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West Virginia businesses, inventors and entrepreneurs involved in the shale gas industry will now be able to participate in the 2013-14 Shale Gas Innovation Contest thanks to the involvement of the Benedum Foundation, TechConnect West Virginia, INNOVA Commercialization Group and West Virginia University. Anne Barth, executive director of TechConnectWV, said, “The Shale Gas Innovation Contest […]
The Chemical Alliance Zone (CAZ) is working to “up the game” for entrepreneurs, researchers, start-ups, and small firms wanting to commercialize technology and products in the chemicals and materials sector in West Virginia. Thanks to a grant from The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation awarded to TechConnectWV, CAZ is providing funds for commercialization assistance now and […]
Speakers at this year’s Teaming to Win conference represent a diverse lineup of state and national leaders, business advisors, successful entrepreneurs, and representatives of the public sector, who will address challenges and opportunities facing small businesses throughout the state. Registration is now open for this year’s Teaming to Win conference, to be held May 28-29 […]
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 […]
http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/130311_14495.shtml West Virginia’s high-tech economy was showcased Monday at the state Capitol in Charleston. More than 80 companies, groups and agencies participated in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Day, with exhibits set up at the Rotunda. High-tech companies used the event to demonstrate to lawmakers the importance the industries play in the state’s economy. The event was […]
Changes in U.S. patent law took effect March 16, 2013. Learn how this could affect new patent filings, and more, in this posting by Robin S. Levine Stoller, Of Counsel with Steptoe and Johnson PLLC. Robin Levine Stoller focuses her practice in the areas of intellectual property preparation, prosecution and litigation, energy law, and environmental […]
A distinguished panel of West Virginia innovation drivers will share ideas and information during the afternoon session of the 2013 IOF-WV Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day, which will be March 11 at the West Virginia Capitol. More than 80 organizations, agencies and companies have added their names as supporters of this day-long event. TechConnect West Virginia […]
More than 80 organizations, agencies and companies added their names as supporters of the IOF-WV Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day, held March 11 at the West Virginia Capitol. The day-long event was co-sponsored by Industries of the Future-WV and TechConnectWV, and included exhibitors, the annual IOF-WV awards luncheon and an afternoon panel presentation entitled, Sustaining WV’s […]
TechConnect West Virginia has hired John Golden as project manager of the Innovation Adoption Program, an initiative to help make small manufacturers in the state more competitive through funding and guidance for development of new products and processes, a representative announced. “John is uniquely qualified to lead the Innovation Adoption Program given his knowledge of […]
Faculty researchers at West Virginia’s undergraduate institutions of higher education have the opportunity to create partnerships with private businesses to convert innovation into product through a new grant program now available through TechConnectWV. The Seed Grant Program for Research and Commercial Partnering offers matching grants of up to $5,000 to faculty who partner with the […]