Bringing the World's Top Cleantech Clusters Together

The California Cleantech Collaboration


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By Angela Guss
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

We recently showcased the Finnish Cleantech Cluster, highlighting their exciting work within Finland and around the globe.

In addition to this, we would like to share more about what the Finnish Cleantech Cluster is up to in the coming months...

The GCCA and the Finnish Cleantech Cluster in partnership with the Metso, Grant Thornton, and swisscleantech, among others ― are hosting the California Cleantech Collaboration. The GCCA California Cleantech Collaboration are two one-day cleantech business forums that will highlight the U.S.'s two most active cleantech cities, San Francisco and San Diego.

The San Francisco forum on August 9 and San Diego forum on August 11 will serve to bring together cleantech companies from around the world to to meet with utilities, venors, and corporations involved in the cleantech sector. gcca

The event will also serve as a preview to the Ecocity World Summit in Montreal, at which point the nominees for GCCA's Later Stage Award will be officially announced.

Shawn Lesser, co-founder of GCCA, Watershed Capital Group, and Nina Harjula, co-founder of GCCA, Finnish Cleantech Cluster, will moderate the event.

The forum will include panel disuccsions on:

  • Global bio-energy panel discussion with keynote speaker Risto Lehtimäki, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications of the Metso Group
  • Global energy efficiency, intelligent energy management, and smart grids with a keynote speaker from General Electrics, Smart City San Diego
  • Water technology with keynote speaker Donald F. Rutz, Vise President, Kemira Oyj

Following these discussions, Finnish Cleantech companies and global cleantech industry partners will have one-on-one meetings. Both days will conclude with a cocktail reception and networking dinner.

To register for this event, click here.

Until Next Time,

Angela Guss


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