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Dow Chemical first entered China as early as the 1930s. Today, Dow operates 5 business centers and 10 manufacturing sites across Greater China with 2,300 employees, and is aggressively recruiting to support its rapid growth. Dow Chemical’s 2007 revenue in Greater China was US$3.3 Billion. Greater China is now Dow’s Chemical’s third largest market, behind the United States and Germany, in terms of sales.

The firm's legal expertise serves clients at all stages of growth, from venture backed startup companies to multibillion-dollar global enterprises, and currently represents some of the world's leading energy technology companies. We counsel companies and entrepreneurs creating and commercializing clean technologies in a wide variety of industry segments, including renewable energy.

Our clean technology and renewable energy practice is built on the firm's leadership in the fields of intellectual property counseling and patents, venture capital finance, project finance, technology transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate and environmental law. These strengths provide a solid foundation for companies advancing innovative clean technologies.

Applied Materials, Inc. is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, solar photovoltaic cells, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass. Applied Materials employs approximately 14,500 people throughout the world.

APX is the leading infrastructure provider for environmental markets in renewable energy and greenhouse gases, including carbon commodities. APX supports the Gold Standard, Voluntary Carbon Standard, the California Climate Action Registry, and other markets, including every major renewable energy market in North America, providing corporate and market services worldwide. Visit www.apx.com or call +1.408.517.2100.

Marvell is a leader in storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions. Products include switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless, and storage solutions. Marvell develops technologies that power consumer electronics and the gateways that form the connectivity backbone of today's digital lifestyle. Marvell's portfolio touches every point of the communications infrastructure and millions of lives everyday.

Nixon Peabody LLP is an international law firm. With 700 attorneys across 25 practice areas in 18 office locations, including San Francisco, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and Washington, DC, the firm’s resources enable it to offer legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters.

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, offers integrated solutions making energy safer, more reliable, more efficient and more productive in the energy & infrastructure, industry, data centers and networks, buildings and residential markets. With sales of 17.3 billion euro in 2007, the company's 120,000 employees in 102 countries help individuals & organizations make the most of their energy. www.schneider-electric.com and www.schneider-electric.cn

American Superconductor (NASDAQ: AMSC) is a leading energy technologies company offering clean efficient electric power and solutions based on two technologies: programmable power electronic converters and high temperature superconductor wires.

The California Energy Commission is the state’s primary energy policy and planning agency. Its responsibilities include forecasting future needs, licensing, promoting energy efficiency, developing energy technologies and supporting renewable energies.

Green Plug enables real-time digital power management collaboration between electronic devices and their power sources. Green Plug is to power supplies what Intel is to PCs.

Green Valley Investment Company was established in 2007 to foster collaboration for electric efficiency, green construction and renewable energy that together produce multiple bottom-line results (including People, Planet, and Prosperity).

Mendel applies technologies for long-term consumer demand for food, feed, fiber and fuel in a sustainable manner; and for development of industry-leading genetic and chemical solutions for a range of agricultural markets.

NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Discover NetApp’s passion for helping companies around the world go further and faster at www.netapp.com.

The University of California is a public university with more than 190,000 students and a large number of distinguished faculty in every field. Its first campus, UC Berkeley, was founded in 1868.

Walden International is a global venture capital firm with committed capital of over US$1.9 billion, in six industry sectors: semiconductor, clean tech, digital consumer, software & IT services, communications and emerging technologies.

The Energy Foundation is a partnership of major donors interested in solving the world's energy problems. Our mission is to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy. Our geographic focus is on the United States and China.

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live.

Dr. Newton Becker is considered as "the Father" of solar thermal electric generation, and his work is closely associated with batteries for electric vehicles. Newton is an entrepreneur, an investor, and, his Becker CPA Review Course (www.BeckerCPA.com) is available in about 400 cities throughout the world

Western Digital is a data storage pioneer and a leader in the hard drive industry. The company provides cost-effective storage solutions for people and organizations that collect manage and use digital information.