Renewable Energy Finance Forum reviews trends in venture capital investment 
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events (EEE) will host this year’s 5th annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum on June 17-19th at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
REFF-Wall Street is the largest finance forum in the renewable energy sector. Attendance has grown significantly, and over 600 executives are expected to gather at this year’s event. Attendees include senior financial leaders in the US renewable energy industry, as well as key international players. Topics to be discussed at this year’s event include trends in venture capital investment, creating liquidity in a tight market, the biofuels and biodiesel markets, and how to evaluate risk exposure in the developing U.S. carbon finance markets.
Speakers at this year’s event include:
* Vivienne Cox, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Alternative Energy, BP plc
* Brian Bolster, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
* Santiago Seage, Chief Executive Officer, Abengoa Solar
* John M. Eber, Managing Director-Energy Investments, JPMorgan Capital Corporation
* Daniel More, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
* Michael R. Splinter, President and Chief Executive Officer, Applied Materials Inc.
* Scott Scherer, Vice President / General Manager-Aircraft Financial Services, Boeing Capital Corporation
“REFF-Wall Street is a rare opportunity where all the key players in the industry come together in the world capital of project finance, New York City,” said event co-chair John Cavalier, Managing Partner of Hudson Clean Energy Partners, and formerly Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Chairman of the Global Energy Group at Credit Suisse, and Head of Renewable Energy at Credit Suisse.
“As the quest continues for finding better and more reliable sources and ways to deliver energy to US customers, many are coming to REFF-Wall Street to network and find answers,” stated Michael Ware, forum Co-Chair and Managing Director, Good Energies Inc.
REFF-Wall Street 2008 is sponsored by Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Credit Suisse, Evolution Markets, Winston & Strawn, GE Energy Financial Services, First Climate, Baker & McKenzie, Dexia, Milbank, Reznick Group, Santander, SunPower, Applied Materials, Leaf Clean Energy Company, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, and UK Trade & Investment.
"REFF-Wall Street has clearly become the leading conference for the renewable energy community, both in the US and, increasingly, internationally. We view it as a must-attend event, both for ourselves and our clients, and we are pleased to return for the fifth year as conference sponsors,” said Chris Goobey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie.
Conference co-chairs are Michael Eckhart, President, ACORE; Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power; Ken Locklin, Director, Clean Energy Group; Michael D. Ware, Managing Director, Good Energies, Inc.; Michael Liebreich, Chief Executive Officer, New Energy Finance; and John Cavalier, Managing Partner of Hudson Clean Energy Partners, and formerly Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Chairman of the Global Energy Group, and Head of Renewable Energy at Credit Suisse.
REFF-Wall Street is hosted by ACORE, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, dedicated to raising the profile of renewable energy, and Euromoney Energy Events, a London-based wholly owned subsidiary of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC and organizer of conferences to address topical issues in the energy sector.
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