"The Clean Energy Ventures class is superb. The diversity of the students from various backgrounds and countries crystallized the global nature of the energy challenges and opportunities facing us today. The caliber of the students and the world-renowned speakers was unparalleled--bringing together entrepreneurs with leading edge technologies, academics, and policy makers. I highly recommend this class to anyone with an interest and passion for learning about the global energy landscape and opportunities."
                                                        Steve Isakowitz, Former Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Energy

Clean energy is the challenge as well as the opportunity of our generation. This new program is designed to enable senior executives from corporations, as well as government agency and major program leaders, to more effectively encourage, lead, and manage the entire venture creation process for clean energy—be they stand alone new ventures or pioneering undertakings inside of larger organizations. The process includes identifying opportunities, generating new ideas, designing a holistic solution, and building a viable, significant, and sustainable new energy-oriented business.

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The concepts, tools, and frameworks covered in the program will enable participants to:

• Identify, evaluate, and support new innovation opportunities and successful clean energy venture creation strategies
• Understand current best practices for new venture creation in this area and also which practices are not working
• Design a clean energy innovation ecosystem to best support ongoing clean energy venture creation
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages and create strategies to maximize synergies and minimize conflicts when such an ecosystem is within a larger organization
• Leverage new technology and other innovative breakthroughs to have the most timely and significant impact
• Enhance and expand networks with like-minded innovators in clean energy

The program is designed for senior-level executives in energy and energy-related companies as well as government leaders who are responsible for driving innovation in clean energy. Program participants must have key decision-making responsibility and should be or report to a C-level executive.

Titles of potential participants include:

• CEO
• Entrepreneur
• Senior VP of Business Development
• Senior VP of Corporate Venturing
• Chief Innovation Officer
• CTO
• Government Agency or Major Program Leader
• Regional Economic Development Officer

Participants in Clean Energy Ventures attend the MIT Clean Energy Prize Showcase.

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