GreenBeat2009: Still more Super Grid speakers! | VentureBeat | Green | by Camille Ricketts
Summary
With an all-star lineup including former vice president Al Gore, Cisco’s Smart Grid guru Laura Ipsen and PG&E’s Andy Tang, tickets are going fast. Having recently landed a deal to manage energy data for major overseas utility British Gas, Smart Grid software provider Trilliant is turning toward a more international strategy — under Conant’s watchful eye. Charged with bringing together divergent companies of all sizes into collaborative network to agree on Smart Grid standards, storage, communication and common lobbying goals. One of his more recent claims to fame is that he helped major solar firm SunPower develop its original business plan and raise its initial capital. VentureBeat is hosting GreenBeat, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid, on Nov. 18-19, featuring keynotes from Nobel Prize winner Al Gore and Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr.
