Managed in association with SBU and NYSERDA, E-Renewables is developing project services. Every day, new technologies and innovations are being developed at universities, private laboratories, research centers, and corporations throughout the world. Too often promising new technologies languish on a shelf, lacking the necessary resources to move beyond the lab. E-R will provide the University the management and tools necessary to ensure long-term success of the AERTC and the commercialization of technologies derived from its activities.

The benefits of technology/ financial/ intellectual cultivation E-R proposes are dramatic and long lasting - and can make the difference between commercial success and failure. They include:

• Tracking major research initiatives from universities and corporate labs.
• Enabling faster, more reliable, more cost-effective proof-of-concept studies.
• Applying an end-to-end approach to innovation development.
• Offering convenient, co-located infrastructure and services.
• Providing investment capital.
• Establishing resources to lead and manage enterprises directly.
• Moving enterprises through to investment grade stage.
• Acquiring government resources to reduce risk/ increase reward.

Long Island Green Accelerator™ (LIGA) - Knowledge & Information Exchange

LIGA Knowledge and Information Exchange has developed a number of programs designed to allow our companies to take advantage of one of the greatest assets the Science Center has to offer - collaboration with academic and business leaders.

In addition to specialized topics, regular programs include:

Accelerating Green ™

Accelerating Green is a monthly series offered to provide continuous learning as well as to meet the practical needs of aspiring and working entrepreneurs. Speakers include experts in their fields and topics have included:

Building Brand Identity;
Designing and Filing Investigational New , Renewable Energy/ Conservation Applications;
Patent Expansion;
Protecting your Intellectual Property; and
Designing a Successful Website.

These day-long intensive programs help participants increase their funding opportunities by taking advantage of federal grant money available to science-based small businesses and helps companies identify strategic partnerships and alliances that provide important growth opportunities.

Lunch Series for Green Entrepreneurs

This monthly series is focused on biomedical research. These events bring together life science industry researchers, entrepreneurs, and business professionals, encouraging productive interaction between our life science companies and prominent scientists in the community. Topics will include:

Long-Range Greening Activities: The Role of Nanotechnology in Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Technologies

Biomass: It is The Answer for Long-Term Energy Feedstock?

Cyber Café After Hours

This quarterly social networking event brings companies, business professionals, life science industry researchers, mentors, university students, and entrepreneurs together to meet each other, exchange ideas, and socialize in an informal and fun atmosphere. Companies new to the AERTC/ incubator are introduced and invited to a brief pitch about their company.

In addition, exposure to the university community provides a platform for our companies and students to set up internships and tours of the AERTC facility are offered on a regular basis to organizations like the SUNY's Engineering School Students, Brookhaven Labs and other partners in the AERTC family.

In summary, LIGA programs would assist companies throughout the business cycle of commercialization, seeking to maximize returns for the researcher, scientist, inventor, and the local economy. The Green Accelerator™ will provide support and assistance for researchers throughout the process of development, technology transfer, commercialization, and reinvestment.

In collaboration with various regional laboratory facilities and experienced scientists, the Green Accelerator™ can facilitate faster, joint developments, leading to the filing of a Provisional or Utility Patent application, for example, to initiate Pilot application/ trail.