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Hello,
Over the last month, we continued our commitment to addressing significant issues of national and international importance with two KCOMM Signature Events, an address before the Los Angeles Consular Corps, and a "spotlight" on a very innovative technology company. The KCOMM Signature Events focused attention on two vital issues: global solutions in clean energy and power; and best practices in business performance management in a volatile economic environment. We also had the privilege of updating a gathering of Consul Generals and Ambassadors from around the world on the power of Internet-based marketing as well as international media relations and political messaging. Our technology spotlight shines a light on a breakthrough development that enables some 70 million outdoor lighting fixtures, such as freeway light poles, in the U.S. alone to operate from solar power and actually feed power back into the electric utility grid. These are the kinds of issues we believe are critical to economic vitality and quality of life, and we encourage you to learn about them and incorporate them into your business and personal lives. Sincerely, 
Sinan Kanatsiz Chairman / CEO KCOMM, Inc.  
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In This Issue...
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KCOMM Signature Event Addresses Clean Energy and Power
Leaders Convene To Address Next Generation Solutions 
On April 29, a significant event entitled "2008 Clean Energy and Power Forum: The Next Generation of Clean Tech Solutions" took place in the Tom Bradley International Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles. Topics for this KCOMM Signature Event included advances in battery power and storage, fuel cell and hydrogen generation systems, solar power, and clean water, among others.
Hosted by KCOMM, National Renewable Energy Lab, QuantumSphere, ROTH Capital Partners, UCLA, SSI, Google, EI Solutions and Y&M Partners, this extraordinary event brought together a diverse group of business, research, academic, government and community leaders for a timely and in-depth update on clean energy and power issues facing our world with a focus on near term business opportunities and commercialization of real solutions. Speakers included John Turner, Ph.D., National Renewable Energy Lab; Kevin Maloney, President/CEO/Co-founder, QuantumSphere, Inc.; Brian Kremer, Investment Banker, ROTH Capital Partners; Clay Young, CEO, Ming Solar; Hakan Tekin, Consul General, Turkey; and M. Nyambura Kamau, Consul General, Kenya. Moderators were Sinan Kanatsiz, CEO of KCOMM, and Beverly Macy, CEO of Y&M Partners and Instructor of Global Marketing and Strategy at UCLA.  |
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Ming Solar Brings "Green" Outdoor Lighting to California
Innovative SmartPole Technology Captures Solar Power  Ming Solar, the leading innovator in "green" street and area outdoor lighting solutions, was a featured participant at the 2008 Clean Energy & Power Forum. Ming Solar also recently celebrated the installation on Earth Day (April 22) of its first SmartPole™ in California to illuminate the parking lot of QuantumSphere, Inc. in Santa Ana, making Ming Solar the first company to introduce this new technology into the state. State Senator Dave Cogdill met with Ming Solar executives and is a strong supporter of Ming Solar's products for helping to achieve green power initiatives. Clay Young, CEO of Ming Solar, sees this innovative approach to outdoor lighting as essential to the sustainability of the environment. Ming SmartPoles harness clean, sustainable energy from the sun with an intelligent power input and output approach to derive the most efficient use of the sun as a power source. The company is currently in discussions with cities across Southern California that are addressing energy and environmental concerns in their communities. "The bottom line is that we need to create alternative solutions to supporting our communities and our lifestyle without compromising the planet we live on," said Young. |
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Percentix Event Focuses on Business Optimization
Toshiba, Oakley, UCI and Wahoo's Discuss Enterprise Performance Management 
Percentix, the preeminent provider of enterprise performance management solutions, and the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine joined KCOMM on April 30 in co-hosting topflight presenters and southern California business leaders for the first annual "How the Fortune 100 Stay Strong" summit with a focus on Enterprise Performance Management systems and best practices.
Presenters for this second KCOMM Signature Event in April included Thomas Antunez, CEO, Percentix, Inc.; Andy Policano, Dean, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI; Rich Shields, CFO, Oakley; Stephen Marlow, Executive Vice President, Toshiba America Electronic Components; and Wing Lam, CEO, Wahoo's Tacos. This exclusive event, hosted at the Pacific Club in Newport Beach, brought together the region's business elite to talk about trends in business performance management, where it's heading, and why it's crucial to a company's long-term success as well as the national and global issues affecting today's business climate. 
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Sinan Kanatsiz and Jeff Montejano, CEO and President respectively of KCOMM, spoke on April 24 in Beverly Hills at the Los Angeles Consular Corps. The audience included a distinguished gathering of ambassadors, consul generals and other dignitaries representing 100 countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Kenya and Turkey.
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