
| 3:40 | Carbon Sense Solutions R. Niven, Carbon Sense Solutions, CA | |
| 3:50 | Refficient (Recycle) S. McLarty, REfficient, CA | |
| 4:00 | SWITCH Materials Inc. (Smart Windows) J. Sargent, SWITCH Materials Inc., CA | |
| 4:10 | Zero Waste B. Coxhead, Zero Waste, CA | |
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| 3:00 | Carbon Capture Innovation Spotlights | Room 310 |
| Session chair: Jim Matheson, Flagship Ventures, US | ||
| 3:00 | Solids Characterization of Phase-Changing Aminosilicone-Based CO2-Capture Absorbents T.E. Westendorf, B.R. Wood, S.E. Genovese, R.J. Perry, R.M. Enick, L. Hong, GE Global Research, US | |
| 3:20 | Improve efficiency through capture & reuse of C02, a new domestic resource J. Maceda, Gibbs Energy, LLC, US | |
| 3:35 | Molecular Sieve Materials for Post-Combustion Carbon-Dioxide Capture P. Balbuena, Texas A&M University, US | |
| 3:50 | Supercapacitive Swing Adsorption (SSA): Efficient, reversible control of CO2 adsorption using electrical potentials D. Moore, K. Landskron, Lehigh University, US | |
| 4:05 | Novel CO2 Capture Materials J. McLellan, Nano Terra, Inc., US | |
| 4:20 | The New Sky Process: A Innovative Chemical Pathway that converts CO2 from Pollutant to Resource D. Little, New Sky Energy, US | |
| 4:35 | Photocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide - Opportunities and Challenges M. Grant Norton, GoNano Technologies, Inc, US | |
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| 3:00 | Energy Storage Innovation Spotlights | Room 313 |
| Session chair: Andrew Heckler, Brightfield Energy, US | ||
| 3:00 | Advanced p- and n-Dopable Polymer Supercapacitors Y.-G. Kim, P.J. Kinlen, J.-H. Jung, J. Mbugua, S. Besic, M. Birschbach, G. Tregre, H.-L. Nguyen, Crosslink, US | |
| 3:15 | Adsorption-Enhanced Compressed Air Energy Storage T. Havel, Energy Compression, US | |
| 3:30 | Flywheel Energy Storage for Frequency Regulation: Commercial Experience and Outlook G. Hunt, Beacon Power Corporation, US | |
| 3:45 | Energy storage solutions to increase grid flexibility and renewable energy integration D. Hayslip, Xtreme Power, US | |
| 4:00 | Building Better Battery Systems: Driving EVs, Utilities and Portables with Green Energy C. Lampe-Onnerud, Boston Power, US | |
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| 4:00 | Piemonte Agency For Investments, Export And Tourism Reception - Nanotech booth 1607, Cleantech booth 707 | Expo Hall |
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| 4:00 | Massachusetts Clean Energy Center - Catalyst Awardee Spotlights | Expo Hall Theater |
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| 5:30 | Cleantech Open - National Semifinalist Awards & Reception | Expo Hall Theater |
| Session chair: Rex Northern, Cleantech Open, US | ||
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| 6:00 | Canada Networking Reception (6:00 - 8:00) | Sheraton Hotel, Back Bay Room D |
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| 4:00 | Innovation Showcase & Poster Session - Reception (4:00 - 6:00) | Expo Hall |
Thursday June 16 | ||
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| 8:30 | Cleantech Capital: VC, PE & M&A Markets | Room 304 |
| Session chair: Andrew Heckler, Brightfield Energy, US | ||
| - | D. Malkani, Rockport Capital Partners, US | |
| - | M. Nordan, Venrock, US | |
| - | R. Day, Black Coral Capital, US | |
| - | J. Matheson, Flagship Ventures, US | |
| - | A. Atwan, BlackRock, Inc., US | |
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| 10:30 | Emissions & Waste Management Technologies | Room 308 |
| Session chair: Laura Benold, CTSI, US | ||
| 10:30 | The Development of a Waste to Fuels Strategy for the Plastics and Rubber Fractions of MSW J.D. Hensel, Polyflow, US | |
| 10:45 | Dilute Methane Pollution Control That Produces Continuous Clean Renewable Energy J. Blair, P. Fukumoto, FlexEnergy, US | |
| 11:00 | Technology Development for Large Scale Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Useful Products A.S. Agarwal, Y. Zhai, D. Hill, N. Sridhar, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), US | |
| 11:15 | Carbon Capture and Recycling by photocatalysts supported on Silica Nanosprings T. Prakash, O.G. Marin-Flores, T. Cantrell, M. Grant Norton, D.N. McIlroy, G. Corti, GoNano Technologies, Inc., US | |
| 11:30 | Thermal acoustic insulating materials from paper-mill waste D. Contu, Nesocell, IT | |
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| 10:30 | Efficiency, Low Carbon and Building Innovation Spotlights | Room 305 |
| Session chair: Jim Newman, Linnean Solutions/USGBC, US | ||
| 10:30 | Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. – The Power of Waste Heat M. Newell, Ener-G-Rotors, US | |
| 10:45 | The right tools for consumer energy management M. Li, Tri-Cascade, US | |
| 11:00 | Advanced Materials for High Efficiency Thermoelectric Devices A. Atti, Phononics Devices, US | |
| 11:15 | Retroficiency – Enabling Building Efficiency and Sustainability B. Fisher, Retroficiency, US | |
| 11:30 | Filling the Building Management Gap N. Gayeski, KGS Buildings, LLC, US | |
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| 10:30 | TechConnect Corporate Partnering: Venture Partnering | Room 306 |
| Session chair: Dina Lozofsky, University of California Santa Barbara, US | ||
| 10:30 | BASF Corporate Partnering P. Mukherjee, BASF Venture Capital America, US | |
| 10:50 | Panasonic TechConnect Partnering I. Nydick, Panasonic, US | |
| 11:10 | Cabot TechConnect Partnering T. Kodas, Cabot Corporation, US | |
| 11:30 | Honda TechConnect Partnering N. Sugimoto, Honda, US | |
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| 1:00 | TechConnect Ventures: Energy & Efficiency | Room 301 |
| Session chair: Cheemin Bo- Linn, Peritus Partners, US | ||
| 1:00 | Angstron Supercapacitor Co. R. Beech, Angstron Supercapacitor Co., US | |
| 1:10 | BioDiesel Reactor Technologies Inc. K. Lawless, BioDiesel Reactor Technologies Inc., CA | |
| 1:20 | Cube Catalytics W. Majek, Cube Catalytics, US | |
| 1:30 | Energy Compression Inc. T. Havel, Energy Compression Inc., US | |
| 1:40 | I.OP M.S. Oh, I.OP, US | |
| 1:50 | MountainLogic S. Elliott, MountainLogic, US | |
| 2:00 | Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, Inc E. Chen, Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, Inc, US | |
| 2:10 | Rolith, Inc. B. Kobrin, Rolith, Inc., US | |
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| 1:30 | Green Build Corporate Needs & Partnering | Room 308 |
| Session chair: Jim Newman, Linnean Solutions/USGBC, US | ||
| 1:30 | Danfoss R. Wilkins, Danfoss, US | |
| 1:50 | Schneider Electric P. Hamilton, Schneider Electric, US | |
| 2:10 | Johnson Controls D. Armano, Johnson Controls, US | |
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| 1:30 | Marine & Wind Energy Generation | Room 310 |
| Session chair: Wayne Gears, CAMG, US | ||
| 1:30 | Mobile Wave Energy Harvesting System A. Sharon, J. Briggs, H. Wirz, Boston University - Fraunhofer CMI, US | |
| 1:50 | Performance Comparison of Different Rotors on Cross-Axis Hydrokinetic Turbines for Power Generation in Water Canals W.B. Hamner, Hydrovolts Inc., US | |
| 2:10 | Offshore Wave and Wind Together - Afloat N.A. Brown, Float Incorporated, US | |
| 2:30 | Offshore Renewable Resources – Improving the Cost-of-Energy S. Roznitsky, HighSeasWind, US | |
| 2:50 | Process-Fluid-Lubricated Polycrystalline Diamond Bearings for application in Marine Hydrokinetic Machines T.N. Sexton, C.H. Cooley, US Synthetic Corp., US | |
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| 2:30 | TechConnect Ventures: Energy & Efficiency | Room 301 |
| Session chair: Anand Kamannavar, Applied Ventures | ||
| 2:30 | Penn State University and IL Fuels LLC P. Painter, Penn State University and IL Fuels LLC, US | |
| 2:40 | Phononic Devices, Inc. A. Atti, Phononic Devices, Inc., US | |
| 2:50 | (withdrawn) Polyflow J. Hensel, Polyflow, US | |
| 3:00 | Simpleafy A. Badruddin, Simpleafy, CA | |
| 3:10 | Paper Battery S. Mehta, Paper Battery, US | |
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| 2:30 | TechConnect Ventures: Transportation and Novel Technologies | Room 305 |
| Session chair: Neil Cameron, Emerald Technology Ventures | ||
| 2:30 | BRASH Engines M. Bookman, BRASH Engines, US | |
| 2:40 | Electric Pipeline Corporation R. Faulkner, Electric Pipeline Corporation, US | |
| 2:50 | Progen Energy, LLC S. Telleen, Progen Energy, LLC, US | |
| 3:00 | NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc N. Shotton, NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc, US | |
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| 3:00 | Building Efficiency Technologies | Room 308 |
| Session chair: Jim Newman, Linnean Solutions/USGBC, US | ||
| 3:00 | Wireless Sensing for the Built Environment: Enabling Innovation Towards Greener, Healthier Homes E. Gaura, J. Brusey, Ross Wilkins, Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, UK | |
| 3:15 | Does Zero Energy Pay Back in Hot Humid Climates? J. Hendricks, K. Upadhyaya, Kirksey Architecture, US | |
| 3:30 | Next Gen Large Area Lighting: HIDs, Robotics and Energy Efficiency G. Davis, Lumetric, US | |
| 3:45 | A Multivariate Analysis of Green Building Options P. Kung, V.C.P. Chen, A. Robinson, University of Texas at Arlington, US | |
| 4:00 | Rediscovering the Unlimited Energy Efficiency Potential of Buildings N. Mouli, Maryland Energy Administration, US | |
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| 4:00 | TechConnect Ventures: Energy & Efficiency | Room 301 |
| Session chair: Bill Byun, 7Capital, US | ||
| 4:00 | Solution Dynamics, LLC C. Wohlert, Solution Dynamics, LLC, US | |
| 4:10 | MTPV LLC D. Mather, MTPV LLC, US | |
| 4:20 | CellTech Power J. Bentley, CellTech Power, US | |
| 4:40 | Wifinity Tech J. Krishnan, Wifinity Tech, IN | |
| 4:30 | May-Ruben Technologies, Inc. P. Ruben, May-Ruben Technologies, Inc., US | |
| 4:40 | Gridco Ltd Y. Webb, Gridco Ltd, CA | |
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| 4:00 | TechConnect Ventures: Solar | Room 303 |
| Session chair: Dhiraj Malkani, Rockport Capital, US | ||
| 4:00 | Teleos Solar M. McGonigle, Teleos Solar, US | |
| 4:10 | Enerize E. Shembel, Enerize, US | |
| 4:20 | Ideal Power Converters P. Bundschuh, Ideal Power Converters, US | |
| 4:30 | Epik Srl A. Caraglio, Epik Srl, IT | |
| 4:40 | Prism Solar Technologies, Inc. R. Lewandowski, Prism Solar Technologies, Inc., US | |
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| 4:00 | TechConnect Ventures: Water | Room 305 |
| Session chair: Neil Cameron, Emerald Technology Ventures | ||
| 4:00 | AgroSci C. Pianta, AgroSci, US | |
| 4:10 | Algal Scientific Corporation P. Horst, Algal Scientific Corporation, US | |
| 4:20 | Blue Planet Environmental Inc. R. Lonetto, Blue Planet Environmental Inc., CA | |
| 4:30 | SecureWaters, Inc. R. Slatton, SecureWaters, Inc., US | |
| 4:40 | Hydrovolts B. Hamner, Hydrovolts, US | |
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| 5:00 | TechConnect Closing Networking, Partnering & Investment Reception (3rd Floor, Boylston Hallway) | Boylston Hallway |
Special Symposium
Submit your commercially viable clean technology here for consideration to speak or showcase at conference. Technologies in development and looking for pilot-level opportunities are encourage to submit here for review and exposure and corporate/utility matchmaking opportunities.
Topics & Application Areas
- Smart Grid
- Energy Storage
- Biomass Energy
- Solar PV/Thermal
- Carbon Capture
- Renewable Power
- Direct Solar Fuels
- Building Efficiency
- Waste Heat Capture
- Vehicle/Transportation
- Water Applications
- Conventional Energy
- Energy Sensing/Monitoring
- Green and Sustainable Products
- Other





















