3:00 – 5:00 PM – Tour of IM3NY Gigafactory
1093 Clark Street, Building 257-2 – Endicott, NY

5:00 – 7:00 PM – Welcoming Reception: Koffman Southern Tier Incubator
120 Hawley St, Binghamton, NY 13901

7:30 -8:30 AM – Registration and Breakfast

8:30- 8:40 AM – Welcoming Remarks
Per Stromhaug, Associate VP of Economic Development at Binghamton University

9:00 – 10:15 AM – Panel 1: Overview of the Local Innovation Economy in the Southern Tier

Moderator- Ashleigh Madison – Incubator Works
Panelists:
John Hroncich- Director-North America Transit Soles-BAE Systems Jennifer DeSouza – VP-The Raymond Corporation
Jacob Kumpon- C00- Klaw industries
Herber Dwyer- CEO/Founder EMPEQ
Stacey Duncan – CEO – Leadership Alliance

10:15 – 11:30 PM – Panel 2: Overview of New Energy New York Initiative

Moderator: Stacey Johnson – Director of Workforce Development – SUNY Binghamton

Panelists:
Ryne Raffaelle – VP for Research – RIT
Olga Petrova – Asst Dir-Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships SUNY Binghamton
Jen Gregory- Executive Director- Southern Tier 8
Shailesh Upreti – Founder – iM3NY

11:30 – 1:00 PM – Lunch & Networking + Tour ITC Building

1:00 – 2:00 PM – Panel 3: Best Practices in Deep Tech Incubation

Moderator- Thyagarajan Nandagopal – Director-Division of Innovation and Technology Ecosystems at NSF
Panelists:
Tom Schryver – Exec Dir. Cornell University Center for Regional Economic Advancement-and Chairman of the Board-Business Incubator Association of New York State
John Blaho- Director of CUNY Industrial-Academic Research
Sujatha Ramanujan- Managing Director of Luminate Accelerator
Heather Hage- CEO-Griffis Institute
Per Stromhaug- Associate VP of Economic Development at Binghamton University

2:00 – 3:15 PM – Panel 4: Meet The Funders

Moderator: Heidi Knoblauch, Interim Director – NYSTAR

Panelists:
Ed Hummel – Representative for NY and NJ – United State EDA
Jeff Boyce-Upstate NY Branch Mgr-US SBA
NYSERDA
NYC EDC

3:15 -4:00 PM – BIANYS Membership Meeting (Members Only)