DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire Seacoast Alumni Chapter will hold its first Executive Forum breakfast Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at the Portsmouth Harbor Events & Conference Center. The event is open to the public but registration is required.

Speaker Mark Galvin, managing director of the New Hampshire Innovation and Commercialization Center (NH-ICC), has spent 20 years helping startup companies achieve success. He will discuss his work and the impact UNH and its resources have had on his business and his clients.

The NH-ICC, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire, is dedicated to accelerating the development of early-stage, high-tech startups and to the commercialization of UNH intellectual capital. Providing sales, operations, marketing and finance experts, the NH-ICC helps startup companies turn intellectual capital into successful commercial business ventures.

Registration and networking begin at 7:30 a.m.; Galvin's talk begins at 8:15 a.m. The Portsmouth Harbor Events & Conference Center is located at the new Marriott Residence Inn in downtown Portsmouth on 100 Deer Street. Cost is $20 per person and includes a breakfast buffet. Register online at www.alumni.unh.edu or by calling (603) 862-3852.

The mission of the UNH Alumni Association is to advocate for the University of New Hampshire and its alumni and to promote the university's historic land-grant mission of teaching, research and public service. Through its programs and services, the Alumni Association develops a spirit of loyalty to the university, engaging and serving alumni, students, parents, faculty and staff, and the public.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant

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