ADVISORY/Invest in the Future at Innovation Florida 2003 - An Early Stage Capital Raising Conference.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...For Thursday (Sept. 25)

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                              FACT SHEET

WHAT:     The Central Florida Innovation Corporation (CFIC) presents
          Innovation Florida 2003 - An Early Stage Capital Raising
          Conference, sponsored by Akerman Senterfitt, American
          Venture Magazine, Business Wire and the University of
          Central Florida Technology Incubator.  Sustaining sponsors
          include Ernst & Young LLP and the Florida Venture Forum.

          Innovation Florida 2003 is an annual regional early stage
          capital conference that connects Florida's hottest emerging
          technology companies with leading investors, venture
          capitalists and financiers for an exclusive business
          development event. Over the past seven years, former
          presenters of the conference have been successful in raising
          over $130 million.

          Kenneth P. Morse, Managing Director of the MIT
          Entrepreneurship Center, will serve as the keynote speaker
          for Innovation Florida 2003, discussing the "Spirit of High
          Tech Entrepreneurship - What's Hot and What's Not".  Morse
          is a serial entrepreneur, having played a key role in
          launching six high-tech start-ups, including 3Com
          Corporation, Aspen Technology, an expert systems company,
          and a biotech firm.  His batting average is 0.833 - five of
          his start-ups went public or were successfully merged; one
          was a complete disaster. As head of the MIT Entrepreneurship
          Center, Morse is responsible for inspiring, training, and
          coaching new generations of entrepreneurs from all parts of
          MIT. He has been profiled and quoted in numerous
          publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial
          Times, Economist, and Red Herring. Under his leadership, the
          MIT Entrepreneurship Center has grown from only a few
          professors teaching 2-3 entrepreneurship courses to over 30
          faculty teaching 20 courses.

          Additionally, Morse serves on the Board of Associates of the
          Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, as well as on
          the Advisory Boards of PolyTechnos Venture-Partners,
          Capricorn Venture Partners, Orchid Partners, and Darby
          Technology Ventures Group.  When Morse is not helping MIT
          students and alumni build new businesses, he enjoys sailing
          his 45 year-old wooden boat with his family.

WHEN:     Thursday, September 25, 2003 at the Omni Rosen Centre Hotel
          in Orlando, located at 9840 International Drive, Orlando,
          FL, 32819, from 8:00am - 5:00pm.

COST:     Save $50 when you register by August 1, 2003!  $235 per
          person until August 1, 2003; $285 per person after August 1,
          2003. All major credit cards accepted.  To register, please
          call CFIC at 407/277-5411 or log onto http://www.cfic.org.
          EBN Members should inquire about discount.

DETAILS:  Don't miss your chance to hear from several promising
          high-growth companies throughout Florida.  Become a part of
          the national audience of venture capitalists, investment
          bankers and individual investors to see first-hand the
          companies that reflect the strongest growing technological
          industries that will shape technology in the future and
          beyond.

CFIC:     The mission of the Central Florida Innovation Corporation is
          to enhance the region's economy by creating, building and
          causing investment in high growth potential, high wage
          companies. For additional information, visit
          http://www.cfic.org.