Speakers
 Dr. Paul Polak IDE Founder | Dr. Paul Polak is the founder of International Development Enterprises (IDE), a non-profit organization which has ended poverty for millions of people in rural areas worldwide. Dr. Polak was named by Scientific American magazine as one of the Scientific American 50 for his outstanding acts of leadership in technology. IDE pioneered the development and rural mass marketing of affordable technologies in developing countries. It applies proven techniques to enable the poor to participate in markets, enabling them to work their way out of poverty. Some of the technologies developed by IDE include a low-cost irrigation system and a low-cost treadle pump. |
| Paul Hudnut is a founder and director of Envirofit International, Ltd., which develops and disseminates products and services that address major environmental problems in the developing world. Envirofit’s major projects include a retrofit kit for dirty two-stroke engines and clean burning cook stoves. Envirofit was a TechAward laureate in 2005 and was recently recognized by Stanford Social Innovation Review for its innovative approach to commercializing environmentally friendly technologies in the developing world. Paul also teaches entrepreneurship classes at Colorado State University. He is also Co-Director of CSU’s Global Innovation Center for Energy, Health & Environment. He is a visiting instructor in entrepreneurship at the Bordeaux Business School and Bainbridge Graduate Institute. |
 Paul Hudnut Envirofit International |