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Orlando, Fla., (April 25, 2005) - Executives from
the University of Central Florida Technology Incubator (UCFTI)
will participate in professional conferences in Baltimore, Maryland
and Goteborg, Sweden in May to share their knowledge and insights
on business incubation.
Dr. Tom O'Neal, associate vice president of research and chief
executive officer of the UCFTI, will take part in the National
Business Incubation Association's (NBIA) 19 th international conference
in Baltimore to be held May 15-18. O'Neal chairs the University
Incubator Forum for the NBIA and will lead a meeting of the Forum
members at the conference. The NBIA is the world's largest incubator
industry association with members from around the world.
Carol Ann Dykes, chief operating officer of the UCFTI, will participate
in a conference sponsored by the Chalmers Institute of Technology
Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) in Goteborg, Sweden May
22-25. The CIP Forum 2005 will be held in conjunction with Goteborg
University and will highlight corporate and academic strategies
for effective intellectual property management and commercialization.
Dykes will co-lead a workshop on building effective incubators.
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For more information, please contact:
Tom O'Neal or Carol Ann Dykes, UCF-Technology Incubator, 407-882-0202
Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142
About the UCF Technology Incubator
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Technology Incubator has helped
more than 80 emerging technology companies create over $175 million
in revenue and more than 600 new jobs with an average salary of
$59,000. As a result of this success, the UCF Technology
Incubator was recently named the 2004 Technology Incubator of the
Year by the National Business Incubation Association. Headquartered
in Research Park near the University, the Incubator is a true collaboration
in economic development between UCF, Orange County, the City of
Orlando the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and the Metro Orlando
Economic Development Commission. For more information, please
visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu.
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