Is GreenTech the New Black in a Global Marketplace?

VIP roundtable discussion in San Francisco bridges international perspectives

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Is GreenTech the new black
when it comes to jumpstarting the global economy and doing more than blowing
hot air about various environmental issues threatening mankind? swissnex San
Francisco and OSEC Business Network Switzerland host a breakfast roundtable on
Friday, July 10th addressing the need to design, develop and implement new
green technologies to solve the most pressing environmental challenges facing
industrial companies and governments throughout the world.

Panelists representing a variety of public and private interests share their
experience and knowledge related to innovation in the GreenTech domain: from
the challenge of speeding up and encouraging the transfer of knowledge from
applied research to local economies, to the potential of revolutionizing
concepts such as the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology's "Solar
Islands" project that enable very low-cost "green" energy production and
define a new benchmark for the industry. In attendance is special guest Doris
Leuthard, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs and
Vice-President of the Federal Council, who is in San Francisco as part of her
visit to the United States to meet with Obama administration officials and
other key players in the global economy.

Roundtable discussion
Date: July 10, 2009
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Location: swissnex San Francisco, 730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA
94111

Program details:
http://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/activities/events/green_tech_global_marketplace_leuthard_2009

SOURCE swissnex San Francisco

Vanessa Drigo of swissnex San Francisco, T +1-415-912-5901 x102, F
+1-415-912-5905, vanessa.drigo@swissnexsanfrancisco.org