TechConnect Summit
The world’s largest multi-sector gathering of technology IP, technology ventures, industrial partners, and investors
→ Dates: May 23-24, 2007
→ Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Silicon Valley, California, USA
→ Purpose: The TechConnect Conference is focused on bringing together the world’s top technology transfer offices, companies, and investment firms to locate the most promising technologies and early stage companies from across the globe.
→ Main industry sectors covered:
- Agro
- Automotive
- Chemicals
- Defense
- Engineering
- Energy
- Electronics
- Food
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- Health Care
- IT Hardware
- Materials
- Media
- Pharma & Biotech
- Personal Care
- Software & Services
- Telecom
- Instrumentation
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→ Content:
- Presentations by the world’s leading IP and Early Stage Ventures across multiple industries and disciplines.
- All presentations have been peer reviewed by the TechConnect Advisory Committees, comprised of experts from the university, industry, and investment communities. To view Committee members, please visit: http://www.techconnect.org/community/
- Interactive forum for the tech transfer and licensing community to connect technologies with partners and needs with solutions.
- Informal networking opportunities (sponsor receptions, break-out sessions).
- Will run concurrently with Nanotech 2007 Conference and Trade Show, the most comprehensive international nanotechnology convention in the world.
→ Attendees (includes but not exclusive to):
Technology Providers:
- University TTO’S and TLO’s / Academic Institutions
- Nonprofit Research Institutions / Hospitals
- Federal Laboratories
- International Laboratories
- Start-Up Companies
Technology Users:
- Mid to Large Size Companies
- Government Organizations
Technology Investors:
- Venture Capitalists
- Investment Banking Firms
- National and International Government Agencies
→ Corporate, Investment, and University Partners: Presented in collaboration with Nanotech 2007, attendance from Industrial Partners and Investment firms in 2006 included:
3i Ventures
3M Company
Abbott Laboratories
Accelrys
Advance Nanotech
Agilent
Air Products & Chemicals
Ambios Technology
AMD
Analog Devices
ANSYS
Applied Biosystems
Applied Materials
ASML
ASML Ventures
Atomic Venture Partners
Avalon Capital Group
Avery
Avon
BASF
BASF Ventures
Battelle
Bayer Healthcare
Bayer Technology Services
Boston Scientific
Boston University OTT
Bühler Ag
Cabot Corporation
Cabot Microelectronics
Cadence Design Systems
Cambrios Technology
Cargil
Cargil Ventures
CAT Science
Catapult Technology Ventures
Chevron Texaco
Chevron Texaco Ventures
Clorox
Colgate-Palmolive
Corning
DARPA
Degussa AG
Dow Corning Corporation
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Draper Laboratory
DSM Food Specialties
DuPont
DuPont Qualicon
DuPont Ventures
Eastman Kodak
Echelon Ventures
Engelhard Corporation
Ernst & Young LLP
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fluent Inc.
Freescale Semiconductor
Fuji
Fujitsu
Furukawa Electric
Garage Ventures
General Electric
General Mills
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Genzyme
Global Crown Capital
GMA Industries
Hamamatsu Corporation
Harris & Harris Investments
Harvard University OTT
Heidleberg Instruments
Henkel Corporation
Hewlett Packard
Hitachi America
Hitachi Chemical
Hitachi Corporate
Honda
Honeywell
Hospital
IBM
In-Q-Tel
Infineon Technologies
Intel
Intel Capital
Inventis Group Ltd.
Invest Australia
Invest Northern Ireland
Invest Switzerland
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Jazz Semiconductor
JCI USA Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Kimberly-Clark
L’Oréal
Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies Bell Labs
Massachusetts General
Medtronic
Medtronic Diabetes
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi-Investment Partners
Mitsui Chemicals
Mohr-Davidow Ventures
Monsanto Corporation
Motorola
Motorola Ventures
NASA
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
Navigator Technology Ventures
Nestlé
Network Biosystems
Nikon
Nippon Kayaku
Nissan
Nitto Americas
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Info Tech
Norwest Venture Partners
Novacap
Novartis
NTT
NTT Ventures
OCTANe
Olympus
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ON Semiconductor
Pacific Development Capital
Panasonic
Pfizer
Pfizer- Strategic Investments Group
Philips
Procter & Gamble
Raytheon
Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Scientific Company
Saint-Gobain
Samchully Pharmaceuticals
Samco
Samsung
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
Samsung Cheil Industries
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Medical
Schlumberger
Sequoia Capital
Shalon Ventures
Sharp
Shepherd Chemical
Siemens
Sigma-Aldrich
Sony Corporation
Stanford University
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
STMicroelectronics
Strem Chemicals, Inc.
Sumitomo Electric
Synopsys
Taiwan Economic Office
Taproot Ventures
UTEK-EKMS, Inc.
Texas Instruments
The Aerospace Corporation
The Boeing Company
The Burnham Institute
The Dow Chemical Company
The Gillette Company
The Wharton School
Toshiba Corporation
Toyota
Trilogy Capital
Triton Systems
Tyco Healthcare
UBS
UC Irvine OTA
Unilever
Unilever Technology Ventures
University of California OTT
University of Massachusetts Amherst
US Army
US Navy
Wianno Partners
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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→ TechConnect Contacts:
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| • Executive Director: | Matthew Laudon, PhD |
| • Executive Director: | Bart Romanowicz, PhD |
| • Event Director: | Jennifer Rocha |
| • Marketing Manager: | Michael Doyle |
| • Operations Manager: | Sarah Wenning |
→ Participation options:
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| “Early bird” registration fee (before March 15, 2007): | $950 |
| Academic/Government registration fee (before March 15, 2007): | $750 |
| Emerging Growth Companies (presentation submission required, before March 15): | $550 |
For Complete Fee Schedule, visit http://www.techconnect.org/Summit2007/register.html
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| • Partners/Sponsors: | Exclusive packages, please contact Jennifer Rocha, Event Director () |
→ Conference Organizer: TechConnect
TechConnect brings together the world’s top Technology Generators,
Technology Developers, and Technology Funders into a single community
through its events and publications. The annual TechConnect Summit
provides the largest global snapshot of peer reviewed emerging
technologies, IP and early stage companies based on their market impact
and positioning.
TechConnect distills the massive amount of continuously emerging
technologies and businesses though its extensive peer review process
consisting of individuals from the world’s leading industrial, academic
and financial technology developing organizations. The TechConnect
community review process provides a powerful solution for catalyzing
commercialization, partnership and licensing of emerging technology.
http://www.techconnect.org
→ Conference Venue:
The conference and exposition will be held at the Santa Clara Convention
Center Silicon Valley, California, U.S.A. Located just south of San
Francisco in the center of the Santa Clara Valley’s high-tech corridor
internationally known as “Silicon Valley,” this 262,000 square foot
state-of-the-art meeting, trade, and convention complex has taken its
cue from the dynamic business that surrounds it, and is of one of the
most modern, well equipped Convention Centers in the United States.
→ Media Attendance:
Reporters and editors can receive a complimentary media badge for
complete access to Cleantech Summit 2007's events, speakers and vendors.
Submitting a request does not guarantee attendance due to space
limitations. TechConnect Summit 2007 will notify media members within
five business days regarding the status of their requests. TechConnect
Summit 2007 reserves the right to revoke or deny media access for any
reason.
→ To register:
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