As government and business leaders around the globe work to stimulate economic recovery, investment and innovation in clean technologies and more environmentally sustainable industrial bases gain ever increasing attention. China’s economy, global trade volumes, urbanization trends, and the associated energy demands and environmental constraints, all mean that China will be the focal point for global climate change and sustainable developments.

China is the largest emitter of Carbon. China maintains the fastest growing developing economy. China’s renewable energy investments are leading the world. Chinese investors and companies are targeting cleantech investment at home and abroad to climb technology ladder. More western companies are looking to China anew  or either cost cutting, market growth or both. These companies will also need to innovate and increase efficiency in resource use, waste and emissions output in order to stay ahead of their peers globally.

Whether China is an end-market, a supply line, or investment target for you, how can you identify and successfully meet the competitive opportunities and challenges that China’s clean energy and clean environment developments represent? Join us for the seminar designed to understand and discuss the”clean and green” business landscape in China.

The seminar will cover:
Cleantech drivers and developments globally – Jim Mahoney, Director Cleantech Investments, Baryon Capital
Cleantech trends and issues in China – Paul Watson, Managing Director, Hermes Investment Group
Cleantech case studies and lessons learned – Andrew Chan, Managing Partner, Sycamore Greenstar
Initiative and Andy Tang, Managing Director DFJ Dragon I
Audience Q&A

We highly appreciate Cleantech Thursdays’s organization for this event.

Cleantech Seminar – Presenter information

Andrew Tang, Managing Director, DFJ Dragon Fund I.
Andrew Tang is a founding managing director of DFJ Dragon Fund I. He has experience in both operation and investment in high-tech companies in a wide variety of sectors, especially in TMT hardware, advanced materials, and clean technology.

Mr. Tang has over 15 years of operating, R&D, investment banking and investing experience in the high technology space. Mr. Tang led and managed investments in Miartech, Mobim Tech, Huaxun Micro, AltoBeam, YeePay, Broadbus (MOT), Imago Scientific, Zettacom (IDTI), NuTool (ASMI), and MontaVista Software. Most recently, he was a partner and member of the investment committee at Infineon Ventures.

Prior to Infineon Ventures, he was an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston's technology group in Palo Alto. He worked on the Magma IPO (LAVA), as well as numerous M&A transactions including Cyras/Ciena. Before CSFB, Mr. Tang was a senior engineer and marketing manager at Intel Corporation. He was responsible for chip design as well as market enabling for the Pentium and Itanium processors. Mr. Tang is a frequent guest lecturer in the areas of entrepreneurship and clean technology at the Insead Business School, China Europe International Business School, and the Shanghai University of Finance & Economics.

Mr. Tang holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MSEE from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BSEE from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Tang also holds one U.S. patent in silicon germanium thin film materials.

Paul Watson, Managing Director of Hermes Investment Group
Paul is an environmental protection and conservation consultant based in Shanghai where he founded and runs Hermes Investment Group. The firm is dedicated to accelerating investments into clean technologies in China and into sustainable communities in China.

Prior to founding Hermes, Paul worked at KPMG’s Financial Advisory Services in Shanghai where he focused on financial due diligence, market research, valuation and mergers and acquisitions. His other areas of expertise include business development, technology incubation, target identification and market entry strategy. His client experience includes Syngenta, China Mobile, Unilever, Hubei Ready and numerous private equity and investment funds.

Paul’s acted as a Strategic Advisor during the research for the recently published China Greentech Report.

His passion for developing and commercializing clean technologies for both bottom-line and environmental benefits is centered on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture applications.

Andrew Chan, Managing Partner, Sycamore Greenstar
Andrew Chan is a Managing Partner at Sycamore GreenStar. Prior to joining Sycamore GreenStar, Andrew was CEO of Jia2000.com, a company engaged in construction material contracting & supplies, and providing an exchange platform for the same. Jia2000.com’s shareholders comprise of Softbank and Intel.

He served the company from 2000 until 2005. During 1996 to 1999, Andrew was a director of the board of Dynasty International Hotel Corporation and also served on the board of DICH (Holdings) Corporation, a joint venture company between Dynasty and Inter-Continental Hotels Corporation.

Andrew’s career dates back to 1991 when he first joined Oppenheimer and Co. as an Investment Banker where he was later promoted to co-manage two funds of total size USD$100 million. He had also led a telecom consortium in 1995 to bid for the second Singapore Wireless Telecommunication License and was subsequently awarded a wireless paging license. He has served as Managing Director of a private investment company in China that specializes in coal related energy projects. The company has raised an investment size of USD 200 million in 2005 and engaged in the investment of the Shanxi Province Coal Logistics Corporation, which is the second largest annual distributor of coal in the world.

Andrew is a graduate of Columbia University in New York City. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering (Operations Research) and also obtained a Masters degree in Business Administration from Columbia University in 1994.

Jim Mahoney, Director – China Cleantech Markets, Baryon Capital
Based in China for the past 15 years, Jim has spearheaded strategy, market entry, sales, marketing, and operations for numerous western-invested companies in China. His main sector experience has covered media, investment consulting, and clean technology investment and environmental projects.

For the past five years, Jim has specialized in matching western and Chinese investors and providers of “clean and green” environmentally beneficial equipment and services participating in China’s renewable energy, waste and wastewater treatment, coal chain, and agricultural sectors. Prior to Baryon Capital, Jim held the position of Managing Director – China for The Cleantech Group.

Jim speaks regularly at cleantech and energy efficiency conferences and roundtables in China. He holds an MBA degree from Rutgers University. He lives in Shanghai where he organizes expert panel discussions for the business networking group 'Cleantech Thursdays'.

The details are as follows:
When: 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. (Registration: 7:00pm-7:30pm) Thursday, 5th November, 2009
Where: Grand Training Room, Conference Center, B1 Floor, Metro Tower,
No.30 Tian Yao Qiao Road, Shanghai (MTR Line 1, Xu Jia Hui, Exit 10)
上海市徐家汇天钥桥路30 号 美罗大厦B1 楼层，美罗会议中心大型培训室
（地铁1 号线徐家汇站10 号出口）
Fee:
RMB 50 per person for those Member(s) paying CFA China service fees
RMB 70 per person for other CFA Institute Member(s)/ CFA Program Candidate(s)
RMB100 per person for Non-member(s)/ Non-candidate(s)/ Guest(s)
CE Credit: 1.5 CE
Capacity: 60 pax
Dress Code: Business Casual
Language: English

CFA Institute provides services to our members in China through CFA China

 If interested in attending, please contact Jim Mahoney for more information.