Babson College is cosponsoring the leading clean technology event, the Cleantech Forum XXIII, September 8-10, 2009, which will be held in Boston for the first time.

President Leonard Schlesinger will be giving a keynote address, “The Future of Entrepreneurship.”  Babson is also sponsoring the award for the leading Cleantech Product Innovation.  Mark T. Donohue, Babson College Clean Technology Entrepreneur-in-Residence, will lead the presentation, “Carbon Solutions for Business.”

Cleantech Forums are the premier networking and deal-making venues for the global cleantech sector. This conference always gathers the most prominent cleantech industry influencers for three exciting days of high-level informative sessions and networking - with leading investors, corporate leaders, policy-makers, forward-thinking business executives, entrepreneurs and researchers shaping the industry.

Cleantech Forum keynote speakers include:
    
Keynote speaker:   Matt C. Rogers,
Senior Adviser for Recovery Act Spending, U.S. Department of Energy
Rogers oversees the U.S. DOE’s disbursement of energy-related stimulus funding. He reports to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and will offer insights at the Cleantech Forum into how the cleantech sector can best interface with the U.S. government to access billions in DOE funding. Rogers was formerly leader of McKinsey’s North American Petroleum Practice and was an advisor to the Obama presidential transition team.

Keynote speaker: Leonard Schlesinger, President, Babson College
When: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 6:00-6:30 pm
Schlesinger is the 12th President of Babson College, which is the number-one rated school for entrepreneurship. His keynote will offer insights on “The Future of Entrepreneurship.” President Schlesinger was formerly Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer at Limited Brands, which employs over 80,000. He is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of nine books. Schlesinger’s academic career includes twenty years teaching at Harvard Business School, where he led MBA and Executive Education programs, plus a senior VP position at Brown University.

The three day Cleantech Forum XXIII Boston features:
•   A stimulus and policy workshop
•   Discussions on the challenges cleantech entrepreneurs and innovators face navigating government loan guarantee programs
•   Developments in the emerging markets of India and China
•   Opportunities to interact with over 100 CEOs of  leading cleantech growth companies looking for advice, capital, partners, customers and talent – a hallmark of Cleantech Forums
•   An Entrepreneurial Master Class clinic
•   Presentation of  the Cleantech Product Innovation award, which is sponsored by Babson College, and
•   Multiple educational tracks - with sessions exploring the latest developments in carbon markets, industrial energy efficiency, biomass, solar, infrastructure opportunities, next generation wind, waste to energy, energy storage, water technologies and much more.

To review the agenda and a list of speakers, please visit http://cleantech.com/cleantechforum/boston09/