Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Breakfast Series

The Rochester/Genesee-Finger Lakes Region has a rich history in developing technologies to create economic development. A national consensus has made it clear that one of the most important industries in the next two decades will be based on renewable energy. This policy is based on the need for more energy to maintain a vibrant economy and to achieve energy independence to achieve national security.

To help identify possible business opportunities for the region, a Task Force, led by representatives from Finger Lakes Wired, the University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, Genesee Community College, High Tech Rochester and Monroe Community College held a series of breakfast meetings that will that began in October 2009 and continued through the Spring of 2010.

Presentations were given on "big picture" issues as well as important technologies. These presentations included the federal government's energy policy presented by the Under Secretary of the US Department of Energy; the venture capital for renewable energy presented by a market analyst; and legal; regulatory implications of renewable energy presented by attorneys with experience in the renewable energy field; and Biofuels.

CONTACT

execed@simon.rochester.edu or (585) 275-3439