Community Colleges See Future in Renewable Energy

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REGIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES JOIN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Virtual Hudson Valley Center for Innovation moves breakfast to Seven21 Media Center in Kingston

KINGSTON, N.Y. (SEPTEMBER 10, 2009) Four regional community colleges will join an unprecedented roundtable discussion on their role in training and educating a workforce dedicated to careers in renewable energy.

The Hudson Valley Center for Innovation (HVCFI), a virtual technology accelerator, is holding the breakfast event on Wednesday September 23rd from 8:00-10:00 a.m. at the Seven21 Media Center located at 721 Broadway in Kingston.

“Community colleges play a pivotal role in developing a renewable energy industry in the Hudson Valley. We wanted to have ‘a meeting of the minds’ intended to encourage collaboration and innovation,” said Les Neumann, HVCFI managing director.

According to Neumann, HVCFI's Entrepreneurs Breakfast Series roundtable participants will include Ulster County Community College President Dr. Don Kott, Dr. Cliff Wood representing Rockland Community College, Dr. Ellen Galligan from Sullivan Community College and Dr. Bill Richards representing Orange County Community College and Dr. Andres Fortino from NYU Polytechnic University. The panel discussion will be moderated by Dr. Arthur Anthonisen who currently serves as the Chairman of the Association of Community College Trustees and a longtime local resident.

The breakfast will also feature a presentation by Don Perry who will provide an update on the progress of the WindPower Initiative and Les Neumann who will give a presentation on what he calls “Incentivitis – How can Small Business Compete.”

The HVCFI, along with its founding partner, the Hudson Valley Technology Development Center (HVTDC), is the regions technology accelerator serving the entrepreneurial community in the Hudson Valley from Westchester to Albany. The HVCFI provides targeted, 21st century business, academic and technical assistance to early stage alternative and renewable energy and information technology focused companies seeking to accelerate their growth, develop and validate their intellectual properties and initiate aggressive commercialization strategies designed to position themselves for long-term success in the global marketplace.

The breakfast is sponsored by: Rosenbaum Media Group, Saile Ackerman LLC, SUNY Ulster, Sullivan County Community College, Ellenbogen Group, Rondout Savings Bank, Sawyer Savings and Ulster Savings.

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