The Wisconsin School of Business has begun offering a six-part “Sustainability Meets Entrepreneurship” series to provide UW students and members of the community access to experts on clean technology, alternative energy and a “green” economy.

The first of six noon Friday forums — run through the business school’s Business, Environment and Social Responsibility (BESR) program, was held Jan. 30 and featured Senior Lecturer Tom Eggert, associate director of BESR, and Xun Pan, an assistant professor of bioenergy and bioproducts engineering.

Subsequent forums will include: Terence Barry, president and CEO of AquaMost LLC, who will speak about business related to a clean environment on Feb. 13; John Biondi, president of C5-6 Technologies, who will talk about alternative fuels and transportation on Feb. 27; Sony Newenhouse, founder and president of Madison Environmental Group, who will speak about the green building industry on March 13; Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton will discuss public policy issues related to building green industry on March 27; and on April 17, representatives of Cardinal Glass, which is opening a $60 million solar panel factory in Mazomanie, will give a presentation.

Seating for the forums is limited to 30 students and 30 members of the public. For students, the series can be taken as a one-credit class. For more specifics, visit http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=ptMGgmekZufxXmambvPG_dQ.

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