Not an Incidental Incubator Anymore. By Katja Schroeder, Expedition PR This week TNW and Business Insider ran a story about the best Tech hang outs in New York City. While the Business Insider list focused on the schmoozing in restaurants and bars, TNW included a number of popular co-working spaces, such as WeWork Soho and…
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Solar Lights: A Business Idea Born on the Beach
By Katja Schroeder, Expedition PR Summer just started and July Fourth is around the corner. We are ready to hit the beach to spend some time in the sun with friends and family over the holidays. While for most people the beach is a venue to relax and leave the wheeling and dealing of the…
Read MoreIEA World Energy Outlook: Carbon Dioxide Emission Have to Go Down
By Katja Schroeder, Expedition PR This Monday the International Energy Agency (IEA) published its annual World Energy Outlook report. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2012 to a record high of 31.6 billion tons worldwide. The report puts the spotlight back on climate change. Governments around the world need to work together to…
Read MoreCleantech Open Northeast Arrives in New York City
By Katja Schroeder, Expedition PR Cleantech Open Northeast has arrived in New York City with an ambitious plan. Together with its partner NYC ACRE, New York City’s accelerator for clean technology and renewable energy companies, the Northeast team wants to challenge their counterparts in Silicon Valley. California currently holds the position as the largest clean…
Read MoreProducts and Prototypes: Exciting Innovations from the “Technology You Can Touch” Event at NYU
By Andrés Uribe, Expedition PR We are always looking for examples of technologies that will change life as we know it, in a good and sustainable way. Last Tuesday, I had the pleasure of visiting NYU for a demo session called “Technology you can Touch”. Seeing startups boasting products that didn’t require a computer, smartphone,…
Read MoreThe New World 2050: How Today’s Global PR Pros Can Help Solve Tomorrow’s Problems
This article was originally published by The Blue Book, Newsletter of the Center of Global Public Relations, UNC Charlotte By Katja Schroeder Three years ago, the United Nations revealed that the world’s population will increase to 9 billion by 2050. When the UN revealed this staggering number, governments, think tanks, NGOs and corporations started addressing…
Read MoreThe Art of Communicating Sustainability – dOCUMENTA (13)
By Katja Schroeder After 100 days dOCUMENTA (13) just closed its doors in Kassel, Germany. Held every five years, the dOCUMENTA is one of the world’s largest contemporary art exhibitions. This year’s festival drew a record number of 860,000 visitors. Art works were showcased at a variety of venues across the entire city.
Read MoreWhat does it take for NYC’s biotech sector to sizzle?
By Rhea Galsim New York’s vibrant neighborhood Tribeca is home to one of the city’s most dynamic incubators, NYU-Polytech Varick. Last week NYU-Polytech Varick hosted a Meetup event on New York’s biotech sector. A panel of speakers including Dr. Liam Ratcliffe of New Leaf Ventures, Michael Lamprecht of Cellanyx Diagnostics, Andrew Koopman of NYU’s New…
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