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03/27/2011 MTPV Named Best Venture at WBT Innovation Technology Forum
MTPV Receives the Platinum Award and Top Honors for its Heat to Electric Semiconductor Chip Solution at the Preeminent 9th Annual Technology Forum
03/20/2011 Conference Links Business Innovators with Early-Stage Funding
Arlington will play host this week to 100 big dreamers, at an annual gathering of entrepreneurs, researchers and creators of intellectual property looking for early-stage funding and licensing.
03/20/2011 WBT Innovation Marketplace Showcasing Technology from Across the Country
The ninth annual World's Best Technology Innovation Forum will offer a collection of undiscovered companies and intellectual property from top universities, labs, and research institutions from across the country beginning March 21 at the Sheraton Arlington Hotel in Arlington.
03/04/2011 WBT Innovation Marketplace Welcomes Lockheed Martin's Return to WBT2011
WBT Innovation Marketplace announces Dr. John D. Evans, Lockheed Martin Corporate Vice President, Business Innovation, will deliver the keynote address at WBT2011
02/28/2011 Venture Capital and Innovation Experts to Give Keynote Addresses at WBT2011
WBT Innovation Marketplace announces its ninth annual event will feature keynotes by noted venture funding and innovation experts Mark G. Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Francis Béland, vice president of prize development of X PRIZE Foundation.
01/27/2011 WBT Innovation Marketplace Chooses 100 Investor Vetted Deals
Leveraging a national screening panel of active venture capitalists and corporate licensees, this year’s presenters were meticulously hand-picked from the hundreds of submissions in materials science, information technology, energy, life science and nanotechnology.
12/08/2010 WBT2011 Launch Pad for TechComm, Technology Transfer Hub for Federal Laboratories
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (December 8, 2010) WBT Innovation Marketplace is further strengthening its position as an innovation showcase by becoming the flagship event for the newly organized Technology Commercialization and Manufacturing (TechComm).
09/13/2010 WBT Innovation Marketplace: Save the Date and Call for Applications
WBT Innovation Marketplace announces its ninth annual forum offering a prescreened, pre-prepped collection of undiscovered companies and intellectual property emanating from top universities, labs and research institutions from across the country.
07/07/2010 Oil spill: Fibertect wipe gets USEPA approval
VIRGINIA, USA (Commodity Online): The Fibertect Cotton-Soaking developed by Texas Tech University's The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) which may provel useful in mopping up the oil spill at British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon disaster has received official approval from United States Environmental Protection Agency.
04/21/2010 Lockheed speaker: Business innovation is key to success
The need for innovation – and innovators – was a key topic for Bruce L. Tanner, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Lockheed Martin Corp. on April 13.
03/30/2010 Site Saver A Huge Success at Annual WBT Showcase
Midwest Applied Technologies, creator of Site Saver, the latest in vascular access technology, was selected to present at WBT Showcase in Arlington, Texas.
03/23/2010 Plan has Potential
Michele Vachon, a University of Idaho graduate student, just returned from Texas, where she and two fellow students had the chance to show off a two-time local champion business plan.
03/22/2010 Guardsman Scientific Vies for Top Technology Title at Sold-Out WBTshowcase
WBT2010 represented a unique opportunity for us to discuss our low-cost and widely applicable solution with high quality potential partners," said Daniel P. Vezina, MD, President and CEO of Guardsman Scientific.
03/18/2010 2010's Top Technology Named at Sold-Out Global Tech Forum
Orthogonal, the NY-Based Developer of an Advanced Material for Flexible Electronics, Wins WBT2010’s Platinum Prize
03/10/2010 Madeira Therapeutics Selected to Present at the 2010 World's Best Technologies Showcase
Madeira Therapeutics’ two pediatric products will be rigorously prepped by WBTshowcase commercialization experts.
03/08/2010 DynaMotors Selected to Present at 2010 WBT Showcase
DynaMotors, Inc. is one of over 100 companies and technology innovators from across the nation and around the world selected to present and compete for top honors at the WBT2010, March 16-17 in Arlington-DFW, Texas.
03/04/2010 Lockheed Martin Named Title Sponsor of WBT2010
"As a leader in global security, Lockheed Martin is committed to fostering innovation by identifying the best technologies from government, academia, and small business," said Lockheed Martin Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Ray O. Johnson. "WBT2010 provides an invaluable opportunity to connect entrepreneurs with industry to help bring these promising technologies to the market."
03/02/2010 WBTshowcase Opens Pre-Event Networking for WBT2010 Registrants
A benefit available only to early registrants, Pre-WBT is a pre-event networking program that allows WBT2010 attendees to connect and introduce themselves prior to the event.
02/09/2010 IC2 Student Commercialization Plan Competition at WBT2010
The "IC² & WBT University Technology Commercialization Competition" encourages graduate students to commercialize technologies developed at their universities and facilitate the resulting new ventures obtaining funding.
02/08/2010 Commercializing Technology through the Power of IP Licensing Course at WBT2010
The LES course to be presented during WBT2010 is designed as an introductory program for those new to intellectual property licensing. To fully demonstrate how licensing intersects with business and law, the program incorporates a team teaching model with a business professional, John Somich, Intellectual Asset Strategy Manager, BP America, and an intellectual property attorney, Michael R. Samardzija, Ph.D., Counsel, Bracewell & Giuliani.
01/29/2010 WBTshowcase Selects Penman PR to Represent WBT2010
Penman PR, one of the most innovative independent PR firms in the nation and the only international public relations firm to offer 100% senior-level representation, was chosen by WBTshowcase for its history of implementing successful PR campaigns for complex technologies and industry events.
01/28/2010 WBTshowcase Announces 100+ Investor Vetted Deals Selected for Presentation at WBT2010
Leveraging a national screening panel of active venture capitalists and corporate licensees, this year's selected presenters represent over 30 states and six countries
01/25/2010 SIGMA Forum Roundtable and Keynote Examines New Technologies and the Future at WBT2010
A non-profit group of science fiction writers, who provide consulting for the Federal government, will close the WBT2010 with a panel discussion and keynote, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future."
12/29/2009 Forbes.com: WBTshowcase to Present Emerging and Converging Companies and Technologies at WBT2010
Attendees include seasoned venture investors and Fortune 1000 licensing scouts representing a variety of industries each looking for early stage cutting edge global innovations.
12/08/2009 FibeRio Technology Corp. to Commercialize Forcespinning™ Technology
WBT2010 presenter Forcespinning™ spins out of The University of Texas-Pan American.
11/20/2009 Wisconsin Lt. Governor Recognizes WBT09 presenter InvivoSciences
Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton today commended InvivoSciences LLC., a women-led bioscience company based in Wauwatosa, for its selection as one of the top three most promising technologies in the United States at the WBTshowcase in Arlington, Texas.
11/09/2009 Technology Super Bowl coming to Arlington
Everyone knows the Super Bowl is coming to North Texas in 2011, but area leaders need to spread the word about the technology ‘Super Bowl’ that comes to the area every year.
10/15/2009 "Early Picks" Announced for 2010 Global Investment and Licensing Forum
Ten standout companies and technologies pre-selected for WBT2010
07/27/2009 Technology event puts Arlington at center of innovation
The World’s Best Technologies Showcase isn’t scheduled until March 2010 at the Arlington Convention Center, but competition to be among the 100 startup technologies or companies allowed in the event is already brisk.
03/31/2009 Technologies from Ohio, Wisconsin and Singapore Win Global Showcase
A unique nanotech application acquired from the U.S. Air Force took the platinum prize at last week’s 2009 WBTshowcase (WBT09), the nation’s premier annual global investment and licensing forum for emerging technologies.

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