Greening Canada Economy: The SDTC Cleantech Summit
Wednesday October 21, 2009
Chateau Laurier, Ottawa ON
Draft Summit Agenda

7:30 Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:15 Welcome Remarks
Dr. Vicky Sharpe, President & CEO, SDTC

Opening Keynote
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources

See the video of Minister Raitt’s speech here

8:30 Panel 1: From the Margins to the Middle of Canada’s Economy: Making Cleantech Canada’s New Economic Engine
For too long, economic prosperity and the environmental sustainability have been positioned as competing objectives. We have reached a global tipping point where a sustainable environment is now recognised as a driver of economic growth. The question is: What will it take to make cleantech Canada’s new economic engine? What policy framework, business conditions and foundational investments are required to make this a reality? How can cleantech best contribute to Canada’s ongoing prosperity?

View the video of the first panel here

Opening Remarks
• Sunil Paul, Founder, Gigaton Throwdown

View Sunil Paul’s presentation here (PDF)

Panellists:
• Gerald Butts, President & CEO, World Wildlife Fund Canada
• Ross MacLachlan, President & CEO, Lignol Energy
• Jayson Myers, President & CEO, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
• Don Roberts, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets Inc.

10:00 Networking Break

10:20 Panel 2: Commercializing Cleantech Innovation: Getting Ideas to Market
The financial ecosystem supporting innovation has seen massive turmoil. While cleantech deals are still getting done, risk thresholds have increased and investments are coming at later stages. How do we ensure that cleantech innovation gets to market? What can investors, financial institutions, institutional investors, and government agencies do to strengthen the financial ecosystem? What role should public-sector financing play in creating a stronger financial ecosystem for cleantech?

View the video of the second panel here

Opening Remarks
• Stefan Reichenbach, Global Head of Environmental Markets, Thomson Reuters

View Stefan Reichenbach’s presentation here (PDF)

Panellists:
• Kevan Cowan, President, TSX Markets and Group Head of Equities
• David Henderson, Managing Director, XPV Capital
• Claude Létourneau, President & CEO, Vaperma
• Charles Scott, Director, Software Solutions, Intel Capital

11:45 Networking Buffet Lunch

12:45 Presentation and Armchair Interview with Don Newman, former host of CBC Politics

John Podesta, President & CEO, Center for American Progress

View the video of John Podesta speech and interview with Don Newman here

13:45 Networking Break

14:00 Panel 3: The Glob al Apetite for Cleantech: Who is Eating Our Lunch? Countries are racing ahead, knowing that the first truly green country is the one that will lead the 21st century. And the winner gets to be the most innovative, the most prosperous, the most energy independent, and the most energy efficient. Who’s winning the race? How can Canada be more competitive? What will be required of businesses, governments and society? What has worked internationally and why?

View the video of the third panel here

Opening Remarks
• Bruce Kahn, Director and Senior Investment Analyst, Deutsche Asset Management

View Bruce Kahn’s presentation here (PDF)

Panellists:
• Michael Gallagher, President & COO, Westport Innovations Inc.
• Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute and Chairman of the China Reform Foundation
• Terry Tamminen, Environmental Advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
• David Vincent, Director Projects, Carbon Trust

15:30 Closing Remarks
Dr. Vicky Sharpe, President & CEO, SDTC

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