The City Innovate Summit

Melanie Nutter is the Principal of Nutter Consulting that provides sustainability and smart cities strategy development and implementation for cities, foundations and companies.  In July of 2010, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Melanie Nutter as the Director of the San Francisco... Read More →

Doug Davenport is the Founding Executive Director of Prospect Silicon Valley. ProspectSV is a non-profit commercialization catalyst assisting emerging technology companies with a pathway to market, bringing high-impact solutions forward in the Bay Area. ProspectSV’s team of highly qualified technical and market experts assist startups with a suite of co... Read More →

Matt Golden is both an entrepreneur and policy advocate, committed to bringing energy efficiency in the built environment to scale as a demand side resource.  Currently, Matt leads Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project implementing a system to credential Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ projects, designed to reduce transaction costs, and develop actuarial data to unlock capital markets.    Previously, Matt founded Recurve Inc., which develops tablet based energy auditing software for the... Read More →

San Francisco’s Climate Action Strategy is: 0, 50, 100, Roots. That means Zero Waste, 50% of all trips via sustainable modes, 100% renewable energy citywide and carbon sequestration through urban geochemistry. San Francisco’s Green Building team is a key element of this strategy... Read More →