IOF-WV “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Day” at the Capitol
7:00AM - 3:00PM
West Virignia State Capitol Building in Charleston, WV
Capitol Rotunda (House and Senate Hallways and Well area)
Industries of the Future-WV and TechConnectWV hosted “Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day” on March 11, 2013 at the State Capitol. As part of the event, a wide variety of West Virginia companies, organizations, groups and agencies were at the Capitol to showcase West Virginia’s economy of the future. The entities (see below) signed on as participating organizations, and several of these also had exhibit booths in the Capitol building.
This day was intended to showcase innovation companies, manufacturers, agencies, organizations, entrepreneurs, and startup firms that are leaders in innovation and entrepreneurial activities. It also was a great way to share information with legislators and to network with colleagues about ideas and initiatives that will increase jobs, create new businesses, and spur economic development.
AGENDA:
9:00 am Exhibits opened in the Rotunda outside the Senate and House
11:45 am IOF-WV Luncheon, Culture Center Grand Hall (Tickets required*)
Awards presented:
- Governor’s Award for Excellence in Industrial Energy Efficiency
- Governor’s Award for Leadership in Advanced Green Manufacturing
1:30-2:30 pm TechConnectWV Panel Discussion: Sustaining West Virginia’s Innovation Network
Senate Judiciary Committee Room, 208 West
Panelists included:
- Greg Clutter, Chief Operating Officer, MATRIC
- Charlotte Weber, Director, Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing at Marshall University
- Guy Peduto, Director, INNOVA Commercialization Group
- Michele O’Connor, Investment Manager, West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust
3:00 p.m. Events Concluded
The list of organizations, groups, agencies and companies that added their names as part of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Day 2013 is below.
Industries of the Future-WV
TechConnectWV
Advantage Valley
Affiliate Services Group
Appalachian Log Structures
Appalachian Power
Arnett Foster Toothman
BB&T Center for American Capitalism at Marshall University
Bioscience Association of West Virginia
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute
Center for Applied Research & Technology, Inc.
Center for Economic Options – Green Business, Green Jobs Accelerator
Charleston Area Alliance – GROW/SAGE/THRIVE
Chemical Alliance Zone
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
ComAssist
Composite Transport Technologies, Inc.
Concord University
Continental Brick Company
Crosscutting Concepts
Digiso
Discover the Real West Virginia Foundation
Downstream Strategies
Elanic Edge, LLC
Energy Efficient West Virginia
Fairmont State University
GADDIS Consulting Group
Gilmer Braxton Technology Institute
Green Energy Products
Grey Oaks Consulting
H3 LLC
Huntington Area Development Council
Huntington Entrepreneur Café
The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
INNOVA Commercialization Group
Innovation Adoption Program
Innovation Transfer Consortium
I-79 Development Council
Keyser Middle School
Marshall University Research Corp.
MATRIC | Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center
Mountain View Solar
NASA WV Space Grant Consortium
National Energy Technology Laboratory
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
National Research Center for Coal & Energy
Natural Capital Investment Fund
New River Community & Technical College
New River Gorge RDA/SBDC
Ohio-West Virginia Youth Leadership Association
PCC Energy, Special Metals Corp.
Pierpont Community & Technical College
Polyhedron Learning Media, Inc.
Polymer Alliance Zone
Protea Biosciences Group, Inc.
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI)
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Sunbelt
Sustainability Institute at Bridgemont
Sustainable Williamson
The Tamarack Foundation
Teaming To Win
Unlimited Future
U.S. Small Business Administration
Vision Shared
WV Angel Investor Network
WV Cable Telecommunications Association
WV Capital Access Program
WV Development Office
WV Division of Energy
WV Higher Education Policy Commission, Science & Research Division
WV High Technology Consortium Foundation
WV High School Entrepreneurship Summit
WV Jobs Investment Trust
WV Manufacturing Extension Partnership
WV Regional Technology Park
WV Small Business Development Center
West Virginia State University
West Virginia University
WVU B&E Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
WVU College of Law Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
WVU Industrial Assessment Center
WVU Institute of Technology
WVU National Research Center for Coal & Energy
WVU Division of Forestry & Natural Resources
If your organization, group, agency, or company would like to be listed as a participating group, please contact Anne Barth at anne@techconnectwv.org.
The day also will include a special luncheon by IOF-WV (there is a $15 per person cost to attend) at the Culture Center, featuring presentations of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Industrial Energy Efficiency and the Governor’s Award for Leadership in Advanced Green Manufacturing. In addition, TechConnectWV will host a forum in the House Chamber immediately following lunch. (More details to come.)
Luncheon/Exhibitor Registration – please visit IOF-WV’s web site to register as an exhibitor or for the luncheon: http://www.iofwv.nrcce.wvu.edu