Future Meetings: Plant Tour (a Saturday in May - Details forthcoming.)/ Dinner Meeting (Monday, 6/18)
June Dinner Meeting: Monday, June 18th
Cleantech in the Tri-State Region - it's about chemistry, physics, biology, software; also public relations, politics, education, business, intellectual property, and profits
Venue 
When: Monday, June 18, 2012, 5:30 - 7:30 pm (5:30-6:30 pm: Networking & Buffet Dinner; 6:30-7:30 pm: Presentation) Rescheduled from May.
Speakers: David A. Kalow, Founding Partner of Kalow & Springut, LLP and Ran Kohn, Executive Director at Cleantech Corridor
Abstract: The Cleantech Corridor organization is dedicated to promulgate cleantech knowledge and action in the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut) through events, promoting job creation and profits in the very broad field of clean and green technologies. Most of these technologies are heavily chemical (batteries, biofuels, solar cells, waste management, resource efficiency, etc.), but usually also multi-disciplinary, both in the sense of involving other areas of engineering and science. They also involving non-science fields such as politics and intellectual property. Both the problems and the opportunities are huge, and can be best approached by the chemical experts building teams with these diverse skills and experiences.
Bios: David A. Kalow is a creativity (intellectual property) lawyer, and a Co-Founder of Cleantech Corridor. His practice is focused on helping clients improve revenue and profits by use of IP tools and weapons, including litigation, licensing, protection and corporate deals involving a mix of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret rights across all fields of technology.
He is a 1976 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and has taught at the Law School and Business School at Chicago, and at NYU Business School, Columbia Business School, Seton Hall Law School, and NYU-Poly School of Management. He has authored multiple articles on IP law and IP strategy/management.
Ran Kohn is Executive Director of Cleantech Corridor, a not-for-profit organization that promotes knowledge acquisition on cleantech and works to lower the barriers to implement cleantech technologies.
Prior to Cleantech Corridor, he started and grew Blackberry Technologies, a software development firm that specialized in building investment banking systems, and also developed a product used by insurance providers in the mental health area. The company grew to over 100 employees by 2000 when the company was sold to Plural, Inc. in a private deal managed by Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, an investment bank. Earlier in his career, he served as a technology management consultant in the financial services industry.
Ran received a BS in Molecular Biology and Applied Math from the University of Wisconsin; an MBA in Finance from Fordham University, as well as an MA from the Jewish Theological Seminary at Columbia University in Ancient Judaism. He is also certified in Solar Photovoltaics technology by American Solar Energy Society, and Geothermal Technology at CUNY.
Where: Pfizer Building, 219 East 42nd Street, New York NY. Enter via 235 East 42nd Street (Pfizer HQ building), to pick up your badge. You must be pre-registered to gain access to this meeting. Map
When: Monday, June 18, 2012, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Costs: for Networking, Buffet, and Presentation. Register Now.
• $25 for AIChE, Metro NY Members; • $35 for Non-Members / Guests;
• free for all Students (Students RSVP).
If you are not a Member of this Section, you can apply the $10 additional amount paid as a Guest to a full Membership for 2012. Please notify Treasurer Joel Kirman that you wish to be a Member. Register Now.
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Save the Dates: 2012 Meeting Dates
When: • Wednesday, Sep. 12 • Monday, Oct. 15 • Monday, Nov. 19 • Wednesday, Dec. 5 (Seventh Annual Energy & Resources Conference)
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