LOS ANGELES, June 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prominent California elected officials and business leaders will address how technology can help businesses run cleaner, more efficiently and more profitably at a Clean Tech Roundtable hosted by Bryan Cave LLP at The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
The event will feature top California leaders, including Attorney General Jerry Brown, Treasurer Bill Lockyer, Controller John Chiang, former Controller and clean tech venture capitalist Steve Westly, Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, Green for All CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, University of California Regent Bonnie Reiss, Tesla Motors General Manager Jeremy Snyder, Balqon Corporation CEO Balwinder Samra, Santa Monica College President Dr. Chui Tsang and UCLA Emmett Center for Climate Change Executive Director Cara Horowitz. These leaders will outline their vision on how to promote important new state and federal clean technology initiatives.
Bobby Shriver, Santa Monica City Councilman, will lead a panel discussion on how to access grants and other government incentives for clean technology projects, including "stimulus" funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
This event is free. Members of the media -- including reporters, writers, editors and photographers -- are encouraged to register in advance to receive press passes for the Clean Tech Roundtable by calling James Wood at (310) 576-2341.
Strategic Partners for the event include: Englander & Associates, which provides strategic advocacy, government affairs, crisis management, litigation support and PR services to corporate, government, and non-profit clients; Santa Monica College, a two-year community college with approximately 30,000 students; SK Impact, a political consulting firm dedicated to building "blue-green coalitions that win"; VerdeXchange, which shares news of the evolving marketplace for green innovations; The Westly Group, a clean technology-oriented venture capital firm; Environ, which provides global health, safety, and environmental services; and Barbaro Strategies, a government affairs consultancy.
Bryan Cave LLP (www.bryancave.com) has a diversified international legal practice. The firm represents a wide variety of business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. Subsidiaries Bryan Cave International Trade and Bryan Cave Strategies provide trade and customs consultancy and government relations and strategic counsel, respectively. Aided by extensive investments in technology, Bryan Cave's more than 1,100 lawyers and other consulting professionals in 26 offices across the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia efficiently serve clients' needs in the world's leading business and financial markets.