29 Companies to Present at 3rd Annual SmartStart Venture Forum.Business Editors SmartStart Venture Forum TROY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2003 The Empire State Venture Group, Inc. today announced that 29 companies have been selected to present at the 3rd Annual SmartStart Venture Forum(R), to be held on October 1 and 2, 2003, at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany NY. "This years' Venture Forum will feature technology companies from six states Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Pennsylvania," said Prof. Frederick A. Provorny, Director of the Science and Technology Law Center at Albany Law School Albany Law School is an ABA accredited law school based in Albany, New York. Founded in 1851 by Robert H. Pruyn and others, Albany Law School is the oldest independent law school in the United States. and President of Empire State Venture Group, Inc. "We have seen tremendous interest from companies across the country. Our pool of candidates came from a broad geographical area this year, and they represent a wide variety of industries and technologies," explained Provorny. More than 350 individuals including approximately 100 investors attended the 2nd annual SmartStart Venture Forum that was held October 2 and 3, 2002, with 28 companies making 8-minute presentations to the venture community. "Previous SmartStart Venture Forum presenters have had tremendous success in finding funding," said Bob Buckley, event coordinator. "Over 36% of our presenting companies from the first two events have received funding as a result of their participation and they received more than $26 million," Buckley said. On Wednesday evening Oct 1st, from 5 - 6:30 p.m., a special invitation-only panel discussion for investors will be held featuring Mark Heesen, President, National Venture Capital Association; Dr. Walter Plosila, Vice President, Technology Partnership Practice, Battelle Memorial Institute The Battelle Memorial Institute is a private not-for-profit applied science and technology development company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The institute opened in 1929 but traces its origins to the 1923 will of Ohio industrialist Gordon Battelle which provided for its ; Peter Robinson Several notable people are called Peter Robinson:
The 3rd annual SmartStart Venture Forum will be held at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany on October 1 and 2, 2003. Event hours are Wed. Oct. 1, from 5 - 9 pm and Thurs. Oct 2, from 7:30 am - 5 pm. The event-opening speaker is Robert H. Samson, Vice President System Sales System sales is a business term used in the franchising industry. Franchisors provide supplies, marketing and administration services to franchisees in return for a part of the franchisees' revenues. Some franchisors also operate some outlets directly. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Systems Group. The keynote speaker is Honorable Alan G. Hevesi, Comptroller, State of New York. For more information, contact Robert Buckley at 518-283-8890 or visit the Website at www.smartstartvf.com. |
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