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Iona College to host intellectual property conference

Jerry Gleeson — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:52:24 +0000

Broad questions involving intellectual property rights will be explored at a two-day conference sponsored by Iona College in New Rochelle next week.
The Conference on Intellectual Property takes place Friday and Saturday, June 12-13. Keynote speakers are Joy Garnett, an artist who appropriates news and documentary photographs from newspapers, the Internet and other media and re-invents them as paintings, and Laura M. Quilter, an attorney and researcher in technology and information law and policy.
About 30 scholars from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America are expected to attend. The conference is being organized by Amy D. Stackhouse, associate professor of English at the college.
Fees are $125 per person with academic affiliation and $165 per person with non- academic affiliation. For more information or to register, visit www.iona.edu/cip.

Yonkers Business Week starts Monday

Jerry Gleeson — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:17:23 +0000

Helping small business is this year’s theme for the annual Yonkers Business Week, starting Monday.
Among the programs scheduled are a seminar on raising credit, starting a business and writing a business plan, buying a franchise, managing and transferring risk, and using social media Web sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
Featured speakers include Stew Leonard Jr., president and chief executive of the well-known family food market, who will address the kickoff breakfast on Monday at the Polish Center. Jonah Lehrer, author of “How We Decide” and “Proust Was a Neuroscientist,” will discuss the science of decision-making at a breakfast on Thursday morning at the Yonkers Riverfront Library. Former JPMorganChase economist Marc Goloven will speak at the annual dinner Thursday at X2O Xaviars on the Hudson.
Yonkers Planning Commissioner Louis C. Kirven will host a luncheon and tour of commercial real estate investment properties in the city on Thursday.
Yonkers Business Week also will feature familiar favorites, including its annual Business Expo at the Royal Regency Hotel on Tuesday, and awards programs recognizing local businesses and student entrepreneurs.
For more details, go online at www.yonkersbusinessweek.com.

Program to discuss state certification program

Jerry Gleeson — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:11:26 +0000

Rockland Economic Development Corporation and Rockland Business Association will sponsor a free program for county-based minority – and women-owned businesses on Thursday, March 26, at 9 a.m. at the IBM Executive Conference Center in Palisades.
The program will discuss opportunities available to minority – and women-owned business enterprises that join a state certification program. To learn more or to register, contact Jayne Nichols at the REDC at 845-735-7040 or jaynen@redc.org.

Yonkers BID holds “green” business forum

Jerry Gleeson — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:04:22 +0000

The Yonkers Downtown BID is presenting a free seminar, “Eco Mania: Profiting from Being Green,” Tuesday, March 24, 8-9 a.m. at the Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Center.
Panelists will discuss ways that businesses and residences can use clean energy. There will also be an overview of the free training programs available for businesses to improve their bottom line by using green technology.
Panelists include Paul Vitale, vice president, government and community relations, Business Council of Westchester; Sue Gerry, senior assistant for environment to Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano; Jim Dixon, vice president, Energy Services, Con Edison Solutions; Steve Sansone, executive director of the Yonkers Downtown Waterfront Business Improvement District.

Library system plans business workshops

Jerry Gleeson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:35:07 +0000

The Westchester Library System will launch a workshop series, “Your Business is Our Business,” at area libraries. The program will show businesspeople how to effectively search commercial databases, research trends that impact their industries, review magazines and trade journals, and use other library tools to grow business.
The first workshop is Thursday, March 26, at 11 a.m. at Stark Business Solutions, 100 S. Bedford Road, Mount Kisco. The event will be hosted by Mount Kisco Library, which is closed for construction.
For more information, or to schedule a workshop or tutorial at an area company, contact Kate Meyer at kmeyer@wlsmail.org or (914) 231.3226.

Yonkers BID to hold merchandising seminar

Jerry Gleeson — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:14:32 +0000

The Yonkers Downtown Business Improvement District will sponsor a free seminar, “Curb Appeal: Store Merchandising Tips,” tomorrow, March 10 from 8-9 a.m. at the Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Center.
Speakers include Maureen Farrell, project manager and treasurer of the New York City Chapter of the Retail Design Institute; Nicole Innis, owner of Innis Designs; and Steve Sansone, executive director of the Yonkers BID.
The seminar is part of the Yonkers Downtown BID’s new Sunrise Seminar Series designed to provide local business owners/merchants with practical tips and guidance to help them during these tough economic times.

Business expo in Tarrytown expects 1,000 on Thursday

Jerry Gleeson — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:57:58 +0000

The worst business environment in decades has failed to dent interest in this Thursday’s Mega Mixer Business Expo, the annual trade show sponsored by The Business Council of Westchester.
The program will run from 2-6 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel in Tarrytown. Two hundred exhibitors and 1,000 visitors are expected, about the same as last year. In the tougher economic climate, businesspeople are looking to expand their list of prospects, council spokeswoman Hillary Millman said.
“People are looking for opportunities anywhere they can find it,” she said.
A new feature this year is the Speakers Spot. Council members will give 15-minute talks on the following topics: how to transition from unemployed to being a business owner; new media; building brand awareness; housing solutions for relocating employees; infrared thermography; going paperless; and voice over the Internet (VoIP) telephone service.
A feature continued from last year will be the Green Aisle, featuring 30 ecology-friendly companies. Visiting businesses will be invited to take the “Green Business Challenge” by adopting environmentally sound practices.
Admission to the Mega Mixer is $10; attendees may register online at westchesterny.org or by calling (914) 948-2110. Walk-ins are welcome.

Mt. Vernon chamber shelves lunch meeting

Jerry Gleeson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:32:12 +0000

The Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce roundtable lunch meeting scheduled for tomorrow, Nov. 20 has been cancelled, chamber President Frank T. Fraley said. The next roundtable lunch meeting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 11.

Young professionals mixer is Tuesday

Jerry Gleeson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:24:58 +0000

The Young Professionals Advisory Committee of the Westchester County Association will hold their final summer happy hour Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at The Brazen Fox Restaurant & Bar at 175 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains. Admission is $30 for members, $35 for non-members. Contact events manager Julia Salem at 914-948-6740 or jsalem@westchester.org for more information.

African American Chamber to honor 10 local leaders

David Schepp — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:26:40 +0000

The African American Chamber of Commerce of Westchester and Rockland Counties Inc. begins its ninth annual Juneteenth Celebration for Westchester County this week with a kickoff event tomorrow evening in Peekskill to honor the 10 most influential black men and women in the Lower Hudson Valley.

A business-to-business reception for the awardees will be held at 6 p.m. at the Crystal Bay Restaurant.

Those to be honored are: Dawna Michelle Fields, national program manager, Colgate-Palmolive Co.; Garrison Jackson, president and chief executive, Circulation Experti Ltd.; Carole Jessup Morris, founder and chief executive, Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center; the Rev. Joel E. Mukhwana-Nafuma, pastor, Trinity Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon; W.L. (Tony) Sawyer, superintendent, Mount Vernon City School District; Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers; community activist Edith Washington Charles of Mount Vernon; Debra J. White, manager of supplier diversity, New York Power Authority; Winston Ross, executive director, Westchester Community Opportunity Program Inc.; and Sandra L. Richards, director â€” diversity specialist, Morgan Stanley.

The chamberâ€™s three-day Juneteenth celebration commemorates the date in 1865, June 19, that enslaved blacks in Galveston, Texas, learned that President Abraham Lincoln had abolished slavery on Jan. 1, 1863, in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.

Today, Juneteenth represents freedom and a call for education and achievement to many within the African American community.