“Entrepreneurship for a Zero Carbon Society.”

Cambridge’s First International Summit on Policy, Technology and Investment for a low-carbon economy.

22nd - 24th September 2008, University of Cambridge, UK

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With escalating concerns over climate change, and rapidly
growing global energy demand, greater action is needed to
deploy political and technological solutions to ensure a rapid
decarbonisation of the world energy system. The barriers to
overcoming our current dependence on fossil fuels are no
longer technological. Appropriate technologies exist; but they
presently require immense scaling up.

This event aims to address how to achieve such large-scale
deployment through a politically-neutral summit of policy
advisors, technological experts and investment specialists.
The summit is the first of its kind to be hosted at the University
of Cambridge and aims also to connect the university with
industry in the hope of establishing mutually valuable partnerships.
This famous university has recently helped nurture a community
of high-tech firms in the city, some of which are involved in the
research and development of climate-friendly technologies.

The Summit Programme will include:
* Technology, Policy and Investment perspectives from private
and public sector experts
* Descriptions of innovative possibilities and successful initiatives
* Discussion sessions
* An exhibition of cutting edge climate-friendly technologies
* Opportunities for networking and identifying research and investment
partners

The final agenda will be published on our website on July 1st, 2008.
Speakers at the summit include: Dr. Bernie Bulkin (Senior VC Partner
at Vantage Point Venture Capital & Former Chief Scientist, BP),
Professor Robert Watson (former Senior Scientific Advisor of World Bank),
Mr Ross Lovegrove (world-renowned industrial designer known for his work
for Apple, Sony and more recently ‘Solar Trees’) and Dr. Joachim Reiss
from Q-Cells AG (world leading photovoltaic cell producer).

Please visit www.cambridgeclimate.com for further details and a full list
of speakers.

Who should attend?

We expect some 200 delegates from local and international companies,
research and university institutions as well as non-government and
government organisations. There will also be a limited number of
student delegates. Registration is currently available on the summit
website with reduced early registration prices on offer until June 30, 2008.
Please refer to the website for registration information and to register.

For further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
 info at cambridgeclimate.com

Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities

Opportunities for sponsoring the summit are available. Information and
the relevant documents for sponsorship are available by emailing us.
Please direct any sponsorship enquiries to:
 sponsorship at cambridgeclimate.com
Exhibition opportunities are also available and interested parties should
contact  exhibition at cambridgeclimate.com

“Entrepreneurship for a Zero Carbon Society” is brought to you
through a collaborative effort of graduate students at the University
of Cambridge and The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.

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Dr Gunnar Möller
Physics Department
University of Cambridge
JJ Thomson Avenue
CB3 0HE Cambridge
+44 1223 337 005 /  gm360 at cam.ac.uk