Participating Panelists:
Tony Seba, Author & Hi-Tech Strategy Consultant
Yoriko Kishimoto, Board Member, VTA and Air District; former Mayor of Palo Alto
Binay Panda, Ph.D., Cross-Border Entrepreneur
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Registration and Networking:
Program: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC
950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA
Bldg 950 (brick building)
Light hors d’oeuvres
FEES:
$20: Registration by July 10 (midnight)
$30: Late Registration by July 13 (5:00pm)
$40: Walk-ins (Walk-ins welcome, but seats may be limited)
Registration at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=186148
Everyone from the White House to your house is talking about the future of global energy policy, environmental preservation, and the role of biotech in these and many other fields. Fueled in part by the Japanese government’s economic stimulus package, Japanese entrepreneurs and industry leaders alike have taken a global leadership position in creating green, sustainable energy, and biotech businesses. This presents unique opportunities for Silicon Valley companies, also global leaders in these fields, to collaborate with their Japanese counterparts.
Tony Seba will discuss the future of clean energy: choices, myths, reality, and challenges. He will clarify the confusion surrounding ‘renewable’ energy. What are the real, sustainable clean energy market opportunities and which ones are dead-ends? Do you bet on “clean coal,” biofuels, “green nuclear,” wind or solar? Time permitting, he will share one trillion dollar opportunity. Yoriko Kishimoto will discuss why the Bay Area is “ground zero” for the emerging cleantech economy. She will share her vision of the role the public sector can play in transforming the energy and transportation sectors under a green economy vision of the Bay Area, such as providing alternative fuels infrastructure, green building standards, and zero waste and climate protection strategies. Binay Panda will discuss cross-border entrepreneurship in a globalized world. Nowadays many companies are going global from the outset. Starting a company in any environment is challenging, and involving three different countries in the process is especially taxing. He will discuss his experience in entrepreneurship and partnership dealing with a variety of business and cross-cultural issues involving US, Japan and India.
*Speakers are subject to change.
About the Panelists:
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Tony Seba Mr. Seba is the author of the upcoming book Solar Trillions – Create Wealth, Grow the Economy, Save the World. He is a lecturer at Stanford University in entrepreneurship, high tech strategy and finance. He is a founding executive of a Silicon Valley solar startup company and the author of Winners Take All - 9 Fundamental Rules of High Tech Strategy. Mr. Seba is a strategy consultant, business architect, and internationally known public speaker who also teaches at leading institutions around the world such as The Auckland University (New Zealand) Business School and in-company at some of the world’s top high tech companies such as Google, Inc. Mr. Seba was the award-winning founder and CEO of PrintNation.com, where he raised more than $30 million in venture capital and established it as the leader in its market segment. Prior to PrintNation, Mr. Seba worked in business development and strategic planning at Cisco Systems and RSA Data Security. He is also on several boards of advisors and directors. Mr. Seba holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://www.tonyseba.com |
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Yoriko Kishimoto Ms. Kishimoto, a former Mayor of Palo Alto, currently serves on the Palo Alto City Council as well as the Board of Directors for the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). Her call to action as Mayor has been to Build a Green Economy through Innovation. Working with her colleagues and other cities, Ms. Kishimoto has led Palo Alto’s leadership in green initiatives, from zero waste to aggressive renewable energy portfolios, financing energy efficiency projects and green building standards. Ms. Kishimoto holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and has run, among others, a consulting business to assist technology entrepreneurs from both the US and Japan. She was also the organizer of the Presidio Energy Workshops on US-Japan Perspectives on a Sustainable Energy Future. Ms. Kishimoto is a candidate for the State Assembly District 21. |
Binay Panda, Ph.D.
Dr. Panda obtained his Ph.D. in molecular virology and biochemistry from University of Oxford, UK, and was an American Cancer Society Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California. Following his research, Dr. Panda joined the leading genomics firm Affymetrix and worked both in California and Tokyo, where he lived for three years and helped build the company’s Japan operation. Over the last 15years, Dr. Panda has worked in multiple areas of biotechnology, both in research and commercialization, including genomics, genomic diagnostics and personalized medicine in Europe, Japan and US. In 2007, he co-founded a genomic diagnostics company with focus on early detection of cancer. He also teaches at the University of California, Santa Cruz Extension.
