FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 22, 2008
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“Early Picks” Announced for 2009 Global Investment and Licensing Forum
Nine standout companies and technologies pre-selected for WBT09
View the WBT09 Early Picks
October 22, 2009 | Scottsdale, AZ -- Nine “Early Picks” - undiscovered technologies emanating from companies and research institutions - have been pre-selected for the 2009 WBTshowcase (WBT09). The prestigious global investment and licensing forum will be held from March 24-25, 2009, in Arlington-DFW, Texas.
Up to 100 presenting companies and research institutions, representing energy, life science, information technology and physical science sectors, will participate at WBT09, the world’s premier event exposing undiscovered companies and technologies.
“Now more than ever, today’s investors and licensees are eager to capitalize on the non-dilutive research development conducted at private companies, universities, research institutions, and federal labs,” said Paul Huleatt, WBTshowcase CEO.
Each 2009 presenter is provided a unique opportunity to be mentored by a team of industry professionals to hone their pitch and concisely share their investment or licensing opportunity.
The event’s "Best of Show" Award winner will be determined by an onsite screening panel comprised of seed and early stage venture investors, tech scouts from Fortune 500 companies and angel investors.
“By partnering with WBT, presenting companies and institutions find partners to help grow their companies or commercialize their technologies, while investors and licensees gain access to tomorrow’s cutting edge innovations today,” said Mr. Huleatt.
| 2009 WBT Showcase Early Picks |  | |
| Company | Region | Sector |
| GWC Technologies | Wisconsin | Biotech |
| This drug discovery platform, comprised of GWC’s label-free “Akribis” array reader and “CoM” substrate technology, enables in situ fabrication of high-quality small molecule arrays for information-rich drug-target interaction studies. |
| Halo Monitoring | Alabama | Emergency Response System |
| The Halo system is a health monitoring system for independently living seniors. It includes a wireless wearable chest strap for monitoring vitals, a data gateway to a secure server, and a web-based interface for continuous monitoring. |
| Mentor Capital Partners | Maryland | Energy |
| Cpod™ is a line of user friendly, intelligent systems for manual and automated charging of plug-in electric vehicles, metering and billing for electricity usage, and establishing two-way vehicle-to-grid communications. |
| NuPotential, Inc. | Louisiana | Drug Discovery |
| NuPotential is developing technologies that can modify patient cells to differentiate into new cell types, providing non-embryonic, rejection-resistant cells to develop treatments for afflictions such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s. |
| SEA Desalination Corp. | Alabama | Physical Science/ Environment |
| The Solar Evaporation Array is desalination and demineralization device that is powered by 100% solar energy. Any number of SEA panels can be arrayed to create drinking and irrigation water from any salt or polluted water source. |
| UT-Arlington | Texas | Information Technology |
| Reflectance hyperspectral imaging with DLP® technology illuminates live human tissue during medical procedures, helping surgeons and clinicians to visualize anatomical structures even when covered by fatty tissue. |
| Tracer Detection Technology Corp. | Texas | Security |
| Tracer's anti-counterfeit solution exploits randomly occurring random patterns of optically readable materials to help industry and government address the problem of fraudulent copies and forgeries of products and documents. |
| Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and Univalor | Canada | Medical Device |
| Univalor proposes a MRI-based platform for conducting medical target interventions to reach targets usually inaccessible to catheterization. Applications include cells targeting, chemo-embolization and local hyperthermia. |
| UI Research Foundation | Iowa | Software/ Information Technology |
| The Foundation’s invention utilizes spatially separate stimuli that originate from different locations to enable people with hearing loss, including those fit with hearing devices, to improve hearing in noise and localization skills. |
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