welcome to the cleantech ecosity. i am vice-president of defense that they cleantech group. when have a very special award. i would like to introduce the ceo of the cleantech group. >> thank you, everybody. thank you for being out here. it is my great, great honor to be the guy who gets to give an award to make your end lee -- to make your -- mayor ed lee. the cleantech tracks a lot of data, and that points to the imprints of california and the importance of san francisco as the epicenter. for that reason, we choose to hold our annual lecture conference right here in san francisco each year. it is happening right behind you. to give you two hints as to what went into the data, 208 clean tech companies retract as top ones in our debt of us are here. of the cleantech 100 list, our top list of companies, 11, more than 10%, are located here in san francisco, more than any other city. we also are well-aware of all the different programs, from green buildings to the climate program to everything else, so we are as honored as can be to say congratulations, and please join me at the