HIA Annual Business Trade Show & Conference

The Hauppauge Industrial Association (HIA) held a Trade Show and Conference at the Suffolk Community College Sports & Exhibition Complex in Brentwood with day-long activities including an executive breakfast with speaker and behavior analyst Brian Parsley, assorted business seminars and an executive luncheon with a panel of Long Island leaders discussing “Long Island, Present and Future, What Will the Next 20 Years Bring?”

An afternoon seminar, “Green Is The New Red White &?Blue,” spearheaded by David Winchester, was moderated by Sarah Lansdale, executive director, AICP, of Sustainable Long Island. Among the expert panelists were: Robert Catell, chairman, National Grid, U.S., co-chair, Advance Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC), chairperson, Long Island Association; Dr. Ralph James, program manager, senior scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Michael Deering, vice president for Environmental Affairs, Long Island Power Authority; Gary Fromer, CEO, ConsumerPowerline and Carol Murphy, executive director, Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY). Ms. Murphy also serves on the Governor's Task Force on Renewable Energy. (You can read Networking® magazine’s featured interview with Carol Murphy written by contributing editor Maureen Traxler in this issue on page 20.)

The growing green movement on Long Island and New York State is promoting awareness and encouraging action to capitalize on these large and fast-growing economic and business development opportunities to serve the rapidly emerging CleanTech markets.