Solar Power International is the largest solar industry event in North America, featuring hundreds of dynamic speakers, 1000+ exhibitors, and 27,000+ attendees from 90 countries. Networking opportunities abound in the bustling exhibit hall, opening reception and ever-popular Solar Block Party at LA Live.

On Wednesday evening, Oct. 13 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Solar Power International presents "Public Night," a free opening of the exhibit hall for the general public. If you're exploring solar for your home or business, don't miss this rare opportunity to attend exciting workshops, speak with professionals, explore new technologies, and discover the world of solar energy all under one roof.

PortTechLA is a clean technology incubator established at the San Pedro Bay as the standard-setters and "International Center of Excellence" for port-related environmental, security and transportation technologies.

PortTech LA strives to establish a new technology-driven economic base for the San Pedro Bay communities by identifying, attracting, mentoring and/or incubating companies with the advanced technologies that will enable sustainable port growth through environmental stewardship and the efficient and safe flow of international trade to and from the ports.

http://www.ptdcenter.org/index.html

The CleanTech LA Investor Series features quarterly events designed to bring together key representatives of the investment community with emerging clean technology and sustainable manufacturing companies.

The inaugural CleanTech LA Investor Series event was produced on June 29, 2010 in partnership with Cleantech Open, a leading national business competition for clean technology startups. The event featured a panel of angel and venture capital investors, a representative from the Toronto Stock Exchange, and an expert in mergers and acquisitions to outline the various investment and exit opportunities available to entrepreneurs in the cleantech field. The event also featured fast-pitch presentations from Cleantech Open semi-finalists, providing exposure to investors, strategic partners, and a chance to hone their pitch to a live audience.

http://www.cleantechlainvestorseries.com/

Showcasing CleanTech LA at regional events is an important marketing and networking function. Exhibiting at and sending staff to cleantech industry events helps raise the profiile of Los Angeles in the cleantech community and is crucial to making personal connections in a nascent industry that lacks established industry groups.

In June 2010, CleanTech LA organized a pavilion of Los Angeles based exhibitors to showcase the City's cleantech strengthst to an international audience at the TechConnect World Conference and Expo in Anaheim.

July 2010 - Intersolar, San Francisco, CA

October 2010 - Solar Power International, Los Angeles, CA

November 2010 - LA Auto Show, Los Angeles, CA

January 2011 - VerdeXchange Conference, Los Angeles, CA

The Clean Technology Research Center is one of the anchors of the Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor. It will serve as a space in the city's core that will attract researchers, students, and industry leaders from around the world and solidify Los Angeles' role as a global leader in clean technology.

The Clean Technology Research Center will be the nucleus for industry, government, research institutions, and investors to evaluate new technologies while they run through the entire development and commercialization cycle. Furthermore, the Center will serve as a physical home for researchers from UCLA, USC, Caltech and JPL to perform joint research projects that are targeted at using technology to address the key environmental and operational challenges facing the City of Los Angeles, and it will have a focus on technologies that can help the LA Department of Water and Power meet its goals for energy conservation, renewable energy, water conservation, and infrastructure reliability.

The Smart Grid Demonstration Project will provide $60M of federal funding through the US Department of Energy which will be matched by an additional $60M of local funding to support the development and demonstration of Smart Grid energy management solutions in LA.

This five year project was awarded to a consortium of CleanTech LA partners LADWP, USC, UCLA, and JPL on a competitive basis, and it is the largest single award of its type in the country. The demonstration grant is to provide financial support that shows how a suite of existing and emerging smart grid technologies can be innovatively applied and integrated to prove technical, operational and business-model feasibility.

http://www.winmec.ucla.edu/SmartGrid/