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Creating jobs by advancing innovation-based economic development in West Virginia was the message shared with members of West Virginia’s Congressional Delegation by TechConnect Board Chair Russ Lorince and Executive Director Anne Barth during a recent visit to Washington. “Our Delegation has been very supportive of programs and funding for research and infrastructure, including the National […]
Guy Peduto with the INNOVA Commercialization Group and the West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust are featured in the latest edition (page 48) of the WV Department of Commerce’s WV Edge magazine. Read how INNOVA’s work is helping entrepreneurs achieve commercial success here.Preview
State Journal article, July 16, 2013 http://www.statejournal.com/story/22852402/techconnectwv-announces-spirit-of-innovation-awards-competition TechConnectWV has begun a program called the Spirit of Innovation Awards to recognize leadership in innovation and technology-based business development. “We have so many exciting things going on in our state’s innovation and technology economy — things many West Virginians don’t know about,” Anne Barth, TechConnect WV executive […]
Anne Barth, Executive Director of TechConnect West Virginia, contributed an article to “Views & Visions,” a publication of Bowles Rice, Attorneys at Law, in the current edition of the magazine, entitled “Creating Tomorrow’s Workforce.” Read this discussion of innovation as an economic driver and what’s happening in West Virginia here (pages 12-13).
The August edition of Delta Sky Magazine has an article featuring West Virginia that includes information about the four technology sectors targeted by TechConnectWV for development, as well as quotes from State leaders and officials, several members of the TechConnectWV Board, and Anne Barth, executive director (page 7). It’s nice to know good words about […]
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 […]
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 […]
Industries of the Future-WV and TechConnectWV will host “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 will be at the Capitol to showcase West Virginia’s economy of the future. “We are thrilled that 35 entities […]