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Green Summit to Champion Innovative Business Strategies and Best Practices for Sustainable Enterprises

Posted on: Thursday, 21 May 2009, 15:06 CDT

DURHAM, N.C., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- SJF's 'Summit on the New Green Economy: How to Make it Work' will be held in Durham, NC, June 2-3, 2009 at the Durham Convention Center. Four keynote speakers will share their perspectives on cleantech investment and green jobs development. Eight CEOs from cleantech companies will discuss innovative business strategies, and more than 15 investors, economic developers, and green job leaders will share best practices. Attendees will meet over 45 national green economy visionaries and learn innovative strategies to successfully tap into this growing sector.

"The time is now for entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, and community leaders to come together to share strategies for investing in and building the new green economy," said David Kirkpatrick, Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures. "Billions of federal stimulus dollars are available to help kick start new sustainable businesses that will become market leaders as we emerge from the recession." SJF manages two funds which have invested in 29 positive impact companies that now have aggregate revenues of $500 million, 128 facilities, and 4,600 employees.

The Summit coincides with SJF's 10th anniversary and will be launched with a keynote from Nicholas Parker of Cleantech Group LLC. The Summit also will include keynotes by Jeff Wolfe, CEO of groSolar; Majora Carter of Majora Carter Group; and Martin Eakes, founder and CEO of Self-Help Credit Union, as well as sessions on accessing green stimulus funds, the cleantech investment outlook, supporting green entrepreneurship, and more.

SJF has presented Cleantech CEO Panels for the past four years on Wall Street, but this year is expanding the event and bringing it to its headquarters location of Durham, NC.

Sponsors of the event are Reitler, Brown & Rosenblatt LLC, Ernst & Young, Hutchison Law Group, Acorn Energy, Greenfire Development, Our State, and Justmeans.

Register at www.sjfund.com.

Follow at LinkedIn: http://events.linkedin.com/SJF-Summit-New-Green-Economy/pub/57430.

About SJF Ventures and SJF Advisory Services:

SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund that focuses on cleantech, business services, web-enhanced services, and consumer brand companies. SJF Advisory Services is an affiliated nonprofit that provides entrepreneurial assistance, trainings, and research. SJF has offices in Durham, NC, New York, and San Francisco and invests throughout the U.S.

SOURCE SJF Ventures

Source: PR Newswire

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