U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public Affairs

News Media Contact(s):
Julie Ruggiero, (202) 586-4940		 For Immediate Release
February 27, 2008
 
U.S. Department of Energy Official in San Francisco to Announce Participants in the Department’s Entrepreneur in Residence Program
Media availability to immediately follow keynote remarks
 
WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, February 27, 2008, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Andy Karsner will deliver keynote remarks at the Cleantech Forum XVI in San Francisco.  There, he is expected to announce the selection of venture capital firms to participate in DOE’s Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program, which will bring sponsored entrepreneurs into three of DOE’s National Laboratories to develop plans to commercialize new clean energy technologies.  Assistant Secretary Karsner is also expected to highlight the Bush Administration’s commitment to reducing the nation’s reliance on foreign oil by diversifying energy sources in the interest of energy, economic, and national security.

WHO: DOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Andy Karsner
WHAT: Keynote remarks at the Cleantech Forum XVI
Media availability immediately following remarks
WHEN: Wednesday, February 27, 2008
1:30 PM PST
WHERE: Fairmont Hotel San Francisco
950 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA

*NOTE: To request media credentials into the Cleantech Forum, contact Ellen Luttrell, (202) 403-4130.

DOE’s EIR program seeks to identify and develop business cases to commercialize promising laboratory technology and give proven start-up entrepreneurs the opportunity to work directly with technical management and staff at DOE’s national laboratories.  The entrepreneurs in residence will identify technologies that, when commercialized in private sector companies, will further the President’s Advanced Energy Initiative, which aims to identify clean energy solutions for the entire nation and set the U.S. on the path to greater energy security.  Read more information on DOE’s Entrepreneur in Residence Program.

About the CleanTech XVI Forum

Over 800 global investors, entrepreneurs, and corporate leaders in clean technology investment will convene at the Cleantech Forum to discuss investment trends, opportunities and solutions to address energy security and global climate change.  Read more about the Cleantech.
 
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C.