Center for Economic Growth

Knowledge @ Noon: DISC - Empower Your Team
2025-07-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Join us for a free Knowledge @ Noon webinar on Tuesday, July 8 for DiSC: Empower Your Team featuring Sami Gowan, Director Talent Development, Capital Region Chamber.
The DiSC self-assessment can be utilized to improve communication and to better understand oneself and others. Learn how to adapt your leadership style and work preferences to yield better results and drive collaboration. The DiSC assessment gives your team access to the online Catalyst platform that is a fully customized learning hub that reflects your unique team dynamic and supports continued learning.

Samantha (Sami) Gowan joined the Chamber team in November of 2022. She has played a pivotal role as the Liaison to Leadership Capital Region and the Young Professionals Network. In this capacity, she has demonstrated exceptional event management and programming skills. Sami has been instrumental in assembling dynamic committee members and volunteers to drive these meaningful initiatives. In partnership with the Center for Economic Growth, Sami delivers leadership training on DiSC and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. Prior to her role at the Chamber, Sami dedicated sixteen years, in management, learning and development, to a renowned Fortune 500 company.
Sami’s educational foundation is from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a specialization in Musical Theatre. This formative experience honed her creative and communicative abilities, setting the stage for her future success.
For over a decade, Sami has shared her passion for yoga as a 500 HR certified yoga instructor, with a focus on prenatal and children’s classes. Sami is a proud wife and mother of three daughters. She can most often be found outside of work at any of our local ice rinks, all her girls play hockey or figure skate, which feels like a full-time job! Outside of the rink Sami and her family love to bake pizza from, create art, hike, and spend time in Maine.

2025 UAlbany Tech Roadshow
2025-07-16 09:00 - 11:00 | Center for Economic Growth, 5 Computer Drive South, Albany, NY, 12205, United States
2025 UAlbany Tech Roadshow
Showcasing Energy and Utilities Technology Available to Capital Region Companies and Organizations

July 16 | 9am – 11am
Center for Economic Growth | 5 Computer Drive South, Albany, NY 12205
Please join CEG and the UAlbany Office of Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, and Industry Partnerships (OEDEIP), as OEDEIP kicks off its yearlong effort to bring technology out of the labs and incubator and into the community for partnerships with Capital Region companies.
Researchers and startup founders are heading into the Capital Region to showcase their technology (detailed below) and discuss how the private and public sector can use, test, and/or license the technology. The technologies could have a wide range of use cases, including in the following industries:

Commercial Real Estate
Industrial/Manufacturing
Education
Healthcare
Local Government
Hospitality/Retail
Utilities
Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals/Biotech
Semiconductors/Electronics
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Food and Beverage Processing
Pulp and Paper Mills
Environmental Remediation and Engineering
Network Equipment Manufacturers
Defense and Aerospace

Presenters
1. ZEOS
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform designed to facilitate how buildings and facilities manage energy consumption
ReWire Group’s Zero Energy Operating System (ZEOS) is a comprehensive Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform designed to facilitate how buildings and facilities manage energy consumption, comply with regulations, and integrate with the electrical grid. Operating in a rapidly expanding market, ZEOS positions itself as a “virtual energy manager” for property owners and facility managers who lack dedicated energy expertise.
2. TR-CO?
Scalable TR-CO? Heat Pump Systems for Electrified Multifamily Building Retrofits
This project aims to advance and validate a modular, transcritical CO? (TR-CO?) Tri-Service heat pump that delivers space heating, cooling, and domestic hot water using a single high-efficiency system with ultra-low global warming potential. The solution aligns with NYSERDA’s clean energy goals by offering a scalable, all-electric alternative to fossil-fuel HVAC systems, particularly suited for multifamily buildings and other urban retrofit applications.
3. Adsorption-Regeneration Water Treatment Reactor (ARTWR)
A reactor design that performs stripping of target compounds while simultaneously regenerating the adsorbent
Recent water treatment needs focus on low-level chemical contaminants and removing them often requires the use of an adsorbent that must be either discarded or regenerated. A reactor design has been developed that performs stripping of target compounds while simultaneously regenerating the adsorbent. The process uses four different disciplines including: Adsorption (sorption)-stripping target compounds from the water; Compound destruction-regeneration of the adsorbent and prevent it from becoming a pollutant again.
4. CHRONOS
Cloud based Hybrid RF-Optical Network Over Synchronous links
The primary goal of CHRONOS is to design, build and maintain a multi-node, heterogeneous, wideband, scalable and synchronous C-RAN that will enable emerging applications like Virtual Reality (VR), Industrial Internet of Things (I-IoT), 3D broadcast video, telesurgery, etc. The research team works is searching for networking solution companies and companies interested in green and safe wireless technologies to develop LiFi systems, a promising technology for indoor wireless connectivity and localization. Compared to RF, light is unlicensed, safer and more secure against unauthorized access and jamming.
