GreenBeat: Ultimate media roundup — pics, videos, slides and more

At this time last week, we were just about to kick off our inaugural GreenBeat conference focused on the Smart Grid. We’re thrilled to still be receiving valuable feedback and new ideas for the event next year. To provide our readers — including those who couldn’t make it out this time — with a taste of the GreenBeat experience, we’re providing some photos and videos here, as well as the presentations made by our lineup of speakers.
One of the most exciting best practices gleaned from this year’s conference was our partnership with FORA.tv. The company was able to capture some of the agenda’s best material on video. You can find all the footage on http://ping.fm/M7zTc But we’ve embedded the videos for you below. FORA.tv was the service we used to livecast GreenBeat while it was happening, for those of you had a chance to check the stream out.
John Doerr opening keynote and Q&A session

Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers in conversation with Matter Network’s John Gartner

Vinod Khosla expressing his skepticism of the Smart Grid

Ed Lu discussing how Google plans to get in on the Smart Grid trend

Laura Ipsen laying out Cisco Systems’ strategy for becoming a Smart Grid leader

We’ve also posted the PowerPoint presentations fielded from the program on the event’s web site, http://ping.fm/EhkW9, but here they are again in case you want to download them for reference:
Green Beat 09 Visions of the Smart Grid Panel

Green Beat 09 Utility Experiences With Smart Energy

Green Beat 09 Innovation Competition Set1

Green Beat 09 Innovation Competition Set2

Green Beat 09 Executive Cliimate Change Survey

Green Beat 09 Consumers and Efficiency Panel

One of the major reasons we host big industry events like GreenBeat is to bring all the right stakeholders into the same room. We’re pleased to hear that valuable relationships were forged and potential deals kickstarted at the conference. To give you an idea of who was there, and what you can expect from future green VentureBeat productions, here are some choice photos taken by our staff of photographers.

Greentech Media editor in chief Michael Kanellos (center) speaks with conference attendees in between sessions. [Photo credit: Cheng Saechao]

Technologist and environmentalist Mary Vincent (far right) meets with other attendees over drinks. [Photo credit: Cheng Saechao]

Claremont Creek Ventures managing director Nat Goldhaber and entrepreneur in resident Jenna Raby (center) at the Southern California Edison-sponsored cocktail reception. [Photo credit: David Lin]

Bryce Lee, managing director at Credit Suisse (left), and Don Wood, managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, discuss where private capital will flow in the Smart Grid business during the “Follow the Money” breakout panel. [Photo credit: David Lin]

Greentech Media senior analyst Eric Wesoff presents data collected on venture capital investment in the Smart Grid. [Photo credit: Cheng Saechao]

Famed investor Vinod Khosla explains to VentureBeat Matt Marshall why he hasn’t found a good investment in the Smart Grid business yet. [Photo credit: David Lin]

Andy Tang, senior director of the smart energy web for PG&E (left), delivers his vision of the Smart Grid in 2015, before Phil Mezey, COO of Itron North America. [Photo credit: David Lin]

If this were last Thursday night’s episode of 30 Rock, keynote Al Gore might be saying, “Quiet, a whale is in trouble! I must go!” [Photo credit: David Lin]

Innovation Competition co-winners Seth Georgion of Locust Storage (left) and Gary Fromer of CPower. [Photo credit: Cheng Saechao]

Cisco Systems Smart Grid guru Laura Ipsen met with conference attendees during the Southern California Edison-sponsored cocktail reception on Thursday night. [Photo credit: David Lin]