PALM SPRINGS, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 30, 2013) -  The [ 9th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit ], presented by [ International Business Forum ] and chaired by [ Technology Partners ]' Ira Ehrenpreis, on February 6-7 in Palm Springs, California, announced today that David Schramm, CEO of Maxwell Technologies (NASDAQ: [ MXWL ]), will be a Corporate Keynote speaker at this year's Clean-Tech Investor Summit. He is part of the [ line up ] of the clean-tech and energy industries' thought leaders, visionaries, and innovators who will be speaking at and attending the 9^th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit.

Mr. Schramm was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and director of Maxwell Technologies in July 2007. Mr. Schramm graduated from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, and earned a Master's degree in Management as a Sloan Fellow at Stanford University. He started his career with the Packard Electric Division of General Motors, where he held several positions, including Plant Manager, Component Operations, and Chief Engineer, Component Design. Before moving to California to be the President and CEO of another GM subsidiary, Packard Hughes Interconnect, Mr. Schramm spent three years in the U.K. as Managing Director for GM subsidiaries in Ireland and England. Immediately prior to joining Maxwell, he was President and CEO of a division of EADS and before that was President and CEO of Arrowhead Products where he acquired operations in Italy, France, and Poland and opened a facility in South Africa. Mr. Schramm is past President of the Orange County Performing Arts Business Partnership, served on the Board of Directors of Orange County Performing Arts, is past Chairman of the Saddleback Valley YMCA Board of Managers, a member of the Dean's Advisory Board of the College of Business and Economics at University of California Irvine, a board member of CalIt2, president of the Mission Viejo Country Club board of directors, past President of the Western Reserve Council of the Boy Scouts, and a past member of the Board of Directors of the United Way and the American Cancer Society of Trumbull County, Ohio.

Every year the Summit convenes the who's-who of the clean-tech sector including thought leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and service providers. It is one of the rare times when the sector's most influential thought leaders gather to discuss the most critical issues facing the clean-tech sector. In addition, the 9th Annual Clean-Tech Summit will feature some of the most interesting, provocative, and compelling speakers at what has clearly become one of the best clean-tech networking events of the year.

To register for the clean-tech industry's top investment summit please visit: [ www.cleantechsummit.com ]

This year's [ Sponsors ] for the Clean-Tech Investor Summit include [ Robert W. Baird & Co. ], [ Orrick ], [ Silicon Valley Bank ], [ Mintz Levin ], [ Wells Fargo ], [ Deloitte ], [ PwC, ][ Morrison & Foerster ], [ Grant Thornton ], [ DLA Piper ], [ Ernst & Young ], [ J.P. Morgan ], [ Canaccord Genuity ], [ Goldman Sachs ], [ IRTH Communications ], [ Hobbs & Towne ], [ Morgan Stanley ] and [ Sherwood Partners ].