San Diego’s Place in the Sun: Getting Smarter About Energy, Starting June 8

local companies and the compelling technologies they have developed. Leading our case study lineup is Ron Pitt, a solar energy industry veteran and the founding CEO of EcoDog, a Vista, CA, company that has developed an energy-tracking “watchdog” device for homeowners. Our case study presentations also include CEO Joaquin Silva of On-Ramp Wireless, which has developed a low-power wireless sensor and communication system for industrial-scale monitoring, and CEO David Johnson of Achates Power, a semi-stealthy local company that has largely refrained from talking publicly about the radically innovative engine design it has under development—until now.

We also have organized 4-minute presentations from executives at some of San Diego’s most-exciting energy startups in a series of “burst” presentations that have proved highly popular at other Xconomy events. They’re intended to provide a rapid overview of the range of technology innovation underway in our region, and our lineup includes PowerGenix, Pyron Solar, and 5th Generation Solar.

Please join us for an inspiring and informative afternoon on smart energy. Registration begins at 1 p.m., and our program will run from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and includes plenty of time for networking. You can see details on how to register online by clicking here.

Immediately following our forum, Calit2 is organizing a reception and networking event that’s intended to showcase U.C. San Diego research projects in smart grids and sustainability. It will be a catalog of insights and information about smart energy, and we look forward to seeing you on June 8.

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Author: Bruce V. Bigelow

In Memoriam: Our dear friend Bruce V. Bigelow passed away on June 29, 2018. He was the editor of Xconomy San Diego from 2008 to 2018. Read more about his life and work here. Bruce Bigelow joined Xconomy from the business desk of the San Diego Union-Tribune. He was a member of the team of reporters who were awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for uncovering bribes paid to San Diego Republican Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham in exchange for special legislation earmarks. He also shared a 2006 award for enterprise reporting from the Society of Business Editors and Writers for “In Harm’s Way,” an article about the extraordinary casualty rate among employees working in Iraq for San Diego’s Titan Corp. He has written extensively about the 2002 corporate accounting scandal at software goliath Peregrine Systems. He also was a Gerald Loeb Award finalist and National Headline Award winner for “The Toymaker,” a 14-part chronicle of a San Diego start-up company. He takes special satisfaction, though, that the series was included in the library for nonfiction narrative journalism at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Bigelow graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1977 with a degree in English Literature and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1979. Before joining the Union-Tribune in 1990, he worked for the Associated Press in Los Angeles and The Kansas City Times.