Xconomy Forum Tonight: The Rise of Cleantech in the Northwest

We’re putting on a cleantech show tonight at K&L Gates in downtown Seattle, starting at 6 pm. The event is sold out, but we may still have a few standing-room tickets available if you contact me.

Our panel, moderated by Michael Butler of Cascadia Capital, is made up of Mark Aggar from Microsoft, Jesse Berst from Global Smart Energy, Jeremy Jaech from Verdiem, and Linden Rhoads from UW Tech Transfer. It should be a potent combination of energy technology, software, finance, and policy. We’ll get right to the discussion and field as many questions from the audience as we can.

We’ll also be hearing quick company intros from top executives at EnerG2, Prometheus Energy, and Vu1. It will be a snapshot of what some very talented folks are doing across the cleantech space in Seattle. And that will flow right into our networking hour, which will bring together entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, researchers, tech transfer officials, lawyers, analysts, media, and others. We look forward to seeing you there.

Author: Gregory T. Huang

Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003. Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.