2012 Regional Events

Addressing Challenges Faced by Woman Entrepreneurs in Science, Technology & Engineering

6/07/12 (TH) 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Lennox Tech Enterprise Center, 150 Lucius Gordon Drive, West Henriett, NY

PlanetGPA, Presents
Dr. Uma Gupta, CEO
Women Entrepreneurs – Addressing Challenges Faced by Woman Entrepreneurs in Science, Technology & Engineering

Summary
The Women Entrepreneurs Leadership Series seminar is designed to engage, inform, and connect women entrepreneurs in science, technology and engineering, and other emerging high-tech disciplines with proven business leaders and successful entrepreneurs. Women leaders in the region will present on a wide range of complex issues, including leading and managing organizations, growing a successful business, thinking strategically, and leveraging business relationships. This workshop will strengthen the foundation for long-term success for women entrepreneurs and provide a powerful toolkit to take on the inevitable challenges that women entrepreneurs face.  

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About the Seminars
These seminars are sponsored by HTR in conjunction with professionals in the Greater Rochester community for the benefit of all technology start-up entrepreneurs. The topics will focus on “typical” challenges entrepreneurs face in starting and growing a high tech start-up.

The seminars will be held at HTR’s Lennox Tech Enterprise Center, 150 Lucius Gordon Drive, West Henrietta, 14586. Click here for map and directions.

Continental breakfast and light lunch is included.

Agenda

Cost
$25 per seminar

Registration
You may register for individual seminars or all four.

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1st Annual WNYSTEM Stem Cell Symposium

6/02/12 (SA) 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute, Buffalo, NY

We are pleased to announce that WNYSTEM and UB will be hosting the NYSTEM-sponsored 1st Annual WNYSTEM Stem Cell Symposium entitled "Stem Cells in Health and Disease".  This Symposium will provide outstanding talks on Stem Cell biology, an opportunity to present data in a poster session, and an introduction to the newly created Western New York Stem Cell Culture and Analysis Center (WNYSTEM). 

The list of speakers and preliminary schedule for the Symposium is located here:  http://wnystem.buffalo.edu/symposium/Program.pdf

The schedule will be updated as more details become available.

The Symposium is free to any students or faculty interested in Stem Cell research but requires registration.  REGISTER NOW

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Capital Region Commercialization of Life Sciences Innovation Day

6/01/12 (F) 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

UAlbany, Life Sciences Research Building

The goal of this conference is to bring together innovative biotechnology researchers and institutions, business executives, and academics, and to encourage possible collaboration from within the Capital Region. The event includes poster presentations by regional biotechnology innovators, presentations by speakers invited to comment on a variety of issues related to the region's biotechnology industry and networking breaks to cultivate relationships between various levels of industry participants.

Speakers include representatives from: New York Biotechnology Association; Empire State Development, Division of Science, Technology and Innovation; Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, RPI; Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering; Wadsworth/HRI; Albany Medical Center; GE Life Science; University at Albany; and more......

REGISTER TO ATTEND - CLICK HERE
SUBMIT ABSTRACT (DEADLINE APRIL 25) -CLICK HERE

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Cracking the Code on Healthcare

5/24/12 (TH)

Hyatt Regency Rochester 125 East Main Street Rochester, N. Y. 14604

Two years ago, Healthcare Benefit Network set out on a journey to bring complex, important and timely healthcare topics to the community in a format that was both informative and interactive. Together we explored the topics of Patient Safety and Quality, Healthcare IT, Population Health and Payment Reform. Each of these events was focused squarely on improving patient care and reducing costs.

In this, our 5th Cracking the Code on Healthcare event in Rochester, we will look at our healthcare challenges from a different perspective, through the eyes of the patient. Through a series of keynote presentations and panel discussions we will pull back the curtain on the Affordable Care Act to see how it will affect each of us as patients.

With the Supreme Court currently hearing arguments on the Affordable Care Act and with an expected ruling in June, both Debra and Mark will bring a national perspective to the event discourse.

For more information, click here

To register, click here

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Using Your Website to Increase Your International Sales

5/23/2012 (W)

Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, 904 East Shore Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850

Many small and medium sized businesses are savvy in finding customers and selling their products through their websites. However, with the high-speed and expanding reach of today's business environment, companies are finding it necessary to continually adapt, improve, and more effectively use their websites to appeal to and accommodate international customers. This seminar is designed to provide simple tools and best practices to make your company's website work for you in attracting and retaining foreign buyers, distributors, and customers.

Covered topics include:
Determining which markets to target overseas with your website
Ways to localize and internationalize your website
Registering your website with foreign search engines
Making your website easier for international customers to navigate
Translating your website into foreign languages
Avoiding online scams and vetting potential customers/partners

Event Details:
Date: May 3, 2012
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, 904 East Shore Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850
Cost:$35 (includes lunch)
 

To register, click here

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2012 CCMR Annual Symposium

05/22/12 (T)

Physical Sciences Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Research within the CCMR focuses on developing a fundamental understanding of advanced materials to predict and improve their properties. An emerging focus in the center is the development of novel characterization methods (“new eyes”) for probing structural, physical and chemical properties of materials with spatial resolution ranging from atomic to macroscopic length scales. The characterization methods developed within the center have impact across a broad range of disciplines, many with commercial applications. This year's program will showcase recent advances in this rapidly advancing field and discuss their future applications in the design and developments of new materials.

The symposium will include presentations showcasing recent advances at Cornell and in industry and will also feature the ever-popular poster session highlighting our entire research portfolio, our graduate students and postdocs. 

Registration to open in January 2012: http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/symposium/

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2012 Biotechnology Symposium

5/21/12 - 5/22/12 (M, T)

Oncenter Complex, Syracuse, NY

www.esf.edu/outreach/pd/2012/biotechnology/ 

Join us to hear session speakers from leaders at Brookhaven National Laboratory, British Petroleum, Stryker, Corning Incorporated, SUNY-ESF, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse University, and Cornell University!

Register today!

Join scientists, industry representatives, academics, students, and other professionals interested in biotechnology to develop synergies and relationships that further advance you career and the field. 

Call for Posters: Showcase your research to colleagues and professionals, network with representatives from leading companies in the biotechnology field, and enhance your academic profile!  Abstracts are due soon!  For abstract submission information, download the PDF on our website. 

View the Agenda
Registration Information 
Sponsorship Information 

This event is hosted by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, in partnership with SUNY Upstate Medical University and the CNY Biotechnology Research Center, and in collaboration with the New York Academy of Sciences.

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2012 Venture Forum

5/16/12-5/17/12 (W, TH)

Buffalo, NY

Two annual investor forums in Upstate New York will partner in 2012 to host a single event: A two-day forum in Buffalo, NY that will connect early-stage, high-tech companies with angel investors and venture capitalists.

The 2012 Venture Forum, which will take place on May 16-17, is a partnership between WesternNew York's Bright Buffalo Niagara Forum and the Center for Economic Growth's (CEG) SmartStart UNYTECH Forum, two well-established venture forums in Upstate New York.

Read the full announcement here or visit us online to learn more:    

www.brightbuffaloniagara.com

 www.smartstartvf.org

 For the full program agenda, please visit one of the websites above.

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Medical Device Development Boot Camp

5/10/12 (TH)

Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Learn the keys to building a competitive medical device company. Information and expert advice for medical device entrepreneurs from industry veterans, investors, and FDA and patent advisors.

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More information and registration

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Imagine RIT

5/5/2012 (SA)

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY

Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival is a campus-wide event that showcases the innovative and creative spirit of RIT students, faculty and staff. Visitors experience the breadth and depth of RIT through interactive presentations, hands-on demonstrations, exhibitions, and research projects set up throughout campus. Inflatables, games and multiple performance stages with live music and entertainment are also a hit with visitors of all ages. Held annually each spring, Imagine RIT is the kickoff to Rochester’s rich festival season.

Date & Time: Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 10am to 5pm, rain or shine.

Cost: Free and open to the public!

Location: Imagine RIT takes place throughout RIT’s campus in Henrietta, NY.

For more information, click here.

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