ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!-- saved from url=(0043)file://J:\LAVox\2006\Copy%20of%20092006.htm --> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Larta VOX June, 2006</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } SPAN.style11 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #330066 } SPAN.GramE { } SPAN.articlehed1 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana } SPAN.articledek1 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana } H1 { FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.75pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } span.homebody1 {font-family:Arial; color:black;} H2 { FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } span.SpellE {} span.spelle {} </STYLE> <META content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#333333 vLink=#000000 aLink=#000000 link=#333333 #FFFFFF bgcolor?> <DIV align=center> <TABLE borderColor=#5276ab height=1734 cellSpacing=0 borderColorDark=#666666 cellPadding=0 width=653 bgColor=#ffffff borderColorLight=#999999 border=1 name="icl"> <TBODY> <TR bgColor=#999999> <TD colSpan=2 height=99> <DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial> <IMG height=115 src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img/head_vox1.jpg" width=650></FONT></DIV></TD> <TR align=middle bgColor=#dfcd66> <TD colSpan=2 height=27 bgcolor="#000066"><b> <font face="Arial" style="font-size: 16pt" color="#FFFFFF">August 2007 </font> <font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">v.9, n.6</font></b></TD></TR> <TR bgColor=#cccccc> <TD vAlign=top borderColor=#5276ab width=478 bgColor=#ffffff height=1590> <DIV align=center> <TABLE height=1609 cellSpacing=5 borderColorDark=#5276ab cellPadding=4 width=478 bgColor=#ffffff borderColorLight=#5276ab border=1><!-- MSTableType="layout" --> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#5276AB height=31 bordercolor="#5276AB"> <DIV align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b> <font face="Arial" color="#99CCFF" size="4"> Feature Articles</font></b></DIV></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=middle height=126> <p align="justify"> <b> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black"> <font color="#5276AB"> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2007/082007_AnApproachWorthCopying.asp"> <font color="#5276AB">An Approach Worth Copying?</font></a><br> </font></span></b> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%"> <font color="#000000">For the past two decades Xerox has been tapping university innovation. They haven t turned into disruptive technologies that have reshaped markets and industries but they have helped guide and accelerate new ideas. <i><br> Published in partnership with Innovation Pipeline.<br> <br> </i></font></span><b><font color="#5276AB"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2007/082007_T2VentureCapital.asp"> <font color="#5276AB">Larta Institute Spins Out Venture Capital Fund</font></a></span></font></b><br> <font color="#000000"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%"> Larta Institute&nbsp;is proud to announce the successful launch of&nbsp;a new venture capital fund,&nbsp;T2 Venture&nbsp;Capital (T2VC).&nbsp;</span></font><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%"><font color="#000000"><i><br> <br> </i></font></span><span style="font-style:normal"> <B> <FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=1> Send comments and submissions to the Larta VOX Editor, at </FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#314e51 size=1> <A href="mailto:voxeditor@old.larta.org" target=_blank><font color="#000000">voxeditor@old.larta.org</font></A></FONT></B></p> </TD> </tr> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#5276AB height=29 bordercolor="#5276AB"> <b><font face="Arial" color="#99CCFF" size="4"> Announcements</font></b></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=middle height=215 bordercolor="#5276AB"> <p align="justify"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%"><u><b><font color="#5276AB">The 2007-2008 NIH-CAP Program Launched!</font></b></u><font color="#000000"><br> The 2007-08 National Institutes of Health Commercialization Assistance Program (NIH-CAP) will kick off in August, 2007. The NIH-CAP, now in its fourth year, is a nationwide program funded by NIH, and managed and executed by Larta. The program is designed to help some of the nation s most promising small life science and healthcare companies develop their commercial businesses and transition their SBIR-funded technologies into the marketplace. The 10-month program comprises of training workshops, individual mentoring and consulting sessions, and public events in which companies present their technologies to the investment community, potential strategic partners and licensees.<br> <br> The NIH-CAP will include 75 companies this year from a variety of industry sectors, including but not limited to, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and healthcare IT. In addition to knowledge and expertise gained from the program, companies have successfully gained funding and engaged in strategic alliances via the CAP. &nbsp;These NIH funded companies continue to serve the investor and industry pipeline, and VCs and corporate partners alike are taking notice of the innovation stemming from the NIH-CAP. For more information on the NIH-CAP, please contact Ketaki Sood, Director, NIH-CAP, <a title="mailto:ksood@old.larta.org" href="mailto:ksood@old.larta.org" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%"> ksood@old.larta.org</a> or (213) 538-1444.<br> <br> </font></span> <font face="Arial" color="#5276ab" size="2"> <b><u> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #5276ab; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Second Round of the IP Review Panels Program Launched!<br> </span></u></b></font> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> Larta Institute, </font></span> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; line-height:115%"> <font color="#000000">with the support of Southern California Edison, Kauffman Foundation and Fulwider Patton LLP, has&nbsp;launched the second round of the <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%"> IP Review Panels</span> program. During the first round of panels conducted earlier this year, more than 15 IP cases were submitted by members of Network T2, a consortium of (primarily) California-based institutions of&nbsp;research and higher learning, and then reviewed by Larta s independent experts. <br> <br> Larta has recently opened a call for submissions for the second round of panels and Network T2 members are already submitting their IP cases. The IP Review Panels program provides technology transfer officers with a complementary, third party&nbsp; assessment to help them evaluate&nbsp;and prioritize the large number of submissions being sent to them by faculty and researchers, and make decisions as to the viability of the submitted IP for licensing or other commercial arrangements. The overall project objectives are to measurably increase the rate of successful innovation transferring from the Network T2 institutions to the market (thereby generating jobs, innovation, and economic benefit for the region) and to build a model for doing so that is easily scalable to other regions, thereby pioneering innovation even beyond the IP brought out of Network T2.&nbsp; The project seeks to centralize an ongoing process for rapidly and expertly assessing the feasibility of IP in the combined Network T2 libraries, thereby generating for the tech transfer offices a larger pipeline of diligently reviewed IP.</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <br> <i><br> </i><b>About Network T2<br> </b>For the past three years, Larta Institute has worked closely with a group of universities and research institutions, including Caltech, USC, UCLA, UCI, UCR, UCSB, City of Hope, Cedars Sinai, and Pepperdine. This consortium, under&nbsp;the name Network T2, features technology transfer offices from these institutions, researchers interested in parlaying their R&amp;D into marketable products and ventures, and such outside supporters as Southern California Edison and the Kauffman Foundation.&nbsp; Larta Institute's well-known Project T2, a showcase and marketplace event devoted to technologies and ventures from these institutions, was featured in Los Angeles for three years, from 2003-2006, before being brought under the umbrella of Larta's long-lived Venture Forum. In addition to the IP Review Panels program highlighted above, projects pursued by the Network T2 consortium, include the Kauffman Foundation-supported Virtual Bundling Agent, which seeks to develop joint packages of independently-derived IP.&nbsp; For more details about Network T2, please visit <a title="http://www.old.larta.org/networkt2.asp" href="http://www.old.larta.org/networkt2.asp" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> http://www.old.larta.org/networkt2.asp</a>.</font></span></div> </TD> </tr> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#5276AB height=28 bordercolor="#5276AB"> <DIV align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B> <FONT face=Arial color=#99CCFF size="4">Tech Sector News</FONT></B></DIV></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=middle height=160> <P align=justify style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font color="#5276AB"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b> <a href="http://redherring.com/Home/22476"><font color="#5276AB"> Tech Partners Unveils $300M Fund</font></a><a target="_blank" href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22307&hed=VC+Investment+Down+in+China,+Europe+"><font color="#5276AB"><span style="text-decoration: none"> (Red Herring)</span></font></a></b><a target="_blank" href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22307&hed=VC+Investment+Down+in+China,+Europe+"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"> </span> </font></a><span style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000"> <br> </font></span></span></font> <font color="#000000"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; color: black"> Palo Alto-based Technology Partners launched a $300 million fund on Tuesday that it said will be split evenly between cleantech and life sciences investments.</span></font><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/technology/16venture.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin"><b><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color="#5276AB"><P align=justify style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <br> </font></font> </span></b> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <b> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; color:black; font-size:10pt; text-decoration:none"> <font color="#5276AB"> <a target="_blank" href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/08/magazines/business2/rimer_vc.biz2/index.htm?postversion=2007080906"> <font color="#5276AB">The Venture Capital King of Europe </font></a> <a target="_blank" href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19806&hed=Hedge+Funds+Move+Into+VC+Turf" style="text-decoration: none"> <span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial"> <font color="#5276AB">(</font></span></a></font></SPAN><font color="#5276AB"><span style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; font-size:10pt">F</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; font-size:10pt; text-decoration:none">ortune</SPAN></span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; color:black; font-size:10pt; text-decoration:none"><a target="_blank" href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19806&hed=Hedge+Funds+Move+Into+VC+Turf" style="text-decoration: none; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial"><font color="#5276AB">)</font></a></SPAN></font></B><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#5276AB"><b><br> </b> </font></span><font color="#000000"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; color: black; font-weight: 400"> CBS's $280 million buyout of Last.fm is just the latest jewel in Danny Rimer's crown. Business 2.0 reveals how he rules the startup game 5,000 miles from Silicon Valley.<br> </span></font><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color="#5276AB" size="2" face="Arial"><b> <BR> </b></font><font color="#5276AB"> <b> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <font color="#5276AB" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/may2007/id20070516_224245.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+++design_innovation+strategy"> <font color="#5276AB">Embracing Risk to Grow and Innovate<span style="text-decoration: none"> (Business Week)</span></font></a></font></SPAN><BR> </b> </font></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 400"> When it comes to generating business growth by bringing new things into the world, the stakes are high, and risk is everywhere.</span></P></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#5276AB height=30 bordercolor="#5276AB"> <DIV align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B> <FONT face=Arial color=#99CCFF size="4">Larta Institute Publications</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" face=Arial color=#99CCFF> </FONT> </B></DIV></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=left height=623> <div dir="ltr" align="left"> <span class="661065315-04122006"> <div> <p align="justify"> <b> <font color="#5276AB" face="Arial"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.old.larta.org/Veda/FTFG/Final%20FTFG.pdf"> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/veda/FTFG/FTFG-Cover-2006.jpg" align="left" hspace="7" width="125" height="156"></a></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.old.larta.org/Veda/FTFG/Final%20FTFG.pdf"><font color="#5276AB">The 2006 Federal Technology Funding Guide</font></a><font color="#5276AB"> <br> </font></font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">Larta Institute's annual&nbsp;publication is recognized as the nation's leading survey on Federal technology funding opportunities.&nbsp;<em><span class="467183922-01122006">The 2006 </span>Federal Technology Funding Guide</em></font><span class="467183922-01122006"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><em>: Navigating Government Programs Supporting Innovation in R&amp;D and&nbsp;</em></font><font face="Arial" color="#333333" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="731045215-04122006"><em><font color="#000000">B</font></em></span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><em>eyond,&nbsp;</em></font></font></span><font face="Arial" color="#333333" size="2"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">provides detailed information on Federal funding processes, programs, </font> <font color="#000000">and&nbsp;<span class="381273000-02122006">tips on applying for&nbsp;</span>government</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> R&amp;D money. </font> <br> <br> </font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">T</font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="467183922-01122006"><font color="#000000">he 2006 edition marks the 10th anniversary of the Guide!! Larta Institute is proud to&nbsp;bring this useful resource to&nbsp;innovators. This year, and thanks to the support of the Kauffman Foundation, we are able to make the Guide available&nbsp;at no cost to the public.&nbsp;&nbsp;To download the Guide please click </font><font color="#333333"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.old.larta.org/Veda/FTFG/Final%20FTFG.pdf"> <font color="#000000">here</font></a></font><font color="#000000">. You can also download the Guide at&nbsp;the Kauffman Foundation site for entrepreneurs, </font> <font face="Arial" color="#333333" size="2"> <a href="http://www.eVenturing.com"> <font color="#000000">www.eVenturing.com</font></a></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">. </font></span></span></div> </div> </span></div> <P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <br> <FONT color=#5276ab face="Arial" size="2"><STRONG><FONT size=3><A href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/Shop/default.asp?MajorCategory=Reports" target=_blank><font color="#000080">Purchase other reports for only $99</font></A></FONT></STRONG></FONT><br> <FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><BR><B> <IMG height=132 hspace=8 src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img/img_university2.gif" width=116 align=right vspace=4></B><STRONG><A href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/Shop/MnCatalogDetail.asp?ProductID=UTechTrans&amp;MajorCategory=Reports%20" target=_blank><FONT color=#5276ab>University Tech Transfer: Licensing Intellectual Property from Universities&nbsp;</FONT></A></STRONG></FONT></P> <P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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.</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><B><BR></B></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial color=#5276ab size=2> <IMG height=132 hspace=8 src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img/img_intellectual3.gif" width=116 align=left vspace=4></FONT></B><FONT color=#333333 size=2><A href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/Shop/MnCatalogDetail.asp?ProductID=IPWirelessStrategies&amp;MajorCategory=Reports%20" target=_blank><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#5276ab>Intellectual Property Strategies for Wireless Technologies</FONT></STRONG></A></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#5276ab size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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.</FONT></P></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#5276AB height=18 bordercolor="#5276AB"> <DIV align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <FONT face=Arial color=#99CCFF size="4"><STRONG>Other Upcoming Industry Events</STRONG></FONT></DIV></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD vAlign=top align=left height=292 width="456"> <p align="justify"><b><font color="#5276ab" face="Arial" size="2"> &gt;&gt; August 17-20:</font></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br> <b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.hermesllc.com"> <font color="#000000">115th APA Annual Convention</font></a></b><br> HERMES LLC has announced that their&nbsp;workshop, Initiating and Engaging Black Community-based Organizations in Mental Health Research Partnerships, has been<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"> </span>accepted<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"> </span>as part of&nbsp;the Continuing Education Program at the 115th APA Annual Convention in San Francisco, California, August 17-20, 2007.&nbsp;The company has developed tools to assist mental health clinical trial researchers and coordinators to increase minority study participation through community partnerships.&nbsp;HERMES is an NIH SBIR Phase II grantee and a participant in Larta's NIH CAP program. For more information contact Danielle Laborde, PhD, <a title="mailto:dlaborde@hermesllc.com" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial" href="mailto:dlaborde@hermesllc.com"> <font color="#000000">dlaborde@hermesllc.com</font></a>, 919-293-0138<br> </font></span><b> <font color="#5276ab" face="Arial" size="2"><br> &gt;&gt; September 10-12:<br> </font> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/6393"><u> <font color="#000000">GoingGreen</font></u></a></font></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br> GoingGreen is where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth. Green technology innovators are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities</font></span><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">. Special 33% off discount for LARTA members: <a href="http://alwayson.goingon.com/cart/add/16824" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#000080">GoingGreen Ticket Discount.</font></a><br> </span></font><b> <font color="#5276ab" face="Arial" size="2"><br> &gt;&gt; October 2:</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"><br> <b><u>2nd Annual Ent<i>repreneur Conference</i></u></b></font><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><br> </font> </i> <font face="Arial" color="#000000"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><i>The College of the Canyons is establishing an Advanced Technology Business Incubator </i>and will be hosting&nbsp;their 2nd annual&nbsp;Entrepreneur Conference on October 2 with the goal of&nbsp;attracting entrepreneurs, investors, prospective mentors, students from local college and university entrepreneur programs&nbsp;and anyone interested in the entrepreneurial process.<br> <br> </span></font><b> <font color="#5276ab" face="Arial" size="2">&gt;&gt; October 4:<br> </font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dealmakermedia.com/momentum_growth_conference.html"> <u><font color="#000000">Momentum Growth Conference</font></u></a></font></b><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> <font face="Arial" color="#000000">From the producers of the acclaimed <a title="http://undertheradarblog.com" href="http://undertheradarblog.com" target="_blank" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> Under the Radar</a>, the Momentum Growth Conference honors 15 industry leaders dominating the next stage of the growth cycle - a who's who of leading companies with real customers, real revenue, real partnerships, and the vision to change their market landscape in the next 12-18 months. At Momentum, discussions will not only be about how these superstars gained momentum, but how they plan on keeping it. We'll be talking about growth - the business opportunities that lie ahead for the Momentum 15, the current stakeholders in the market and the entire ecosystem surrounding it.&nbsp;The conference will also feature 15  ones to watch  rising stars who have every indication of being unstoppable. <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=126226&qoanswer141102=VIP"> <font color="#000080">Larta friends save $100 when registering by clicking here.</font></a></b></font></span><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><b> <font color="#5276ab" face="Arial" size="2">&gt;&gt; November 14-16:<br> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"><u> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investorscircle.net/index.php?tg=articles&topics=141"> <font color="#000000">Investors' Circle 2007 Fall Conference &amp; Investor's Fair</font></a><br> </u></font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">The Investors' Circle 2007 Fall Conference<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"> is the premier meeting place for angel investors, professional venture capitalists, philanthropic investors, and entrepreneurs who are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable future. If you are interested in presenting at the Venture Fair at our 2007 Fall Conference, please <b>apply by August 10, 2007!</b> <br> <br> </span></span></font> <b> <font color="#5276ab" face="Arial" size="2">&gt;&gt; November 15:</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"><br> </span></font> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><u> <a target="_blank" href="http://undertheradarblog.com"> <font color="#000000">UNDER THE RADAR: MOBILE</font></a></u></font></b><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> <font face="Arial" color="#000000">UTR conferences showcase 32 of the most disruptive companies in a sector. It s a hands-on look at the true innovators fueling an explosion of emerging technology and new business opportunities. Each company demos their product to a panel of industry experts who are active in the sector, along with an audience of early-adopter technology insiders. Both audience and experts get a chance to&nbsp; ask questions and offer feedback on business models, market opportunities, areas for improvement, and how best to reach out and build up their audience. The conference also offers ample time for presenters and attendees to network and share ideas and information. <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=126206&qoanswer141102=VIP"> <font color="#000080">Larta friends save $100 when registering by clicking here.</font></a></b></font></span><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><b> <font color="#5276ab" face="Arial" size="2">&gt;&gt; December 12:<br> </font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><u> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.aamasv.com/connect2007/"> <font color="#000000">AAMA Connect 2007: Technology's Middle Kingdom</font></a></u></font></b><br> <font face="Arial" color="#000000"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic"> China's Rising Influence in Asia and the West </span></font><br> <font face="Arial" color="#000000"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt">For years the annual Connect Conference has been facilitating meetings between thousands of entrepreneurs, investors and high-level executives. This event lays the groundwork for many multimillion-dollar deals every year. Given the current state of China's booming economy, and the changes and development taking place in the Asia Pacific Rim, 2007 is sure to be the most promising and invigorating conference to date.</span></font></TD> </tr> </TABLE></DIV></TD> <TD vAlign=top borderColor=#5276ab width=170 bgColor=#f6f1d4 height=1590> <TABLE height=1763 cellPadding=5 width=151 align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top height=127> <DIV align=center> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img_vox2007.gif" width="148" height="111"></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top height=176> <P align=center><FONT face=Arial> <A href="http://larta.blogspot.com/" target=_blank> <IMG height=160 src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img/blogad1.jpg" width=140 border=0></A></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top height=51> <p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.t2vc.com"> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/T2Venture_Logo-215x120.jpg" width="145" height="80"></a></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top height=51> <P align=center><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.marketwire.com/" target=_blank> <IMG height=36 src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/MarketWire.gif" width=140 border=0></A></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top height=70> <P align=center><FONT face=Arial> <A href="http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/" target=_blank> <IMG height=50 src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img/American-Venture-Magazine.gif" width=140 border=0></A></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD align=middle bgColor=#5276AB height=51><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ffffff size=4>About Larta </FONT></STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#CCCCCC height=488> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=1><font color="#000000"><B>Larta Institute<BR></B></font><I><font color="#000000"><b>Connecting People to Drive Innovation<BR><BR> </b> </font></I><b><font color="#000000">We manage the nation's largest innovation pipelines. </font> </b> </FONT> <b> <FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=1>Larta Institute is a professional services firm providing entrepreneur training, commercialization, and technology transfer services for governments, companies, and universities. <BR><BR>The core of Larta's mission is to&nbsp;facilitate deal making between&nbsp;qualified suppliers of technology and corporations seeking outside sources of technologies as well as investors seeking investment opportunities.<BR><BR>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. </FONT></b></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#CCCCCC height=208> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=1><A href="http://www.old.larta.org/" target=blank> <FONT size=2 color="#000000"><STRONG>www.old.larta.org</STRONG></FONT></A><font color="#000000"><b> <BR><BR></b><STRONG>Los Angeles Office:</STRONG><b><BR>606 S. 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