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Luncheon Wrap-Up
CCIA's luncheon was the place to be on Ocotober 19th! Following on the heels of the release of the Colorado Cleantech Action Plan on October 18th, the luncheon welcomed more than 360 attendees to honor award winners and hear from cleantech pioneer, Ira Enrenpreis. We were honored to welcome U.S. Senator Mark Udall and Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. to the luncheon and thank them for their support of Colorado's ever-expanding cleantech industry. Senator Udall presented Governor Ritter with the award for cleantech "Political Advocate of the Year" and Governor Ritter joined us to present cleantech leadership awards to 7 winners.
Award Winners
Winners were selected by the CCIA Awards 
Committee from twenty finalists that emerged from a statewide call for nominations earlier this year. Winners inclued:
Political Advocate of the Year: Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.
High Impact Cleantech Company of the Year: Abound Solar
High Impact Cleantech Company of the Year, Runner-Up: Tendril
Breakout Cleantech Company of the Year: Ice Energy
Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year: VanDyne SuperTurbo
Colorado Cleantech Entreprenuer of the Year: Raymond R. Johnson
National Cleantech Leader: Rocky Mountain Institute
Governor's Award for Excellence in Cleantech Leadership: Ron Bernal
Luncheon Keynote
Mr. Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner with Technology Partners in Palo Alto, CA, keynoted the luncheon event. Ira's presentation, "The State of the Cleantech Industry," covered how the cleantech sector has evolved over the past decade and reviewed the drivers behind cleantech's emergence as the fastest growing area of the venture asset class. Ira also discussed the challenges facing the industry. Closing the presentation, Ira discussed why, despite the challenges, he believes cleantech will continue to be a good bet in the years and decades to come.
Colorado Cleantech Special Section
Colorado Cleantech is the featured insert in the September issue of ColoradoBiz magazine and it is now online. Luncheon sponsors are featured throughout the publication - take a look and plan to be featured next year!
Awards Presentation - Finalists
Colorado Cleantech Industry Association Announces Finalists for Inaugural 'Colorado Cleantech Awards Celebration,' Source: Forbes
CCIA - Leadership in Advancing Cleantech Awards - Finalists Included:
* High-Impact Cleantech Company of the Year
Abound Solar (Loveland, CO) Advanced Energy Industries, Solaron Business (Fort Collins, CO)
CoorsTek (Golden, CO)
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (Littleton, CO)
Tendril (Boulder, CO) -
* Breakout Cleantech Company of the Year
Ice Energy (Windsor, CO)
OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. (Boulder, CO)
ZeaChem, Inc. (Lakewood, CO)
* Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year
Green Garage (Boulder, CO)
RavenBrick LLC (Denver, CO)
VanDyne SuperTurbo (Fort Collins, CO)
* Colorado Cleantech Entrepreneur of the Year
Raymond R. Johnson, Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (Littleton, CO)
Doug Schatz, Advanced Energy Industries (Fort Collins, CO)
Adrian Tuck, Tendril (Boulder, CO)
* National Cleantech Leadership
Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO)
Rocky Mountain Institute (Snowmass, CO)
* Governor's Award for Excellence in Cleantech Leadership
Ron Bernal, NEA (Boulder, CO)
Richard Franklin, Clean Tech Open (Denver, CO)
Paul Nelson, Saoradh Energy (Boulder CO)
Wondering Who Attended?
Abound Solar
Absolutely PR
Advanced Energy Industries
AMPT
AECOM
Aflac
Airstream
Albeo Technologies
Altira Group
Ampulse
Aravaipa Venture Fund
Atremis' Arrow
Ascent Solar
Ball Corporation
BioVantage Resources
Boulder Innovation Center
Boyle, Silver & Weist Policy Strategists
Braemar Energy Ventures
Brand Communications, LLC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
CB Richard Ellis
Cenergy - CSU
Ceramatec
City of Boulder
CleanLaunch
Clean Tech Open
Clipper Creek
Colorado Association for Manufacturing & Technology
Colorado BioScience Association
Colorado Department of Labor
Colorado Energy News
Colorado Governor's Energy Office
Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade
Colorado PUC
Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory
Colorado State Bank & Trust
Colorado State Senators and Representatives
Colorado State University
ColoradoBiz Magazine
Consulate General of Canada
Coolerado
Cooley
CoorsTek
CSU-College of Engineering
CSURF - CSU
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Deloitte
Deming Center - CU Boulder
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Domani
Dorsey & Whitney
EcoTech Institute
EETrex
EKS&H
Envirobrand
Ernst & Young
EverGreen Energy Inc.
eXpress
Faegre & Benson
Fairfield & Woods
Firelake Capital
Five Star Institute
Fleet Energy Company
Foro Energy
GeoSynFuels LLC
Geotech Environmental Equipment
Gevo
GM
GoSmart Technologies
Governor Bill Ritter
Grant Thornton LLP
Green Energy Corp.
Green Garage
Greenations
Hackstaff Gessler LLC
Hein & Associates
Hogan Lovells
HRO
Husch Blackwell LLP
IHS
Ice Energy
Infield Capital
Infinite Power Solutions
Infotility
Ion Engineering
Jefferson County Commissioners
Jefferson Economic Council
Jones Lang Lasalle
King Hill Capital
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
KPMG
Larsen Consulting International
LEO A DALY
Liquid Piston
Longmont Machining
Lunar
Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP
Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.
Mission Motors
MWH
Navigant Consulting
New Sky Energy
NexGen Energy
NREL
OneRiot
OPX Biotechnologies
Pike Research
Polsinelli Shughart
Power Tagging Technologies
Pure Brand Communications
Range Fuels
RavenBrick
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) - CU Boulder
Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative
Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Sustainable Enterprises
Schneider Electric
Sequel Venture Partners
Senator Mark Udall
Serface Ventures
Sherman & Howard
Silicon Valley Bank
Solar City
Solix Biofuels
Southern Ute Alternative Energy LLC
Spirae
Stewart Environmental
Sturman Industries
Technology Partners
Tendril
Tesla Motors
The Neenan Company
TIGON Enertec
TransTech USA
TriNet
Ubiquity
VanDyne SuperTurbo
Versa Power
W3W3
WGI
Xcel Energy
Zeachem
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