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2002 National Conference
The Investors’ Circle National Conference is the meeting place for angel investors, professional venture capitalists, philanthropists and entrepreneurs who use venture capital to promote the transition to a sustainable future.
- Sunday 10/27: Afternoon program for Investors’ Circle members only.
Monday 10/28: Panels and workshops focused on venture investing in renewable energy, but also including sessions on public equities social investing and venture philanthropy. There were also presentations by leading sustainability organizations including, Social Venture Network (SVN), Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) and Social Venture Partners (SVP).
Speakers included:
Amory Lovins, CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute
-One of the world's foremost thinkers in sustainable energy.
Ray Anderson, CEO, Interface
-A pioneer in corporate sustainability.
Bob Shaw, President, Arete Corporation
-One of the nation's leading energy venture capitalists.
Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute
-Conducts critical public policy research on the links between the economy and the environment.
Tuesday 10/29:
Venture
Fair with presentations from 15 companies from the following
industries: energy and environment, education, health, community
development and minority- or women-led companies. Given the focus of
this year's conference, about one third of the presenting companies
represented the energy field. All of the companies are working to
address major social or environmental problems and all are looking to
raise private equity financing.
Location: The event was held at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
- Environmental Initiatives: The
IC staff is worked diligently on greening this year's conference. For
example, we used the CERES Green Hotel Initiative to encourage The
Charles Hotel's environmental efforts; as always, we worked to source
our food from local organic farmers or fair trade suppliers; and we
used products from companies that have come through our network.
We also partnered with JOURNEY'S - A BETTER WORLD TRAVEL to offer discounted air fare to conference attendees. Better World offers a distinctive program to fight greenhouse warming. Its Carbon Offset, "Travel Cool" program is certified by the Climate Neutral Network.