Trans-Atlantic Symposium on Cleantech Innovation and Federal Contracting

When: 
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Where: 
Johns Hopkins University - Montgomery County Campus
9601 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
9605 Building, Room 121
Directions

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Program:
8:00 a.m. Complimentary Breakfast Buffet and Registration
8:30 a.m. Opening remarks by
· Elaine Amir, Executive Director, Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus
· Steven A. Silverman, Director, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development
· Markus Walther, Representative, Cleantech Switzerland and François Schmidt, Trade Counselor, Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.
· Pierre-François Unger, Geneva State Councilor, Head of Department of Regional Affairs, Economy and Health
9:00 a.m. Presentation by André Schneider, Conference Director of the European Future Energy Forum
9:10 a.m. Presentation by Pascal Goulpié, Cofounder and Executive Director of PlanetSolar, the world's largest solar boat, which is on the first round-the-world voyage by a
boat powered exclusively by high-efficiency solar cells. Live video conference with
PlanetSolar.
10:10 a.m. Presentation by Sean Patton, Director, Business Development, Lockheed Martin
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. Company presentations by
· George McKarris, CEO, CleanFIZZ, Geneva, Switzerland
· Joel Vauchel, Director, Marketing, ABB Transformers, Geneva, Switzerland
· Piero Abbate, CEO, TVP Solar, Geneva, Switzerland
· Peter Kazimirski, CEO, City Windmills, Geneva, Switzerland
· Charles Segerman, CEO, Clean Currents, Rockville, MD 
· Maryland companies to be announced
12:40 p.m. Networking lunch hosted by the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.
2:00 p.m. Program concludes 

Participating companies include: 

• ABB Rail
  Multinational, a leading supplier of rolling stock equipment to the rail vehicle industry and fixed installations to rail network operators
  
• TVP Solar
  Small company in Round B stage, currently building a plant to produce high-vacuum thermal panels. These panels use sunlight to provide industrial process heat, e.g. for air conditioning in commercial and industrial buildings.
  
• CleanFIZZ
  Start-Up, inventor of electrostatic technology that self-cleans glass and polymer surfaces from dust, sand and snow.
  
• City Windmills
  Development stage wind array small wind turbine company.   Turbines are advertising-enabled.  Has developed first prototype and signed contract with major US federal group to manufacture and distribute the windmill arrays.
  
• LEM
  Global leader in providing innovative and high quality solutions for measuring electrical parameters. Its core products, current and voltage transducers are used in a broad range of applications in drives, soldering, renewable energies, power supplies, traction, automation, energy solutions and automotive markets.
  
• Clean Currents
  Clean Currents is the Mid-Atlantic’s leading, independent green energy company, supplying both national and local Green-e Energy certified wind power through the grid to residences and businesses.  Since its founding in 2005, Clean Currents has built a vibrant green community in the region, counting over 8,000 residential and 500 commercial customers across Maryland, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.  Clean Currents is also a certified B-Corporation and is registered as a Benefit LLC, a legal qualification that incorporates environmental and societal interests into the operational charter of the company.
  
• Standard Solar, Inc.
  Standard Solar, Inc. is a national leader in the full-service development, construction, integration, financing and installation of solar electric systems. Dedicated to making solar solutions more accessible to consumers, businesses, institutions and governments, the company is leading the way to energy independence. Committed to offering responsible and energy cost-saving solar solutions that conform to the highest standards, Standard Solar is one of the most trusted and respected solar companies.

Participating regions:

• Geneva (Switzerland)
  The Lake Geneva Region has a privileged corner on the development of cleantech. First, Geneva is a major economic hub of a nation that itself has an enviable position. Some 160,000 Swiss (4.5 percent of the country’s total work force) are already active in cleantech and Switzerland has a reputation for both performance and innovation, obvious prerequisites for excellence in this new field. PlanetSolar perfectly represents the creativity of the Lake Geneva Region.
  
• Montgomery County (Maryland, USA)
  Montgomery County has the highest concentration of entrepreneurs than any other jurisdiction in the nation. The diverse and robust business community of 32,800 enterprises employs a workforce of over 375,000 workers in areas including clean and green technology, biotechnology, software development, telecommunications and aerospace engineering.  In 2009, the Green Economy Task Force was commissioned to chart “a bold new course for Montgomery County focused on creating opportunities for new and existing ‘green’ businesses, spurring innovation, increasing employment, and developing next generation technologies”.
  

Organizers:
Organized by the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and Switzerland Trade & Investment Promotion.

Partners:
Supported by the Republic and State of Geneva, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Cleantech Switzerland and  Johns Hopkins University.