Ignite Clean Energy Competition
Finals and Awards

$125,000 Ignite Clean Energy Business Presentation Competition
Finals & Awards
May 9, 2006, 4:30 – 9:30 pm
Kirsch Auditorium, MIT Stata Center
32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA
FREE

The $125,000 Ignite Clean Energy Business Presentation Competition invites the public to register now to see ten exciting new clean energy businesses pitched by leading Massachusetts-based entrepreneurs to a team of industry-expert judges.

These teams have been selected from nearly 40 groups developing the next generation of businesses offering clean, renewable, or efficient energy products or services.

Keynote Speaker: Robert K. Lifton, Chairman & CEO, Medis Technologies Ltd.
Welcoming Remarks:  Dr. L. Rafael Raif, Provost, MIT

Finalists:

  • BiOctane - biodiesel/ethanol/hydrogen refinery
  • Feed Resource Recovery – recycling food waste into fertilizer and fuel
  • Hydrophen (Harvard Team)- high-purity hydrogen production
  • NatEl – high-efficiency hydropower
  • Oceanwind Technology, LLC – floating platforms for deep sea wind farms
  • Phototaxis Solar – solar-panel canopies for parking lots
  • Radiant Apparatus – portable solar-powered multi-tool for disaster relief and camping
  • Solasta (The Eagle Axis) – nanoscale technology for ultra high efficiency solar cells
  • Stellaris Corporation – solar technology using passive concentrating optics
  • Synergetic Power Systems  – parabolic concentrating solar collector systems  

Finals Judges:
  • Cary Bullock, President and CEO, GreenFuel Technologies Corporation
  • Mark Farber, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Evergreen Solar Inc.
  • Pamela Winer Goldberg, Director, Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, Tufts University
  • Daniel P. Goldman, Chief Financial Officer, New Energy Capital Corp.
  • Ken Mabbs, Senior Managing Director, FA Technology Ventures
  • Chuck McDermott, General Partner, RockPort Capital Partners
  • Peter Rothstein, President, ALLEGRO Strategy
  • Deb Shufrin, Deputy Director and Chief of Staff, Massachusetts Department of Business and Technology


The program features exhibits by the competitors showcasing their ideas, and presentation of $125,000 in cash and prizes.  Tuesday, May 9, 4:30 – 9:30 pm, Kirsch Auditorium, MIT Stata Center, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA.  Hosted by the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge.  Free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.ignitecleanenergy.com/ or call 508-698-6810.

Volunteers Needed for May 9 Finals & Awards


Tasks include hanging banners, placing tent-cards, registration, ushering, and other logistical assistance. The role of “Presentation Time-Keeper” is already filled.

Please email classic.pr@verizon.net and let us know if you can arrive by 4:00 pm on Tuesday, May 9. Thank you!

The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge is proud to present this year's Ignite Clean Energy Competition Finals & Awards during MIT Energy Week, May 2 - May 13. Energy-related events at MIT, including the May 3 Energy Forum and the May 13 Energy 2.0 Conference.

Questions? Concerns?  Contact the Ignite Clean Energy project management team at Classic Communications, 508-698-6810 or classic.pr@verizon.net.

The Ignite Clean Energy Competition, a function of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Energy SIG,  is sponsored by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Foley Hoag, Mintz Levin, The University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Commercial Venture Development, Cummings Properties, Rich May Law, Maniv Energy Capital, RockPort Capital Partners, Constellation NewEnergy, and BusinessWire.