The popular Social Media Breakfast - Tech Valley series is coming to Troy and will feature City Councilman Ken Zalewski speaking on the topic of social media and technology with respect to transparency in government. Noel Hidalgo, director of technology innovation for the New York State Senate will also speak at the free event, taking place this Friday, April 16 at 8 a.m. at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at RPI.

Zalewski, a graduate of RPI and self-described "computer geek" (at least according to his Twitter bio), recently was instrumental in the creation of a Technology Comittee for the City Council.

This is the 6th event in the series, which is free and open to the public with required registration. Tickets are still available for Friday's event, and breakfast (bagels, coffee and juice) is included. For those that can't make it, the event will also be live-streamed courtesy of MZA Multimedia.