Florida Trend magazine is commencing its search for Florida's best workplaces in its 2nd Annual Florida's Best Companies To Work For program. Participation in this program is free!* Companies with at least 15 full-time, regular employees are eligible to participate, and the list of winners will be published in our annual Florida's Best Companies To Work For issue in August 2010.
Join the companies who made the list in 2009 and received the following benefits:
Recognition as a "Florida's Best Companies To Work For" helped their recruiting and retention
Learning and sharing with other companies what it takes to be a Best Company To Work For
Promoting best employment practices in Florida
Promoting Florida as a great place for business
Can you afford not to be on the list?
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: January 29, 2010
For more information and to register, visit www.bestcompaniesfl.com
*There is no fee to companies who, along with their employees, can complete the corporate and employee surveys online. Companies requiring paper surveys will be charged a nominal non-refundable fee to cover the cost of printing, processing and shipping the paper surveys.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
bioBUZZ: Burnham Research Briefing Presentation
Please join us for the following event:
Thursday, November 19th from 10:00 to 11:00 am the Burnham Institute for Medical Research presents internationally-renowned physician scientist Dr. Daniel Kelly in a FREE public presentation about how his research is exploring new ways to treat the unique form of heart disease that affects diabetics. Seating is limited; please RSVP to 407-745-2010 or rsvp@burnham.org. Please see the attached document for more details.
We look forward to seeing you!
Thursday, November 19th from 10:00 to 11:00 am the Burnham Institute for Medical Research presents internationally-renowned physician scientist Dr. Daniel Kelly in a FREE public presentation about how his research is exploring new ways to treat the unique form of heart disease that affects diabetics. Seating is limited; please RSVP to 407-745-2010 or rsvp@burnham.org. Please see the attached document for more details.
We look forward to seeing you!
Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series FeaturingHarris Rosen, President & COO of Rosen Hotels & Resorts
Keynote Speaker Harris Rosen - November 19th - Orlando
SAVE THE DATE! Holiday Party - December 2nd - Orlando
Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series Featuring Harris Rosen, President & COO of Rosen Hotels & Resorts
WHEN: Thursday, November 19th, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
WHERE: Rosen College of Hospitality Management
9907 Universal Blvd., Orlando 32819
Pre-Registration Rates: Members $20 Non-Members $35
(On-Site Registration: Members $25 Non-Members $40)
Click Here to Register
This speaker series showcases the stories of individuals who have overcome obstacles and tackled challenges in order to achieve significant entrepreneurial success and will significantly contribute to the education of the audience in the field of entrepreneurship. They have become a major entrepreneurial success in our local community while maintaining their essence as a real person of integrity. That is Harris Rosen. Mr. Rosen will share the story of his journey from a child raised in New York's lower eastside to becoming Florida's largest independent hotelier, with seven Orlando hotels totaling close to 6,300 rooms. Read more...
2009 Holiday Party
WHEN: Wednesday, December 2nd, 6 pm - 8:30 pm
WHERE: Sheraton Downtown Orlando
60 South Ivanhoe Blvd., Orlando 32804
Pre-Registration Rates: Members $35 Non-Members $50
(On-Site Registration: Members & Non-Members $60)
Click Here to Register
Network with Orlando's greatest organizations... TiE Florida, ACG Orlando, TMA, FEI & CFMA at Central Florida's best Holiday Party of the season!Free Drink Tickets and Heavy Appetizers...
Through our collaboration with Microsoft, TiE offers you fast, easy access to current full-featured Microsoft development tools and production licenses of server products; professional technical support from Microsoft; and connections to a global community of entrepreneurs who can help guide startups through the hurdles of growing their business. Contact us for more details...
TiE Florida Mentor Program
Our mentoring program, available ONLY to members, is one of TiE Florida's most successful and notable programs. Mentoring provides a structured framework in which experienced Charter Members are paired with Members to provide guidance and advice regarding your entrepreneurial/business challenges.Please click here for additional program details and an application. Please feel free to contact us at erincarpenter@tieflorida.com with any questions.
Special Thanks to our Annual Sponsors
For Questions Regarding TiE Florida Registration, Membership or Chapter Information Contact:
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All TiE Florida event registration fees are non-refundable and no refunds are offered for cancellations. * Please note "Members" refers to new and regular Members, Charter Members or Sponsors whose current yearly dues have been paid in full. All others will have to enroll/renew their membership before signing up for any event or workshop.
NOTE: The UCF Business Incubation Program has forwarded this information to you as a courtesy to one of our partner organizations.
Friday, November 6, 2009
FPC General Members Meeting - New Date!
To: FPC Members
The General Members Meeting will now be held on Tuesday, 1 December. Here is the proposed agenda:
If you and/or others from your company can attend, please RSVP to Jim Pearson, FPC Executive Director indicating your attendance and also whether you will attend the no-host dinner after the meeting.
Please notify others in your company who may want to attend this meeting, and also to your colleagues in other companies encouraging them to attend so they can experience some of the benefits and value of FPC membership. The meeting is open to representatives of all interested organizations.
Thanks for your participation in the FPC this year. I look forward to seeing you next month, and to working with you on FPC activities in 2010.
Jim Pearson
FPC Executive Director
The General Members Meeting will now be held on Tuesday, 1 December. Here is the proposed agenda:
- Location: UCF Office of Research & Commercialization 12201 Research ParkwayOrlando, FL 32826 (407)823-3778
3:00pm -- FPC Board Meeting (5th floor small conference room)
Agenda – General Members Meeting
Chair: Alex Fong, President
4:00pm – Welcome – FPC General Members Meeting (2nd Floor Large Conference Room)
4:05pm -- FPC business, if any
4:20pm -- Seminar by Tom O'Neal on "Starting a new business"– how to use SBIR/STTR in small businesses, VC funding, UCF Incubator resources, etc., with Q&A
5:00pm -- Presentation by Lisa Rice on RAWI* -- program, survey results, etc. -- followed by discussion
5:45pm -- Reception & networking; hosted by UCF Office of Research & Commercialization
7:00pm -- Adjourn. Go to dinner at local restaurant if sufficient interest
*Regional Aerospace Workforce Initiative
This is a partnership between Florida High Tech Corridor Council, Brevard Workforce, Workforce Central Florida and the Center for Business Excellence that will bring together leaders from across the region in areas of economic development, workforce, education, technology transfer and industry. The RAWI is tasked with:
- reviewing the region’s existing and emerging assets;
- obtaining feedback from community leadership;
- participating in a SWOT analysis to help guide the overall development of a regional strategy with a shared identity and vision for the regional economy.
If you and/or others from your company can attend, please RSVP to Jim Pearson, FPC Executive Director indicating your attendance and also whether you will attend the no-host dinner after the meeting.
Please notify others in your company who may want to attend this meeting, and also to your colleagues in other companies encouraging them to attend so they can experience some of the benefits and value of FPC membership. The meeting is open to representatives of all interested organizations.
Thanks for your participation in the FPC this year. I look forward to seeing you next month, and to working with you on FPC activities in 2010.
Jim Pearson
FPC Executive Director
OSA hosts Congressional briefing on the needed switch to LED lighting
November 6, 2009–With energy efficient technology becoming a government priority, cities across the country are investing in greener lighting sources. The Optical Society (OSA; Washington, DC), in conjunction with the House of Representatives’ Research & Development (R&D) Caucus, is hosting a Congressional briefing next week to discuss how solid-state lighting, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), can significantly reduce the amount of energy used for residential, commercial, automotive, and street lighting (see also “OIDA/SPIE hope message “resonates” in Congress” and “OSA members to support research into renewable energy sources“).
Lighting uses 22% of the electricity and 8% of the total energy spent in the U.S., according to government reports. A panel of experts will discuss current and future LED technologies, why municipalities across the country are switching to them, cost savings associated with LEDs, and the role of government in LED-related research. The briefing is free and open to the public.
The Congressional Luncheon Briefing is entitled LEDs: Cities Investing in a Greener Future and will be held at B340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 on Thursday, November 12, 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.
Speakers include Andrew Brix, Energy Programs Manager, City of Ann Arbor, Michigan; James Brodrick, Solid-State Lighting Program Manager, U.S. Dept. of Energy; and Matthew Sommers, LED Design Manager, GE Lumination. The presentations will be moderated by Alex Fong [Ed: Florida Photonics Cluster President], Senior Vice President, Life Sciences & Instrumentation at Gooch and Housego.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act makes investing in energy efficient technologies and reducing the cost of high-performance lighting products a priority. Continuing advances, with the support of federal funding for energy efficient technologies, can accelerate progress toward creating a U.S.-led market for high-efficiency light sources that save more energy, reduce costs and have less environmental impact than conventional light sources. LEDs use half the energy (or less) and last 10 to 12 years longer than conventional bulbs. Additionally, LEDs contain no mercury, unlike compact fluorescent light bulbs. Studies suggest that a complete conversion to the LEDs could decrease carbon dioxide emissions from electric power use for lighting by up to 50% in just more than 20 years.
For more information, contact Angela Stark at the OSA at astark@osa.org.
Courtesy Gail Overton, LaserFocusWorld
Lighting uses 22% of the electricity and 8% of the total energy spent in the U.S., according to government reports. A panel of experts will discuss current and future LED technologies, why municipalities across the country are switching to them, cost savings associated with LEDs, and the role of government in LED-related research. The briefing is free and open to the public.
The Congressional Luncheon Briefing is entitled LEDs: Cities Investing in a Greener Future and will be held at B340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 on Thursday, November 12, 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.
Speakers include Andrew Brix, Energy Programs Manager, City of Ann Arbor, Michigan; James Brodrick, Solid-State Lighting Program Manager, U.S. Dept. of Energy; and Matthew Sommers, LED Design Manager, GE Lumination. The presentations will be moderated by Alex Fong [Ed: Florida Photonics Cluster President], Senior Vice President, Life Sciences & Instrumentation at Gooch and Housego.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act makes investing in energy efficient technologies and reducing the cost of high-performance lighting products a priority. Continuing advances, with the support of federal funding for energy efficient technologies, can accelerate progress toward creating a U.S.-led market for high-efficiency light sources that save more energy, reduce costs and have less environmental impact than conventional light sources. LEDs use half the energy (or less) and last 10 to 12 years longer than conventional bulbs. Additionally, LEDs contain no mercury, unlike compact fluorescent light bulbs. Studies suggest that a complete conversion to the LEDs could decrease carbon dioxide emissions from electric power use for lighting by up to 50% in just more than 20 years.
For more information, contact Angela Stark at the OSA at astark@osa.org.
Courtesy Gail Overton, LaserFocusWorld
NIH Seeks Imaging Research Proposals
(Applications Due: April 11, 2011)
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting research proposals for its “Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants” program. The program “is intended to support clinical trials conducting preliminary evaluation of the safety and efficacy of imaging agents, as well as an assessment of imaging systems, image processing, image-guided therapy, contrast kinetic modeling, and 3-D reconstruction and other quantitative tools.” Applications are due by April 11, 2011.
From “Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants”Grants.gov (09/18/09)
Courtesy OSA
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting research proposals for its “Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants” program. The program “is intended to support clinical trials conducting preliminary evaluation of the safety and efficacy of imaging agents, as well as an assessment of imaging systems, image processing, image-guided therapy, contrast kinetic modeling, and 3-D reconstruction and other quantitative tools.” Applications are due by April 11, 2011.
From “Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants”Grants.gov (09/18/09)
Courtesy OSA
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
OSA Press Release: Photonics Included in List of Industries Targeted to Receive New Small Business Grants
OSA thanks Rep. Kosmas for efforts to add photonics industry to House bill
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30—The U.S. House of Representatives accepted an amendment yesterday by Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.) that would add photonics technology to the list of targeted industries eligible to receive federal grants under a new early-stage investment program.
The Kosmas amendment was accepted to H.R. 3854, the Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009. The legislation aims at improving the Small Business Administration’s programs that provide entrepreneurs with access to capital.
H.R. 3854 also establishes the Small Business Early Stage Investment (SBESI) Program, which is a public/private partnership grant program to channel investment capital to emerging companies. Rep. Kosmas authored an amendment, which was adopted by voice vote to add the photonics technology industry to the list of targeted industries qualified to receive grants under this new early-stage investment program. Under the SBESI program, the Small Business Administration will provide matching grant funding to act as a co-investment in highly qualified investment companies that will focus on investing in small businesses, with particular emphasis on investing in early-stage small businesses in targeted capital-intensive industries. The bill will now be considered by the Senate before being sent to the President for signature.
“OSA is thrilled to see Congress recognize the importance of investing in small businesses that focus on photonics technologies,” said Elizabeth A. Rogan, CEO of the Optical Society (OSA). “OSA thanks Congresswoman Kosmas for her efforts to include photonics in this legislation. The state of Florida has a strong photonics industry and many companies there and across the country have the potential to benefit from the Congresswoman’s work.”
Photonics is a specialized field of physics and engineering, based on the science of light. From fiber optics and lasers used in telecommunications to medical imaging and detection to aid cancer research, optics and photonics are critical technologies that are prevalent in almost every aspect of day-to-day life.
About OSAUniting more than 106,000 professionals from 134 countries, the Optical Society OSA) brings together the global optics community through its programs and initiatives. Since 1916 OSA has worked to advance the common interests of the field, providing educational resources to the scientists, engineers and business leaders who work in the field by promoting the science of light and the advanced technologies made possible by optics and photonics. OSA publications, events, technical groups and programs foster optics knowledge and scientific collaboration among all those with an interest in optics and photonics. For more information, visit www.osa.org.
Contact:
Angela Stark
The Optical Society202.416.1443
astark@osa.org
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30—The U.S. House of Representatives accepted an amendment yesterday by Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.) that would add photonics technology to the list of targeted industries eligible to receive federal grants under a new early-stage investment program.
The Kosmas amendment was accepted to H.R. 3854, the Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009. The legislation aims at improving the Small Business Administration’s programs that provide entrepreneurs with access to capital.
H.R. 3854 also establishes the Small Business Early Stage Investment (SBESI) Program, which is a public/private partnership grant program to channel investment capital to emerging companies. Rep. Kosmas authored an amendment, which was adopted by voice vote to add the photonics technology industry to the list of targeted industries qualified to receive grants under this new early-stage investment program. Under the SBESI program, the Small Business Administration will provide matching grant funding to act as a co-investment in highly qualified investment companies that will focus on investing in small businesses, with particular emphasis on investing in early-stage small businesses in targeted capital-intensive industries. The bill will now be considered by the Senate before being sent to the President for signature.
“OSA is thrilled to see Congress recognize the importance of investing in small businesses that focus on photonics technologies,” said Elizabeth A. Rogan, CEO of the Optical Society (OSA). “OSA thanks Congresswoman Kosmas for her efforts to include photonics in this legislation. The state of Florida has a strong photonics industry and many companies there and across the country have the potential to benefit from the Congresswoman’s work.”
Photonics is a specialized field of physics and engineering, based on the science of light. From fiber optics and lasers used in telecommunications to medical imaging and detection to aid cancer research, optics and photonics are critical technologies that are prevalent in almost every aspect of day-to-day life.
About OSAUniting more than 106,000 professionals from 134 countries, the Optical Society OSA) brings together the global optics community through its programs and initiatives. Since 1916 OSA has worked to advance the common interests of the field, providing educational resources to the scientists, engineers and business leaders who work in the field by promoting the science of light and the advanced technologies made possible by optics and photonics. OSA publications, events, technical groups and programs foster optics knowledge and scientific collaboration among all those with an interest in optics and photonics. For more information, visit www.osa.org.
Contact:
Angela Stark
The Optical Society202.416.1443
astark@osa.org
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