Agenda-At-A-Glance

• Welcome:
  Honorable Byron Brown
  Mayor, City of Buffalo
• John B. Simpson, Ph.D.
  President, University at Buffalo
• Insurance Producer of the Year Award
  
• Worker for New York Awards
  
• Remarks:
  Marisa Lago
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Empire State Development
  
• Corning Award for Excellence
• Video Address:
  Honorable David Paterson
  Governor, State of New York
• Keynote Address:
  2008 Election and Its Impact
  Howard Wolfson
  FOX News Political Analyst

Board Only

• Board Audit & Finance Committee Breakfast Meeting
• Board Membership Committee Breakfast Meeting
• Board Nominating and Governance Committee Breakfast Meeting

CANYS Meeting

• Geoff O'Hara, Executive Director, Eastern Region
  U. S. Chamber of Commerce

• General Breakfast
• Liability Reform Breakfast Meeting
  Mark Kriss, Executive Director, NewYorkTortReformNOW.org
• Tax Priorities for 2009 Breakfast Meeting
  Robert Megna, Commissioner
  New York State Department of Taxation & Finance

• Buffalo Economic Development Update
  Andrew Rudnick, President / CEO
  Buffalo Niagara Partnership
• Economic Development in NYS
  Priorities of the New York State Legislature for 2009
  Honorable Sheldon Silver, Speaker, New York State Assembly
  Honorable Dean G. Skelos, Majority Leader, New York State Senate

1. Coping in an Energy Crisis – Business Solutions for the Future
   Panelists:
   • Mark Cassell, Manager Green Building Services
     Ecology & Environment, Inc.
   • David Flynn, Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP
   • Richard Rathvon, Vice President           Reliant Energy
     
   • James Sevinsky, Executive Counsel, Environment Health & Safety, GE Energy
   Facilitator:
• William Flynn , Managing Partner, Albany Office, Harris Beach, PLLC
  
  
2. ROI: Leveraging University R&D Resources to Drive Growth In Life Sciences Sector
   Perspective:
   
• Ed Reinfurt, Executive Director, NYSTAR
Panelists:

• Michael Colson, Senior Vice President of Solutions, CTG
  
• Lyn Dyster, Ph.D, Vice President, Research Operations, Kinex Pharmaceuticals
• Amy Hayward, Director of Operations and Academic Affairs, PharmIdeas
Facilitator:
• Marnie LaVigne, Ph.D, Director of Business Development, New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences
  
  
3. “Trade Secrets”: Making Foreign Trade Part of Your Winning Strategy
   
• Stephen Brereton, Canadian Consulate General
• Liz Reilly, Trade Roots, US Chamber of Commerce
• Ed Kowalewski, Empire State Development, International Trade Office

Facilitator:
• Margaret Moree, Director of Federal Affairs, The Business Council

• Niagara Falls / Maid of the Mist
  Sponsored by: Delaware North Companies
• Buffalo Architecture / History Tour
  Sponsored by: Hodgson Russ LLP
• Erie Canal Harbor Development / Buffalo River Boat Tour
• More Activities available

Reception at Albright-Knox Gallery
Sponsored by: M & T Bank

• The Business Council Public Leadership Award

• General Breakfast
• Energy Committee Breakfast Meeting
• Homeland Security Council Meeting
  • Harry Meyer, Hodgson Russ, LLP
    Chair, Area Maritime Security Committee, Eastern Great Lakes and Western New York Subcommittee

• President's Report
  Kenneth Adams, President and CEO, The Business Council
  
• Election of Directors

• State Politics 2009 - Battle for the State Senate
  What's next for New York?
  Panelists:
  
  • Raymond A. Meier, Of Counsel, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC and Former Member, New York State Senate
    
  • Paul Tokasz, Patricia Lynch Associates, Inc. and Former Member, New York State Assembly
  Facilitator:
  • Robert McCarthy, Political Reporter
    The Buffalo News