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2/13/08: Mark Your Calendars…Upcoming MITCNC Clean Tech Program Event

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Event info here.

Event Overview
The threat of global climate disruption, and the opportunities it presents, is already altering the way companies do business. Is that good citizenship, good business, or both? Learn about the efforts global players are taking to become more environmentally friendly companies and how this will effect and perhaps change their industries. At the session, four leading companies from different industry sectors will discuss their responsibility to protect the environment and how environmental protection and sustainability influence their business decisions and investor relations.

The MITCNC’s Clean Tech & Renewable Energy Program’s first event of the year will explore the implications of this new market force on current emitters, clean tech businesses, and the financial markets which value and invest in corporations. The event features a panel presentation and discussion with executives from BMW, Google, Lufthansa and PG&E, followed by a Q&A period with the audience. Time is reserved for networking and audience questions.

Panelists
Carleen Goeckel. Lufthansa Regional Sales Manager Lufthansa
Jasmin Ansar, Manager, Environmental Policy, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Rob Passaro, Director – Human Machine Interfaces, BMW Group
Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar, Google
MODERATOR: Nick Aster, Co-Founder, TreeHugger

Date: February 13, 2008

Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Google is providing sustainable refreshments.

Location: Google HQ in Mountain View, CA
Feb. 13, 2008 – 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Google Campus, Building 43
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Signs to the event lobby will be posted in the parking areas.

Doors open at 6pm
Price: $20 online, $15 with student ID. $30 non-members.
No registration at the door
Open to the general public.

Hosts
Google

The Clean Technology Program is part of the MIT Club Of Northern California’s Entrepreneurship Program. The program seeks seek to promote local entrepreneurship in the full range of clean technologies including: renewable energy, clean fuels, green building, clean manufacturing, energy efficiency, and more.

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Bios of Panelists
Carleen Goeckel, Regional Sales Manager, Lufthansa

Ms. Goeckel is a veteran of Lufthansa, having joined the company in 1966. Over the years she has held a number of positions in sales and marketing including: Nationwide Sales Promotion Manager, National Key Account Manager, National Consolidation Sales Manager as well as Regional Sales Manager positions in Washington and San Francisco. She attended the European Business School in 1991, and in 1998 became Managing Director of Global Telesales, a Lufthansa subsidiary, in Melbourne, Australia. Her present responsibilities include leading a team of 20 to develop retail and corporate sales in the Western USA.

Jasmin Ansar, Manager, Environmental Policy Department Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Jasmin Ansar is Manger in the Environmental Policy Department at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Her responsibilities include analyzing climate change issues such as AB 32 (Global Warming Solutions Act), the innovative ClimateSmart program, GHG certification, market mechanisms needed to trade carbon and other climate change initiatives. Her previous responsibilities included economic analyses required for regulatory reform and for planning and forecasting. Jasmin has a Phd in Economics from the University of Southampton, England and taught Econometrics and Economics at the City University, London, England for ten years before moving to the U.S.A. Jasmin has been at PG&E for 19 years.

Rob Passaro, Director – Human Machine Interfaces, BMW Group

Rob Passaro has over 12 years of international and Silicon Valley experience defining, executing, and growing advanced technology research labs and projects. In addition to telematics and HMI topics, Rob has been involved in the development of the BMW Hydrogen 7 and advanced studies for future urban transportation scenarios. He earned his MS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University.

Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar, Google

Bill Weihl is Green Energy Czar at Google, where he leads efforts in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and also manages the company’s greenhouse-gas footprint. He spearheaded Google’s drive to become carbon neutral, helped found the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, and helped create the REC initiative to develop renewable energy cheaper than coal. He has extensive business and technical experience in high-tech, including ten years as a professor of Computer Science at MIT, five years as a research scientist at Digital’s Systems Research Center, and five years as Chief Architect and then CTO of Akamai Technologies.

MODERATOR: Nick Aster, Co-Founder, TreeHugger

Nick Aster is a New Media Architect specializing in using online technology to advance conversations on sustainability. He has also worked with companies like Nike, SAP, Gawker Media, Offermatica, and many others on internal and external strategies for communication. With a great deal of interest in environmental matters he is also a founding team member of TreeHugger.com, the most popular environmental website in the world, and owns the niche website TriplePundit.com to promote sustainable business. He currently works for Mother Jones magazine. Nick holds an MBA in sustainable management from the Presidio School of Management and graduated with a BA in History from Washington University in St. Louis

If you’d like to attend, click here to register.

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