An Energetic Thank You to Our Energy Innovation Forum Speakers and Sponsors

The British consulate on Memorial Drive was hopping last night as roughly 125 people gathered for our Energy Innovation forum, which featured a great panel led by Xconomist Bill Aulet of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center—and an incredible chat between Paul “Charlie Rose” Maeder of Highland Capital Partners and energy-efficiency guru Amory Lovins, co-founder and chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute.

We’ll post more about the event tomorrow, but for now, we’d really like to thank all those who made the event such a stellar success. First, a special thank you to our fantastic event host and charter underwriter, UK Trade & Investment, and the team there who welcomed us into their offices overlooking the Charles River and bailed us out on a few last-minute logistics glitches. (Yes, Kevin McCarthy, that means you—thanks!)

We were also generously supported by our event sponsors, Comerica Bank and Jones Lang LaSalle, the global real estate services firm. Greentech Media was our media partner and the Renewable Energy Business Network helped us spread the word.

And, in addition to Paul, Bill, and Amory, we’d like to thank the other panelists, whose powerful insights helped make the event a tremendous success: Bill Wiberg of Advanced Technology Ventures, Jim Matheson from Flagship Venture Partners (who pulled no punches, at least when it came to the Pats), Don Lessard of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Christina Lampe-Onnerud, CEO of Boston Power.

Lastly, a big thanks to our attendees. We hope to see you all at our next event, The Battle of the Tech Bands 2.

Author: Robert Buderi

Bob is Xconomy's founder and chairman. He is one of the country's foremost journalists covering business and technology. As a noted author and magazine editor, he is a sought-after commentator on innovation and global competitiveness. Before taking his most recent position as a research fellow in MIT's Center for International Studies, Bob served as Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review, then a 10-times-a-year publication with a circulation of 315,000. Bob led the magazine to numerous editorial and design awards and oversaw its expansion into three foreign editions, electronic newsletters, and highly successful conferences. As BusinessWeek's technology editor, he shared in the 1992 National Magazine Award for The Quality Imperative. Bob is the author of four books about technology and innovation. Naval Innovation for the 21st Century (2013) is a post-Cold War account of the Office of Naval Research. Guanxi (2006) focuses on Microsoft's Beijing research lab as a metaphor for global competitiveness. Engines of Tomorrow (2000) describes the evolution of corporate research. The Invention That Changed the World (1996) covered a secret lab at MIT during WWII. Bob served on the Council on Competitiveness-sponsored National Innovation Initiative and is an advisor to the Draper Prize Nominating Committee. He has been a regular guest of CNBC's Strategy Session and has spoken about innovation at many venues, including the Business Council, Amazon, eBay, Google, IBM, and Microsoft.