VentureSeries + 4Q VenturePitch Orlando Welcomes Obama's Technology Force Multiplier!

MEET SOCIAL MEDIA MAVERICK  AND OBAMA'S TECHNOLOGY FORCE MULTIPLIER HARPER REED!

Dear Alex, Join us for an unprecedented event: Hutchison PLLC's VentureSeries + 4Q VenturePitch Orlando, featuring special guest speaker, Harper Reed, Wednesday, November 28th, 2PM-9PM, at the MEZZ & the Abbey, @ Thornton Park, Downtown Orlando.     Enter the World of Social Media Maverick, Rebel, Entrepreneur and CTO for Obama for America Harper Reed Keynote Speaker VentureSeries + 4Q VenturePitch Orlando "What do custom-designed T-shirts and presidential campaigns have in common? Harper Reed, chief technology officer for the Obama campaign, rose to prominence because he knew the answer: They both can benefit from websites that engage users and encourage community participation-and, in the process, gather valuable data."  (Discover Magazine). Meet the mind behind Threadless.com who applied Threadless's techniques to politics to generate money, volunteers, and, ultimately, votes that led to Obama's reelection.  Listen to his story and learn how this pioneer in technology nurtures his vision and uses his radical approach to realize his entrepreneurial ventures and endeavors.    Early stage technology entrepreneurs, investors and service providers, this special event has it all - education, networking, and funding, in this double header program: Hutchison PLLC VentureSeries + 4Q VenturePitch Orlando AGENDA 2:00                          Registration Opens    2:30                          Session 1: What is Venture Capital?  Start the afternoon with a primer on venture capital and gain some insight into its history and current landscape.    2:45                          Session 2: Is My Idea VC-able?  You have a great idea but can you build a business around it? Will VCs invest in it?  How many meetings does it take to get a deposit slip? What is the investment process?  How do VCs evaluate opportunities and how does the approval process work?   Hear from experienced, well-regarded venture capitalists about what they and their funds look for in a potential portfolio company.    3:45                          Break                       4:00                          Session 3: The ABC's of Venture Economics & Valuation  Enrich your understanding of the venture capital process.  Learn from a VC's point of view about the structure of a financing, the valuation of investments and potential exit routes. 4:45                          Session 4: Negotiating the Term Sheet  Gain a special insider's view into negotiating a venture capital term sheet.  Understand term sheets and deal structures in this session covering full ratchets, liquidation preferences and other offering terms.     5:30                          Dinner and Keynote Speaker featuring Harper Reed Enjoy dinner and hear from a social internet visionary.  He was the former CTO of the amazing Threadless.com - a small t-shirt company he built with technology into a crowdsourcing beast.    6:30                          Dessert, Coffee, Cocktails, and Networking    7:00                          4Q VenturePitch Orlando We'll be presenting four new technology startups that can potentially be your next best investment.  Learn from their presentations and the feedback of our four expert investment judges.    9:00                          Adjourn  VentureSeries + 4Q VenturePitch Orlando . . . One ticket, two BIG events, plus a phenomenal keynote presentation!!!  Don't strike out and miss your opportunity to build a solid business foundation for 2013!  View directions and the full agenda here.  Register now to take advantage of our early bird registration rates while they last!  Startup companies that wish to pitch, -there's still time.  Apply today!                                                      MEET THE 4Q VENTUREPITCH ORLANDO JUDGES  VenturePitch Orlando is happy to announce that we have secured some of the most prominent Florida technology investors as our judges for our 4Q VenturePitch Orlando event: Jason Rottenberg, Richard Licursi,John Cambier, and Tim Cartwright.  Jason is the Managing Director at Arsenal Venture Partners (AVP), Winter Park, which manages multiple early-stage venture capital funds including the Florida Opportunity Fund and the Florida Venture Capital Program, Richard is the CEO and CoFounder of venVelo, an Orlando venture fund and business accelerator focused on early stage investments, John is the Founding General Partner and Managing Partner at IDEA Fund Partners, a seed and early stage venture capital firm with offices in Orlando and Durham, and Tim is the Chairman of Tamiami Angel Fund I, Southwest Florida's first Angel Fund investing in Florida-based early stage through expansion stage companies. Attend 4Q VenturePitch Orlando and network with these key members of the Florida technology investment community!    Jason Rottenberg Arsenal Venture Partners Richard Licursi venVelo John Cambier IDEA Fund Partners Tim Cartwright Tamiami Angel Fund  YOUR HOSTS OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS INVESTMENT FUND PARTNERS CONNECT WITH US: Sincerely, Dennis Pape VenturePitch Orlando

TOMORROW: Seminar: 11.7.12 / CREOL 102 / 1:30-2:30pm / “Attosecond physics: the first decade”, Ferenc Krausz

Seminar: “Attosecond physics: the first decade”, Ferenc Krausz

CREOL102

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 / 1:30-2:30pm

Ferenc Krausz¹

Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

www.attoworld.de

Abstract:

Electron motion and light waves form the basis of life: the microscopic motion of electrons creates light, which supplies our globe with life-giving energy from the sun; electrons transform light into biological energy during photosynthesis and into biological signal endowing us with the capability of seeing the world around us. Upon their motion inside and between atoms, electrons emit light, carry and process information in biological systems and man-made devices; create, destroy, or modify molecules, affecting thereby biological function. Consequently, they are key players in physical, chemical, and life sciences; information, industrial, and medical technologies likewise.

During the past ten years (2001-2011), advances in laser science opened to door to watching and controlling these hitherto inaccessible dynamics: the motion of electrons at the atomic scale and light wave oscillations (being mutually the cause of each other) evolving on attosecond time scales. 

Key tools include waveform-controlled few-cycle laser light and attosecond pulses of extreme ultraviolet and soft-X-ray light. They provide a force capable of steering electrons inside and between atoms and a probe for tracking their motion. Insight into and control over microscopic electron motion are likely to be important for developing brilliant sources of X-rays, understanding molecular processes relevant to the curing effects of drugs, the transport of bioinformation, or the damage and repair mechanisms of DNA, at the most fundamental level, where the borders between physics, chemistry and biology disappear. Once implemented in condensed matter, the new technology will be instrumental in advancing electronics and electron-based information technologies to their ultimate speed: from microwave towards lightwave frequencies.

Biography:

1986      M.Sc., Budapest U. Technology, Hungary

1991      Ph.D. Vienna U. Technology, Austria

1998-2004 Professor, Vienna U. Technology

2003-     Director, Max-Planck-Inst. Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany

2004-     Professor, Ludwig-Maximillians-Univ., München, Germany

2006-     Director, Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics

Research

Ultrashort-pulse lasers, ultrafast spectroscopy, high-field physics, attosecond physics: control and real-time observation of atomic-scale motion of electrons; development of compact, laser-driven sources of brilliant x-ray and particle beams for medical applications.

For More Information:

Martin Richardson

MCR @ creol . ucf . edu

IEEE Student Chapter Seminar: 11.15.12 / 12-1pm / CREOL 102 / “How to Prepare to be A Faculty”, Mercedeh Khajavikhan

IEEE Student Chapter Seminar: “How to Prepare to be A Faculty”, Mercedeh Khajavikhan

CREOL 102

Thursday, November 15, 2012 / 12-1pm

Mercedeh Khajavikhan

CREOL

Abstract:

The majority of the students that enter graduate school, especially at the doctorate level, has thought about pursuing academic career at some point. No need to say; after graduation, only a few successfully launch their own group in academia. Graduate students, deeply involved in the scientific/technical aspects of their projects, are usually blind to many other aspects of the academic process and that creates confusion, uncertainty, and disappointment when it comes to applying for academic positions. In this talk, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, a new faculty at CREOL, shares her recent experiences in searching for faculty positions. She will pass on some of the advice that she received as well as some of her own experiences on how to prepare for academic jobs during the graduate school days, whether and where you should go for (a) postdoc(s), how to prepare your application, when and where to apply, and how to prepare for interviews.

Biography:

Mercedeh Khajavikhan received B.S. and M.S. in Electronics from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Minnesota in 2009. Her Ph.D. dissertation was on coherent beam combining for high power laser applications. In 2009, she joined University of California in San Diego as a postdoctoral researcher where she worked on the design and development of nanolasers, plasmonic devices, and silicon photonics components and later on as a researcher on developing new techniques for low cost imaging systems. She joined CREOL (Collage of Optics and Photonics) at UCF in Fall 2012 as an assistant professor.

For More Information:

IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter
Jie Sun

sjie @ creol . ucf . edu

Chaptor Advisor: 
Prof. Shin-Tson Wu

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Seminar: 11.7.12 / CREOL 102 / 1:30-2:30pm / “Attosecond physics: the first decade”, Ferenc Krausz

Seminar: “Attosecond physics: the first decade”, Ferenc Krausz

CREOL102

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 / 1:30-2:30pm

Ferenc Krausz¹

Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

www.attoworld.de

Abstract:

Electron motion and light waves form the basis of life: the microscopic motion of electrons creates light, which supplies our globe with life-giving energy from the sun; electrons transform light into biological energy during photosynthesis and into biological signal endowing us with the capability of seeing the world around us. Upon their motion inside and between atoms, electrons emit light, carry and process information in biological systems and man-made devices; create, destroy, or modify molecules, affecting thereby biological function. Consequently, they are key players in physical, chemical, and life sciences; information, industrial, and medical technologies likewise.

During the past ten years (2001-2011), advances in laser science opened to door to watching and controlling these hitherto inaccessible dynamics: the motion of electrons at the atomic scale and light wave oscillations (being mutually the cause of each other) evolving on attosecond time scales. 

Key tools include waveform-controlled few-cycle laser light and attosecond pulses of extreme ultraviolet and soft-X-ray light. They provide a force capable of steering electrons inside and between atoms and a probe for tracking their motion. Insight into and control over microscopic electron motion are likely to be important for developing brilliant sources of X-rays, understanding molecular processes relevant to the curing effects of drugs, the transport of bioinformation, or the damage and repair mechanisms of DNA, at the most fundamental level, where the borders between physics, chemistry and biology disappear. Once implemented in condensed matter, the new technology will be instrumental in advancing electronics and electron-based information technologies to their ultimate speed: from microwave towards lightwave frequencies.

  

Biography:

1986      M.Sc., Budapest U. Technology, Hungary

1991      Ph.D. Vienna U. Technology, Austria

1998-2004 Professor, Vienna U. Technology

2003-     Director, Max-Planck-Inst. Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany

2004-     Professor, Ludwig-Maximillians-Univ., München, Germany

2006-     Director, Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics

Research

Ultrashort-pulse lasers, ultrafast spectroscopy, high-field physics, attosecond physics: control and real-time observation of atomic-scale motion of electrons; development of compact, laser-driven sources of brilliant x-ray and particle beams for medical applications.

For More Information:

Martin Richardson

MCR @ creol . ucf . edu

Update to Governor's Innovators in Business Awards

Deadline for nomination extended to November 9, 2012 5:00 p.m. EST Nominations for the Governor's Innovators in Business Awards – formerly the Governor's Business Diversification Awards – will be accepted through November 9 to accommodate a newly added recognition category: Florida Innovators Under 40.  The Florida Innovators Under 40 awards will recognize young CEOs living and working in Florida for their job creation record, business achievements and community involvement. These younger-than-40 success stories must have raised the bar in their industry and community by bringing innovation, jobs, positive character and a track record of success to Florida and their profession. More specifically, nominees must: • be a Florida resident • be younger than 40 by October 1, 2012 • own or lead a business with annual revenue of $1 million or higher • have created 10 or more jobs since January 2011 Up to 40 award winners will be selected, with one top award to be given to a business leader in a small, medium and large business category. Applications can be accessed by clicking on the links below for the 5 categories. Applications: Governor's Business Expansion Award: For Florida companies that expanded their operations in 2011, investing capital and creating jobs for Floridians. Governor's Newcomer Award: For new-to-Florida companies that began business operations in 2011. Governor's Export Excellence Award: For Florida companies with new or significant increases in documented export sales in 2011. Governor's Innovation/Entrepreneurship Award: For Florida start-up or innovative companies that have set a standard for entrepreneurship in the company within the past five year or created an innovative product in the past 3 years. Governor's Innovators Under 40 Award: For Florida residents under 40 who own or lead a Florida company with annual revenue of $1M or more and who have created at least 10 jobs since January 2011. Past winners of the Governor's Business Diversification Awards must wait at least two years before re-applying in any award category. Eligibility: Companies in the following targeted industries are encouraged to apply, but all nominations will be considered: Aviation/Aerospace Corporate Headquarters Distribution/Logistics Education/Training Emerging Industries Financial/Professional Services Homeland Security/Defense Information Technology Life Sciences Manufacturing Marine Trade/Export Services Winning Companies Receive: Governor's Innovators in Business Award, presented by Florida Governor Rick Scott. Winners are permitted to bring one guest. Public acknowledgement: National/global recognition via posting of winners on: www.eflorida.com/govawards Announcement of winners via statewide news release. Company name listed in Florida Trend magazine. Nomination Process: Self-nominations are acceptable as well as nominations by local economic development organizations. Contact your area economic development organization by clicking on the county your business is located in: www.eflorida.com/regions Companies will compete with others in similarly sized markets. There will be nine judges for the awards program. In the case of a tie, Enterprise Florida will make the final decision. Awards will be given in each of the following market categories: Mid Market: County population up to 150,000 Major Market: County population 150,001 to 800,000 Mega Market: County population 800,001 and higher Deadline for nomination forms: November 9, 2012 5:00 p.m. EST Questions: Enterprise Florida Web site: www.eflorida.com/govawards Email: GBDA@eflorida.com  Phone: 407.956.5608 The 2012 Governor's Innovators Business Awards are cosponsored by Bank of America, Enterprise Florida and Florida Trend magazine.

LightPath Technologies Provides Quarterly Update on Infrared Initiatives

LightPath Receives Orders to Provide Qualification Prototypes from Three OEMs for Thermal Imaging Systems

Raytheon Vision Systems Development Project Remains on Schedule

ORLANDO, FL - (PRNewswire – October 31, 2012) - LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH) ("LightPath", the "Company" or "we"), a global manufacturer, distributor and integrator of patented optical components and high-level assemblies, today provided an update to shareholders on its progress with its infrared lens initiatives.
LightPath continues to develop its thermal imaging business and is currently in the later stages of upgrading manufacturing capabilities at its Orlando factory to support the anticipated growth in its thermal infrared product lines. Sales and technical teams have been in contact with many large OEMs who purchase infrared optics in this space and LightPath has received initial orders from three such OEMs for prototypes of optical assemblies for their respective thermal imaging systems. LightPath’s optics provide significant material cost advantages for its customers through the use of chalcogenide glass compared to the materials that are currently in use today for such systems. LightPath continues to see significant growth opportunities for this business and expects significant orders from these and other customers in the second half of fiscal 2013.
In addition, the infrared development program with Raytheon Vision Systems continues to progress and work is now shifting from producing initial prototypes to developing the necessary production-scale cost reductions to meet the program’s cost and performance goals. With a substantial portion of the investment phase now completed, core manufacturing techniques and resources are now in place with significant improvements having been made in the protective coatings for the lenses. As the cost reductions are developed from this work, they are being implemented into LightPath’s proprietary process.
Jim Gaynor, President and Chief Executive Officer of LightPath, commented, "We are excited by the growing acceptance of the infrared products we offer as we continue to successfully penetrate this $150 million addressable market serving a diverse customer base. In particular, we see our infrared business being driven by demand for our quantum cascade laser lenses, with interest from customers in various subsectors, such as infrared countermeasures, gas analysis and spectroscopy."
About LightPath Technologies
LightPath manufactures optical products including precision molded aspheric optics, GRADIUM® glass products, proprietary collimator assemblies, laser components utilizing proprietary automation technology, higher-level assemblies and packing solutions. The Company's products are used in various markets, including industrial, medical, defense, test and measurement and telecommunications. LightPath has a strong patent portfolio that has been granted or licensed to it in these fields. For more information visit www.lightpath.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes statements that constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our ability to expand our presence in certain markets, future sales growth, continuing reductions in cash usage and implementation of new distribution channels. This information may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, factors detailed by LightPath Technologies, Inc. in its public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we do not have any intentio n or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.