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Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

From Energy Applications to Advanced Medical Therapies

MIT Enterprise Forum , February 16th, 2010

Featuring Dr. Tijana Rajh

Group Leader,

NanoBio Interface Group

Argonne National Laboratory

Entrepreneurs, get ready! There is almost nothing that nanoscale technology will not touch over the next few years from every kind of material to medicine, beauty products, sports equipment, information technology, transportation and energy, etc.. On Feb 16th get an engaging updated on nanoscale technology from one of the world's leading scientists, Argonne Laboratory's Tijana Rajh. It is nanoscale, but maxiscope!

When:	Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010, 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM
Where:	70 W. Madison St. Chicago, IL 60611

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During an address at MIT in mid-October, President Obama commended the Institute for its "extraordinary energy research," while urging the United States to take a leadership position in this arena. But how exactly does cutting-edge research move into the marketplace? It starts with an elevator pitch to potential investors.

Open to the public, the $100K Elevator Pitch Contest is a high-energy event, where competitors get 60 seconds to deliver a persuasive elevator pitch to panels of venture capitalists, seasoned entrepreneurs and industry specialists.

"We were blown away by the quality of the pitches across the board," said Contest Judge Tim Rowe, Founder and Managing Director of the Cambridge Innovation Center and a venture partner at New Atlantic Ventures. "This is an extremely creative group and they each made a very compelling case." When asked if he thought Nanoengineered Concrete has a chance of getting funded, he said, "I was just speaking to them about exactly that.

Executive Summary Contest:

The next step in the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is the Executive Summary Contest, where teams submit a 2-page summary on a business venture. Submissions are due December 3, and the Track winners will be announced on February 11.

How can I get involved?

The MIT $100K Organizing Committee is searching for corporate sponsors, competition judges, team mentors, and spirited entrepreneurs that would like to join the greatest business plan competition in the world. Now in its 20^th Year, the MIT $100K has incubated startups that have generated more than $13 Billion in market capitalization and exit value. We invite you to become a part of a vibrant community that has helped launch some of the most innovative companies of today.

For more information, please visit http://www.mit100k.org or contact the relevant $100K executive at the following link: http://www.mit100k.org/contact-us/.

The 2009 Whiteboard Challenge Results

The premier event of the MIT Enterprise Forum Chicago season, the Whiteboard Challenge proved once again to be an exciting contest of ideas. This is the essence of MIT, world-renowned for the number of businesses that the university’s organizations incubate.

2009's Whiteboard Challenge first place was conquered by James Rein of TiltAlign.

TiltAlign – a feedback system that gives cerebral palsy patients an incentive to stand up straight.

James may be contacted at 847-284-0346 or emailed at jamesrein2010@u.northwestern.edu.

The second place went to Avelo Roy and Ed Suda of eMotion.

BFF<3 Necklace and online social networking website for Tweens.

Avelo and Ed may be contacted at 708-752-2718, email: info@emotioncorporation.com

Third place was snapped up by Thu Nguyen.

Portion-controlled dinnerware for diabetics, dieters, and the health conscious.

Thu may be contacted at 630-664-4222 or emailed via thumi.nguyen@gmail.com

Our remaining 7 challengers, selected from a crowd of initial 90 entries, were:

David Anderson of Footprint Zero, LLC Offset4Less - permitting consumers to retire carbon credits 312-485-9241fpzero@gmail.com

Matthew Coyle of Zelen Energy 1000 watt, low-cost, axial-flux wind turbine kits for the developing world 815-505-4517 matt@zelenenergy.com

James Friedman of Novus Ice Systems, LLC Packaged ice point-of-sale manufacturing, bagging, and dispensing platform 312-255-0222 Jaf@novusice.us

Riju Konwar of SurgiTech AutoCount – RFID based Logistic system to keep a count of surgical instruments and sponges 773-895-4582 rkonwar@iit.edu

William Murray of HealthCodex Software for making case management more manageable for insurance companies 847-207-6317

murray@healthcodex.com

Jim Orrico of Assistive Medical Equipment Corp MAX-MOVE™ – an innovation in patient transfer to assist nurses moving in efficient supported transfers 312-848-0198 jim@assistiveme.com

Frank Szczepanski of IVDiagnostics Laser-guided testing to quantify tumor cells in a real-time fashion 219-840-0007 frank@ivdiagnostics.com

Special thanks to our Whiteboard Challenge 2009 Committee and Judges.

View Christopher Rollyson's microblog photo coverage of this event, sent from his iPhone: http://csrollyson.tumblr.com/.

Also, see Avery Cohen's excellent blog with a review of this event at: http://www.metristpartners.com/files/web-analytics-blog/2009/06/mit-enterprise-forum-chicago-whiteboard.html

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