Workshop participants can also participate in the following event

that is being held in conjunction with the state EPSCoR conference

on Tuesday, September 30, 2008.

 Maine Technology Institute Mixer

Wells Conference Center, Orono

4:00-7:00 p.m.

If your travel schedule permits, we cordially invite you to attend the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) MIXER. This event is a great opportunity to meet and mingle with over 250 of the state’s entrepreneurs who are growing technology companies in industries such as biotechnology, information technology, environmental technology, composite materials, aquaculture, forestry and agriculture.  You will also have an opportunity to see first-hand more than 45 technologies exhibited by MTI-funded companies stimulating Maine’s economy through their research and development efforts to bring new technologies to the market. 

Since 1999, MTI has used seed grants, development awards and cluster enhancement programs to foster the state’s innovation economy.   Over 824 projects for funding totaling more than $32 million and matched by over $53 million have been funded.  MTI companies have seen employment grow by 11%, MTI funded companies pay higher wages than average Maine businesses and MTI clients purchase materials and services from other Maine companies.  MTI has also been providing SBIR/STTR assistance to Maine entrepreneurs since 1999. In that time over 56 Maine small businesses have combined for more than160 awards representing $32.8 million in SBIR/STTR R&D funding in Maine. 

 For more information & to register see:

www.mainetechnology.org