West Virginia has a long history as a pioneer and leader in the chemical and advanced material industries. Not only does the state have a large base of specialty chemical companies, many of which have specialized facilities and infrastructure, but West Virginia’s metals and alloys industry sector is globally competitive...
West Virginia is home to several key federal government agencies driving early demand for advanced technologies and helping in the development of a significant base of commercial biometrics support companies — firms providing integration, support services, and software development...
Recent investments in academic health/biotechnical R&D facilities and enterprises at West Virginia’s two principal research universities — West Virginia University (WVU) and Marshall University (MU) -- provide an opportunity for the state to yield dividends and innovation-based economic growth. These include...
West Virginia is endowed with vast natural resources that help power our nation, and the state’s energy industry continues to be major driver for the state’s economy. Moreover, recent developments involving ethane production from shale formations provide major new economic and employment opportunities for the state..
TechConnectWV is a non-profit coalition committed to the advancement of the innovation economy in West Virginia, focused on four technology sectors: advanced energy, chemicals and advanced materials, biosciences, and biometrics. With broad representation from private industry, the public sector, and higher education, TechConnectWV seeks to diversify the state’s economy, promote economic prosperity and create high-paying jobs.
March 11, 2013 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Aspects of West Virginia’s growing high-tech economy will be on full display at the Capitol in Charleston. Monday is Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day, hosted by Industries of the Future-West Virginia and TechConnect West Virginia. TechConnect executive director Anne Barth says the idea is to put a face on the ...read more ››
TechConnectWV and the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing offered a new program in 2012 designed to aid startup ventures and small manufacturers in the use of high-technology manufacturing tools and processes in order to create new manufacturing jobs and to commercialize products. For entrepreneurs and start-up firms selected to participate, the program will help them find the expertise they need to turn ideas for new products or processes into reality and to get those products or devices to market. read more ››
Leaders from around the state and region attended TechConnect West Virginia’s first Women In Technology: A Formula for Success conference, held October 18-19 at Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling. The event highlighted the challenges and opportunities for women in the STEM fields and featured the stories of successful female tech entrepreneurs and others in their own words.
For an in depth overview of the event, please read these articles from the Wheeling Intelligencer/News Register and West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
Later this week I will attend the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in Chicago. While there, I’ll join a working group on high-growth entrepreneurship. Topics up for discussion include how to remove barriers to entrepreneurship for underserved populations, engaging corporate partners to help the next generation of startups, crowdfunding and the debut of equity crowdfunding, and ...read more ››
TechConnectWV
West Virginia Regional Technology Park
1740 Union Carbide Drive Room 4203
South Charleston, WV 25303-2732
Phone: 304-444-2918
Email: info@techconnectwv.com
