The Greater Capital Region Career Pathways Consortium in cooperation with
Workforce Consortium for Emerging Technologies

Friday, March 27, 2009

Schenectady Science Museum
Schenectady, New York  12308

8:30 AM             Registration and Networking

9:00 AM             Welcome and Introductions

9:15 AM             Keynote Speaker

Don LaVada, Director of Consumer Services and Events Management, NYSERDA
Is Green the New Black? Can it Make All of Us Look Good?

10:15 AM             Green Info Fair

• Station I
  

  Debora Moran, Project Manager for NYSERDA
  Energy Smart Students Program, NYSERDA

• Station II
  

  Jose Lebron-Bosques, Ph.D Student, RPI
  Andy Baitinger, Troy High School Teacher
  Bringing to the Forefront Green Research to Local High Schools

• Station III
  

  Richard Cataldo, Training Director, Tri-City JATC
  IBEW Wind Turbine / Solar Panels Demonstration

10:45 AM            Break / Self guided tour of Schenectady Science Museum

Green Jobs, Career Pathways Presentations:
11:00 AM

Richard Cataldo, Training Director, Tri-City JATC
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Apprentice Training Program

11:15 AM

Paula Hayes, Program Director, Center for Energy Efficiency and Building Science, HVCC
Mark Tanner, Curriculum Coordinator & Instructor, HFM BOCES and FMCC
Energy Efficiency and Building Science Programs
CEEBS

Clean Energy Programs:
11:45 AM

Michael Stangl, CEO, Renewable Power Systems, LLC
Teaching Solar From a PV Installer’s Perspective – Benefits vs Costs

12:15 PM            Lunch

1:00 PM

Jodi Smits Anderson, Director of Environmental Programs for DASNY, AIA, LEED-AP
Triple green: Green earth, Green jobs, Green in your bank account

1:45 PM

James Maughan, GE General Manager Product Service and Warranty, GE Wind Energy
GE Wind Energy: Going Green Means Green …Business and Jobs

2:30 PM           Closing Remarks

The Workforce Consortium for Emerging Technologies designed and secured the speakers for the conference titled “Green Jobs, What all the Hoopla?” This event engaged about 70 educators in a program that featured presentations from NYSERDA, RPI, IBEW, GE Wind Energy, Renewable (Solar) Power Systems Inc., HVCC, FMCC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Agenda and Presentations

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This summer Rensselaer’s National Science Foundation funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center will be conducting our second Nanotechnology Curriculum Development Summer Institute. We hope to have up to ten regional school districts participate in a three week program that will educate high school science and/or technology teachers in the science of nanotechnology and field-tested curriculum modules. This unique professional development opportunity is the result of a collaborative effort between Rensselaer, Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES (WSWHE BOCES) and the Workforce Consortium for Emerging Technologies (WCET).