Karine Peloffy is coming to Cali May 31st to June 11th

Karine Peloffy

Our fellow planet loved and friend Karine Peloffy is coming to Cali!

I am a former business litigation lawyer who recently graduated from the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford where I researched the potential of humor and online viral videos for climate change communication for my Master’s dissertation.

Since graduating, I have shifted my career to climate change communication and dedicated myself to the production of a funny documentary titled 'Emission Impossible' that aims to make sense of the financial risks of carbon-intensive investments versus low carbon, clean-tech innovation within the energy sector. I am also coordinating a group of Master students in law and business administration at UCL and LBS doing research on the topics to be addressed in the documentary.

On the ‘dark’ side, it will consider the expected increase in carbon price due to regulation and specifically investigate the potential future legal liability of large carbon emitters, such as coal fire plants and tar sands, for climate change damages and the attendant financial implications for their investors. On the ‘light’ side, it will showcase alternative clean tech investment opportunities which offer solutions to climate, energy and economic problems. I will be coming to California in the first two weeks of June to mingle and interview people who are taking up these opportunities as I explain in this vlog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5PfOAWWfsk&feature=channel

The tone of the documentary will be humoristic, commonsensical, unpretentious yet informative in order to reach a broad audience. Therefore, potential interviewees and others involved in the process have to be ready to have a little fun!

If you think you can help this project in any way, I, and the future audience of the documentary, would be infinitely thankful! This may involve anything like:

- contact or idea for an interview (anyone ranging from University professors specialized in clean tech financing, responsible pension fund investors to clean tech venture capitalists, innovators and entrepreneurs). I wouldn’t say no to Governor Arnie (if he begged)
- contact or idea for a local spontaneous stand-up comedian or funny person who would like to participate, including brainstorming on how to make this funny. Note: that person need NOT have any interest in climate change whatsoever...the point is to make the doc enjoyable to people who don’t care about it...
- contact with people involved in film production. I will bring a decent quality camera and microphones and welcome any extra input from director to sound person to a full- blown production team.
- contact with person or organization that would like to bankroll this exciting documentary or part thereof.
- a place to stay, a car (ideally environmentally-friendly but I won’t be fussy) or any other helpful advice, idea or freebie.

If all my dreams come through, I will find all those key people. But as it is coming up quite fast and funding / contacts may not have had time to pull through, it may end up being me rocking up with my camera guerilla-style, but I’m good fun!

More about me: I recently graduated from an MSc in Environmental Change and Management at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford in 2009 and graduated with distinction and a double degree (B.C.L./LL.B) from McGill Law School in 2005. Prior to that, I finished the Health Sciences International Baccalaureate with the highest cumulative average of my program.

I am a qualified lawyer in Quebec and a former business litigation lawyer at Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg. While at the firm, I worked closely with the lead litigator in the team that successfully secured court approval, from Superior Court all the way to the Supreme Court, for the largest leveraged buy-out transaction in history on the eve of the financial crisis in the case of BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders.

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Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win? Innovation, Policy, and China // Wed May 5 SF

What: Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win The Race? Innovation, Policy, and China
When: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 11AM - 6PM
Where: PG&E General Office Conference Center, 77 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA
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The Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference announces its fifth conference connecting key players from Industry, Academia and Policy.
Three extraordinary panels will discuss:
-What are the innovations in electric vehicle technology?
-What are the opportunities and challenges from China?
-Which policies are transforming the automobile industry?

Speakers: Tesla’s co-founder, leaders from CODA Automotive, CALSTART, Mission Motors, CPUC, EPRI, MTI, Stanford University, NRDC, Better Place, and PG&E.

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Alternative Fuels +Vehicles Conf + Expo 2010 // May9-12 Las Vegas

In a few short days, people from around the world will be getting behind the wheel of Toyota’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; the hydrogen fuel cell FCX from Honda; the MV-1, Vehicle Production Group’s CNG fueled mobility taxi; and the THINK City electric vehicle. Some people have all the luck and it’s not too late for you to be one of them – sign-up today for the Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference + Expo 2010. Las Vegas is the site of the leading fuel and technology neutral industry Conference, May 9-12. There are countless reasons you’ll want to be there.

· General Sessions featuring such notables as Margo Tsirigotis Oge, EPA Director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality; entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens; former CIA Director R. James Woolsey; Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman; MotorWeek’s John Davis; and the Senior Director for the Automotive X Prize, Eric Cahill.

· Concurrent Sessions covering product presentations, credits and incentives, advanced vehicle technologies and more than 150 industry experts representing auto manufacturers, fuel providers, public and private fleets, fuel and education associations, academia and non-governmental organizations.

· Trade Show with 100 exhibitors displaying the latest vehicle, fueling and battery developments in the industry. Vehicles include everything from pure electric to urban sweepers and garbage trucks.

· Ride-n-Drive providing the chance to get behind the wheel of leading auto manufacturers’ products, including the latest in hybrid hydraulic technologies.

· Networking Opportunities taking place from T. Boone Pickens' Town Hall Meeting to the VooDoo Lounge on closing night.

· Fellow attendees represent Walt Disney World, Massachusetts Port Authority, Clean Cities Coordinators, AT&T, Frito-Lay, the Department of Energy, Anheuser-Busch, Napa Valley Unified School District, Clinton Foundation, City of New York and Autoblog Green. More than 1,000 attendees are expected.

Why do some people have all the luck? It’s just as easy as showing up.

Check out the superb line-up of knowledgeable speakers, the list of industry-leading exhibitors and all of the robust offerings that make this Conference “The Answer Place for Fleets.” Click here for more information.

AF&V 2010. One Show. Maximum Value.

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Green:Net 2010 // 29 April 2010 Mission Bay Conference Center SF

The leading green conference for the Internet industry

What is Green:Net?

Green:Net is where green and IT meet. While alternative energy gets a lot of attention at most green conferences, only the The GigaOM Network’s Green:Net offers a specific point of view on how the computing and Internet technologies will provide the tools needed to fight climate change. Don't miss the green conference for the Internet industry.

To preserve our future, we have to reduce emissions and energy in the most efficient way possible. To that end, we need to measure, make use of and share an unprecedented amount of data -- tasks for which the computers and networks that form the global fabric of the Internet and communication networks are ideally suited. Following a sold-out first-year event, we're proud to once again be gathering together the brightest minds, ideas and entrepreneurs for Green:Net 2010. There, attendees will find out what new opportunities -- from web sites and smart networked vehicles to green data centers and smart energy grids -- are being created by the tech elite.

Green:Net 2010 speakers include:

Bill Gross, CEO and Founder of Idealab
Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Bill Weihl, Google’s Green Energy Czar
Jason Few, President of Reliant Energy
Dian Grueneich, Commissioner for the California Public Utilities Commission
Laura Ipsen, SVP and GM, Smart Grid, Cisco
Eric Dresselhuys, EVP, Silver Spring Networks

Among the topics that will be covered:

So the Smart Grid Will Be Huge, Now What? - Who are the innovators, and what software and network technologies will usher in the next generation of the power grid?
The New Networked Car - Is the next major mobile technology platform for green applications your car?
Carbon Policy Is Coming, and Software Is Gonna Save You - Will we see the emergence of new software giants in this space?
How the Internet Giants Are Moving Into Energy - Google and Microsoft have slowing moved into offering energy services -- what's the attraction and what are their plans?
Switching Atoms for Bits: The Web and Dematerialization - Did you know that one Kindle can deliver, on average, an estimated savings of 168 kg of CO2 per year?
Dot-com Investors Turn to Cleantech - Get a map of the opportunities and the funds chasing deals at this session.

And much, much more. For a full listing of speakers and topics visit our Green:Net 2010 web site:

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Green:Net 2010 // 29 April 2010 SF

Green:Net 2010 examines how the tools created for the Internet, computing and IT revolutions will be crucial for fighting climate change.

Information and communications technologies could enable emissions reductions 15 percent below current amounts by 2020, the Climate Group has predicted. Whether you’re in a corporation wanting to learn about best green IT practices or an entrepreneur looking for your next venture, Green:Net in San Francisco is a must-attend event that will allow you to take away the best ideas and meet contacts and thinkers in this space. After a sold-out successful first event in 2009, Green:Net is back in April 2010. Get your ticket now!

Some of the topics under discussion at Green:Net 2010 include:

So the Smart Grid Will Be Huge, Now What?

When President Obama announced $3.4 billion in stimulus funds to add digital intelligence to the power grid at the end of 2009, the smart grid officially went mainstream. The market for the next-generation electrical system is predicted to grow to $210 billion over the next five years. Both startups born out of the IT world and large corporations that manufacture networking equipment will help utilities remake an infrastructure that has seen little innovation in the last century. The race is on! Who are the innovators, and what software and network technologies will usher in the next generation of the power grid?

The New Networked Car

IT tools are landing in the unlikeliest of places — even your vehicle. The next generation of electric cars, from Nissan’s LEAF to GM’s Volt to Tesla’s Roadster, will fuel up from the power grid, and the charge will be controlled by software and a utility data center. Startups are building the systems now — are the big automakers ready? Is the next major mobile technology platform your car?

Carbon Policy Is Coming, and Software Is Gonna Save You

Software and databases are good at organizing a whole lot of information. That’s why your company will be turning to the vast amount of new carbon software and energy tracking tools to monitor and manage the supply chain and business processes. You have no choice — international and soon U.S. regulations say you have to track that carbon and cut some of it out. Will we see the emergence of new software giants in this space?

Home Energy Management Face-off

Will home and building owners be interested in changing their behavior to cut energy consumption or will utilities have to do it for them? Something has to happen to meet the carbon reductions requirements, and in a recession, less energy used is money saved. Who are the innovators, players and trends in the home energy management space?

Switching Atoms for Bits: The Web and Dematerialization

Of course you bought a Kindle — it’s the latest must-have broadband-connected gadget for the early adopter set. But did you know that one Kindle on average can displace the buying of about 22.5 physical books and deliver an estimated savings of 168 kg of CO2 per year? Similar types of savings happen with the switch from CDs to digital music, as well with tools like video conferencing being used to replace face-to-face meetings. Which digital goods will have a real impact, which are hype, and how do we measure all of this stuff?

Dot-com Investors Turn to Cleantech

The investors who funded the Internet wave are now leading investments in cleantech firms. But the industries are vastly different, requiring different skill sets, longer time lines and more money. Get a map of the opportunities and the funds chasing deals at this session.

Energy-Efficient Data Centers: Save Money and the Planet

Computing can help us fight climate change, but it’s also a huge user of electricity. Servers alone were responsible for using five times the national power requirement of a nation like Sweden. How are computing giants making data centers and networks more energy-efficient? What are the impacts, and what can be done to make corporate IT more green responsible?

Our schedule and our speaker list is increasing daily. Green:Net 2010 promises to be another knockout success. Be sure to register for your ticket early.

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