TUESDAY
MEETINGS
Tech Valley Chapter, Business and Professional Women
Where: The Tuscan Grill, Route 9, Clifton Park When: 6:30 p.m. Cost: $25. Contact: bpwtv@bptechvalley.com Notes: 'Appreciating Diversity' is the Black History Month program topic of Taneka Frost, an attorney with the Government Law Center at Albany Law School.
WEDNESDAY
EVENTS
Colonie Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast
Where: Comfort Inn & Suites, 1606 Central Ave., Albany When: 7:30 a.m. Cost: $5, members only. Contact: 785-6995 or on the Web at http://www.coloniechamber.org Notes: Participants will each give a two-minute presentation.
MEETINGS
Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce/
Business Referrals Group 1
Where: Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1 Computer Drive South, Colonie When: Noon Cost: Free. Contact: D.J. Panetta, 436-3536, ext. 153; e-mail: dpanetta
@pksinvest.com Notes: Travis Pyan of Commercial Investigations LLC will speak.
Capital Area Technology Association
Where: Italian American Community Center, 257 Washington Ave. Ext., Albany When: 11:30 a.m. Cost: Free for CATA user members. Contact: Mike Mahar, 724-2160; e-mail: mahar@carouselindustries.com or http://www.cataconnect.com Notes: Speaker Curt King of Empire State College will discuss his experiences implementing a statewide Internet protocol telephone system.
eWomenNetwork
Where: The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, 660 Albany Shaker Road, Colonie When: 6:30 p.m. Cost: $35; non-members, $45. Contact: 260-0028 Notes: Benita Zahn, co-anchor of NewsChannel 13 Live at 5, and the station's health reporter, will speak at the Accelerated Networking Dinner.
The Hudson Mohawk Professional Geologists Association
Where: Calaway Grill, 254 Old Wolf Road, Latham When: 5 p.m. Cost: $20; student members, $10; non-members, $22. Contact: Diane Merolla, 348-6995; e-mail: dmerolla@alphageoscience.com Notes: Andrew Kozlowski discusses 'Origin of the Central Kalamazoo River Valley of Southern Michigan.'
New York Tech Valley Chapter, Alliance of Technology and Women
Where: MapInfo Corp., One Global View Drive, North Greenbush When: 7:30 a.m. Cost: Free; non-members, $5. Contact: http://www.atwinternational.org Notes: 'Everyday Lean: Applying a Business Philosophy to Life' is the topic of speaker Erika Choi of Choice Solutions Management Consulting.
PROGRAMS
Research Contracts: A Dialogue with Experienced Practitioners and an Entrepreneurial Audience
Where: Center for Biotechnology, 15th Street, Troy When: 5 p.m. Cost: Free. Contact: Linda Roberts, 276-2812 Notes: The Biotechnology Management & Entrepreneurship Seminar Series event, hosted by the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lally School, features panelists Jeffrey Armstrong, Hinman Straub P.C.; Dr. Shreefal Mehta, clinical assistant professor, Rensselaer's Lally School; Eugene Schuler, consultant and former director of tech transfer for Research Foundation of SUNY; and Saul Seinberg, of counsel, Heslin, Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
THURSDAY
MEETINGS
Guilderland Chamber of Commerce
Where: Best Western Sovereign Hotel, 1228 Western Ave., Albany When: 11:45 a.m. Cost: Members and guests, $15; non-members, $25. Contact: 456-6611 or http://www.guilderlandchamber.com Notes: The chamber's Guilderland Women in Business Group plans 'A Roundtable Luncheon Presentation - The Tools & Skills That Helped Them Succeed in Business' with Susan Dollard of Albany Home Staging; Laurie Beckman of the Appel Inn; and Jennifer Noonan of the Spinal Wellness Center.
Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce
Where: Parting Glass, 40-42 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs When: 4 p.m. Cost: $5; without reservations, $10. Contact: 584-3255; e-mail: info@saratoga.org Notes: An orientation and mixer will be held.
Schenectady Chapter, Business Network International
Where: Castelo's Restaurant, Nott Terrace, Schenectady When: 7 a.m. Cost: Free. Contact: Theresa Grassia, 346-2803 Notes: Kristin Casso of Sykes-Mallia Associates Inc. and Rachel Armstrong of First Lincoln Mortgage will speak.
FRIDAY
MEETINGS
Business Referrals Networking Group - Albany Chapter
Where: Professor Java's Coffee Sanctuary, 217 Wolf Road, Colonie When: 11:45 a.m. Cost: Free; non-members must be pre-registered to attend. Contact: Clare Mertz, 867-4000, ext. 104 Notes: Clare Mertz, Deborah Riegel and Tom Rissberger discuss 'Emerging Trends in Business.'
SATURDAY
MEETINGS
New York State Real Estate Investors Association
Where: Bulmer Telecommunications Center, Hudson Valley Community College, 80 Vandenburgh Ave., Troy When: 9 a.m. Cost: Free. Contact: 786-8896 or http://www.nyreia.org Notes: Albany County District Attorney David Soares will discuss the Safe Homes Safe Streets Project.
Send calendar items at least 10 days before the event to Betsy Feldstein at bfeldstein@times
union.com, or by fax to 454-5821.
