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The Women & Technology Conference aims to encourage women involved in technology education and research, private enterprises, the public sector, investing, and entrepreneurship. The 2016 event will explore how women and technology can help to revitalize West Virginia’s economy.

WV Public Broadcasting April 6, 2016 How to create jobs and grow industry in West Virginia — that was the topic of a forum held Wednesday at the Bridge Valley Community and Technical College’s Advance Technology Center in South Charleston. West Virginia tech industry leaders gathered with representatives from both of the state’s major universities […]

West Virginia is known for many things – its people, its scenery, its natural resources and, now more than ever, an unbridled entrepreneurial spirit interested in creating opportunity here at home.

Our state’s innovation economy is beginning to blossom but more needs done to capitalize on the opportunities technology offers. West Virginia needs to engineer the foundation and framework upon which a thriving technology economy can be constructed. In essence, we need a roadmap that all stakeholders can follow that sets the course for growing our innovation economy.

Please join Intuit CEO Brad Smith and a select group of state political and opinion leaders, in attending the April 6th Growing Innovation in the Mountain State Policy Forum. The event will take place from 9:30 am-noon at BridgeValley Community & Technical College in the WV Regional Technology Park, in South Charleston.

There is no cost to attend, however, registration is required.

Learn more about “America’s largest seed fund”–the SBIR and STTR programs–at the SBIR Road Show, July 19, 2016, in Morgantown. This is your opportunity to meet one-on-one with SBIR program managers for federal agencies. Registration will open soon.

Alcon is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of eye care products and technologies.  The company’s largest producer of intraocular lenses is situated just outside Huntington, West Virginia.  Intraocular lenses are small artificial lenses that replace the eye’s natural lens following cataract surgery. The Huntington site was built in 1970 and originally owned by California […]

The State Journal, Feb. 12, 2016 Anne Barth is executive director of TechConnect West Virginia, a nonprofit organization working to advance innovation-based economic development and growth in West Virginia. Just as a modern transportation system requires roads, bridges, ramps, signage and more, a healthy entrepreneurial environment requires a complete system of interconnected infrastructure to move […]

TechConnect is proud to be a co-sponsor of the 2016 WV Bioscience Summit.  West Virginia’s Life Science Industries Create Value for West Virginia and the world!  Bio West Virginia’s members are innovators – making discoveries, improving science, and growing our economy. The Sixth Annual West Virginia Bioscience Summit, which will take place April 26-27, 2016 […]

The 2016 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day at the Capitol, hosted by TechConnect West Virginia and TransTech Business Development, was a huge success!  West Virginia’s innovation economy was on full display at the Capitol on January 27.  We were able to showcase our industries to legislators and administrative branch officials through exhibiting in the Capitol Rotunda, […]

Participants with Governor Earl Ray Tomblin The 2016 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day at the Capitol, hosted by TechConnect West Virginia and TransTech Energy Business Development on January 27, showcased highlights of the State’s innovation economy. From exhibits of “Google Cardboard” featuring virtual reality, to Azimuth’s sophisticated technology that supports our military, to fittings manufactured by Walhonde […]

Are you an innovator or entrepreneur in West Virginia?  Join us on January 27 at the State Capitol as we showcase the state’s Innovation Economy at the West Virginia Legislature.  Help us demonstrate that the Innovation Economy is not just a concept in West Virginia, but a reality. Network around the Capitol Rotunda with legislators, […]