COLUMBUS — The Edison Materials Technology Center is organizing a conference to inform Ohio companies about opportunities in the renewable energy field.

The Ohio Advanced and Green Energy Markets Summit is scheduled as an all-day seminar Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the Columbus North Crowne Plaza Hotel in Columbus.

Keynote speakers include Doug Henton, chief executive officer of Collaborative Economics Inc., a California-based economic development consultant, and two top aides to Gov. Ted Strickland, Mark Barbash, the state's chief economic development officer, and Mark Shanahan, the governor's energy adviser.

EMTEC, based in Kettering, is a nonprofit, state-assisted organization serving Ohio's technology companies. For more information, contact EMTEC's David W. Swenson at (937) 259-1302 or at dswenson@emtec.org.

President-elect Barack Obama has said that developing alternative energy sources will be a priority of his administration.