Florida's Hottest Emerging Growth Companies to Present at 2005 Florida Tech Transfer Conference.TAMPA, Fla. -- Florida's most promising university spinout companies will showcase their firms to potential investors and business partners at the Innovation Florida 2005 Emerging Growth Company Showcase on May 18. The showcase is part of the 2nd Annual Florida Tech Transfer Conference, which will take place at the Hilton Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando on May 18-19, 2005. "The Innovation Florida showcase provides a unique opportunity for industry, investors, and university researchers to get up front and personal with some of the great high tech spinouts coming out of Florida's universities," said Tom O'Neal, Ph.D., Associate Vice President, Office of Research & Commercialization, University of Central Florida “UCF” redirects here. For other uses, see UCF (disambiguation). UCF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. UCF was founded in 1963 as Florida Technological University with the goal of providing highly trained personnel to support the Kennedy . "University-based spinouts are disproportionately successful in that they have an 80 percent survival rate, are 40 times more likely to secure funding, and go public at a rate that is 257 times that of a typical startup in the US." The companies selected to present this year include: Agenta Biotechnologies, Inc., http://www.agentabiotechnologies.com; AppliCote Associates, LLC, http://www.applicote.com; Avirid Biotechnology, LLC, http://www.avirid.com; Beam Engineering Company, http://www.beamco.com; Circular Logic, LLC, http://www.circular-logic.com; EcoArray, Inc., http://www.ecoarray.com; Geoage, Inc., http://www.geoage.com; LearnSomething, Inc., http://www.learnsomething.com; Modelithics, Inc., http://www.modelithics.com; NewNeural LLC, http://www.newneural.com; Productivity Apex, Inc., http://www.productivityapex.com. Company presentations will begin at 1:30 pm and continue to 3:30 pm. Brent Britton of Akerman Senterfitt, the Innovation Florida showcase sponsor, will act as master of ceremonies. An exhibit hall and technology expo with live demonstrations will be held concurrently. Attendees and the media are invited to learn more about the presenting companies at their booths and view live demonstrations of products and prototypes developed by university researchers. The Conference, produced by the Florida Research Consortium, Tampa Bay Technology Forum, and Central Florida Technology Partnership, will feature emerging technologies and commercialization opportunities from the state's leading research universities. The event's premier sponsors are the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and Florida Trend's Research Florida. More than 400 industry executives, entrepreneurs, university researchers, and investors from around the country are expected to attend. Conference fees are $245 for Florida Research Consortium and Tampa Bay Technology Forum members, $295 for non-members before April 15. Regular registration fees $295 for members, $345 for non-members from April 16 through May 11. University participants and students receive substantially reduced pricing on conference fees. A special room rate of $159 per night is available at the Hilton Walt Disney World. To reserve, call (407) 827-4000 and mention code FTT FTT abbr. failure to thrive FTT Failure to thrive, see there . Registration is available online at http://www.flatechtransfer.org. Participating universities include Florida A & M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University About FGCU History The newest university in the State University System of Florida, the school was established by then-governor Lawton Chiles in 1991, although the site of the university wasn't chosen until 1992, and construction pushed back even further still (until , Florida Institute of Technology Florida Institute of Technology is an independent technical college located in Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County), United States. It was founded by Jerome P. Keuper on September 22, 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, absorbing the University of Melbourne, and changing its name , Florida International University Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many specialized centers and institutes, including those in biomedical engineering, database , Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography. , Nova Southeastern University History Originally named Nova University of Advanced Technology,[7] the university was chartered by the state of Florida in 1964[8][9] as a graduate institution in the physical and social sciences. , University of Central Florida, University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. , University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U , University of North Florida The University of North Florida (UNF) is a public university in Jacksonville, Florida. It currently has an enrollment of more than 16,000 students and employs over 500 full-time faculty. The current president is former Jacksonville mayor John Delaney. , University of South Florida • • [ and the University of West Florida
Announced sponsors for the conference to date include the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, Florida Trend's Research Florida, Senniger Powers, Panzer, Maurer, and Maynard PA; Nova Southeastern University; Harris Corp., Akerman Senterfitt; Business Wire; Edwards & Angell, LLP; Creative Recycling Systems; Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Saliwanchik; UK Trade & Investment; UTEK Corporation; HP; Holland and Knight, LLP; Oracle; Science Applications International Corp (SAIC); Fowler White Boggs Banker; and Measured Progress. Tucker Hall is the event's Media and Public Relations sponsor. For more information about the 2nd Annual Florida Tech Transfer Conference, visit the web site at http://www.flatechtransfer.org. About the Conference Producers The Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF) is a trade association dedicated to growing Tampa Bay's technology businesses and promoting the region as a major center of entrepreneurship and innovation. For more information, visit http://www.tbtf.org. The Florida Research Consortium (FRC) is a not-for-profit strategic partnership between Florida's universities, the business community and state government. For more information, visit http://www.floridaresearch.org. The Central Florida Technology Partnership (CFTP) is a program managed by the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission (EDC) in partnership with the Florida High Tech Corridor Council (FHTCC), Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the University of Central Florida (UCF) Office of Research. For more information, visit http://www.orlandoedc.com. |
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