Jane Alcorn, Rich Gearns, Chris Wesselborg

Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe

Shoreham, New York

Title: Status of Tesla’s historic Wardenclyffe laboratory: Environmental cleanup, ownership, and future vision

Abstract: We will present a brief history of Tesla’s Wardenclyffe laboratory and report on the current status of the property. We will also show pictures taken recently on the site and in the laboratory itself, and report on recent events. In 1901, Nikola Tesla purchased 200 acres on Long Island’s north shore, in Shoreham, NY. The site became known as Wardenclyffe, after the former owner. Its purpose was the establishment of a wireless telegraphy plant, and it is now Tesla’s only remaining laboratory. Designed by the prestigious architect and Tesla’s friend Stanford White, the building is also a significant architectural landmark. In 1939, the Peerless Photo Company purchased the property to manufacture emulsions for photographic film and paper; in 1969, Peerless became part of Agfa-Gevaert, Inc. In 1987, manufacturing ended, and the site was closed down. In 1988, Agfa began the lengthy process of cleaning up inactive hazardous waste on the site from years of photo-processing activities, under the supervision of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). In 2007, after years of testing and feasibility studies, the major part of the cleanup took place. Which left the laboratory building and the tower base intact. In the spring of 2009, Agfa offered the property for sale. At a May 2009 rally at the site, the local community and officials of all levels of government expressed strong support for the preservation of Tesla’s historic laboratory.

Mr. Mark Passio is an independent researcher and public speaker from Philadelphia, PA. Mark has undertaken the task of assembling vast amounts of research in the areas of metaphysics, occultism, spirituality, symbology and consciousness studies. In 2007, Mark began presenting this information in the form of a presentation and lecture entitled What On Earth Is Happening, with the intention of bringing the implications of this body of knowledge to greater public awareness. His official website went online in early 2008 at http://www.whatonearthishappening.com.

Mr. Boris Petrovic, Earth Soul Scientist and Noospheric Philosopher. A digital artist, an engineer of tele-automation systems, a researcher into Tesla’s “World system”, Earth’s Magnetosphere, ionosphere and magnetic reconnection. Boris is an associate of The Serbian “Nikola Tesla” Society in Belgrade, Serbia and a researcher at The Institute of New Cosmology and the Science of Time, Serbia.

http://www.noosphereforum.org, http://www.hronoya.org/ http://www.n01a.org/ http://www.myspace.com/nois69

Mr. Michael Riversong - Beginning in 1983, Mr. Michael Riversong has been deeply involved in energy research, and from 1990 he has been doing environmental consulting. This has resulted in many fascinating adventures. He has been in contact with many of this planet’s best inventors and scientists. An able photographer and writer, he has documented many developments in these fields.

http://www.peswiki.com

Mrs. Miriam Seidel (librettist) conceived and wrote the libretto for Violet Fire, a multimedia opera about Nikola Tesla, with score by Jon Gibson. Following a workshop production at Temple University in Philadelphia, Violet Fire received its world premiere at the National Theater Belgrade, Serbia, and its U.S. premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival. Other dramatic works of hers include the radio play Interference, with sound score by John Phillips, broadcast by New American Radio; and The Big Picture, produced as part of the 2000 Voices series at InterAct Theater in Philadelphia. Seidel’s short fiction has been seen in Exquisite Corpse, Washington Square, Phoebe, First Intensity and elsewhere, and her writing on the arts has appeared in journals including Art in America (as a Corresponding Editor), the Philadelphia Inquirer, Public Art Review and Dance Magazine. She is also Curator of the Galleries at the Gershman Y, an arts and culture center in Philadelphia. For more information, visit www.miriamseidel.com

Mr. Thomas F. Valone, PhD, PE, physicist and licensed professional engineer with over 30 years professional experience, is a former patent examiner, research engineer, instrumentation designer, CEO, and currently an author, lecturer, and consultant on future energy developments. He is President and founder of Integrity Research Institute and formerly the Research Director for Scott Aviation-ATO, Inc. Currently, Dr. Valone is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

http://www.IntegrityResearchInstitute.org

Mr. David Vuich has spent his career advising clients and top-level government officials in both Congress and the Executive Branch spanning the Carter through the Bush Administrations.

Mr. Vuich has compiled over thirty years experience in the defense, aerospace, security, and transportation-related industries and has held key executive positions with several leading U.S. and international firms. These positions included providing extensive congressional/legislative liaison services and domestic and international trade development expertise by coordinating and facilitating the program objectives of various government agencies, foreign governments, multinational corporations and countless non-governmental organizations.

As a professional staff member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Defense and Military Construction, Mr. Vuich acted as the principle advisor to the Committee Chairman, providing recommendations with respect to the obligation of funding for military equipment and services for the Department of Defense. In the private sector, he has been a lobbyist and consultant representing aerospace, environment, energy and transportation and security issues to include research support to key congressional committees related to airline/aviation safety and critical infrastructure protection.

Mr. Vuich is the co-founder and Chief Development Officer of American Military Housing Services, Inc., a non- profit special interest dedicated to providing affordable housing to our active duty military, guard, reserves, retired and disabled veterans by establishing Military Communities in close proximity to existing active military facilities. Mr. Vuich has been recently appointed as Co- Chairman of the HUD/Veterans Administration Task Force..

Mr. Vuich received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Cerritos College and California State University at Fullerton and has completed his graduate studies at the University of Southern California, receiving a Masters in Business and Industrial Sciences.