120 Universities including MIT, UC Berkeley, Stanford and Georgetown
   already signed up to exhibit latest cleantech innovations to more than
                         4,000 industry executives

    COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The tables have turned for
several universities as they find themselves on the waiting list for an
opportunity to exhibit their latest cleantech innovations to leading
multinational corporations and venture capitalists at COPENMIND, a global
clean technology conference and exhibit, September 1-3 in Copenhagen,
Denmark.

    Cleantech innovators from 120 academic institutions representing nearly
every region of the world and a total of $158 billion (euro 100 billion) in
research dollars are already signed up to present their cleantech wares to
4,000 industry executives, including representatives from Siemens, Boeing
and Toyota. As of today, additional universities wishing to exhibit will be
put on a waiting list pending available exhibition space.

    "The response from universities has been overwhelming," said Steffen
Moldow, the founder of COPENMIND. "There is no such forum as COPENMIND in
the world right now, it creates a platform upon which research and industry
from across the world can meet in one place and develop partnerships and
solutions to one of the most pressing issues facing the world today --
climate change."

    COPENMIND -- a groundbreaking exhibition and conference dedicated to
research, technology and innovation through university-industry
partnerships -- will create a global and dedicated forum enabling
intellectual matchmaking between university exhibitors and industry
executives on a scale that has never been seen before. The theme for 2008
is cleantech, specifically the role of technology in solving global
environment and climate challenges.

    "Industry lacks an interface with the global research environment.
Because most universities lack a commercial culture with regard to
scientific results, until now this has meant that much valuable research
never gets used," said Moldow. "COPENMIND will fill a major vacuum by
providing a forum for face-to-face interaction between the business
community and academia."

    Below is a snapshot of the "Best in Class" global clean tech ideas for
2008, which will be exhibiting at COPENMIND:

    The "Best in Class" Global Clean Tech Ideas 2008:

    1. Covalent Solar: MIT (U.S.) -- Thin film concentrator photovoltaic
module that improves the efficiency of existing solar panels by 30%, and
reduces the cost per watt by 20%.

    2. Depoll Air: Ecole Polytechnique (France) -- An efficient,
cost-effective, air treatment system. This new molecular technology
improves air quality by helping to 'eat' the pollution as it is created.

    3. SiBNC Ceramics: Max Planck Innovation (Germany) -- A fuel efficiency
enhancing ceramics technology for lightweight aircraft.

    4. "Manchester Bobber": Manchester University (UK) -- Technology that
generates electricity from under the sea. A number of platforms, each of
which supports a closely spaced array of bobbing floats (between 25 and
50), generates electricity through independent underwater generators.




    5.  Helianthos: Delft University (Holland) -- A new solar cell film
technology. Using the Helianthos process, flexible photovoltaic (PV) laminates
can be fabricated that substantially reduce the per-kilowatt hour costs of
solar electricity.

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                    marco.braun@edelman.com

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