Dow Jones to host 2ND annual Clean Tech Summit, 8-9 October in Frankfurt
Keynoted by HighTech Gründerfond’s Managing Director, Event to Include Two Days of Networking, Company Presentations & Panel Discussions; First Clean Tech Innovations Award
Frankfurt/Main (17. June 2008) — With the amount of interest and investment in clean technologies seeing unprecedented growth around the world, investors and executives can receive a clear view of the opportunities and challenges faced by clean tech companies —exclusively at the second annual Dow Jones Clean Tech Summit, 8-9 October at Rocco Forte Villa Kennedy in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The Summit will feature two days of engaging keynotes, panel discussions and presentations from promising clean tech companies, as well as the first Clean Tech Innovations Award presented by Dow Jones and Mountain Cleantech AG.
Confirmed to keynote this year’s Clean Tech Summit is Dr. Michael Brandkamp, Managing Director, HighTech Gründerfond, who directs investment of some EUR272 million in young, high-potential technology companies. Additional keynotes are to be announced shortly.
The Summit’s two-day agenda will feature in-depth panel discussions on the most important issues impacting clean technology companies, in Germany, throughout Europe and around the world. Key topics include:
Clean Tech Overview: Boom or Bust Ahead?
• Trends, drivers and opportunities
• Market dynamics from Europe and global perspectives
• Current challenges and future outlook
Clean Tech Meets Energy Efficiency
• Cost and potential of emissions reduction
• Case Study: Energy efficiency certificates
• Investor outlook
Smart Technologies – Smart Investments
• Which clean technologies are hot and why?
• Political, legal and economic framework
• Subsidy policies, on German and European levels
• Important deals and developments
Risk & Returns – Project Finance & Investment
• Exit strategies for clean tech investors
• Financing and investment know-how
• Project financing through carbon certificates
• Late-stage investments
Dow Jones and Mountain Cleantech AG will also present the Clean Tech Innovations Award to the most innovative European cleantech company based on technology, product, services or business model. The 10 selected finalists will have the opportunity to present to the jury and an audience of investors and industry experts on 7 October 2008, on the eve of the Clean Tech Summit.