The second annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum – West (REFF-West) brought together the largest gathering of senior renewable energy finance professionals on the West Coast.

Following a successful launch in 2008 that was attended by over 350 executives and investors, the event built on the renowned REFF-Wall Street, which has united renewable energy leaders in New York each June since 2004.

REFF-West 2009 was unique in bringing together high profile West Coast players with major policy and project financiers from across the US, giving delegates a truly national perspective on the challenges facing RE development in the West.

Why Attend

• Network with over 300 senior financiers and investors
• Hear from 40+ key government and industry speakers
• Meet leading cleantech CEOs and CFOs from the West Coast
• Includes sessions on Government Initiatives, Debt and Equity, Markets, ET meets IT, Vehicles and Fuels, Venture Capital and Corporate Investment

2009 Speakers

	Dan Adler President California Clean Energy Fund		Michael Allman CEO Sempra Generation
	John Anderson Head of Power and Project Finance John Hancock		Dennis V. Arriola Senior Vice President and CFO Sunpower Corporation
	Neil Auerbach Managing Partner Hudson Clean Energy Partners		John Bohn Commissioner CPUC
	Ted Brandt Managing Director Marathon Capital		Michael Butler CEO Cascadia Capital
	John Cavalier Managing Partner Hudson Clean Energy Partners		Matt Cheney CEO Renewable Ventures, a Fotowatio Company
	Andy Cukurs CEO- North American Subsidiary Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation		Paul Detering CEO Tioga Energy
	Stephan Dolezalek Managing Director & Group Leader CleanTech VantagePoint Venture Partners		John Eber Managing Director J.P. Morgan
	Jeffrey Eckel Chief Executive Officer Hannon Amstrong		Michael Eckhart President American Council On Renewable Energy
	Ira Ehrenpreis General Partner Technology Partners		Vic Fazio Former California State Congressman
	Matt Ferguson Pricipal, Renewable Energy Practice Leader Reznick Group, P.C.		Nancy Floyd Founder & Managing Director Nth Power
	John Geesman Co-Chair, Board of Directors American Council On Renewable Energy		Kevin Genieser Managing Director Morgan Stanley
	Bryan Hannegan Vice President Generation & Environment EPRI		Arno Harris CEO Recurrent Energy
	Nancy Hartsoch Vice President Marketing SolFocus		Rich Homich President Advantage for Analysts
	Scott Lang President and CEO Silver Spring		Bryce Lee Managing Director, Head of Global Technology Corporate Finance Credit Suisse
	John J. Leonti Associate Troutman Sanders LLP		Pascal Levensohn Board Of Directors NVCA
	Craig Lewis Founding Principal Right Cycle Enterprises		Scott Liningston CEO Livingston Securities LLC
	Morten Lund Member Stoel Rives		Keith Martin Partner Chadbourne & Parke
	Jim McDermott Managing Director US Renewables Group		Laura Meadors Vice Consul UK Trade & Investment
	Bruno Mejean Managing Director Nord L/B		James M. Metcalfe Global Head of Power & Utilities UBS Securities LLC
	Kirt Montague CEO Prometheus Energy		Janice Moore Partner Sonnenschein
	Ajit Nazre Partner Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers		Tim Newell Senior Advisor US Renewable Group
	Diarmuid O'Connell VP Business Development Tesla		Bruce A. Pasternack Venture Partner CMEA Ventures
	Don Paul Executive Director University of Southern California Energy Institute & William M. Keck Chair of Energy Resources		Jerome Peters Senior Vice President TD Bank North America
	Dan Reicher Director, Climate Change & Energy Initiatives Google		Lyndon Rive Chief Executive Officer SolarCity
	Charles Robinson Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP		Matt Rogers Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy for the Recover Act US Department of Energy
	Greg Rosen VP Project Finance Helio Micro Utility		Alan Schurr VP Strategy Development IBM
	Alan Shaw CEO Codexis		Gerard Strahan Managing Director Euromoney Energy Events
	Ravi Viswanathan Partner New Enterprise Associates		Jim Walker Vice Chairman of the Board enXco
	Michael Walsh Group Finance Director NTR		Fong Wan Senior Vice President Energy Procurement Pacific Gas and Electric Company
	Parker Weil Managing Director Co-Head of Americas Energy & Power Group Bank Of America Merrill Lynch		Jonathan Weisgall VP Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
	Ryan Wiser Staff Scientest Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory		John Woolard Cheif Executive Officer BrightSource Energy
	Jonathan Yellen Managing Director Deutsche Bank