Green Building Expo and Get Green Business Conference

Posted on May 12, 2009 by John C. Monica, Jr.

On May 19, 2009 -- Porter Wright is a sponsor of the Green Building Expo and Get Green Business Conference at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on The Ohio State University Campus in Columbus, Ohio.   The event is presented by Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman’s Green Team and is expected to draw over 1,000 attendees.  The conference will bring together local business leaders to position the region for growth and new opportunities.  In addition to nearly 70 exhibitors, various educational programs will be offered such as “Liability of Building Green – Legal issues facing Building Owners & Design Professionals,” “Green Renovation Strategies – The Audit Process & Implementing your Energy Goals,” and “Economic Stimulus Plan – Update for Green Building Industry & Businesses in Ohio.”  Other programs will include “How to Become a Greenspot,” “Senate Bill 221,” “Energy Efficiency & Conservation,” “Cap & Trade,” and “By-Product Synergy.”  For additional information, please contact Tracy Treon at ttreon@porterwright.com

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Nanotechnology Health and Safety Forum -- June 8 - 9, 2009

Posted on May 12, 2009 by John C. Monica, Jr.

The Nanotechnology Health and Safety Forum which is being sponsored by Battelle, Porter Wright, University of Washington, University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and several others is taking place on June 8 - 9, 2009 at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle, Washington.

Keynote speakers include: Dr. Leroy Hood, Co-Founder of the Institute for Systems Biology; Dr. Kenneth Dawson, Director of the Centre for BioNano Interactions; Dr. Justin Teeguarden Senior Research Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and recent co-author of the NRC's assessment of the NNI's EHS research strategy; Dr. Vladimir Murashov from NIOSH; Dr. Saber Hussain from the Air Force Research Laboratory; former U.S. Congressman George Nethercutt; and Dr. Robert Tanguay from Oregon State University.

The program has 4 units:  Framing the Unknown; nanoEHS Perspective; Insurance, Nanotechnology, and Risk; and Nanotechnology: The Next Ten Years.

I will be speaking on the Insurance, Nanotechnology, and Risk panel on the second day of the conference along with Steve Knutson from Zurich North America; Walter Andrews from Hunton & Williams; and William E. Barr from Chubb Insurance.

You can sign up for the conference here.  Hope to see you there.

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