The College of Nanoscale
Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany and
the Tech Valley Global Business Network ("TVGBN") will provide a first-of-its-kind
forum for Tech Valley businesses to meet trade representatives of foreign countries
through a program with the New York City-based Foreign Trade Commissioners Association.
Business executives will have the opportunity to discuss prospects for global
trade and investment during the event on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at CNSE's Albany
NanoTech Complex.
The event, sponsored by Empire State Development, will bring the region's
leaders in business, economic development, academia and government together
with foreign trade officials from the Foreign Trade Commissioners Association
to network and exchange ideas for international business growth in Tech Valley.
A welcoming reception will be held from 5:30-6:30 pm, with a buffet dinner
at 6:30 pm., in the rotunda of NanoFab North.
Foreign trade commissioners -- also known as consular officials, commercial
attaches or commercial consuls -- promote trade and investment between the country
they represent and the region they oversee in the United States; typically,
a consulate in New York City is responsible for the northeastern and mid-Atlantic
states.
In addition to the NanoCollege, the foreign trade commissioners will visit
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the New York State Capitol and the Executive
Mansion, hosted by New York First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson.
Registration is $70 per person. For more information on this exciting event,
visit http://www.tvgbn.org/ or register online.
The TVGBN is a partnership aligning all of the premier economic development
organizations in the area around the single issue of helping educate and provide
networking opportunities for area companies interested in global trade. TVGBN
partners include: the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Center
for Economic Growth (CEG), the Chamber of Schenectady County, the Rensselaer
County Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County.
Posted January 14th, 2009
