TechConnect World, in association with the Nano
Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable
Industries Organization (CTSI), today announced the Keynote speakers and other
industry thought-leaders presenting at the Clean Technology '09, Nanotech '09
and TechConnect Summit events, taking place as part of TechConnect World, May
3-7 in Houston, Texas.
TechConnect World Announces Keynote Addresses and Other Prominent Speakers
Headlining at the Clean Technology '09, Nanotech '09 and TechConnect Summit
Cambridge, MA | Posted on March 5th, 2009
The Clean Technology '09 Conference features almost 1,000 presentations covering:
sustainable industries; traditional energy; renewable energy; grid & storage
issues; and energy & the environment. The Nanotech '09 Conference, which
is the largest and longest-running nanotech event in the world, features well
over 1,500 presentations, covering topics such as: fabrication; advanced materials;
electronics & microsystems; cancer research; drug delivery; and nano medicine.
The Keynote presenters, who will address the combined audiences of the Clean
Technology, Nanotech, and TechConnect Summit events, include:
1. Bayer Material Science's Chief Administrative Officer: Robert J. Kumpf
2. Continental Airlines' Chairman and CEO: Larry Kellner
3. The Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Director:
Dan Arvizu
4. Exelon Power's President: Mark A. Schiavoni
5. Hayes & Boone Partner, and former COO for the DOE's Office of Energy
Efficiency & Renewable Energy: Paul Dickerson
6. Lockheed Martin Corporation's CTO: Ray O. Johnson
7. Simmons & Company International's Chairman: Matt Simmons
8. And renowned author, former CIA director, and current Partner at VantagePoint
Venture Partners: James Woolsey
Prominent speakers featured in the Clean Technology '09 and Nanotech '09 conferences
include:
1. MD Anderson Cancer Center's President: John Mendelsohn
2. National Cancer Institute, NIH, Piotr Grodzinski
3. BASF's Bernd Sachweh
4. Cisco Systems' Vivian Clark
5. The Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization's CEO: Patricia
Glaza
6. General Electric's Loucas Tsakalakos
7. Halliburton's Research Manager: Lewis R. Norman
8. Hewlett-Packard Company's Sustainability Executive: John Frey
9. Houston Advanced Research Center's Senior Research Scientist: Richard C.
Haut
10. NASA Ames Research Center's Director of the Center for Nanotechnology: Meyya
Meyyappan
11. The Nuclear Energy Institute's Director of Policy Development: Paul H. Genoa
12. Rice University's Executive Director of the Energy & Environmental Systems
Institute: Emil Pena
13. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's: Trina Martynowicz
14. Texas Instruments' Senior Fellow in Silicon Technology Development: Bob
Doering
15. Unilever's Krassimir P. Velikov
16. Xerox's Nanotechnology project leader: Kock-Yee Law
"The thousands of presentations we've scheduled feature prominent executives
at some of the largest companies in the world, who are each playing an active
role in some of the most innovative projects across the clean, bio and nano
tech industries," said Dr. Matthew Laudon, founder of TechConnect World.
"By offering unrivaled content - both in terms of quality & quantity
- TechConnect World helps anyone learn more about the technologies that can
help them today, while providing a glimpse of what's possible for tomorrow."
For information on the 2,700-plus presentations scheduled for the Nanotech
'09, Clean Technology '09, and TechConnect Summit events, please visit: www.techconnect.org/World2009/news/item.html?id=4181.
Members of the media interested in attending any of these sessions can obtain
press passes by contacting Todd Keefe@todd@firpr.com
Posted March 5th, 2009
