Overview New Energy New York and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering hosted the Third Annual New Energy Symposium July 9-10, 2008, attracting over 375 prominent players in the energy field from the academia, government, and industry sectors. The event featured a Solar Expo and was held at the world-class Albany NanoTech complex in Albany, NY. Co-chairs for the event were Vincent A. Delorio, Chairman of the Board of Directors for NYSERDA; and Tom Birdsey, President & CEO of Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering.
The New Energy Symposium offered a unique chance to share industry trends, threats, and opportunities as they relate to emerging energy technologies. The Symposium also provided the opportunity to meet with executives who take an interest in the future of energy in the United States.
Technology Demonstrations The New Energy Symposium highlighted clean energy technologies. Some of the demos included:
BMW Hydrogen 7 Series
Honda Fuel Cell Car
SmartCar
MiniCooper
Mercedes-Benz BlueTec
Presentations Presentations given at the Symposium are now available online. Click on the "Speakers" button and whoever gave a presentation will have a link below their profile with the presentation available for download. If there is no presentation available, that means that the person gave a speech and/or did not use powerpoint slides. The company presentations are available by clicking on the "Investment Presentations" button in the menu.
How To Participate In 2009 For an opportunity to speak at or sponsor the 2009 New Energy Symposium, please contact Ms. Kate Dooley at kdooley@uamail.albany.edu or Ms. Emily Riley at eriley@uamail.albany.edu. We appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have to make next year's Symposium an even greater success. Please send the comments to Ms. Emily Riley at eriley@uamail.albany.edu.
