EXPO Seminar Topics

495/MetroWest EXPO Opening Session

Pre-EXPO Panel – Commons I

11:00 am         Renewable Energy Panel

Moderator, Scott Richardson, Gorman Richardson Architects; Panel Members: Patrick Hurley, Channel Sun; Jon Chase, Vestas Wind Power; Alan King, Evergreen Solar; Sushil Bhatia, JMD Manufacturing

SMALL BUSINESS TRACK – Board Room         

12:00 pm         Golden 120-Seconds of Every Sales Call

Peter Dennis, PMD Sales Training & Consulting, Inc.

12:30 pm         New COBRA Regulations-Are You in Compliance? 

Attorney Joseph Bartulis, Jr., Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple, P.C.

1:00 pm           Strategic Partnerships for Competitive Advantage 

Jean D. Sifleet, Esq., CPA, Hassett & Donnelly, P.C.

1:30 pm           Now you CAN be in 2 or More Places at Once 

Mark Komanecky, simpleHome

2:00 pm           27 Marketing Magic Secrets Revealed!

                        Bob Martel, JMB Marketing Group

2:30 pm           Will Healthcare Put You on Welfare

Mike & Michelle Leary, Baystate Benefits

Services

3:00 pm           Snoop’n Score

Alicia Frick Laguarda, Inside Out Communications

3:30 pm           Viral Doesn’t Have to be an Infection

                        Eric Guerin, SmartMarket Media, Inc.

4:00 pm           The Power of Promotion

Marty Kenney, Martin Stevens Consulting Group

BUSINESS GREEN TRACK – Commons I

12:00 p.m.       Corporate Green

Moderator, Scott Richardson, Gorman Richardson Architects; Panel Members: Steve Fugarazzo, Raytheon; Kathrin Winkler, Adrian Hanley, The MathWorks, Inc.

1:00 p.m.         Green Buildings

Moderator, Beth Weiss, Gorman Richardson Architects; Panel Members: Ebet Cushman, NSTAR Electric & Gas; Lisa Hartman, Genzyme; Jim Cahill, J. Calnan & Associates;

2:00 p.m.         Protecting Your Investment

Joel Loitherstein, Loitherstein Environmental Engineering 

                        Chris Kostiw, Sovereign Bank

3:00 p.m.         Lean & Green: NSTAR Energy Efficiency & Renewable Programs  

Jack Lopes and Augustine Pimentel, NSTAR Electric & Gas

3:30 p.m.         ROI on Green Investments

Scott Richardson, Gorman Richardson Architects

4:00 p.m.         Green Commuting  

Jake Green, MetroWest/495 TMA and Edward Carr, MetroWest Regional Transit Authority

PUBLIC GREEN TRACK – Commons II

12:00 p.m.       Getting the Green to Go Green - Helping MA Municipalities Finance a Greener Energy Future

Moderator, Ellen Angley,  NSTAR; Panel Members: Mark Sylvia, Green Communities Program, Department of Energy Resources (DOER); Carter Wall, Renewable Energy Trust, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative; William Pratt, National Grid

1:00 p.m.         Recycling

Greg Bartolini, E.L.  Harvey & Sons, Inc.

GREEN JOBS TRACK – Commons II

1:30 p.m.         Green Workforce Panel 

Marybeth Campbell, Workforce Development Program, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center; Howard Ferris, MassBay Community College; Carl Hakansson, Framingham State College

BUSINESS FINANCING TRACK – Commons II

2:30 p.m.         State/Federal Financing for Your Business

Anne Rice Hunt, U. S. Small Business Administration; Bonnie Sullivan, MassDevelopment; and Larry Marsh, Small Business Development Center at Clark University.

3:30 p.m.         From Micro Loan to Bank Loan, Helping Your Business Grow

David Bennett, Middlesex Savings Bank

4:00 p.m.         American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - In English

Mike Koppel, CPA, MSA, Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP

For more information call your local chamber or e-mail info@495MetroWestEXPO.net