MEDIA ALERT: Media Invited to Attend Cleantech Open Regional Awards Ceremony

REDWOOD CITY, CA, Oct 05 (MARKET WIRE) --
On Tuesday, October 20, the Cleantech Open (www.cleantechopen.com) will
announce the six finalist teams that will represent the California region
at the national awards next month. At this press event, all 45 teams from
the California competition will be introduced and the finalist from each
of the six categories will be chosen. Teams will be available for
interviews, along with the volunteer mentors who have been helping each
team hone its business plan, and representatives from sponsors of the
Cleantech Open.

What: California Regional Awards Ceremony
When: Tuesday, October 20th at 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto
Who: Representatives from each of the 45 semifinalist teams
in California, and their mentors, plus representatives from
companies that are sponsoring the Cleantech Open.

RSVP is required. This event is a perfect opportunity to meet the
future of cleantech here in California, and the prelude to the Cleantech
Open Expo and Awards Gala that will be held in San Francisco on November
17. Journalists that attend this event will be automatically added to the
guest list for November's Awards Gala.

For more information or to register for the event, please contact:
Tim Cox
650-369-7784
tim@zingpr.com

Relevant Web resources

Cleantech Open website: www.cleantechopen.com

Registration for the
Cleantech Open Awards Gala (contact Tim Cox for special media code)

Cleantech Open blog: www.cleantechopen.com/app.cgi/blog/

Cleantech Open on Facebook: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21709779424

Cleantech Open on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/companies/clean-tech-open

Cleantech Open on Twitter: twitter.com/cleantechopen

About The Cleantech Open

The Cleantech Open is the world's largest clean tech business competition.
It finds, funds, and fosters entrepreneurs with revolutionary ideas,
technologies, and products that address today's most urgent energy,
climate, and economic challenges. Through its one-of-a-kind annual
business competition and mentorship program, the Cleantech Open has
helped hundreds of clean technology startups bring their breakthrough
ideas to fruition since 2006, helping alumni contestants raise over $125m
and making thousands of green collar jobs possible. In addition to the
original competition held in California, the 2009 Cleantech Open was
expanded to include two new regions: the Rocky Mountain region, including
Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming; and the Pacific
Northwest, including Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Cleantech
entrepreneurs will compete for a total of more than $1 million in prizes.
Fueled by a network of over 400 volunteers and sponsors, the Cleantech
Open unites the public and private sectors in a shared vision for making
America's clean tech sector a thriving economic engine. Past alumni
successes include Adura Technologies, Cool Earth Solar, Enverity,
Federspiel Controls, GreenVolts, GroundSource GeoThermal, Lucid Design
Group, Mission Motors, and Syncromatics. For more information, visit
www.cleantechopen.com, and follow @cleantechopen on Twitter.

For more information or to register for the event, please contact:
Tim Cox
650-369-7784
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