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adickie at investorscircl
09-21-2004, 03:54 PM
Investors' Circle
National Conference and Venture Fair
October 24-26, 2004
The Charles Hotel, Cambridge, MA

Venture Capital for a Sustainable Future

The Investors’ Circle National Conference and Venture Fair is the
premier meeting place for angel investors, professional venture
capitalists,
philanthropic investors and entrepreneurs who are using private capital
to
promote the transition to a sustainable future. Please join us.

Since 1992, Investors’ Circle has facilitated over $90 million into 150
companies and small venture funds.
This year’s event, supported by the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust
and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, will focus on two fields: renewable
energy and food/organics.

Sunday: Evening gathering for IC Members

Monday: IC’s National Venture Fair
Presentations from up to 30 companies and small funds working to solve
major
social and environmental problems.

Evening reception & live radio show, e-town, at Harvard’s Sanders
Theatre,
featuring musical guests Cowboy Junkies with Madeleine Peyroux.

Tuesday: Speakers and workshops on the state of double bottom line
investing
and enterprise creation in these two focus sectors as well as a
plenary session on The Limits to Growth.

For more details, please see:
http://www.investorscircle.net/Conference2004.html
To Register, please see:
http://www.investorscircle.net/NC2004_Register.html
Or call: 617.566.2600

"After attending this conference,
I felt something I haven't felt in a long time...hope."
Karina Lutz, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association

Speakers Include
Ray Anderson • Chairman, Interface, Inc. • Tom Chappell • CEO, Tom's of
Maine • Joan
Dye Gussow Author, This Organic Life • Gary Hirshberg President and CEO,
Stonyfield
Farm • Jim LoGerfo Principal, Vortex Energy • Mindy Lubber Executive
Director, CERES
Dennis Meadows Author, The Limits to Growth • Gus Schumacher former
Undersecretary
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA • Bob Shaw President,
Aretê Corporation
Tim Smith Director of Socially Responsive Investing, Walden Asset
Management

"There is something very powerful about what IC is doing.
Bringing serious deal making together with deeper explorations...
this is very much needed and has tremendous potential."
Nina Utne, Utne Magazine

Conference Advisory Board
Ray Anderson Chairman, Interface, Inc. • Shari Berenbach President,
Calvert Social
Investment Foundation • Joan Bavaria President, Trillium Asset
Management
Michael Cronin Managing Partner, Weston Presidio • Pat Dandonoli
Consultant on
Strategic Initiatives, Sundance Institute • Michael Dimock Chairman,
Slow FoodUSA
Dianne Gates Executive Vice President, New Hope Natural Media • Kevin
Knobloch
President, Union of Concerned Scientists • Gloria Lee Vice President,
JPMorgan Chase
Community Development Group • John May Managing Partner, New Vantage
Group
Tammy Morales Senior Program Manager, Social Venture Partners
International • Nick
Smith Former Chairman, Community Development Venture Capital Alliance •
Natalie
Taylor Associate Professor, Babson College

"These events are a wonderful concept and superbly executed.
I don¹t know how they could be any better conceived,
planned or carried out."
Steven Piersanti, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Sponsors** Many thanks to the following organizations for their generous
support of this event.
MASSACHUSETTS RENEWABLE ENERGY TRUST • W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION
SURDNA FOUNDATION • NEW HOPE NEW MEDIA • BABSON COLLEGE • CALVERT SOCIAL
INVESTMENT FUND
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR • EXPANSION CAPITAL PARTNERS • GOLDMAN SACHS &
COMPANY
GREEN CAY ASSET MANAGEMENT • INVESTECO CAPITAL • KOWAL COMMUNICATIONS
NORTHEAST SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION • NUTTER, McCLENNEN, & FISH •
PAXWORLD FUNDS
RECYCLED PAPER PRINTING • RUDOLF STEINER FOUNDATION • SJF VENTURES
TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT • WAINWRIGHT BANK & TRUST COMPANY
WESTON PRESIDIO CAPITAL • THE WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION • MERRILL LYNCH

CALVERT FOUNDATION • COMMONS CAPITAL • WALDEN ASSET MANAGEMENT

If you know someone who would be interested in this event,
please print it out, pass it on, and post it up. Thank you.


Investors' Circle
320 Washington Street • Brookline, Massachusetts, 02445
617.566.2600 fax 739.3550
inbox@investorscircle.net
http://www.investorscircle.net



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