Cleaner Greener China

For those of you who are following the cleantech scene, then you will know that this week is the week for cleantech conferences in China.

First came the JUCCCE conference (which we covered), and today kicked off the US China Clean Tech Summit in Shanghai.  Hosted by Bay Area council, Yangtze Council, and Asia Society this conference is drawing the majority of its population and presentation from the west coast of the United States and will have a much more VC/ investment focus.

Early on, I can already tell this conference will be different.  Some 400 people packed into the Hyatt conference room (cold enough to refrigerate meat in) at 8 am to hear the key notes from Shui On Chairman Vincent Lo and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

There is a tangible difference in the air between what I just experienced in Beijing, and what is here and over the next few hours, I will be posting my notes.

Biggest dicernabel difference.. a lot more investors in the crowd, a lot fewer government officials.  Feeling a bit lopsided, where as JUCCCE felt more balanced in terms of stakeholders.  Only time will tell, and perhaps having more of an investment crowd will leave the politics behind and flush out the real hurdles.

so stay tuned, and if you would like to follow along, you can download the agenda here.

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