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ConocoPhillips gives more details on expansion plans
 Last week, a
ConocoPhillips official shared additional news on the company's plans to establish a Global Technology and Corporate Learning Center specializing in alternative energy R&D in Louisville, northwest of Denver. The company purchased the 432-acre StorageTek site in early 2008 for $58.5 million.
According to Mary Manning, ConocoPhillips' general manager of global real estate and facilities, the campus will be able to accomodate as many as 7,000 employees within the next 20 years.
Full build-out of the site could take 20 to 25 years because of the size of the project and its crucial nature for ConocoPhillips' future, according to Manning. The site will include an energy research and development center and a global training facility for ConocoPhillips worldwide employees to train on new energy technology applications. Other details include:
- Colorado was selected for the project because its quality of life is attractive to employees and their families and the fact that the state is centrally located and within the oil patch.
- Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, and not the typical hydrocarbon research, will be among the opportunities researched at the site.
- The campus is expected to be as environmentally leading-edge as possible in regard to features such as landscaping and buildings.
Learn more:
» Energy industry section on metrodenver.org
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 Denver plans for Democratic National Convention
More than 30,000 delegates and guests and 15,000 national and international journalists will converge in Denver for the 2008 Democratic National Convention (DNC), August 25-28, 2008.
Hosting the 2008 DNC represents a tremendous economic and marketing opportunity to showcase our community's successes to the world. The Convention is expected to have an economic impact of between $150 and $200 million on the entire Metro Denver region.
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has pledged to make the 2008 DNC the "greenest" in history by incorporating a host of strategies to minimize the Convention's environmental impact. In addition, both the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions will be powered with clean, renewable wind and solar power by Xcel Energy.
Learn more:
» Host Committee Web site
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Gov. Ritter promotes state's industry assets at BIO
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter attended BIO 2008 in San Diego on June 18, 2008, marketing the state's bioscience sector to more than 20,000 bioscience company executives, researchers, and service providers attending the event.
"Colorado's bioscience community is making incredible advances and we have a tremendous success story to tell. My administration has made bioscience one of the focal points of our overall economic-development strategy, and by elevating the stature of this crucial 'industry of the future,' we are competing on a national and international level," said Gov. Ritter.
During BIO, Governor Ritter held a press conference, hosted an industry breakfast, and met one-on-one with bioscience companies and venture capital firms.
A Colorado Pavilion featured the state's research institutions and highlighted Colorado's support for bioscience companies and its business-friendly environment. And several recent bioscience rankings further confirm Colorado's position as a top bioscience state:
- Genome Technology's June issue ranks Colorado as one of the top-20 biotech locations in the world.
- The Families USA Global Health Initiative Report ranked Colorado fourth among states that generated the most economic activity per dollar of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Colorado placed in the top five of all five categories in the Milken Institute's State Technology and Science Index, moving ahead of California in the new overall rankings. Milken ranked Colorado second in the concentration of scientists and engineers.
Learn more:
» Bioscience industry section on metrodenver.org
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