Tech Valley Incubation Network gathers to welcome Don Siegel to UAlbany business deanship

The Tech Valley Incubation Network, an informal group of incubator managers in the capital region that actually predated formation of the BIA/NYS, gathered for the first time in several years to welcome back to Albany Dr. Donald Siegel, a renowned scholar of innovation who is now the new dean of of the UAlbany College of Business. Dr. Siegel (fourth from left) gave a presentation on current directions in technology commercialization, and discussed the role of incubators and research parks. The group also heard a report on the current activities of BIA/NYS from the executive director. The meeting site was the 3rd floor board room of the Gen*NY*sis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics/Center for Functional Genomics, which serves as an anchor of the UAlbany East Campus incubator/accelerator. Click the photo for identification of the participants. If your region would like to organize a similar gathering, BIA/NYS will happily participate.