Power Talks in Palm Springs: 6th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit Announces Leading Visionaries and Thought Leaders as Keynotes

Power Talks in Palm Springs: 6th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit Announces
Leading Visionaries and Thought Leaders as Keynotes
Speakers include Dr. Craig Venter, A123's David Vieau, U.S. DOE senior advisor
Matt Rogers, and Interface chairman and author Ray Anderson

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean-tech venture capitalists,
government advisers, utility thought leaders, and corporate visionaries will
convene in Palm Springs in January for the 6(th) Annual Clean-Tech Investor
Summit, the industry's annual gathering produced by Clean Edge and
International Business Forum (IBF), and chaired by Technology Partners' Ira
Ehrenpreis. This elite event sells out every year, so please register now to
reserve your spot for January 20-21, 2010.

This year, as always, The Clean-Tech Investor Summit will offer its high-level
audience a series of keynotes from some of the greatest minds in clean tech.
Audience members will be privy to a provocative presentation by Dr. Craig
Venter, whose fame for sequencing the human genome may yet be surpassed by his
efforts to apply "biological robots" to global energy and environmental
challenges. A123 CEO David Vieau will reveal, as much as he's able to on the
cusp of his company's recent IPO, what the industry can expect from the public
debut of his company and the future of energy storage and electric vehicles.
And the pros and cons of nuclear power's next steps will addressed by NRDC's
Ralph Cavanagh and Global Business Network's Peter Schwartz in a moderated
conversation with conference co-producer Ron Pernick.

Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor, DOE, will hold a fireside chat with Clean-Tech
Investor Summit chairman Ira Ehrenpreis, to explore the latest efforts of the
U.S. government to increase investments and capital flow into the emerging
clean-tech sector. Reed Hundt, co-chair, Coalition for the Green Bank, former
head of U.S. FCC, and author In China's Shadow, will give the audience a
first-hand look at U.S. entrepreneurship, China's rise, and the need for a
Green Bank. And Ray Anderson, Author, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist,
and Chairman, Interface, will provide an inspirational keynote on how industry
and the environment aren't mutually exclusive, but intricately linked.

Other confirmed speakers and panelists include:
-- Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril
-- Amanda Little, environmental journalist and author, Power Trip
-- Carl Bass, president and CEO, Autodesk
-- Judith B. Warrick, senior advisor, Morgan Stanley
-- Michael Allman, president and CEO, Sempra Generation

-- Rob Bernhard, chief environmental strategist, Microsoft

This year's Clean-Tech Investor Summit sponsors include: Baird; Orrick;
Morrison & Foerster; Wells Fargo; Jefferies; Antenna Group; Hobbes & Towne;
Akin Gump; Manatt; and Stoel Rives.

Register Early For Savings
Attendees who purchase their conference passes by 11/18/09 can save $250 off
the regular registration fee of $1,895. Purchase your discounted conference
pass by visiting www.ibfconferences.com or calling IBF registrar Cathy Fenn at
516-765-9005 x21 and using discount code: ECT6.

For more information about the Clean-Tech Investor Summit, the Clean-Tech Expo
and for sponsorship opportunities, visit www.cleantechsummit.com or contact
Associate Producer, Alex Chard, at +1 (516) 765-9005 ext. 280 or by email at
achard@ibfconferences.com.

About IBF
International Business Forum presents financial and business conferences on
venture capital, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, corporate
strategic investing, defined contribution/401(k) plans, risk management,
funding technology innovation, and commercialization of intellectual property.
IBF conferences provide attendees with leading-edge information and new
business contacts to achieve business objectives. Visit www.ibfconferences.com
for more details and complete information on upcoming events.

About Clean Edge, Inc.
Clean Edge, Inc., founded in 2000, is the world's first research and
publishing firm devoted to the clean-tech sector. The company, which has
offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland Oregon, offers unparalleled
insight and intelligence on emerging clean-tech trends, opportunities, and
challenges. Among its many activities, the company publishes the annual Clean
Energy Trends and Clean Tech Job Trends reports; produces the annual
Clean-Tech Investor Summit (along with IBF); maintains a number of benchmark
clean-tech stock indexes with NASDAQ OMX including CELS, QGRD, and QWND; and
produces Clean Edge Jobs. To learn more visit www.cleanedge.com.

About Technology Partners
Technology Partners is a 25 year venture capital firm that manages
approximately $700 million of investment capital with current investments
being made from Technology Partners Fund VIII. Technology Partners has
invested in more than 100 companies serving principally as a lead investor and
is a recognized leader in the Cleantech sector. Ira Ehrenpreis is the
founding Chairman of the Clean-Tech Investor Summit, having served in that
role since the Summit's inception. The firm also invests in Life Science,
specializing in consumer medicine and neurotechnology. For more information
on Technology Partners, go to www.technologypartners.com.

SOURCE Clean-Tech Investor Summit

Ron Pernick, Clean Edge, Inc., +1-503-493-8681, pernick@cleanedge.com; or
Caroline Venza, Antenna Group for Clean Edge/IBF, +1-415-977-1939,
caroline@antennagroup.com