SyracuseCoE Opportunity Exchange (OppEx) at HB2009—Schedule
To view a PDF of the SyracuseCoE OppEx program, click here.
Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, SyracuseCoE OppEx advance registration is complimentary - just come to Exhibit Hall A at the Oncenter Convention Center for a ticket.
Monday September 14, 2009
Ribbon Cutting Cermony with Congressman Dan Maffei 940
Speaker: Dan Maffei and Melanie Littlejohn
Workshop 1: Smart Buildings and the Smart Grid 1030-1130
Sponsors: National Grid and the Center for Clean Tech Entrepreneurship
Host: Linda Hartsock, Director, Center for Clean Tech Entrepeneurship
Presenter: Dr. Jane L. Snowdon, Senior Manager, General Business, Energy, & Environment: Intelligent Buildings and Smarter City Research, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Q&A Discussion Leaders: Ron Kadah, CEO, ICM Controls and Carmen Branca, CEO, New Visions Powerline Company
Keynote: Warp Speed Innovation: Managing the Gift of Limitless
Opportunity 1230-1300
Speaker: Lee H. Stein, Chairman & CEO, Prize Capital
Showcase Presentations 1315-1415
King & King Architects
O'Brien & Gere
Workshops 2a & 2b: Commercializing Green Technologies 1315-1415, 1430-1530
Sponsor: Syracuse University
Host: Mark Weldon, Executive Director, Syracuse University Corporate Relations
Green Tech Intellectual Property Landscape
David Miranda, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
Government Funding of Green Tech
Marcie Sonneborn, President, Innovation Management Consulting
and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Specialist
Technology Commercialization in New York State
Ted Hagelin, New York State Technology Law Center,
Syracuse University
From Vision to Reality: A Green Tech Company Experience
Eben Bayer, Cofounder & CEO, Ecovative Design
University Tech Transfer: Logistics and Case Studies
Jeong Oh, Syracuse University and Scott MacFarlane,
Cornell University
Workshop 3: Innovative Health Care Facilities—Green, Healthy,
and Humane 1430-1530
Sponsor: St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Care, Metropolitan Development
Association (MDA)
Presenter:St Joesph's Facilities/Design/Construction Team
The facilities/design/construction management team will present on the upcoming $200M+ Green (Proposed LEED certified) expansion of St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Care Center. Why is this choice and investment being made? What difference should it make to patients and employees? What features will distinguish the project?
Birds of a Feather Sessions 1545-1700
Sponsor: MDA
Moderated discussions with professionals who share common interests.
Incubating and Accelerating Your CleanTech Business: The Road to Innovation
Presenters: Paul Brooks, Vice President, Entrepreneurship Programs, Syracuse Tech Garden; Lisa Cleckner, Assistant Director of Operations, SyracuseCoE; Linda Hartsock, Director, Center for Clean Entrepreneurship; and Mitchell Patterson, Economic Development Coordinator, MDA
The path to green innovation starts with a good roadmap. If you want to launch or grow a clean tech business, come learn about technical and business support services that can help bring your concept or product to the marketplace. Panelists for this session have been actively engaged in evaluating and assisting entrepreneurs and start-up organizations, as well as companies on a fast-track for growth. Learn about the critical components of a good incubation or acceleration plan, as well as the role of incubators. Topics will include: refining your business plan, technology gap analysis, developing a funding strategy, "making the pitch," attributes of successful entrepreneurs, and common mistakes. How can you become "investment ready?" Where can you find technical and business development assistance, and resource providers? Bring your questions and experiences to share with others during this interactive session to be held Monday September 14 from approximately 3:45 -5:00 at the SyracuseCoE Opportunity Exchange sessions taking place at the Healthy Buildings 2009 conference.
Improving Human and Environmental Health Through Health Care Facility Practices
Engage in a dynamic, moderated discussion with your peers to share and learn best practices for building and maintaining Green and Healthy Health Care facilities. What are some of the fundamental concepts and building blocks for establishing a healing environment? In addition, how do these healthful aspects have an impact on sustainability? How do you tie the two goals together? How do you minimize risk during construction and/or renovation? What are some of the "gotchas" your counterparts have stumbled over, and how have they overcome them? What practical advice can you share about addressing the unique concerns of hospitals, senior living centers, medical offices, and other health care facilities? Share real-life lessons, how-to information, and techniques learned across a wide range of experiences creating and maintaining healing, sustainable environments.
Implementing Sustainable Manufacturing Practices
Whether your firm is still considering the implementation of sustainable manufacturing practices, just getting started, or well under way, you won't want to miss this timely discussion with manufacturers at different points in their implementation process. Also, learn about Syracuse University's evolving Sustainability Assessment Center (SAC) - developed on the model of their Industrial Assessment Center - and the Sustainable Enterprise Partnership. Topics to be discussed will include: How does management implement meaningful, measurable sustainability practices specific to manufacturing? How can your company mange a balance between innovative technology and established best practices; low hanging fruit and strategic investment? How can you deliver triple-bottom-line results through accountability and metrics? How can you manage expectations and results, communicate and incentivize benefits and overcome barriers, to foster sustainable behavior? Join our conversation with academic program managers and management practitioners.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Keynote: Practical Considerations for Sustainable Development—Case Study: Black Mountain Ranch 0945-1015
Fred Maas, President & CEO, Black Mountain Ranch
and Chairman of the San Diego Center City Development Corporation
SyracuseCoE OppEx at HB2009 Matchmaking Forum 0930-1200
Sponsors: US Department of Commerce and the Center for Clean Tech Entrepreneurship
Explore potential business-to-business or academic-to-business strategic partnerships with other HB2009 Conference delegates and SyracuseCoE OppEx participants in facilitated, one-on-one executive discussions led by US and New York State economic development professionals.
Workshop 4: Sustainable Infrastructure 1030-1130
Sponsor: Environmental Finance Center at Syracuse University (EFC)
Host/Speaker: Sara Pesek, Director, Environmental Finance
CenterStormwaterMangement: Importance and Action
Khris Dodson, Environmental Finance Center
Onondaga Creek Communities: Projecting Future for Urban Life
Ted Brown, Munly Brown Studio
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: A Case Study of Sustainable Planning
Sam Gordon, Planit
Showcase Presentations 1145-1215
C&S Companies
CuseCar
Keynote: Optical Connectivity Enables the Green Data Center 1230-1300
Doug Coleman, Manager of Technology and Standards, Private Networks, Corning
Workshop 5: On the Road to Net-Zero Energy Buildings 1315-1415
Sponsors: NYSERDA and Carrier
Presenters: John Vasselli, Acting Leader of Carrier’s Air Management, Acoustics, Vibration, and Indoor Air Quality Technology and Components Group
and Fellow, Carrier and Greg Pedrick, Project Manager, R&D Buildings Group, NYSERDA
Workshop 6: Comparing Ventilation Effectiveness of Traditional
and Underfloor Air Distribution Systems 1430-1530
Sponsor: Tate Access Floors
Presenter: Qingyan (Yan) Chen, Ph.D., School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University
Showcase Presentations 1545-1615
Air Innovations
Fulton Boiler
Networking Reception with International Delegates from the HB2009
Conference (SyracuseCoE Intellectual Collisions) 1700-1900
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Keynote: SyracuseCoE Headquarters Building—Sustainable Elements in Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Design 0930-1015
Sponsor: Tate Access Floors
Speakers: Nigel Nicholls, LEED AP, Principal and David Dubrow, PE, Associate, Arup
Workshop 7: Life Cycle Assessment and its Application to Building
Service Delivery Systems 1030-1130
Sponsor: Tate Access Floors
Presenter: Evan Andrews, Life Cycle Analyst, Sylvatica
Showcase Presentations 1130-1230
SUNY Oswego
SEED/iBox (Syracuse University)
Keynote: Intelligent Building Product Design 1230-1300
Speaker: Sharad Mathur, Vice President Marketing and Product Management, Inscape Corporation, Canada
Workshop 8: Case Study: Raised Access Floors in Green and Healthy
Buildings 1315-1415
Sponsor: Tate Access Floors
Presenter: Christopher R. Larson, PE, LEED AP, President & CEO, Larson Binkley
Workshop 9: Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings 1430-1530
Sponsor: NYSERDA
Presenters: Jim Stapleton, Manager of Energy Efficiency Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Services, National Grid and Cheryl Glanton, Project Manager, NYSERDA FlexTech, Power, and Process Group
Exhibition Hours:
Monday, Sept. 14—0900-1700
Tuesday, Sept. 15—0900-1900
Wednesday, Sept 16—0900-1700
