PORTLAND – Policy makers, entrepreneurs and others will gather tomorrow in Portland to share best practices on how to help convert new ideas and products into successful businesses that, in turn, can boost the state’s economy.

The annual Technology Commercialization and Incubation Summer Institute will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tuesday on the seventh floor of USM’s Glickman Family Library, located at the intersection of Forest Avenue and Bedford Street in Portland.

The institute is hosted by the USM School of Business Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business, and sponsored by the Applied Technology Development Centers, a statewide system of business incubators aimed at developing and retaining successful start-up businesses. The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development coordinates the system.

Reservations are required and can be made by calling 780-5919 or by e-mailing [email protected]. For more information, contact Phil Helgerson, director of the Applied Technology Development Centers, at 624-9802 or [email protected]

Society installs new board

PORTLAND – The Maine Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Society recently installed a new board of directors. On May 20, the new slate of officers was approved during the chapter’s monthly breakfast meeting.

The new board of directors are: President, Brett Davis CPCU, account executive, Smithwick and Mariners; President-elect, Melony LeShane CPCU, ARE, director of home office marketing, Acadia Insurance Co.; Vice president, David Johnson CPCU, underwriter, MEMIC; Treasurer, Emily McEntee CPCU, AMIM, API, branch sales manager, AMICA; Secretary, Steve Prue CPCU, CRM, CIC, AIS, executive underwriter, MEMIC.