BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20100314T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100216T191548Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100317T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100317T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100216T191548Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100303T184657Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458321 DESCRIPTION:Bringing cost effective energy to the Billions living in prim itive conditions \n\nOver 1.6 billion people\, upwards of 30% of the glo bal population\, are without access to electricity. Electricity advances developmental factors such as small business development\, extended wor king hours\, access to communications\, enhanced education levels and ru ral development. Energy can improve life of millions. \n\n\nIn developin g countries access to energy remains constrained by factors such as limi ted access to well adapted affordable technology\, fragmented small mark ets\, prohibitive taxes and limited financial resources. On Dec 14th \, at the Copenhagen Climate conference the Obama Administration announced a $350 million dollar initiative dubbed “Climate REDI” to promote c lean energy technologies in developing countries. \n\n\nJoin us on Mar ch 17th for a discussion with our expert panel\, on what kind of innovat ions in products\, finance\, supply and service can ensure reliable & \; affordable energy to the billions of poor across the world. \n\n\nO ur 2 presenters Michael(Kipp) Baratoff\, Principal\, Equilibrium Capital &\; Patrick Maloney\, Program Director\, Lemelson Foundation have b een fully immersed in this space\, having been engaged with social entre preneurs over the course of their careers. Lemelson Foundation awarded a n energy grant to Selco India for it’s Incubation Center and Innovatio n Department to develop new products and new business models to solve ke y problems for energy consumers. The SELCO Solar Light Private Limited ( SELCO India) is already an important provider of solar systems and cook stoves in southern India\, with products that allow rural families to in crease their household income while reducing the environmental and healt h risks of higher-cost kerosene lamps and inefficient stoves. \n\nOur ev ent organizer\, TiE Oregon Clean Energy SIG chair\, Ravi Sinha\, is the Chairman of Choice Solar India Pvt Ltd.\, company engaged in creative d istribution of energy solutions to India's marginalized residents. \n\n Bill Campbell\, our moderator for the evening is also a Principal at Equ librium as well as a TiE Oregon Charter Member and Board Member. \n\ nThey will bring an insight into problems\, economics\, delivery &\; growth of energy solutions. \n\n This event is also a continuation of ou r theme “Serving the 6 Billion” on which we launched TiE Oregon in 2 007. The keynote (watch the video on our website) speaker at the launch was C.K Prahalad\, Paul &\; Ruth McCracken Distinguished University P rofessor of Corporate Strategy at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business\, a globally recognized business consultant\, who gave a st irring speech about the Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid.\n\n\nIt ce nters on the proposition that the world's poor can be the engine of the next round of global trade and prosperity and can be a source of innovat ion. \n\nTags: energy\, solutions\, social\, cost\, africa\, india\, sus tainable\, ngo\, distribution\, financing\n\nImported from: http://calag ator.org/events/1250458321 URL:http://oregon.tie.org/TGS/EM/viewevent/viewEventPT?id_event=4225&from _where=chapter_homepage SUMMARY:TiE Oregon: Energy Solutions for the Developing World LOCATION:Intel Ronler Acres RA1 Auditorium: 2501 NW 229th Avenue\, Hillsb oro OR 97124 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR