VentureBeat Announces GreenBeat Conference Focused on Growing Smart Grid Industry

Online, October 22, 2009 (Newswire.com) - Al Gore and John Doerr featured speakers at inaugural event on November 18-19, 2009

San Francisco, CA - October 22, 2009 - VentureBeat, the leading news site covering innovation, today announces GreenBeat 2009, the seminal conference on Smart Grid. This two-day event will bring together leading entrepreneurs, investors, utilities, technology executives, and policymakers to accelerate the development of a leaner, more efficient electrical grid. GreenBeat will take place November 18-19, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel in San Mateo, California.
There's more than just massive economic opportunity for entrepreneurs in the $1 trillion Smart Grid industry. It's critically important for the rest of us: revamping the power grid will save energy, increase reliability and transparency, and make the world safer. GreenBeat 2009 will address the questions that surround Smart Grid technology, including who will become the innovation leaders, where technology and money will intersect, what roles traditional stakeholders will play, and more.
Attend to hear perspectives on Smart Grid from an elite group of green leaders, including:
• Al Gore, Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner
• John Doerr, a leading Silicon Valley investor with Kleiner Perkins
• Laura Ipsen, SVP of Cisco's Smart Grid Business Unit
• Andrew Tang, PG&E, Senior Director of Smart Energy Web
• And many more
"With Washington, DC and the world poised to push through major climate change legislation over the next year, the 'SuperGrid' is the ripest area for disruptive innovation right now," said Matt Marshall, Editor-in-Chief and Founder of VentureBeat. "This conference comes at an ideal time. At GreenBeat, people will have the opportunity to interact up close with the most ambitious entrepreneurs, as well as leaders in technology, business, utilities, and venture capital that are driving policy and innovation toward a cleaner, more efficient electrical grid."
The conference will commence on Wednesday, November 18th at 3:30pm at the San Mateo Marriott, to conclude for the day at 6:15 pm and followed by a networking reception from 6:15 pm to 8:00 pm. On Thursday, November 19th, the event will run from 8:30 am to 7:00 pm. Al Gore's keynote will take place between 4:15 and 5:00 pm on Thursday.

Full information on GreenBeat 2009, including agenda, is available at http://events.venturebeat.com/greenbeat2009/

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