Six New Recipients to Recieve Emerging Technlology Funding
The Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (CenTex RCIC) have announced that the State of Texas has selected Texas State University as well as five new recipients of commercialization awards funded through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). Click on Full Story to learn more about the innovations behind Faradox, Ironbridge Technologies, Merkatum, NanoMedical Systems, StellarRay and Texas State University.
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CenTex RCIC Application Workshop and ETF Deadline
The CenTex RCIC will be hosting an ETF Applicant Workshop on Wednesday, December 17 from 3-5 p.m. in the Chamber Boardroom. This free event is designed to educate interested applicants for the Texas Emerging Technology Fund on the application process and criteria. Please RSVP to MK Holody, mholody@austinchamber.com.
The next quarterly submission deadline for the ETF is 5pm on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Please see www.centexrcic.org for more details or contact MK Holody at mholody@austinchamber.com or 512.322.5677.
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Austin has Largest Number of Companies on Deloitte's Fast 50 List
Austin had the largest number of companies on Deloitte's new Texas Technology Fast 50 list of the fastest-growing tech companies this year. The list ranks companies based on five-year revenue growth. Austin Chamber of Commerce member companies that made the list include (in order of ranking): Zebra Imaging, Convio, NetQoS, Perficient, Medical Present Value and QuantumDigital. For a complete list of Austin companies with their ranking, click on Full Story.
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How Can Texas Win in the New Energy Economy?
Plan NOW to join Austin Energy and the Clean Energy Incubator for the second annual Clean Energy Venture Summit, “How Can Texas Win in the New Energy Economy?” scheduled December 2 to 4. The Summit will bring together leading voices from the energy, business and policy worlds to address the low-carbon world’s economic impact on Texas. For more information and to register, click HERE.
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Austin Tech Happy Hour December 4
The next Austin Tech Happy Hour will be held December 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Molotov Lounge, 719 W. 6th Street. Early bird registration is only $5 while tickets last. Sponsors for this event are The Ginac Group, a leading provider of career developmen services, and TechRanch Austin, a new technology incubator.
Come see the great new technology companies that will be highlighted in the Technology Spotlight feature and enjoy networking with people from Austin's emerging technology community. Register now.
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A Program Like No Other
The University of Texas at Austin's IC˛ Institute offers a program like no other - the Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC). Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. in class or online from The University of Texas in just one year.
Join us for one of the final information sessions on Wednesday, December 10 or Thursday, January 15 before the application deadline at the IC˛ Institute, 2815 San Gabriel. For more information: www.ic2.utexas.edu/mstc. To register for the session, RSVP to mstc@ic2.utexas.edu or 512.475.8923.
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TechBA Company Co-Founder Shares Award for Proposal at SHPE Conference 2008
Francisco Ruiz with MarCom Logix was part of a team that won the $10,000 grand prize for their business proposal at the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) event in Phoenix AZ.
The Request for Proposal (RFP), titled: "Social Connections for the Enterprise", was sponsored by Microsoft. The goal of this project was to identify a solution (process and tool) that enhances social interaction and connects people across organizations within the corporation using Microsoft technologies.
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