Organised Chaos: Clean Tech in India Conference and the Rest of My Day

So today, I woke up at the lovely hour of 5:30, and when I say lovely, I mean godforsaken. Evan and I took the 6:20AM bus into town. When we got to Merrion Square, nothing was open, not even a coffee shop. So I guess that's Dublin's why of saying, why the hell are you getting up so damned early. The answer: the 8 o'clock Clean Tech in India conference at the Alexandria Hotel. 

It was very cool. Everyone got a very official looking name tag with their name and company on it.  So professional. (God, I feel old.) The other interns at the WTCD office and I talked with a bunch of business people who deal with various forms of green energy in India. Then there were speeches by three different people, an Indian guy who represented EBTC, an Irish guy who represented PM Group, and a final guy who I think might have been Dutch who ran GreenAer. All of the companies were investing in various forms of green energy. EBTC seemed to have its hands in everything. GreenAer partnered with an electric car company called Reva but had to move on to making electric bicycles in order to be sustainable. All of the speeches were very interesting, but it would have been more interesting at 11AM. 

After the conference, we went straight to work, as everyone had a busy day of calling clients. I had little success, and it made the day drag on for a while. Especially with the really early wake up call. 

Other than that, not too much as has gone on in the past couple of days. It's all very routine. We take the bus in, do some work, and then come home. Nothing too interesting. I guess, I am just looking forward to my weekends. This weekend, Kelli is taking us to see St. Michan's Mummies on Saturday and then on a horseback tour of Wicklow and Glendalough. And the weekend after, my flatmates and I are heading to Galway for the weekend with a tour group called Paddy Wagon, which is supposed to be a craic. So good times to come at least.