Small Business Symposium
06-28-11
The first of the Small Business Symposium series took place at Dowling College in Oakdale on June 28, 2011. The program of the symposium featured four concurrent panels and a joint working session. The program of the event was as follows:
Breakfast Program
Welcome Remarks: Dr. Jeremy D. Brown, President, Dowling College
Keynote Address: Hon. George Maragos, Nassau County Comptroller
Opening Remarks: Dr. Nathalia Rogers, Director of the American Communities Institute at Dowling College
Principal Investigator, Small Business Study
Concurrent Sessions
Session One: Small Business Financing
Panelists:
Roslyn Goldmacher, LI Development Corporation - Moderator
Jeffrey Bass, LI Capital Alliance
Robert Larson, CDC of LI
Douglas C. Manditch, Empire National Bank
Jorge Martinez, LI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Session Two: Small Business Regulations
Panelists:
Richard Bivone, RMB Development Consultants
Nassau Co-Chair of the Long Island Business Council - Moderator
Hon. Edward Ambrosino, Town of Hempstead
Keith Archer, Harras Bloom & Archer, LLP
David Genaway, Town of Islip Department of Planning
Phyllis Hill Slater, Hill Slater Group
James McCaffrey, Town of Oyster Bay Office of Economic Development
Bruce Migatz, Albanese & Albanese, LLP
Warren Tackenberg, Nassau County Village Officials Association
Session Three: Main Street Businesses
Panelists:
Eric Alexander, Vision Long Island - Moderator
Lionel Chitty, Hicksville Chamber of Commerce
Hon. Steve Flotteron, Town of Islip
Lisa Harris, Café Portofino
Julie Marchesella, Merrick and Elmont Chambers of Commerce
Hon. Paul Pontieri, Village of Patchogue
Session Four: Fast-Growing Small Business Sectors: Health Services, Professional Administrative Services,
Financial Services, Technology, and Environmental (Green) Businesses
Panelists:
Peter Goldsmith, LI Software & Technology Network - Moderator
Ellen Cooperperson, Corporate Performance Consultants
Mark J. Grossman, NYS Department of Labor
Davd Schieren, EmPower Solar
Susan Shevlin, North Shore-LIJ Health System
Joint Session
Presentation and discussion of recommendations from concurrent sessions
Dr. Nathalia Rogers, Dowling College - Moderator
Luncheon
Featured Speaker: Richard Bivone, RMB Development Consultants
Nassau Co-Chair of the Long Island Business Council
The program brochure from the event, with speaker biographies and more information is available here.
For the summary of the sessions of the Symposium, click here.
To view the keynote speech from Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, please click here.
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