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Speakers SXSW ECO Michael Breen Blake Burris Jonathan Cedar CEO, GELI CEO & Chief Hacktivist, THE CLEANWEB CEO, BIOLITE Michael is CEO of GELI. He is an experienced entrepreneur skilled in raising, investing, preserving and optimizing the capital companies need to grow. Co-Founder and CFO of Xtreme Power, from its first invested dollar through June 2011, Michael holds a Computer Science degree from Notre Dame and an MBA in Finance from UT Austin. Startup Showcase: Cleanweb TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC INITIATIVE Amar is an experienced entrepreneur having started, grown and sold businesses in cleantech/web. He began his career launching engineered products in the automotive industry and incubated his fascination for data while working in investment management. He studied engineering at Berkeley and finance at Columbia. Startup Showcase: Cleanweb TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC Oakley Brooks Kiera Butler Jonathan Cedar is CEO and co-founder of BioLite, a social enterprise that develops and manufactures clean, affordable energy systems for off-grid communities. Before BioLite, Jonathan was a Senior Design Engineer at Smart Design, a New York based product development consultancy, where he led teams that created consumer durable products ranging from housewares to biomedical devices. Rising Stars II: The New Class of Impact Entrepreneurs MON, 10/7 12:20PM, LEVEL 3, Austin Suite Senior Media Manager, ECOTRUST Oakley Brooks is senior media manager at Ecotrust. He collaborates with staff, partners and the wider public to build outreach and communication materials for initiatives spanning fisheries, forestry, food and farms and marine planning. He's also the author of Tsunami Alert: Beating Asia's Next Big One about Indonesia's great earthquake and tsunami challenges. Blue Tools: Inclusive Tech for Ocean Health WED, 10/9 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC Michael Brune Executive Director, SIERRA CLUB Michael Brune is the Executive Director of Sierra Club, which has grown to more than two million supporters under his leadership and whose Beyond Coal campaign has been recognized as one of the most effective in environmental history. He wrote Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal (2010). Adaptation: Managing the Unavoidable and Avoiding the Unimaginable presented by Bloomberg BNA TUE, 10/8 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C 80 Senior Editor, MOTHER JONES MAGAZINE Kiera Butler is a senior editor at Mother Jones magazine and is working on her first book, which is about 4-H club. She lives in Oakland, California. Beyond Extreme Weather: Has the Media Failed Us In Reporting Climate Change? presented by Climate Desk TUE, 10/8 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 6AB Daniel Carter Investment Director, SAUDI ARAMCO ENERGY VENTURES Daniel Carter is a seasoned investor in the energy sector, having financed energy tech companies since the 1990s with a proven track record of exits and IPOs. He is currently Investment Director of Aramco Energy Ventures. He has a dual MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School. Big Oil: An Ally to Cleantech? WED, 10/9 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9AB SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com Becky Chambers Integrated Media, WHOLE FOODS MARKET Becky is an insatiably curious marketing strategist with 15+ years of global lifestyle brand marketing, strategy and consumer insights experience. The Elegant Connection: Reaching Consumers through Health for the Environment MON, 10/7 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C Emily Chan Sustainability Strategist, GREENORDER Emily is a sustainability consultant with eight years of experience at the intersection of corporate strategy and the environment. Prior to joining GreenOrder, Emily worked for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., American Forest Foundation and Booz Allen Hamilton. She holds a BS in Natural Resource Management from U.C. Berkeley and an MB.A from the University of Maryland. The Elegant Connection: Reaching Consumers through Health for the Environment MON, 10/7 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C