2006 IDA Section Conference

January 18 - 19, 2006

The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center
Albany, New York

Conference Speakers:

"Public Authority Reform Act of 2006 Compliance Training Course for IDAs":

• "Overview"; Robert Ryan, Harris Beach LLP

• "Corporate Governance"; William F. Weir, Attorney at Law, Nixon Peabody LLP

• "Reporting Requirements"; George W. Cregg, Partner, Hodgson Russ LLP

• "Compliance panel"; Craig Kinns, NYS Office of the State Comptrollers

"Tilting at Wind Mills; or, Opportunities are Blowing in the Wind"; 

• Jim Sherron, Executive Director, Steuben County IDA

• Jack Joyce, Vice President, Airtricity, Inc.

• Joseph Visalli, Director Energy Resources, Transportation and Power Systems, and Environment, NYSERDA

"Dialing for Family Dollar"; Steven DiMeo, Director, Mohawk Valley EDGE

"A New Finance Tool: Using Adjustable Letters of Credit as a Portion of Bond Security"; Arthur M. Cohen, Partner, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

"Effective Use of Development Corporations to Facilitate Economic Development Projects":

• "Case study 1: Ridge Hill": Edward A. Sheeran, Executive Director, Yonkers IDA

• "Case study 2: Refuse to lose”: Justin Miller, Harris Beech LLP and Brian Havranek, City of Peekskill Department of Planning and Economic Development