BEF’s photo coverage of UnitedHealthcare Empire Challenge 2011 by Corporate Photographer Jeffrey Holmes New York.

September 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

: BEF United Healthcare Empire Challenge at Hofstra University on June 21,2011. (Jeffrey Holmes)

This past summer’s annual Empire Challenge continued for the 5th year to enlist Jeffrey Holmes Photography as the lead event photographer for Boomer Esiason’s annual dual between the High School All-Stars of New York City versus Long Island students. The event starts off with an All-U-Can-Eat Tailgate Party sponsored by Outback Steakhouse for a fabulous buffet! This family-oriented event includes an expo and fun activities prior to the game, a raffle and, of course, the evening highlight is the Empire Challenge football game pitting the best of New York City and Long Island.

While not the everyday sports photographer, I do have the experience of photographing a wide variety of events. A very versatile photographer in New York City. I most enjoy capturing the fun on the food swollen faces of the children. Their thrill on the slides.

: BEF United Healthcare Empire Challenge at Hofstra University on June 21,2011. (Jeffrey Holmes)

The annual United Healthcare Empire Challenge highlights the brightest football talent from New York City and Long Island in support of the Boomer Esiason Foundation and youth football in the New York metro area. It’s held at James M. Shuart Stadium at Hofstra University.

United Healthcare Empire Challenge 2011

06/21/2011 In a thrilling contest that pitted the best high school football players from Long Island against their counterparts from New York City, the Long Islanders earned a 17-14 victory in the 16th Annual United Healthcare Empire Challenge All-Star Game. Read the full story here.

Check out a slideshow from the event below.

BEF Empire Challenge 2011 Gallery – Images by Jeffrey Holmes

What: 16th Annual United Healthcare Empire Challenge

When: June 21, 2011

Where: James M. Shuart Stadium, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.

More Information: www.EmpireChallenge.com

Chris Dixon and George Duverger of HUNCH.com corporate portrait for LaPresse in Montreal, Canada

May 13, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

LaPresse published photo of Hunch by Jeffrey Holmes, corporate portrait photographer New York

Published photo of Hunch in LaPresse by Jeffrey Holmes, corporate portrait photographer New York

The assignment from LaPresse, a french newspaper and web organization in Montreal, requested a corporate portrait in an environmental style for a feature article on the New York web development scene. The assignment was to photograph Chris Dixon and George Duverger of Hunch in their New York office. Upon arrival, I was first taken with the music playing throughout the space. For a moment I thought I had misplaced my Ipod because what I heard was classic rock. This was a bit out of place for a band of 20 and 30 something web techs! Chris remarked somethin of the effect of, “It all comes around sooner or later.”

I scouted the location for the best setups and then went to work assembling my lighting. Grids and Grid boxes are my favorite lighting modifier. As I toured their offices, the Hunch logo on the wall and the work area of the programmers struck my interest as the best setups.

Georges Duverger, designer/developer and Chis Dixon, co-founder of Hunch at theri offices in New York. Hunch helps web users make and discover great recommendations that are customized to their tastes.

Here is the final image selected for publication. Click on it and you can see the best of the entire portrait assignment from this corporate photographer in New York.

Translated and adapted from an article in LaPresse, Montreal, Canada.

Frenchman, Georges Duverger worked for a few years in Montreal then felt the call to find a new horizon. He contemplated Silicon Valley, Toronto… He finally decided finally upon New York, which accomodated with the beginning of the year. He now works for the Hunch.com web site.

It was a good web developer environment. It had access to an Internet site that helped it to be integrated into the technological scene of the city. Adoptahacker.com (literally: “adopt a pirate”) was created for people who come to work in the metropolis. “Impassioned members of the community open their house with the talented technophiles” which come “to taste” the technological scene of New York. Georges Duverger found a place there, where to live at the time of its first days in the city, then a friend to make known to him the various events intended for the community techno. It also unearthed a joint tenant there. “I like much of the city, says as he sat at the bar of the Ace Hotel. A place which gathers all that New York counts of technological workers. Culturally, I feel more close to New York than California.”

One can say that while settling in New York, he gained the first prize. He works today with a “band of engineers of MIT” sheparded by Chris Dixon, a contractor and well-known investor in his field. “The team around Hunch is extraordinary,” he says. I learn more quickly than I would learn in Montreal. For the first time of my life, I have an owner who is able to push to the maximum.” It’s owner, Chris Dixon, which he praises of young the 26 year old developer. He recruited as if he were still in Montreal.

“He is an excellent programmer who has a good sense of the design. It is rare to have both”, he says. He admits that he pains more and more to find developers of talent in New York. “We all are in competition for the best.” He is not the only one to complain about the shortage of manpower. Brooke Moreland, who launched her site, Fashism, two years ago has the same sentiment.

Small Business Summit brings technology solutions to business by event photographer New York Jeffrey Holmes Photography

May 8, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

Christopher McCann, President of 1-800-Flowers, explains how a single flower shop in Manhattan became the world

The Sixth Annual Small Business Summit, sponsored by Dell Computers, was a special environment where small business owners meet their peers and learn from vendors offering cutting edge technology for small business. Attendees learned, shared and connected with both old and new relationships. This year featured Chris McCann, President of 1-800-Flowers and Jim Fowler, CEO/CoFounder of Jigsaw, plus panels of experts, interactive sessions and networking with exhibitors. Sponsors gave away some fabulous prizes. The event was was organized by Smallbiztechnology.com and Prime Strategies and held at Digital Sandbox in New York. The event photographer for the 5th year was Jeffrey Holmes Photography, a respected business event photographer New York producing great event photography.

The Small Business Summit also presented the 2011 Small Business Strategy Award and Hot Tech Demo winners on at Digital Sandbox in New York City. Winner the 2011 Small Business Strategy Award, ath Power Consulting, a leading financial services market research and strategy firm. Shady Grove Eye and Vision Care and Great Bear Auto and Body Shop were named as runner up winners for this award. Twisplays, a technology firm that allows you to conveniently display whatever Twitter streams you desire from a larger LED screen, has been named the winner of the 2011 Hot Tech Demo. “This award recognizes and honors businesses that have developed and executed a strategy producing significant growth in profits or market share over the past few years,” says Marian Banker, MBA, Co‐Producer of the Small Business Summit and President of Prime Strategies. “ath Power Consulting is an excellent example of success using the strategy of finding and leveraging their opportunity in a market downturn” adds Marian Banker. “We feel honored to be presented with the 2011 Small Business Strategy Award,” said Frank Aloi, President and CEO of ath Power Consulting. “As the downturn in consumer sentiment continued in financial services, we knew that analyzing and improving the customer experience would ‐ or certainly should ‐ be a top strategic priority in the U.S. banking industry. Our goal was to prove how ath Power could help financial institutions rebuild sustainable profitability, trust in the market and return to high performance by using our solutions. We achieved that goal by implementing a solid business strategy, ultimately leading us to increased customer retention and profits. ath Power is proud to be recognized for our achievement.”

Ken Weyel of Microsoft Advertising presents his insight into web marketing at the Small Business Summit 2011 at Digital Sandbox in New York.

“I am so pleased again this year that the ‘Hot Tech’ demo segment has received such a great response,” says Ramon Ray, Co‐Producer of the Summit, Editor & Technology Evangelist of Smallbiztechnology.com. “Small businesses want to see how technology can transform within their business and budget and Twisplays is a perfect example of this. Providing any business the ability to extend their brand and messaging by leveraging their existing Twitter stream is a perfect example of how to expand to a larger audience without breaking the bank”, adds Ray. “We are excited to be named the 2011 Hot Tec Demo Winner, says Joshua Persky, CEO of Twisplays. Our goal is to help businesses promote their brand and increase sales by leveraging existing social media marketing programs, in this case with Twitter.” During the Summit, each of the winners will showcase and tell how their products help a growing business and why it’s important. To learn more about the Summit or these business owners, visit smallbiztechsummit.com

Ramon Ray moderates a panel including Matthew Weiss, Traffic Ticket Lawyer, Andy Steuer of Deluxe and Ken Weyel, Microsoft Advertising. They shared their views on how to achieve outstanding.growth using online marketing techniques.Small Business Summit 2011 at Digital Sandbox in New York. (Jeffrey Holmes/JeffreyHolmes.com)

Ramon Ray moderate a panel including Matthew Weiss, Traffic Ticket Lawyer, Andy Steuer of Deluxe and Ken Weyel, Microsoft Advertising. They shared their views on how to achieve outstanding.growth using online marketing techniques.Small Business Summit 2011 at Digital Sandbox in New York.

Event Photographer Comment: Digital Sandbox is a great venue for technology events. WiFi is available for attendees. From a photographer’s perspective, the lighting is substandard. The room used for the exhibition hall is dark with the spot lighting, exposed ceiling with vents and conduit painted black. This is not a great environment for bounce flash lighting. I make it work by shooting manual strobe and over powering the ambient light. Exposure and color correction is adjusted in post production of RAW files. The rooms where presentations and programs are generally held have white ceilings with fluorescent lighting and make photographing the speakers easier. However in the end, program producers should consider adding supplemental lighting to the stage area.

Academy Award Nominated Ana Joanes, Producer-Director of FRESH, at Green Film Festival in New York.

March 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

Green Film Festival Ana Joanes, Producer/Director of FRESH photographed by Jeffrey Holmes, Event photographer New York

The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Green Business Committee Retail and Hospitality sub-committee is presented the first ever MCC Green Film Festival. Segments of four films were shown. The films focused on green and sustainability issues in the food and restaurant industry, organic farming, urban farming, composting, and water and energy issues relating to agriculture. The films were Fresh, Food Inc, Flow and Gasland. Gasland was nominated for an 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary. A panel discussion and then a networking cocktail party catered by GustOrganics.The event was photographed by Jeffrey Holmes Photography, event photographer New York.

Program speakers included Nancy Ploeger, President, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Robert J. Koenig, Associate Dean: School of Managements Student Advancement Programs, NYIT; David R. Pospisil, CEM, Manager, Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs, Con Edison Company of New York; Keynote by David Bragdon, Director of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, NYC.

The panel discussion was moderated by Marcel Van Ooyen, Executive Director of GrowNYC. Panel members included Ron Bergamini, CEO, The Action Environmental Group; Alberto Gonzalez, Founder and CEO, GustOrganics, Ana Joanes, Producer/Director of FRESH; Alan Someck, Project Director – Green Hospitality Initiative of New York State Restaurant Association Education Foundation.The event was sponsored by Green Hospitality Initiative (Sponsored by the New York State Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.)

Exquisite Italian Giftware at NYIGF photographed for Italian Trade Commission by New York Event Photographer Jeffrey Holmes

February 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

Italian Gift Products showcased at New York International Gift Fair

Italian Trade Commision and Regione Umbria Exhibit at the New York International Gift Fair at Javits Center in New York City on January 30 thru February 3, 2011. (Jeffrey Holmes/JeffreyHolmes.com)

Click on photo to see photography from the Italian Trade Commision and Regione Umbria Exhibit at the New York International Gift Fair at Javits Center in New York City on January 30 thru February 3, 2011.

Promoting Italian craftsmanship in gift products, a sector where innovation in the choice of new materials and styles is ever more crucial, while at the same consolidating the positive trend in exports to the US. These are the objectives of the official delegation that the Italian Trade Commission (ICE) is organizing for the winter edition of the International Gift Fair (www.nyigf.com), that took place in New York from January 30th to February 3rd in the Javits Convention Center.

The event was photographed for Italian Trade Commission and Regione Umbria by Jeffrey Holmes Photography, a professional New York photographer is a creative corporate event photographer. ICE has engaged him as their photographer for events and event photography New York since 2005.

I was very impressed with the recent New York exhibition. The most unique offering in my opinion was ceramic place mats including as a part of a matching place setting Maioliche Originali Deruta.

: (Click on photo to see gallery) Matching ceramic place mats featured at the Italian Trade Commision and Regione Umbria Exhibit at the New York International Gift Fair at Javits Center in New York City on January 30 thru February 3, 2011. The New York International Gift Fair is considered the most important event in the North American market for the gift industry, and it takes place every six months. It typically is attended by 2,900 exhibitors, spread over a 60,000 square meter surface and was visited by 45,000 people.

In the light of positive feedback from last year, ICE decided to upgrade the organizational and promotional support available to the Italian firms which will take place in the future exhibitions. Organizing an official delegation will help promote the products of firms who manufacture or trade in generic gift products, silverware, collectors’ items, crystal ware, porcelain and ceramics, paper and cardboard, writing instruments, leather goods, bombonnières, art prints and kitchen products.

The Italian participation to the Fair is part of a wider promotional strategy on the North American market by ICE. The event will be an opportunity to showcase Italian craftsmanship districts and their products in front of US wholesalers and the specialized press. At the same time, ICE wishes to facilitate new contacts between US importers and distributors and Italian firms. After the positive results from the last years, existing contacts have to be consolidated and new ones have to be developed.

The presence of Italian industry in this sector (mainly made of small firms relying on craftsmanship and heavily specialized in high-end products) is particularly important when the size of the US market is taken into consideration. Imports of gift products rose by almost 8% in January-November 2006 compared to the previous year. In the last years imports for this sector have risen by almost 20%.

Italy – the fourth biggest supplier for the US – has been penalized in the last few years by the rise of the euro over the dollar. Despite an increase in exports volumes of 4,7% in 2005 and 3,7% in 2006, its market share has eroded slightly to 7,8%. While it maintains a leading position vis-à-vis other European countries, Italian industry is facing a challenge by its Asian competitors, who are progressively taking hold of the low end of the market. Gift 2007 will therefore be an opportunity to prove that Italian industry aims to consolidate in the high-end of the market, even for gift products.

Stephen Goldsmith, Deputy Mayor featured at Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

January 29, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

Stephen Goldsmith, Deputy Mayor of Operations was the featured speaker at Manhattan Chamber of Commerce’s Chairman’s Breakfast hosted by MetLife in their Sky Garden Auditorium in New York on January 28, 2011.

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Chairman

The quarterly breakfast event is photographed by MCC Photographer, Jeffrey Holmes Photography. Jeffrey is a creative New York event photographer, he is the photographer for events and event photography New York. Great images and superb customer service.

Goldsmith spoke to the city’s goal of streamlining city operations, making the processes more expedited and customer friendly. Questions from the guests called to attention traffic/parking issues and coordination of non-profit efforts.

Here is more about Stephan Goldsmith from the New York City web site:

Stephen Goldsmith is the Deputy Mayor for Operations. Deputy Mayor Goldsmith is focused on creating a City government for the 21st Century that is smaller, more efficient, and more cost effective; uses fewer vehicles; consolidates back office functions and reduces redundancies across agencies; shares data, and uses technology to better serve the public.

From 1992-1999, Goldsmith served as Mayor of Indianapolis, where he earned a reputation as one of the country’s most innovative public officials. His transformative efforts to revitalize urban neighborhoods and to transfer real authority to community groups received national acclaim. Deputy Mayor Goldsmith served as a special advisor to President Bush on faith-based and nonprofit initiatives and served as the Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service for eight years under President Bush and President Obama, where he helped lead efforts to expand and strengthen the government’s service agenda. Deputy Mayor Goldsmith was District Attorney for Marion County, Indiana from 1979 to 1990.

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Chairman

Prior to his appointment as Deputy Mayor, Goldsmith was the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He has authored a number of books, including The Power of Social Innovation: How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good, Governing by Network: the New Shape of the Public Sector, Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work through Grassroots Citizenship and The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America.

Ricoh Press Conference covered by Event Photographer Jeffrey Holmes

January 25, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

Ricoh Accelerates Business Shift with Global Managed Document Services Expansion. Focus is squarely on improving customers’ bottom line.

(Click on Image to view Photographer Gallery) Shiro Kondo, President and CEO, Ricoh Company LTD speaking at Ricoh Managed Document Services New York Press Conference on January 20, 2011. Photographer Jeffrey Holmes is a professional photographer in New York, corporate portrait photography, portrait photographers, New York event photographer, photographer for events, event photography New York.

In a global event, held in Tokyo, London & New York, Ricoh Company, Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services, today announced an investment designed to aggressively accelerate its shift to a services business model as a key growth strategy, building upon its core foundation of industry-leading hardware and software technologies and document and IT-related services. To advance this shift, Ricoh plans to invest $300 million USD over three years in its global Managed Document Services (MDS) infrastructure, underscoring the company’s commitment to its continued partnership with its customers, helping them to grow their bottom line through effective document management, improved workflow and increased productivity.

New Research Reveals C-Suite Mistakenly Believes Document-Related Costs are Insignificant.
Based on research from industry analyst firm IDC and Ricoh MDS engagements, a company with annual revenue of $250 million USD can save more than $6 million USD annually* through effective document management, according to Angele Boyd, IDC Group VP, General Manager, Imaging/Output Document Solutions & SMB. This includes savings of observed costs, such as printing, as well as unobserved costs connected to IT support, documents and records management, environmental, regulatory compliance and end-user productivity.

Ricoh Managed Document Services New York Press Conference. Jeffrey Holmes is a professional photographer in New York, corporate portrait photography, portrait photographers, New York event photographer, photographer for events, event photography New York.

Ricoh also unveiled new research from a series of global focus groups and surveys with C-suite executives and senior IT managers. The research, conducted in partnership with IDC, found that while businesses are aware that they need to gain more insight into their information and document workflows, they continue to have little understanding of the specific amount of money spent in this area. This is largely attributed to the lack of consolidation of both observed and unobserved costs and fragmented distribution of these costs across different departments within the organization.

In addition, there is low awareness among executives of the positive impact a document management strategy could have on the business, including how much could be saved and the overall impact on the bottom line.

Harnessing the power of information contained in documents and processes as a core company asset is critical since the way organizations communicate and conduct business is changing at an unprecedented pace. Ricoh’s accelerated shift to services, with a strong focus on MDS, will help customers to become more responsive to the continual flow of information as they address the changes in their industries.

“Ricoh recognizes that global workforce trends, new technologies and the economy are transforming the way our customers must approach document management. It is now a key priority for CIOs to ensure their organizations are ready to meet the challenges brought by these forces,” said Mr. Shiro Kondo, President and CEO, Ricoh Company, Ltd. “Therefore, we are making additional investments to help lead our customers in the implementation of secure information infrastructure solutions that help them to become more agile, responsive and productive. Through our on-site and off-site support, we help our customers stay focused on revenue-generating activities, while we do what we do best – optimize workflows.”

Ricoh Managed Document Services New York Press Conference photographed by corporate event photographer Jeffrey Holmes

Ricoh Managed Document Services New York Press Conference on January 20, 2011.

A Holistic Approach
Ricoh’s investment in its global MDS infrastructure is designed to strengthen its best practices approach and technologies across its global footprint and help the company achieve an annual MDS revenue target of $3.3 billion USD by FY2013.
Investments will focus on reinforcing Ricoh’s key strengths and leadership including:

Enhancing Ricoh’s adaptive customer-focused approach, in which Ricoh partners with businesses to help them meet their goals. This approach includes development of Ricoh’s global change management professional services offering, based upon Prosci’s ADKAR® change management methodology, which is designed to help employees permanently change costly document-related behaviors. In addition, Ricoh has globally adopted the ITIL® services delivery framework, which is the most widely used approach to IT services management. Ricoh is also increasing the number of services teams professionally certified in the ITIL® and the ADKAR® methodologies.

Improving Ricoh’s holistic, vendor-agnostic approach to information, infrastructure and process management. This approach allows Ricoh to manage a company’s entire fleet, regardless of manufacturer. This holistic approach will be further enhanced as Ricoh accelerates the delivery of a suite of cloud-type tools for device and print management, optimization and decision support.

Broadening Ricoh’s global MDS workforce as well as globally standardizing its sales and services training. This is critical to maintaining a globally consistent approach to services delivery, regardless of where the customer’s offices are located. Ricoh has one of the industry’s largest direct sales and services organizations, which currently includes 30,000 services professionals.

*Projected annual savings in document management costs for a typical company of this size based upon IDC research and select Ricoh MDS engagements. Individual company results may vary and actual cost savings are not guaranteed.

ELEW RockJazz inspires Entrepreneurs

November 17, 2010 by Jeffrey Holmes

Eric Lewis-ELEW RockJazz Music performs at NYEW

A modern day pop artist and musical revolutionary, piano iconoclast, ELEW is making a substantial impression on the music world with a thunderous new style of playing: an inspired melding of ragtime, rock and pop that he calls Rockjazz. Photographed by a great event photographer Jeffrey Holmes. His amazing portfolio can be seen at www.jeffreyholmes.com

ELEW has toured the world, recorded, and performed continuously with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Elvin Jones, Roy Hargrove, and Cassandra Wilson, among others. He won the 1999 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, his mesmerizing piano theatrics even then hinting at the new musical paradigm he would one day create.Now, in the jazz tradition of interpreting popular tunes of the day, much like Art Tatum and John Coltrane, ELEW has turned to rock, combining a guitarist’s approach to the piano with an explosively physical style of playing that would be at home in any arena. An imposing force even before he stands (not sits) behind the piano, ELEW is known for playing his instrument like an athlete plays a sport—going inside the instrument, testing the limits of his body, pushing through the pain and exhaustion….but never stopping.

Samsung Experience

November 16, 2010 by Jeffrey Holmes

The Samsung Experience. 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY, 10019 (212) 823-9520 – Venue Website

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce hosts Web Marketing Seminar at The Samsung Experience

The Samsung Experience is a branded showroom in the Time Warner Center that holds up to 300 people for a film screening or reception. It is a great venue for luxury product launches, and often holds panel discussions and cocktail receptions.

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce held a Web Marketing Seminar at The Samsung Experience. It is a venue that is an interactive brand emporium that provides a creative experience through Samsung’s vision of digital convergence. Your guests will captivate both their senses and imagination. Explore the art of the possible within the new digital culture. Touch, hear, and engage the latest technology to create your own digital lifestyle and discover a fusion of new ideas in art, entertainment, and design.

Photographed by a great New York event photographer Jeffrey Holmes. View entire portfolio at www.jeffreyholmes.com

“Investing in Green” Slovenia Strategic Business Forum in New York

September 27, 2010 by Jeffrey Holmes

Business leaders in New York City attend presentations by Slovenian companies and government agencies. Hosted by H.E. Borut Pahor, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, H.E. Samuel Zbogar, Foreign Minister Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Melita Gabric-Consul General ai. of Slovenia to New York and the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. (Click on Image to right to view Photo Gallery)

Republic of Slovenia Prime Minister, H.E. Borut Pahor greets guests at Investing in Green: Strategic Business Forum

Welcoming addresses were delivered by Dr. Melita Gabric, Consul General ai. of Slovenia to New York and Mr. Jeffrey Bernstein, Chairman of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce A statement was delivered by President and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox CSM. H.E. Samuel Žbogar, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Slovenia introduced the Prime Minister. The Opening address delivered by H.E. Borut Pahor, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia.

The forum also included a Presentation of the Slovenian business environment by the Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments Presentation of Slovenian companies by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia

Forum Panels:

Financing Green Technology: Green technology, a fast-growing segment of the economy, reinforces innovation as well as a variety of business models and financing mechanisms. Sources of funding available to help grow green technology businesses, support start-ups and help deploy emerging technologies were discussed. Financing challenges and opportunities were presented to green-tech companies. Moderator: Carl Lavin, Forbes Magazine; Felicidad Cristobal, Managing Director of Arcelor Mittal Foundation; Jim Gallagher, Head of Energy Policy Group at the New York City Economic Development Corporation; Ann Kayman, CEO, the New York Grant Company; Diana Propeer de Cellejon, General Partner of Expansion Capital Partners.

Ecologically-friendly building for long-term urban sustainability: The environmental consequences of urban growth are considerable. Development of green buildings and renewable sources of energy address some of the challenges presented by urbanization. What green-tech solutions are available and how can they be incorporated in the existing models of urbanization?
Moderator: Debra D’Agostino, Managing Editor, Business Research & Publishing, Economist Intelligence Unit; Joseph Fuller, Chief Executive Officer, Monitor Group; Bostjan Jevsek, Director of Strategic Projects, Trimo, Slovenia; Mark Minevich, Principal Strategist, Going Global Ventures; Janez Skrabec, Chief Executive Officer of Riko Group, Slovenia.

Development of Clean Technologies as a Business Opportunity: Green technology and related business models strive to achieve competitive returns while providing sustainable solutions to global challenges. What are the benefits and challenges that enterprises face when combining social responsibility with business opportunity? How do, or should, industrial policies contribute to developing green techs? Moderator: Stephanie Mehta, Executive Editor, Fortune Magazine; Dr. Uros Merc, Chief Executive Officer of Bisol, Slovenia; Jana Hudernik, Head of Strategic Planning, Keter Group, Slovenia; Amit Srivastava, Managing Partner, Entrepia Venture Fund; Marko Svetina, Chief Executive Officer of Inea, Slovenia.

A Reception in Honor of H.E. Borut Pahor, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia was held at the end of the program.

The Investing in Green Technology Strategic Business Forum was photographed by Jeffrey Holmes at the 3 West Club in New York, NY on September 24, 2010.