RRPC / New York Photonics 2011 Annual Meeting 

Speaker:
New York Lieutenant Governor, Robert Duffy 

Panel Discussion:                    
Leveraging Rochester’s Strategic Advantage in Optics, 2011

Panel Moderator: Mark Zupan, Dean, University of Rochester's William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration

Panel:
Robert Beeson,  VP Engineering, Semrock  (subsidiary IDEX Corporation)
Jim Burns, Director of R&D and Acquisitions,  Carestream
Don Golini, Entrepreneur, Founder, QED Technologies, Adjunct Professor UR Simon School
Bill Hurley, CEO, Rochester Precision Optics 
Paul Tolley, VP Disruptive Technologies and CEO, STC MEMS                           

• The nation is in the midst of what some call a “jobless economic recovery.”
• New York’s Optics, Photonics and Imaging Companies are busy and hiring.
• What are the greatest challenges the industry faces going forward?
• How does the region capitalize on our strategic advantage in Optics?

Audience:    RRPC members, CEO’s and management, interested high technology
entrepreneurs and service professionals; investment professionals, CPA’s, attorneys,
economic & workforce development professionals.

Agenda:
2:30 – 3:00    Sign-in
3:00 – 3:30    Announcements & Keynote
3:30 – 5:00    Panel Discussion
5:00 – 5:30    Networking / refreshments
5:30 – 6:15    Annual Meeting Business
6:15 – 7:00    Adjourn / refreshments

Space is limited for this event, so register early!

Do you consider yourself a stakeholder in New York's Optics, Photonics and Imaging Industry? 
Do you want to participate in charting the course of that industry in the future?  We hope you will
be able to join us at our 2011 Annual Meeting and make your voice heard.

New York, and particularly the Rochester region have long enjoyed a strategic regional advantage
in Optics, Photonics and Imaging (OPI).  Can that advantage be sustained and consistently grown
through innovation, competition and a well-trained workforce?  Join us for a discussion of these
issues at the RRPC  / New York Photonics Annual Meeting.  If you consider New York's Optics, Photonics & Imaging Industry vital to our state's future, this
event is for you.

RRPC and New York Photonics members are entitled to one attendee free of charge.  Simply
send an email  to Tom Battley to put your name on the guest list.

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