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The
2007 Venture Forum |
The Venture Forum is the world’s
largest event committed to the showcasing of early-stage
innovations and innovators from around the globe.
Innovations that will stimulate your interest,
even blow your mind!
From remote cardiac monitoring to smart fabrics,
from media transport using P2P with a twist to
robust new portals for kids with serious behavioral
difficulties, from emerging and novel new therapies
for Alzheimer's to cheaper, faster, better
technologies for testing wireless equipment – the
range of innovations and the entrepreneurs behind
them profiled at the Venture Forum 2007 is truly
staggering.
Picking your way through the Forum
This could be overwhelming, but the organization of
this extraordinary event provides substance and
value for every attendee, regardless of your
interest. Investors get to witness innovations they
have not seen before. Industry executives get to
pick and choose from a wide array of interesting
prospects for partnership and licensing
opportunities.
Innovators who have come a long way
Entrepreneurs who have been prepped and mentored,
and are now ready to enter into serious discussions
with you meet the standards of quality that the
Forum has become known for. Many of them –
especially in the life sciences, have gone through a
rigorous coaching and training program over many
months. Others have been selected with a view to
the market, and to your needs and interests.
The Earth is Flat
The Forum is a window on the state of innovation
around the world. Featuring exciting innovations
from New Zealand, Taiwan, Korea and Russia, we truly
engage the notion that the Earth IS flat. Our
global guests are organized in pavilions on the
exhibit floor for easy access.
The Event that other events talk about – but can’t
replicate
The
Venture Forum is unique. Behind the event is a
mentoring and training program that uncovers,
coaches and showcases the innovations coming from
such institutions as the National Institutes of
Health, and roams the globe seeking innovations from
research institutions, spinning out of other
companies or originating in the ether. No other
event boasts such an engaged involvement with the
best that technology has to provide, with a
relevance to today’s – and tomorrow’s – markets.
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Orange CEO Thinks India's Ripe
(Red Herring)
Chief executive predicts wave of
entrepreneurship as more Indians get connected.
Investing Wisely in the Green Rush
(Business
Week)
Venture capitalists are
flocking to clean energy startups. Here's a look at the promise and
perils.
Tech targets the Third World
(Fortune)
Making sophisticated products cheaply and in huge numbers is
how the giants hope to grow. |
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Announcements |
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ATP Announces Details on
Competition, Proposers’ Conferences
Approximately
$60 million is expected to be available under a new Advanced
Technology Program (ATP) competition to support high-risk industrial
R&D projects, the program announced today.
As part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, ATP
offers funding for specific research projects by individual
companies or industry-led joint ventures to accelerate the
development of innovative technologies. Multiyear awards are made on
a cost-shared basis for technically challenging, high-risk research
that has the potential for broad national benefit. The program
encourages path-breaking research on emerging or enabling
technologies that lead to revolutionary new products and industrial
processes and services that address national priorities and generate
large societal benefits.
A single company can receive a total of up to $2 million for R&D
activities over a three-year period. For single-company recipients,
ATP funds may only be used to pay direct costs. A joint venture can
receive funds for R&D activities for up to five years, with no
funding limitation other than available funds.
Projects are selected in a competitive, peer-reviewed process.
Project proposals must be submitted to ATP by 3 p.m. Eastern time,
on Monday, May 21, 2007.
To provide potential applicants with general information regarding
the program, tips on preparing proposals, and the opportunity for
questions and answers, ATP is holding five public Proposers’
Conferences on April 13, 2007, in Gaithersburg, Md.; on April 16,
2007, in Detroit; on April 18, 2007, in Boston, and Los Angeles; and
on April 20, 2007, in Austin. There is no registration fee, and
applicants are not required to attend one of these conferences. The
April 13 Proposers' Conference in Gaithersburg will be webcast.
Los Angeles Proposers’ Conference
April 18, 2007 – LA Airport Marriott.
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Los Angeles Airport Marriott
5855 West Century Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
(310-641-5700)
Full information on the 2007 ATP competition and conferences is
available at
http://www.atp.nist.gov/atp/helpful.htm. |
Larta Institute Publications
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 The
2006 Federal Technology Funding Guide
Now Available!
Larta
Institute's annual publication is recognized as the nation's
leading survey on Federal technology funding opportunities. The
2006 Federal Technology Funding Guide:
Navigating Government Programs Supporting Innovation in R&D and Beyond, provides
detailed information on Federal funding processes, programs,
and tips
on applying for government R&D money.
The 2006 edition marks the 10th
anniversary of the Guide!! Larta Institute is proud to bring
this useful resource to innovators. This year, and thanks to
the support of the Kauffman Foundation, we are able to make
the Guide available at no cost to the public. To download
the Guide please click
here.
You can also
download the Guide at the Kauffman Foundation site for
entrepreneurs,
www.eVenturing.com.
Purchase
other reports for only $99
 University Tech Transfer:
Licensing Intellectual Property from
Universities
Universities are among the
best sources of intellectual property. This white paper from Larta
Institute includes approaches for finding and accessing university
research, recommendations for avoiding potential pitfalls when
licensing university IP, suggestions for successfully negotiating
university tech transfer agreements, and illustrations of typical
licensing terms and types of
licenses.
 Intellectual
Property Strategies for Wireless
Technologies
It is vital for startup companies involved with wireless
technologies to employ sound intellectual property strategies within
the context of FCC regulations. A new Larta Institute white paper,
Intellectual Property Strategies for Wireless Technologies, details
IP strategies while addressing considerations for obtaining FCC
approval. |
Other Upcoming Industry
Events |
>> April 24:
JETRO 4th Tuesday Tech Exchange
Discover powerful technologies that are being used by
industry leaders to reduce the cost, eliminate the pain and
accelerate the timeline of New Product Development (NPD) for
injection molded parts and for many other processes.>> May 1-3:
The digital media and entertainment market for executives
OnHollywood is where cutting edge
technology from the backstreets of Silicon Valley converges
with Hollywood’s media and entertainment elite. The two and
a half day event borrows on the “film market” tradition by
providing an open environment for digital media and
entertainment entrepreneurs to meet the big-time studio,
telco, and consumer electronics executives, venture
capitalists, and media. The OnHollywood 100 is an annual
power list of the top digital media and entertainment
companies. The list consists solely of private companies at
all phases of development, from start-up to late stage. The
OnHollywood 100 are evaluated against the following five
criteria: innovation, market potential, customer adoption,
media buzz, and investor value creation. Check out the
updated Program and CEO Demo for OnHollywood 2007, an event
shaping up to be the most powerful digital media insider
event in 2007.
>> May 22:
JETRO 4th Tuesday Tech Exchange
Hear how a fast-growing start-up has developed immersive,
interactive 3-D videogames that teach what to say, how to
say it and when to say it in foreign languages. The courses
simulate real-life social communications involving spoken
dialogs and cultural protocols that cover non-verbal
gestures and norms of politeness. The US military are
currently learning Iraqi Arabic and Pashto with the courses.
>> May 22-24:
Investors' Circle 2007 Spring Conference & Venture Fair
The conference is a premier meeting place for angel
investors, professional venture capitalists, foundation
representatives, philanthropic investors and
entrepreneurs who are using private capital to promote
the transition to a sustainable future. The Venture Fair
on May 23 will feature 20 early-stage for-profit
companies and small funds working to solve social and
environmental problems. The Education Day on May 24 will
feature a plenary discussion about The Purpose of
Capital as well as speakers and workshops on the state
of double-bottom-line investing and enterprise creation
in energy and environment, food and organics, education
and media, health and wellness, mission-related
investing, and community and international development.
>> June
6-7:
The 4th Annual The Security Summit
The Security Network (TSN)
is pleased to present the 4th annual The Security Summit in
conjunction with its corporate, institutional and media
sponsors! The “Most Innovative Security Products Exhibition
and Competition” is expected to have over 60 exhibiting
companies from Australia, Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. All
entrants into the competition will be reviewed & receive
feedback from local, national and intl. judges including
ones from law enforcement and defense technology assessment
centers from 4 countries.
Launched in early 2005 as a natural extension of The
Security Summit signature event, the mission of The Security
Network is to advance security by “Fostering Innovation
Through Collaboration” worldwide.
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August 17-20:
115th APA Annual Convention
HERMES LLC has announced
that their workshop, Initiating and Engaging Black
Community-based Organizations in Mental Health Research
Partnerships, has been
accepted
as part of the Continuing Education Program at the
115th APA Annual Convention in San Francisco, California,
August 17-20, 2007. The company has developed tools to
assist mental health clinical trial researchers and
coordinators to increase minority study participation
through community partnerships. HERMES is an NIH SBIR Phase
II grantee and a participant in Larta's NIH CAP program. For
more information contact Danielle Laborde, PhD,
dlaborde@hermesllc.com, 919-293-0138.
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| About Larta
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Larta
Institute
Connecting People to Drive Innovation
We manage the nation's largest
innovation pipelines.
Larta Institute is a professional services firm providing
entrepreneur training, commercialization, and technology transfer
services for governments, companies, and universities.
The core of Larta's mission is
to facilitate deal making between qualified suppliers of
technology and corporations seeking outside sources of technologies
as well as investors seeking investment opportunities.
We
accelerate the transition of cutting-edge technologies to the
marketplace by connecting innovators to investors and companies. Our
programs leverage our extensive network of relationships and
resources. Since 1993, companies helped by Larta Institute have
raised over $1.5 billion in capital. Our programs serve thousands of
businesspeople each year. Our electronic magazine on business
innovation is read by over 25,000 people. |
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| Sponsorship: To sponsor VOX,
Larta events or publications, contact
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