New Ventures, the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) center for environmental entrepreneurship, provides business development and investment facilitation services to high-growth, environmentally-focused small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in dynamic emerging markets.

The New Ventures Global Investor Forum 2011 will showcase six leading environmental entrepreneurs from Latin America and Asia to an audience of international investors and business leaders. The forum will provide a platform for attendees from the investment, business, philanthropic and environmental communities to discuss and learn more about the challenges and opportunities of scaling environmentally-focused SMEs in emerging economies.

The World Resources Institute and the New Ventures Global Network, in partnership with the NYU Stern School of Business and Citi Foundation, present:

Green Opportunities in Tomorrow’s Markets: New Ventures Global Investor Forum

Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Time: 3:30 - 7:00 PM; Drinks reception to follow
Venue: NYU Stern School of Business, Henry Kaufman Management Center
44 West Fourth Street, New York, NY

Read about the New Ventures Global Investor Forum.

AGENDA

3:00-3:30 Registration

3:30-3:35 Welcome – Kirsty Jenkinson, Director, Markets & Enterprise Program, WRI

3:35-3:45 Introduction of Keynote Speaker – Pamela Flaherty, President & CEO, Citi Foundation

3:45-4:00 Keynote Address – Steven ‘Mac’ Heller, Executive Chairman, CODA Automotive

4:00-4:45 Presentations by New Ventures Enterprises: AliBio, Ecostar, and Ouro Verde

4:45-5:00 Break

5:00-5:45 Presentations by New Ventures Enterprises: Echale a tu casa, Sinen En-tech, and Husk Power Systems

5:45-6:45 Panel Discussion: Challenges and opportunities for scaling environmental entrepreneurship around the world. Audience Q&A to follow.

6:45-7:00 Closing Remarks – Jill Kickul, Director, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, NYU Stern

7:00-8:00 Reception & Investor Follow-up

A more detailed agenda is available here.

Special thanks to our gold sponsors Alcoa Foundation and Fundación AVINA:

Special thanks to our silver sponsors:

Barclays

Halloran Philanthropies

Harmon Foundation

Related Companies

TPG

Thank you to our outreach partners:

• Asia Society

• Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)

• Business Call to Action

• Ceres

• Challenges Worldwide

• Echoing Green

• Endeavor

• Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)

• Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS)

• Grassroots Business Fund

• Green Spaces

• Investors’ Circle

• Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation

• Mission Markets Inc

• Social Capital Markets (SoCap)

• TiE GNY 2011

• Unreasonable Institute

The Global Investor Forum is brought to you by:

For more information regarding upcoming Investor Forums in Indonesia and China, please visit Upcoming Investor Forums and Events.

WRI’s New Ventures program is generously supported by Alcoa Foundation, Citi Foundation, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fundación AVINA, Morgan Stanley, Rockefeller Foundation, UK Department for International Development, UPS Foundation, US Department of State - Asia Pacific Partnership, and Zennström Philanthropies.