Creating Climate Wealth will convene respected entrepreneurs in Washington DC jointly with a selected group of Intrapreneurs from the government, non-profit, and corporate communities to provide their insights and expertise on the policies, market frameworks, and programs that will clear the barriers to deliver these emission reductions and promote job creation. The gathering will start from existing proposals, but will encourage participants to use their entrepreneurial expertise to problem-solve new approaches based on budget deficits and other market conditions.

The executive-level Summit, scheduled for April 20^th–22^nd in Washington, DC, will convene successful entrepreneurs and corporate executives, creative financial partners, forward thinking government and non-profit professionals to provide their insight and expertise in policies, market frameworks and programs. We know that the convening of this dynamic group will lead the way to clear the barriers to deliver emission reductions and promote job creation.

Prestigious Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business will host the Summit featuring the following speakers:

• Richard Branson, Founder and Chairman, The Virgin Group
• Jigar Shah, CEO, Carbon War Room
• Jose Maria Figueres, former President of Costa Rica and CEO of the World Economic Forum
• Craig Cogut, Founder and Co-Manager of Pegasus Capital Advisors
• Sunil Paul, Founder of Spring Ventures and Gigaton Throwdown
• Wesley Clark, Chairman, US Investment Bank Rodman & Renshaw

There will also be plenary sessions and facilitated industry working groups – focusing on eight market segments from Biofuels to Sustainable Agriculture.

Specific objectives of the Summit are as follows:

1. Establish the growth rates needed to reach a gigaton of GHG savings by 2020 annually from each sector
2. Agree on the top market barriers to reaching the growth rates (i.e. training, regulatory, financing, reports establishing the value of our solutions from government, etc.)
3. Agree on the top policy barriers to reaching the growth rates (i.e. price on carbon, rules changes within loan guarantee program, etc.)
4. Top ideas on how to eliminate the barriers, including:
   1. What NGOs and Trade Associations are best positioned to make an impact on these market and policy barriers
   2. How will provide the necessary funds; will we lobby foundations, charge membership dues, etc.?
   3. Who can represent the industry best and become a spokesperson for eliminating these barriers? Would it be Al Gore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Branson, James Cameron, David Crane, Jim Rogers, Sunil Paul, T. Boone Pickens – or someone not on this list?

So don't miss this opportunity to lend your voice and your expertise to this program. It's more than a coincidence that the Summit is occurring during the week celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day in Washington, D.C.!