Location Of Obama’s Cap Region Trip Moved (Updated)
President Obama will not be speaking at GlobalFoundries next Tuesday after all, according to sources with knowledge of his trip, but he is still coming to the Capital Region.
The location of Obama’s tech/economy speech has now been moved to SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany.
This is a nice feather in Alain Kaloyeros’ cap, but it’s something of an embarrassment for GF and congressmen Paul Tonko and Chris Gibson, who were crowing rather publicly (and bipartisanly) yesterday about Obama’s visit to Malta in Saratoga County.
No word yet on why Obama has decided to change his plans. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Rep. Chris Gibson’s office provided the following information from the White House:
“On Tuesday, May 8, the President will travel to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex at the State University of New York in Albany, New York for an event on the economy. ”
“CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex is a fully-integrated research, development, prototyping, and educational facility that provides strategic support through outreach, technology acceleration, business incubation, pilot prototyping, and test-based integration support for onsite corporate partners including IBM, Intel, GlobalFoundries, Applied Materials as well as other next generation nanotechnology research activities.”
“Due to logistical reasons, the President’s event will no longer be held at GlobalFoundries in Malta, New York. GlobalFoundries will join the President at CNSE.”
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