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NU Tech 2010 Celebrates Technology Transfer Collaborations
More Than 20 Life Science, Biotech and Engineering Developments to be Showcased
RTP, NC, December 21, 2009 /HiTech PR News/ -- Nagoya University, home to four Nobel Prize-winning professors in physics and chemistry (www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), announces Nu Tech 2010: Investing in Collaborative Technologies (www.nutechshowcase.org) will be held February 10, 2010 at the Sheraton Imperial, RTP, N.C. More than 30 representatives from Nagoya University and the Japan Science and Technology Agency will be present to network with area scientists and researchers.
"Nagoya University has pulled together an impressive line-up of technologies and speakers," says Dhruv Patel, senior manager for life science programs with the CED. "We are excited to partner with Nagoya in the presentation of this event."
Starting at 7:30 a.m., the event will feature technology developments from Nagoya University, North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and East Carolina University. The presentations cover discoveries and inventions in the fields of life science, biotechnology and engineering.
Featured speakers include:
• North Carolina Secretary of Commerce, J. Keith Crisco
• Vice President of Eiasa, Inc., Dr. Ray W. Wood
• Director of Aisin AW and President of EQUOS Research, Masso Ando
• Nagoya University President Dr. Michinari Hamaguchi
• President and CEO of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, E. Norris Tolson.
Registration for the event is free of charge and includes continental breakfast, lunch and reception. To register for the event and learn more about Nu Tech 2010, visit www.nutechshowcase.org.
About Nagoya University:
Nagoya University (NU) was originally established as a temporary hospital and medical school in 1871 in Nagoya City, Japan. Since then it has been playing various key roles in the education and research scenes in Japan. Home to four Nobel Prize-winning professors in physics and chemistry, NU is on the forefront of Japan's technology transfer space. NU faculty invented the high performance blue light emitting device widely used in displays worldwide. NU currently has 16,000 full-time students that study and work with 2,000 full-time faculty and 2,000 staff members. The university includes 13 graduate schools, three research institutions and 18 research centers.
About the CED:
The C ED is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high-growth, high-impact companies and accelerate the region's entrepreneurial culture. Headquartered in the Research Triangle Park, CED is the oldest and largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 5,500 active members. CED provides know-how, networking, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, programs and web-based resources. CED has helped entrepreneurs, investors, service partners, researchers and public policy makers in diverse emerging industries and at all stages of development—from high-tech, production-based organizations to service companies, from one-person start-ups to 1000-person businesses. For more information, visit www.cednc.org.
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