CERAWeek to Feature the Class of 2011 Energy Innovation Pioneers

IHS CERA has announced the selection of the CERAWeek 2011 Energy Innovation Pioneers. The founders and chief executives will present their companies' technology and vision in breakfast meetings at the sixth annual Energy Innovation Pioneers Program as part of CERAWeek 2011, March 7-11, at the Hilton Americas – Houston.

The Energy Innovation Pioneers Program, sponsored by Chevron, has been expanded from one day to three for CERAWeek 2011 and will feature presentations and informal discussions from some of the most innovative and distinctive new technologies in the energy spectrum, including upstream oil and gas, downstream and processing, biofuels, propulsion technologies, water treatment, electric storage, efficiency, demand response and building design. IHS CERA Cofounder James Rosenfield will chair the breakfast sessions to be held from 7:30 – 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The 23 innovators were selected by IHS CERA based on their creativity, feasibility of plan, scalability of technology and leadership team. According to Rosenfield: “This is the largest ever class of pioneers, spanning the full spectrum of the energy industry. These entrepreneurs bring a dynamism and ingenuity that will surely have a lasting impact on the energy system.” 

“Many ventures funded five years ago are only now emerging from stealth mode,” added IHS CERA Chief Energy Strategist David Hobbs.

The Energy Innovation Pioneers Class of 2011 includes:

Tuesday, March 8
Andrew Dougherty, chief financial officer, Rive Technology
Todd Harvey, president and chief executive officer, GeoSynFuels
Jim Maher, cofounder and vice president, Horton Wilson Deepwater
Stuart Page, chief executive officer, Glori Oil
Michael Rocke, vice president, CoolPlanetBioFuels
Riccardo Signorelli, chief executive officer, FastCAP Systems
William Sims, president and chief executive officer, Joule Unlimited
Harrison Dillon, cofounder, president and chief technology officer, Solazyme

Wednesday, March 9
Adam Briggs, chief executive officer, Acumentrics
Bob Cavnar, Chief executive officer, Luca Technologies
Daniel Cohn, cofounder and chief executive officer, Ethanol Boosting Systems
Roy Kligfield, chief executive officer, Wireless Seismic
Aaron Mandell, chief executive officer, Oasys Water
Don Runkle, chief executive officer, EcoMotors
Pedro Santos, chief executive officer, OsComp Systems
David Stanton, president and chief executive officer, APTwater

Thursday, March 10
Stephen Crane, cofounder and chief executive officer, LightSail Energy
Rich Earley, chief executive officer, Clean Urban Energy
Scott Lang, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Silver Spring Networks
Tom Pincince, president and chief executive officer, Digital Lumens
Adrian Tuck, chief executive officer, Tendril
Arol Wolford, chief executive officer, SMARTBIM
Daniel Yates, chief executive officer, OPOWER

The breakfasts will begin with opening remarks from senior executives at Chevron, including Chief Technology Officer John McDonald, President of Chevron Global Power Hugh Connett and Vice President and Global Advisor Ganesh Thakur, followed by presentations from the Energy Innovation Pioneers on their ventures.

CERAWeek is recognized as a leading forum offering insight into the energy future. Chaired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Prize, Daniel Yergin, CERAWeek 2011 Leading the Way: Energy Strategies for a World of Change, will convene an international group of industry, policy and financial leaders – along with leading researchers from IHS – to explore the implications for strategies and investment in an era of persistent change. For more information, visit www.ceraweek.com.

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