With a background in engineering, Dr Mike Allen spent over 25 years involved in the geothermal industry undertaking project developments in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Mediterranean. In 1995 he was appointed Executive Director of E+Co, a US based not-for-profit established with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. E+Co provides business development services and seed capital for the promotion of renewable energy in emerging economies. Since 2002 he has worked as an independent consultant on energy finance including a role as Finance Advisor to the Vienna based Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). He has represented REEEP in a wide range of international forums focused on improving access to finance for clean energy developments. He is a founder and chairman of the Singapore based ReEx Capital Asia which was established in 2006 to provide a bridge between clean energy projects and investors throughout South East Asia. This operation requires building and maintaining an in-depth understanding of the clean energy investment opportunities throughout the region and has led to additional projects in India, China and Korea as part of a significant current pipeline.

He sits on the Steering Committee of Green Cross Australia and the Board of Directors of the Jewish Museum of Australia. In 2003, Daniel won the Churchill Fellowship to further the growth of EWB in Australia.

Marc joined AGL in 2001 and is currently Head of Carbon Management Services. The goal of CMS is to offer an integrated advisory based offering to AGL’s large customer segment seeking an optimised end to end based solution to their carbon exposure. In additional to the Advisory function, Marc is also responsible for the Engineering and Technical service delivery focussed on energy efficiency & fuel switching across New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. Previous roles at AGL include Head of Eco-Markets and Senior Electricity Trader. In these roles Marc has worked closely with senior colleagues in developing AGL’s own carbon strategy from assignments such as key acquisition project teams, renewable generation development, establishing AGL as a full member of the Chicago Climate Exchange (the world’s only voluntary and legaly binding cap & trade, emission reduction programme) and developing the documentation upon which Australia’s first AEU trade was transacted.

Helga provides clients with advice on formulating RI policies and integrating them into their investment programs. She also undertakes research into regional RI-specific investment management products.

Larissa Brown is the 2008 Australian Young Environmentalist of the Year. She is the founder and executive director of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, a non profit organisation dedicated to supporting Australians to make their communities, workplaces and sectors more sustainable. She is the recipient of the 2006 British Council award for Communicating Climate Change and the 2006 Brian Robinson Fellowship. Larissa has personally interviewed 100 of world’s greatest sustainability leaders across twenty countries and 5 continents on what it take to cause real systemic change towards a sustainable world. Larissa was named as one of Melbourne 100 most influential people and one of Melbourne’s ten most influential environmentalists by The Age Magazine in 2007.

Jeffrey is the co-founder of Clean Technology Australasia Pty Ltd and Cleantech Forum Pty Ltd. These companies are building the AustralAsian Cleantech network including leading the development of Cleantech as a new 21st century industry and asset class in Australia and Asia. Jeff holds a number of senior Cleantech industry positions in Australia. He is the Chairman of the AustralAsian Cleantech Forum Advisory Panel of ten investment experts that assess and select promising Cleantech companies raising capital and seeking business partnerships. He is a member of the SIM Classification Panel of the Financial and Energy Exchange and a member of the Management Committee of the Australia India Business Council. Jeff lived for over a decade in North America where he developed a global Cleantech network. He was a successful entrepreneur, leading the growth and exit of Cleantech companies such as Carnamah and 4D Models Technology. He was a co-founder and Director of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors (Australia) and he negotiated the recent acquisition. In addition, he has led strategic consulting assignments for the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate and is currently undertaking a economic study to accelerate growth of the “Victorian Cleantech Sector”. Jeff graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Environmental Assessment and Land Use Policy from Deakin University, Melbourne and holds a Masters Degree in Sustainability Performance Measurement from Royal Roads University, Canada.

Peter is the joint founder and Managing Director of Clean Technology AustralAsia, a business established to accelerate the investment in and deployment of clean technologies in the Asia Pacific region. Throughout Peter's 20-year entrepreneurial career, he has worked at the leading edge of the sustainable development agenda and has advised leading corporations, governments and financial institutions. He has oraganised Cleantech Finance & Investment Initiatives in Australia and India and has recently completed a major international project for the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate to develop a Strategic Action plan to increase the investment in and deployment of renewable energy in India. Peter is also the Fund Manager of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund and was previously the Sustainability Advisor for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Education in Environmental Studies.

Tim is credited with growing Atlantis from a small Australian based start-up four years ago to one of the world’s leading tidal developers with a global project pipeline in excess of 800mw. Tim acquired a unique combination of academic, practical and commercial experience before taking the role of CEO of ARC. Tim has accumulated a wealth of engineering and concept development experience. His roles have included underwater research, sub-sea engineering in the oil and gas sector, development of demand forecasting tools for application to electricity markets as well as business development and corporate accountability through various director and executive roles in the global power sector. He currently lectures in emissions trading and exotic environmental derivatives at Singapore Management University and works with a research team looking at carbon related financial instruments with application to Asian markets. Tim has a BSc. in Marine Biology from Flinders University, an MBA from Bond University and he remains a fully-certified submersible engineer, ROV pilot, commercial diver and fibre-optic technician

Dr Michelle Deaker is the Managing Partner of OneVentures, an entrepreneurial based venture firm with offices in Sydney, Brisbane and Boston. OneVentures believes in the model adopted by leading Tier 1 US venture firms. These firms employ by preference former successful entrepreneurs with research showing that successful entrepreneurs are much more likely to lead another business to a successful outcome. The firm’s partners all have entrepreneurial, business and investment management expertise in Australia and offshore. OneVentures through its subsidiary OneVentures Management (formerly Andover Venture Partners) was recently awarded a government Innovation Investment Fund Licence and is currently raising a predominantly cleantech fund seeded with $20m of government capital. Michelle established OneVentures in 2006, coming into the venture capital industry as a successful entrepreneur. Her company, E Com Industries became the leaders in prepaid card and electronic voucher technologies in Australia. Within 6 years the company was providing services for over 80% of the retail market, undertaking early offshore expansion and managing retail fund liability of $700m per annum. E Com was acquired in December 2005 by a UK PLC delivering IRRs of approximately 70% and returning over $30m cash to investors. Michelle entered the IT sector as founder and Managing Director of Networks Beyond 2000. For 10 years prior to that she gained extensive experience in clean technology research and development with Australian Universities and the CSIRO. Michelle double majored in Physics and Chemistry with a physics major in solar physics. As the recipient of multiple scholarships with the Commonwealth and CSIRO Institute of Natural Resources and Environment, Michelle developed new techniques in water quality analysis and subsequently worked for the Water Research Centre in Canberra. She has a Bachelor of Science with 1st Class Honours, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Science. Through her interest in high growth companies, Michelle has provided advice for, invested in and raised capital for emerging technology companies. Michelle is actively involved in Board and Advisory positions with the OneVentures portfolio companies; Mi-Pay in London, Datacastle in Seattle and AdGent 007 in San Francisco. She is also a Director of two not for profit companies McDonald College and Round It Up Australia.

Jason Denisenko is a partner specialising in Investment Funds, Alternative Investments (including hedge funds and private equity) and Financial Services law

Kristian is a qualified actuary who is responsible for providing a range of investment advice to Frontier’s clients including asset/liability modelling, reviewing asset allocation strategies, investment manager reviews and investment manager performance reporting

Glenn provides specialized advisory services for those investors seeking entry into the Cleantech and Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) field. His 9 years of experience in the financial services and advisory industry supports his dedicated and passionate approach to identifying early stage companies on the verge of commercialization as well as more mature companies with established SRI principles of business. Investing in Cleantech companies are a chance for the investment community to drive the development of society towards one which balances the competing principles of profitability and sustainability. Its easy to get excited about investing in a company that has the potential to ensure water security or eliminate greenhouse gases. But its not so easy to ensure that it can be done in an efficient and cost effective fashion, with a credible roadmap to commercialization and a management skill-set to execute the plan successfully. We aim to connect the two.

Ivor Frischknecht is an Investment Director at Starfish Ventures, a venture capital manager with over $400 million under management. Its investment focus includes high growth clean technology, information technology and life sciences companies. Ivor joined Starfish Ventures in 2005 after 15 years of hands-on management and investing experience. His focus is on cleantech investment companies that develop energy, water and environmental technologies. He also brings to the investment team considerable operational management experience in software and the internet. Prior to joining Starfish, Ivor was a Director of the New Ventures Group at Idealab, a California-based firm that incubates and invests in early stage technology companies. Preceding Idealab, Ivor was a senior operating executive, including CEO, of several Silicon Valley startups in the energy technology, enterprise software and the Internet sectors. He was CEO of H2onsite, a hydrogen generation technology company, and COO of DMFCC, a micro fuel cell company. He co-founded a software company, Angara Database Systems, built it from zero to sixty employees over five years, raised US$40MM of top-tier venture capital and debt, and eventually merged it with a public company. Ivor has a strong international network of sources of capital, having secured lead investments from several top tier venture capital investors. He has helped companies grow as an independent investor, consultant and advisor, from incorporation through several rounds of financing. Prior to becoming a technology entrepreneur and investor, Ivor worked as a strategic management consultant with Bain & Company and with the law firm Minter Ellison. Ivor holds an MBA from Stanford University and Bachelors of Economics (Hons) and Law from the University of Sydney.

Peter Garrett was elected as the Labor Member for Kingsford Smith at the 2004 federal election. In 2007, he was appointed Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts following the election of a Rudd Labor Government on 24 November. Widely known as a passionate advocate and campaigner on a range of contemporary Australian and global issues, he was the former president Australian Conservation Foundation, an activist, and former member of Australian band Midnight Oil. The ‘Oils’ were renowned for their fierce independent stance and active support of a range of contemporary concerns including the plight of homeless youth, indigenous people's rights and protection of the environment. The band’s protest and benefit shows, notably the anti-Exxon performance on a truck-top in the streets of New York and, of course, the 'sorry suits' performance at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony were hallmarks of a thirteen-album career culminating in the ARIA lifetime achievement award in 2006. Peter served two terms as president of the Australian Conservation Foundation. In his first term, from 1989 to 1993, significant results were achieved for many threatened areas of the Australian environment including the Queensland Wet Tropics rainforest and Jervis Bay in NSW. In his second term, the ACF grew strongly, developed partnerships with non-government organisations and business, and expanded its campaigning into marine conservation and northern Australia. He received the Australian Humanitarian Foundation Award ( environment category) in 2000, and in 2003 received the Order of Australia (Member General Division) for his contribution to environment and the music industry.

Bruce Handmer is the founder and CEO of The Friday Group, a management consulting company which incorporates Friday Search and Friday Communications. The Friday Group focuses primarily on Cleantech and technology startups. Before launching this business six years ago, Bruce was a Partner at Moss & Hooper Pty Ltd, a technology focused management consulting and recruitment firm. Prior to this Bruce was an Associate at Spencer Stuart & Associates’ Sydney office. He joined Spencer Stuart in 1997 from the international advertising and recruitment firm Austin Knight Pty Ltd, where he held the role of Managing Director. Prior to that Bruce held a Regional VP position with Memorex Telex. Bruce’s career started at IBM. He has also founded, built and sold a number of companies in computer, marketing and technical services along with numerous “change” and interim management roles. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Sydney.

Greg Hunt was elected to represent the Federal Electorate of Flinders in 2001. In December 2007, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Urban Water. In September 2008, his role was expanded to include all water responsibilities as part of a new position of Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water. His previous appointments were as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (January -November 2007) and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment and Heritage (2004 -2007). A Fulbright Scholar, Greg has an LLB with First Class Honours from the University of Melbourne and a Master of International Relations from Yale University. He was captain of the Australian Universities’ debating team and runner up at the World Debating Championships. Greg was Senior Advisor to the Foreign Minister, the Hon. Alexander Downer MP, and counts assisting in the development of an international initiative for the removal of landmines as amongst his most important contributions. He has also worked at the United Nations Centre for Human Rights and as the Associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court. He was Australia's Chief Electoral Observer in Cambodia in 1998 and also held the position of Engagement Manager with McKinsey and Co. In 2003 Greg was selected as one of 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum.

Christian Jensen have spent the past eight years operating as a private >equity investment specialist with a focus on providing capital and expertise to expanding companies. After managing one of Australia's pioneering clean technology private equity funds and working within Macquarie Capital's renewable energy and climate change team, he has developed an in-depth knowledge of the commercial, regulatory and technological components of the global clean technology sectgor, gaining recognition as an investment and strategic specialist. He has experience investing in renewable energy developers and has extensive knowledge of development, feasibility and financing of renewable projects on a global basis. He also has experience as a director of a number of listed and unlisted companies and have worked with several companies through to a stock exchange listing. Christian now acts as a consultant to the cleantech sector, specialising in developing and executing market entry strategies for investors and helping emerging companies develop strategy and raise capital.

Sean Lucy is the Head of nabCapital's Carbon Solutions Group, which delivers a wide range of carbon finance solutions to nabCapital's institutional client base. Coming from a legal and consulting background, Sean has been working in carbon markets for the past 10 years. Sean has served on a wide range of boards and committees, including the Australian Business Council of Sustainable Energy (now Clean Energy Council) and as chair of the Law Institute of Victoria Environmental Issues Committee. He currently sits on the Victorian Government's Ministerial Reference Council on Climate Change Adaptation and REEEP (Oceania’s) Advisory Committee. Sean’s work is widely published, and he is a sought-after presenter for local and international conferences.

Alan Milwidsky is one of the founders of BSI Services a consultancy that focuses on assisting highly innovative companies do the following; • raise capital • develop growth strategies • apply for Government grants • find global markets • develop e-marketing strategies Alan has built the BSI Investor Forum a quarterly forum that provides a platform for early stage patentable companies to present to over 100 potential investors. He has also assisted numerous companies achieve outcomes of investment, grants and overseas license transactions

In this role, Tim is responsible for managing AGL’s strategic communication on carbon issues with all levels of government in Australia. Tim is also responsible for: managing AGL’s assessment and quantification of the impacts of emissions trading and renewable energy policies on the AGL business; and originating projects related to renewable energy and emission reductions.

Mr. Nydam has over ten years of experience in private equity. Prior to joining PCG Asset Management, Mr. Nydam was a principal of Booz Allen Hamilton where he directed clean and new energy technology related to private equity engagements in the Middle East and led Booz Allen’s highly successful re-entry into the Kuwait market after a five year absence. Before that, Mr. Nydam founded Signal Hill Advisors, an advisory firm providing venture capital firms and their portfolio companies with investment identification, investment due diligence, business strategy, market assessment, product pricing and financial strategy advisory services. Prior to founding Signal Hill, he was a principal at L.E.K. Consulting and was responsible for providing top-tier venture capital firms, private equity firms, and corporate investors with investment strategy, investment identification and investment due diligence advisory services

Australian CleanTech is a research and broking firm that provides advice to cleantech companies and financial institutions. Through its work it provides a bridge between investors and the investment requirements of cleantech projects. With extensive experience in both cleantech technology assessment and investment analysis, Australian CleanTech provides unique services that will facilitate and deliver successful Australian clean technology projects.

Louise was appointed Executive Director of RIAA in 2002. She has worked in senior management roles in the not for profit sector in Austraia, the United States and Britain including General Manager of Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, and General Manager of the Australian National Playwrights Centre. She has an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management, a BA in journalism from Charles Sturt University and spent three years in postgraduate studies at UNSW in business ethics. Louise is a Governor of WWF and in November 2006 she was chosen to be trained by Al Gore to deliver his slide show on climate change.

Dr Rajendra Pachauri was elected chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2002, which won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize alongside Al Gore. Since 1981, Dr Pachauri has led the international science and technology research organisation, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

Frank is also Chairman, Investor Group on Climate Change. Frank Pegan has been the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Catholic Super since august 2001. Over this time he has been involved with implementing a number of strategic and organisational changes covering investment management, member services, financial services, employer services and risk management. One of his key roles is to strengthen Catholic Super service culture amongst the membership by providing the best possible outcomes in all areas of the business to members. Mr Pegan holds an MBA from Victoria University of Technology, a Bachelor of Commerce from Deakin University, is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) and registered tax agent

Mr. Rice managed venture investing for News Ltd, a division of News Corp. At News Corp., Mr. Rice originated transactions and deployed and/or managed News Corp.’s technology investments at a Board or General Manager level.

Susan Riley has previously served as Melbourne’s Deputy Lord Mayor and assisted in negotiating the Milan-Melbourne Sister City Association. Her extensive publishing career includes 10 years at The Age with Community Newspapers. She is a principal of Melbourne Media which publishes 3004 News, 3008 Docklands and Melbourne City Living Guide. Susan sits on various committees including the Lord Mayor’s Small Business Proprietor Commendation and the Victorian Local Government Mayoral Chain. Susan is a member of the Melbourne City Council Audit Committee. She is the Patron of Help Sri Lanka and an active Rotarian.

While Chair, AIST has embraced the need for debate and action on climate change evident in the greener CMSF 2008 which, after offsetting, operated virtually carbon neutral

Kerry has responsibility for coordinating Austrade’s Global Opportunities function which involves working with clusters of Australian companies to help them access global supply chains and major international projects.

Thomas Soto is a co-founder of Craton Equity Partners, one of southern California’s largest clean technology investment funds and a leading voice in promoting sound environmental and energy policy in response to climate change. Tom was also President Clinton’s, and Secretary of State Christopher and then Albright’s appointee to the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission.

Prior to joining WilsonHTM Jamie had a 15 year career with Merrill Lynch including 10 years running their Australian institutional sales business in London. He returned to Australia in 2001 to run Corporate Broking and later was appointed Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets. He subsequently worked for Patersons Securities as a Director in Corporate Finance and then joined WilsonHTM in April 2007. Current responsibilities include execution of all capital markets transactions and origination of transactions with a focus on the clean technology sector. Jamie is a member of the AustralAsian Cleantech Advisory Panel and holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University

Rajnesh is the Director of Sustainable Investment Bank at YES Bank. He is leading the Sustainable Investment Banking practice at Yes Bank which includes advisory & arranger work in clean energy, environment & social sector. In addition he is responsible for carbon trading & financing initiatives within the Sustainable Investment Bank. Rajnesh brings with him over 10 years of experience in investment banking & corporate finance. Prior to joining Yes Bank, he was with VA Tech Finance India (Private) Limited, a boutique Investment bank, focused on Europe, CIS, India & Africa. Rajnesh has worked extensively in renewable energy, clean technology & infrastructure projects.

Daniel established Ariadne Capital in 2007 as a fund manager of alternative assets. Prior to this, he was an executive director of Ludgate Investments Limited, a merchant bank based in the United Kingdom and one of Europe’s leading investors in the cleantech/environmental sector. Daniel has 8 years of experience investing in and working with cleantech/environmental companies and acts as the AIM-listed Ludgate Environmental Fund’s representative office in Australia

Dr. Woodthorpe is the Chief Executive of the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL), a position she has held since December 2006. In addition, Dr. Woodthorpe has been Chair of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre since 2002.

Oliver Yates is currently leading Macquarie’s efforts in wind, solar, biofuels, carbon credits and other renewable businesses internationally. Macquarie has dedicated renewable and climate change staff situated in Hong Kong, South Africa, USA, Europe and Australia.