Posted on: Monday, November 21, 2005
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The benefits of wind power, solar energy and biomass fuels in the wake of diminishing availability of easy, cheap fossil fuels — and the increasing political struggle over Middle Eastern fuel sources — will be discussed in an address Dec. 1, sponsored in part by the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council. The speaker will be Barry Raleigh, executive director of the nonprofit Center for a Sustainable Future. Raleigh is a researcher with the Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute and former dean of the University of Hawai'i School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. The free public discussion will be noon-1 p.m. at the East-West Center, Burns Hall, Room 3121. Register: Tandy, 944-7784.
The High Technology Development Corporation will host a statewide conference to teach small businesses how to apply for more than $2 billion in grants given each year through the federally funded Small Business Innovation Research program. The ninth biennial Hawaii Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer Research Conference will be held 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on these islands:
O'ahu: Dec. 5, Renaissance 'Ilikai Waikiki Hotel.
Maui: Dec. 7, Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort.
Kaua'i: Dec. 8, Kaua'i Beach Hotel & Resort (formerly Radisson Kaua'i).
Big Island: Dec. 9, Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort.
The federal SBIR program has become a source of funding for many of Hawai'i's small businesses, including technology companies such as Oceanit, Hawaii Biotech, NovaSol and Black Pearls. Nearly 60 Hawai'i companies have received more than $56 million from the federal program, plus another $56 million in commercialization investment and sales.
The conferences will include speakers, workshops, lunch and one-on-one meetings with SBIR managers. $60. Reservations by Friday: 539-3841 or www.htdc.org/SBIR/Confer ence_2005.
