Speakers & Panels
Special Guest Speaker:
Chelsea Sexton
Clean Transportation Advocate
Star of “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
Chelsea Sexton is a veteran in electric transportation; her work on General Motors’ EV1 program was featured in the Sony Pictures Classics film, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”, and she was a Consulting Producer on the follow-up, “Revenge of the Electric Car.”
Chelsea served as Director of the Automotive X PRIZE, Senior Advisor to VantagePoint Capital Partners’ Cleantech practice, and co-founder of Plug In America, an electric drive advocacy group. She currently runs the Lightning Rod Foundation, educating consumers and students, and advises industry and policymakers.
Chelsea co-hosts the Open Line Show and has written for multiple websites and publications, from Wired.com to the World Affairs journal.
Chelsea will deliver the closing remarks for CACI 2012!
Keynote Speaker:
Fred Walti, II
Executive Director
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
In his role as Executive Director of LACI, Fred combines experience as an entrepreneur with his passion for clean technology. Prior to accepting this position, Fred worked with the city’s agencies in the early days of formulating a green strategy for the city. Fred is a proponent of creating new models for business and government cooperation, of which LACI is an early example.
Fred has been involved — either as a consultant, principal, employee or investor — in the startup of several companies. Most recently, he served as COO of Snap.com, a next-generation venture-backed search engine. Previously, Fred was a Strategic Advisor at Idealab in which he led the efforts to develop operating plans for a number of their portfolio companies. Fred served as the Interim CEO for Geocities, helping to author its first business plan, gain its first round of venture backing, and crystallizing its advertising-driven business model. Geocities went public and was later sold to Yahoo in 1999.
Prior to joining LACI formally, Fred was an advisor on various cleantech initiatives working with Cleantech Los Angeles, the CRA/LA, LAEDC, and UCLA since 2008. Fred received his BA from New York University.
Panel Topics:
Distributed Generation
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Energy Financing
Energy Storage
Land Allocation for Alternative Energy
Smart Grid
Solar Power Technology
Utility Evolution
We’re busy compiling an exciting line-up of keynotes, interactive panels, and workshops for our attendees! We welcome your input on which experts we should have on our panels. If you have suggestions for panelists, please send these to our Panel Director at panels@cacleaninnovation.com.
