ADVISORY/Florida's Hottest Emerging Growth Companies Showcased At Innovation Florida 2002.

Business Editors/Technology Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Sept. 18)

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FACT SHEET

WHAT: The Central Florida Innovation Corporation (CFIC) presents Innovation Florida 2002 - An Early Stage Capital Raising Conference, sponsored by Akerman Senterfitt, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the University of Central Florida Research/Technology Incubator and Business Wire. Sustaining sponsors include Ernst & Young LLP, the Florida Venture Forum, Orlando Business Journal, Maddux Report and vFinance.com. Innovation Florida 2002 is an annual regional early stage capital conference that connects Florida's hottest private technology companies with leading private investors, venture capitalists and financiers for an exclusive financial and business development event. Don't miss your chance to hear the ideas and meet the entrepreneurs that will shape technology in the new millennium and beyond. The companies selected to present this year are: Advanced Public Safety, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL); Alinean, Inc. (Orlando, FL); Forseti Biosciences, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL); GMx Technologies, Inc. (Tampa, FL); GeniCon, LLC, (Orlando, FL); ImagiNail Corporation (Tampa, FL); TheInsuranceAdvisor.Com. (Tampa, FL); Maxxvision, LLC. (Gainesville, FL); NovaMin Company (Gainesville, FL); Platinum Interactive, Inc. (St. Petersburg, FL); StoreParts, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL); VSAT, Inc. (Miami, FL) and Verisecure Systems, Inc. (Plantation, FL) WHEN: Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at the Wyndham Resort & Spa(TM) in the Walt Disney World(R) Resort, located at 1900 Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 32830 from 8:00am-5:00pm. Innovation Florida 2002 will take place in the Great Hall Center. DETAILS: Space is limited, advanced registration is required. Cost is $235 per person until August 15, after that date, the fee is $285 per person. To register for the conference, please call the CFIC office at 407/277-5411 or visit our web site at http://www.cfic.org.

CFIC: The mission of the Central Florida Innovation Corporation is to enhance the region's economy by creating, building and causing investment in high wage potential, high growth companies.