Meet cleantech’s dreamers and doers at GreenBeat 2010

Why is VentureBeat putting on GreenBeat 2010? The energy revolution depends on two disparate groups. Call the first the pipe dreamers: entrepreneurs, politicians, and pundits. They have great ideas. Then there are the powermongers — the folks who quite literally have the juice, the utilities generating and distributing energy today and tomorrow, who have to worry about billions of dollar of infrastructure.

It’s time to bring the pipe dreamers and the powermongers together in the same room. Utilities have a lot of costs keeping America well-lit, warm or cool, and safe. (Not to mention connected: Who do you think powers all those Internet data centers?) Meanwhile, investors need help finding where they can seize opportunities. GreenBeat 2010, VentureBeat’s seminal green conference, is where the industry can talk both big dreams and balance sheets.

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That’s the spirit behind our opening keynote at GreenBeat. We’re stoked that PG&E is sending its top smart-grid decisionmaker, Kevin Dasso. He’ll participate in a fireside chat with VantagePoint’s Alan Salzman, the savvy green investor whose venture-capital fund is fueling some of the most influential cleantech startups.

And the event comes right after next week’s election. In California, the heart of the cleantech revolution, voters are debating Proposition 23, which would suspend climate-change regulations and could upset the playing field for clean energy sources.

And that’s just the beginning. See the complete roster of our dreamers and doers, the power brokers and innovation players who are trying to forge solutions to our energy problems. Sign up now to reserve a spot!

We look forward to seeing you next week!

*VentureBeat would like to thank the industry leaders that are supporting GreenBeat 2010, including Silver Spring Networks as Co-Host, TriNet and Morrison & Foerster as Silver Sponsors, Mayfield Fund and Claremont Creek Ventures as Event Sponsors, DLA Piper as Innovation Competition Host, and Vantage Communications as Strategic Partner.

Are you a green executive or entrepreneur? If so, sign up now for GreenBeat 2010 — the year’s seminal conference on the smart grid — November 3-4 at Stanford University. World leaders in smart grid initiatives will debate how the new “Super Grid” is creating huge opportunities in cars, energy storage, and renewables. GreenBeat 2010 is hosted by VentureBeat and SSE Labs of Stanford University. Go here for full conference details and to apply for the 2010 Innovation Competition.