NAVIGATING THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP

Presented by: Johanna Clark and William (Ty) Giltinan, Attorneys at Law, Carlton Fields

This workshop will provide you with strategies for working more effectively with attorneys, including alternative billing arrangements. Topics to be covered include:

• How to Hire an Attorney
• Alternative Billing Arrangements
• Management of Legal Projects
• Management of Risk

Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010; 11:30AM to 1:00PM

Location: UCF Business Incubator--Winter Springs 1511 E. SR 434, Suite 2001, Winter Springs, FL 32708

Cost: Complimentary for Incubator Clients; $20 All Others

To reserve a space, please email rcaamano@mail.ucf.edu

William (Ty) Giltinan, Associate. Prior to entering law school, Ty Giltinan spent more than a decade as an engineer and entrepreneur in software and

Internet companies. As both a founder and an executive, he has helped develop startup technology companies and lead them to prominent market positions and through acquisitions by companies including large telecom providers. He is a licensed patent attorney whose practice covers patent, trademark and copyright prosecution and litigation matters, with a focus on assisting high technology companies develop, protect, monetize and defend intellectual property assets.

Johanna Clark, Shareholder. Johanna Clark has over 10 years experience in civil litigation, mediation and negotiation of disputes. She has represented national and international insurance companies in cases throughout Florida in both state and federal court. Ms. Clark has experience in bad faith litigation; ERISA disability litigation; product liability litigation; general commercial

litigation; and administrative housing discrimination claims. l She also has experience in the defense of companies in class action litigation

Health Care Reform (HR 3590): How it Does and Will Effect You

Title: Health Care Reform (HR 3590): How it Does and Will Effect You

Presenters: Carl Patten, director, health care policy at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.

Date: Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Time: 11:30-1:00

Location: University Tower Building located at 12201 Research Parkway,

2nd Floor large conference room #211, Orlando, FL., 32826

Fee: $20 Lunch included (Free to only UCF Incubator clients and Florida Photonics Cluster members)

RSVP to Renee Ayala at 407-882-0202 or via email rayala@mail.ucf.edu

Health Care Reform (HR 3590): How It Does and Will Effect You

Many say small businesses will be big winners under health care reform but some entrepreneurs and the organizations that represent them say the only thing big about the new law will be the problems and taxes that come with it. The one thing we are certain of is there is considerable confusion about it all. So what are the facts?

Although some of the changes are already taking place, most of them are yet to come. Join us to benefit from Mr. Patten's expert insights as he provides:

· An overview of the legislation,

· An explanation of the implementation process and the complexities involved, and

· A description of potential impacts to employers.

It is important to understand how this historic legislation to address some of the core problems in healthcare (cost, access and quality) will impact you and your business.

Carl W. Patten, Jr., JD, MPH

Carl Patten is director, health care policy at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida in Jacksonville, Florida. Carl oversees the process of aligning BCBSF's public policy positions with its mission and strategy. He is also responsible for informing internal and external key stakeholders about a range of public policy issues. Carl is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College, the University of Chicago Law School and the Harvard School of Public Health. Carl also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of North Florida where he teaches courses in health policy and health care law and ethics. Carl also serves on the Board of Directors of the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida.

1st Annual Florida Companies to Watch

Putting Second-Stage First
Florida Companies to Watch Awards Celebration
Recognizes Companies that Create Growth and Foster Innovation

Applications Accepted Until October 8

ORLANDO, Fla. (October 4, 2010) – The future of Florida's economy will likely be shaped by an elite group of privately owned companies recognized in the first annual Florida Companies to Watch awards program scheduled for February 17, 2011 in Orlando. This statewide event lauds the success of business leaders who have taken their operations to the "second-stage" of growth and hold the potential to continue to create new jobs in their communities and industries, thereby making a difference in regional communities.

Florida Companies to Watch is presented by GrowFL, the Florida Economic Gardening Institute at the University of Central Florida and ACG Florida, in association with the Edward Lowe Foundation. Additional sponsors for the event include the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, Florida Business Incubation Association and the University of Central Florida.

Since its inception in 2005, Companies to Watch has evolved from an event in a single state to a recognition program with national scope. Created by the Edward Lowe Foundation, CTW celebrates high performing, second-stage companies (those beyond the startup phase with the intent and capacity for significant, sustainable growth) that demonstrate high performance in the marketplace, exhibit innovative products or processes, or otherwise make those companies “worth watching.” Debuting in Michigan, Companies to Watch is being conducted across the country.

"Many second-stage businesses fly under the radar screen of typical awards programs," notes Dr. Tom O’Neal, executive director of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute and associate vice president for the University of Central Florida’s Office of Research and Commercialization. "These companies are quietly yet steadily creating jobs and improving the quality of life in their communities."

Companies in all industries are invited to apply by October 8, 2010. Complete award criteria and detailed information is available at the official web site www.florida.companiestowatch.org.

The economic impact these companies generate is significant. According to data obtained from 1993-2007 second-stage companies represented about 11 percent of U.S. establishments, but generated 35.7 percent of the nation’s jobs. (source YourEconomy.org). What’s more, second-stage companies are introducing new products, services and technologies that give the United States a competitive in the global arena. Because second-stage companies aren’t relegated to a single industry, CTW differs from other award programs and showcases a diverse group of businesses that reflect the economic makeup of the state.

“Companies to Watch takes a whole-business approach, identifying companies across the state that represent Florida’s future, not just major metropolitan areas,” says Dr. O’Neal. “It shows the economic potential of the entire state as demonstrated by the successes of second-stage companies. Being selected for the Florida Companies to Watch awards program provides growing businesses the credibility and recognition that distinguish them among their competitors. Our new partnership with ACG Florida provides the opportunity to raise the profile of selected companies among the statewide corporate community. All second-stage companies are encouraged to apply.”

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Like partners of other statewide Companies to Watch programs, ACG recognized the importance of giving innovative entrepreneurs a day in the sun, showcasing the power of growing companies in Florida’s backyard.

One sponsor of the Indiana Companies to Watch program utilized the partnership with ACG to connect with winning companies in providing their business support services. “Indiana Companies to Watch gives us a direct conduit in which to approach potential clients and make them aware of us," said David W. Amick, executive director at Premier Capital Corp. in Indianapolis.

To be eligible for the award, a company must be a privately held, commercial enterprise that is currently in a stage of growth and past the start-up phase. Qualifying companies must also be headquartered in the state of Florida, employ between six and 99 employees, and have between $750,000 and $50 million in annual revenue. Again, companies in all industries are invited to apply by October 8.

A selection panel of judges representing areas of economic development, banking, entrepreneurship and small business look for evidence of fast and/or high growth in employment rates and revenue. In addition, Florida Companies to Watch award recipients also demonstrate special strengths and traits that stand out from the competition including entrepreneurial leadership, product innovation, social/community responsibility and competitive business practices.

In addition to the recognition of being named a Florida Companies to Watch award winner, companies have the opportunity to participate in a leaders retreat attended by former Companies to Watch award recipients from other states at the Edward Lowe Foundation’s Big Rock Valley retreat facility in southwestern Michigan.

For additional information, visit www.CompaniestoWatch.org or email FloridaCTW@lowe.org or contact Lynn Aitken at 407-823-6384.

About the Edward Lowe Foundation

Established in 1985, the Edward Lowe Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurship through research, recognition and educational programs, which are delivered through entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs). The foundation focuses on second-stage companies—those that have moved beyond the start-up phase and seek significant, steady growth. For more information, visit www.EdwardLowe.org.

About the Florida Economic Gardening Institute

The Florida Economic Gardening Institute was created by the 2009 Florida Legislature as the Economic Gardening Technical Assistance Program to stimulate investment in Florida’s economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses in the state. Qualified companies must be engaged in the following sectors to receive no-cost technical assistance: Manufacturing; Finance & Insurance Services; Wholesale Trade; Information Industries; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Management Services; and, Administrative & Support Services. Additional information is available at www.GrowFL.com.

About ACG

ACG Florida is a statewide collaborative effort by the four Florida chapters of the Association for Corporate Growth - Orlando, North Florida, South Florida and Tampa Bay. The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is the global community for middle market M&A dealmakers and business leaders focused on driving growth. ACG members have access to data, content and networking to access capital, make deals and drive corporate growth. Founded in 1954, ACG has grown to more than 13,000 members organized in 55 chapters throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.acg.org

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Seminar: 10.19.10 / CREOL 102 & 103 / 2-3pm / "Attosecond Lightand Science at the Time-scale of the Electron - Coherent X-Rays fromTabletop Ultrafast

Seminar: "Attosecond Light and Science at the Time-scale of the Electron - Coherent X-Rays from Tabletop Ultrafast Lasers"
CREOL:102-103
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 / 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Dr. Margaret Murnane
JILA/NIST and U. of Colorado

Abstract:
Extreme nonlinear optical techniques can upshift visible laser light into the soft x-ray region of the spectrum. This ability has given us a new coherent light source that spans a large spectral bandwidth, with pulse durations on sub-femtosecond or attosecond (1 as=10-18 s) and soon zeptosecond (1 zs=10-21 s) time-scales. Equally intriguing is the fact that we have learned how to use light to coherently manipulate electrons in atoms, molecules and materials on their fundamental timescales. The richness and complexity of attosecond science and technology is only just beginning to be uncovered. As I will discuss in this talk, attosecond science can capture the complex, coupled, dynamics of electrons in molecules and materials. Coherent x-rays also show great promise for nanoscale microscopy using new lensless imaging techniques.

Biography:
Margaret Murnane is a Fellow of JILA and a faculty member in Physics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado. She runs a joint, multi-disciplinary, research group jointly with her husband, Prof. Henry Kapteyn. She received her B.S and M.S. degrees from University College Cork, Ireland, and her Ph.D. degree from UC Berkeley. She remained at Berkeley for one year as a postdoctoral fellow, before joining the faculty at Washington State University in 1990. In 1996, Professor Murnane moved to the University of Michigan, and in 1999 she moved to the University of Colorado. Prof. Murnane with her students and collaborators use coherent beams of laser and x-ray light to capture the fastest dynamics in molecules and materials at the nanoscale.
She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, and the AAAS. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2004, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006. She was awarded a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship in 2000. Margaret and Henry shared the 2009 Ahmed Zewail Award of the American Chemical Society, the 2010 Schawlow Prize of the American Physical Society and the 2010 R.W. Wood Prize of the Optical Society of America. Henry and Margaret also started a laser company to transfer their basic research to industry. Margaret is very interested in increasing diversity in science and engineering. http://jilawww.colorado.edu/kmgroup


For More Information:
Dimitrios Mandridis
Tel: (407) 823-0200
Email: dmandrid@creol.ucf.edu

Vytran Product Presentation: 10.8.10 / CREOL 102 / 11:00-2:00pm / “Enabling High Performance Fiber Lasers and Fused Fiber Laser Components”

Vytran Product Presentation: “Enabling High Performance Fiber Lasers and Fused Fiber Laser Components”

CREOL 102

Friday, October 8, 2010 / 11:00-2:00pm

From fusion splicing to fiber glass processing using Filament Fusion Technology Live Hands-on Product Suite Demonstration LFS-4000 - GPX-3400 - LDC-400

For More Informaton:

Jim Stathis (jstathis@vytran.com)

We look forward to meeting with you

Seminar: 10.20.10 / CREOL 102 / 11:30-1:30 / “Improved Spectral Characterization of Solar Cells Using a Mapping System Based on a Tunable Optical Sour

Seminar: “Improved Spectral Characterization of Solar Cells Using a Mapping System Based on a Tunable Optical Source”, Dr. Razvan Ciocan CREOL 102 Wednesday, October 20, 2010 / 11:30-1:30

Dr. Razva Ciocan

Newport

Abstract:

The system presented in this study has good repeatability (0.5%) and high accuracy in the computer controlled spectral characterization of photovoltaic devices by the determination of internal quantum efficiency over an extended wavelength range. Biasing conditions (for both light and voltage) are fully controlled by computer as well. A corresponding I-V curve can be obtained at the same location without moving the sample on a different set-up. Scanning images (maps) of internal quantum efficiency (IQE) and of external quantum efficiency (QE) can be obtained with high spatial resolution. The sequence of maps demonstrates the capability of the system to perform multispectral imaging on PV structures. I-V curves can be obtained in monochromatic or white light at the same location as IQE curves without a supplemental repositioning.

Parameters extracted from I-V curves can be mapped with the same high spatial resolution. Because IQE curves and I-V curves are obtained at the same location and using the same optics, a full characterization of the photovoltaic device under test is possible in a single run. This system will have a wide range of application in photovoltaics both research and production as it provides high accuracy and extended versatility.

Biography:

Dr. Razvan Ciocan obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Akron and his MS in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing new methods and devices for spectral characterization of materials using electromagnetic and elastic waves materialized in more than 40 papers, 4 issued patents (2 in the USA and

2 in Romania) and 2 patent applications. Dr. Ciocan joined Newport Corporation in 2008 after a two - year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School were he was nominated for Young Investigator Award by the Academy of Molecular Imaging in 2007. As a project leader at Oriel Newport Corporation Dr. Ciocan was part of the team that developed a very successful program of instrumentation for the spectral characterization of photovoltaic structures. This project not only brought the Oriel Newport spectral characterization systems in key universities, research laboratories and companies around the world but also led to 4 published papers and two patent applications.

For More Information:

Michael J. Flores

Newport Corporation

770 978 9332

SPIE selected as optics and photonics lead for university accreditation program

BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -- 30 September 2010-- SPIE now has a lead role in establishing criteria for college and university degree-granting programs in optics and photonics, as the Society begins its first accreditation cycle as a member of ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology).

ABET, a federation of 30 professional and technical societies, acts as the recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology in the U.S.

Following ratification as a member society earlier this year, SPIE was designated the lead society for optics and photonics criteria related to curriculum and faculty for the ABET Applied Science Accreditation Commission, and will be co-lead with IEEE, Inc., for similar programs in the Engineering and Technology accreditation commissions.

Nominations of Barry Shoop (U.S. Military Academy) to fill the SPIE seat on the ABET Board of Directors and of Wei Chen (Univ. of Central Oklahoma) as alternate were approved by the SPIE Board of Directors at its meeting in San Diego last month.

Six program evaluators selected by SPIE attended training in Louisville, Kentucky, this summer, and two of the evaluators were assigned to perform accreditation reviews and site visits this fall.

Next, SPIE will work with deans and department heads of leading optics and photonics programs to develop criteria and faculty descriptions appropriate to the discipline. Once written, these will go to the commission and ABET’s Board for approval. When approved they will be posted one year for public comment and subsequently become the accepted criteria for optics and photonics programs accredited by ABET.

“SPIE has already demonstrated its dedication to educating the next generation of optics and photonics professionals through its support of scholarships, grants, and other educational programs around the world,” said ABET President David Holger. “Being an ABET Member Society will further this commitment and provide SPIE with a proven means to ensure the quality of as many as 300 degree-granting programs in optics and photonics worldwide.”

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, was founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. Serving more than 180,000 constituents from 168 countries, the Society advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent, and career and professional growth.

SPIE annually organizes and sponsors approximately 25 major technical forums, exhibitions, and education programs in North America, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific, publishes the SPIE Digital Library, and provided more than $2 million in support of scholarships, grants, and other education programs around the world in 2009.