TechConnect News
 Voice of the technology business community
May 2010 Issue

Welcome to the TechConnect Newsletter! The TechConnect community provides a powerful solution for catalyzing commercialization, partnership and licensing of emerging technology. Each month, we will feature leading news items from the global business technology community.

In This Issue: Event News | Innovation & Investment |Chemicals, Materials & Energy |
Electronics & Microsystems | Health Sciences & Biotech/Pharma | Featured Organization
| How to Participate at the 2010 Summit

  Event News

Innovation Showcase
Display Your Technology to Thousands of Technology & Business Attendees!
Deadline to Submit is May 28th! TechConnect Summit and Expo 2010
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TechConnect Summit and Expo 2010

June 21-24, 2010
Anaheim, CA, US.

Anaheim Convention Center

TechConnect Marketplace Expo, June 22 and 23: SOLD OUT for 2010! Click here to view list of exhibitors.

View the Full Program for TechConnect 2010 here.


Featured Organization

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US-Korea TechConnect 2010, June 22-23, Anaheim, CA
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  Innovation & Investment:

Investments in Cleantech, Life Sciences, and IT dominate Canadian venture capital market during first quarter of 2010 - Canadian Venture Capital Association notes Q1 2010 investments were slightly lower than Q1 2009...Read more

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Boston unveils plans for “Innovation District” - Mayor Menino and city plan to transform the South Boston Waterfront and the Marine Industrial Park into an innovation park....Read more

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TechConnect Ventures matches promising start-up companies to the business and investment communities- TechConnect Venture Forum features young companies utilizing nanotechnology, cleantechnology, and biotech....Read more

  Chemicals, Materials & Energy

New semiconductor manufacturing technique developed at the University of Illinois - Method developed by the university team could lead to more efficient solar cells and improved electronics...Read more

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Audi 9 concept car that can repair itself and change color - Spanish designer Daniel Garcia is behind the design of the futuristic car...Read more

  Electronics & Microsystems

Samsung Announces $20 billion US Investment Plan - Electronics giant’s 2010 investment budget is largest in company history...Read more

  Health Sciences & Biotech/Pharma

What does the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Credit mean? Potential tax credits and tax free grants to the biotech industry! - Biotech firms with less than 250 employees have the opportunity to apply for federal tax credits and grants to help advance their research efforts...Read more

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University researchers have developed sensor that can detect Type 1 diabetes - Professor Sotiris E. Pratsinis and his colleagues at ETH-Zurich have successfully developed and tested the nanotech breath sensor...Read more

  How to Participate:

Register to Attend - Conference is less than one month away! One registration gives you full access to all co-located conferences
June 22-24.

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Display your Technologies at the Innovation Showcase, June 23 and 24! Deadline to submit is May 28!line

Sign Up for a One Day Short Course! June 21

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assisting in the development of ecosystems focused on accelerating the flow of
technologies from the research phase to the viable market phase.
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