Volume 6, Number 1     January/February 1998

  Moving Forward

Events/Multimedia

Events

NASA will be showcasing its latest innovations in materials technology at the SAMPE trade show, June 1 – 3, 1998, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California. Companies will have the opportunity to meet with NASA's inventors and explore opportunities to bring this technology to market. For more information, contact Michael Weingarten at (202) 358-1680.

Technoventions '98', a technology conference for environmental characterization, monitoring and surveillance, will be held at the Coronado Springs Hotel in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on December 9 – 12, 1998. Laboratories and companies are invited to display their technologies. Call for papers abstract submission deadline is May 15. For more information, contact the Technoventions '98' Conference Manager at (407) 207-4923 or e-mail conted@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

Technology 2008, the Ninth Annual National Technology Transfer Conference, will be held November 3ס, 1998, at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston. For more information, call (212) 490-3999.

Investment Seminar—Looking for capital? The National Technology Transfer Center, the UNISPHERE Institute, and the Research Triangle Institute will present a one-day seminar on financing technology-oriented businesses on June 17, 1998, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The seminar will address business planning for technology firms, how to find capital, financing and investment opportunities, and strategic partnering. The event also includes side-meetings with venture capital firms and angel investors. For details and registration information, contact UNISPHERE Institute, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036, call (202) 588-9000, fax (202) 588-9200, e-mail unireg@unisphere.com, or visit the web site at
http:// www.unisphere.com