NorTech--Shaping Northeast Ohio's Technology Future

NorTech, the Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition, leads the technology agenda for a 21 county region within Northeast Ohio. Our mission is to build a vibrant and globally-competitive economy by linking and leveraging the region’s technology, entrepreneurship and innovation assets. Our shared vision is make Northeast Ohio one of the top ten places in the world to live, learn, work, and invest by the year 2020.

The following blog posts are the latest updates on some of NorTech’s priority technology projects. Please click on the blue headline for each blog post or the 'read more' link to the view a complete blog entry.

Polymer Workforce Recruiting and Training Meeting--Aug. 22nd

The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. and PolymerOhio, Inc. are collaborating to establish several industry workforce clusters in Ohio. The first Polymer Workforce Cluster meeting will be held on August 22nd at the OMNOVA – Performance Chemicals Division in Mogadore, Ohio. Please RSVP to rmarkham@wideopenwest.com by August 19th.

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Share Your Vision of Northeast Ohio and Win $1,000

What's your vision for Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio region? Now's the chance to share your vision with others in the community at the 10,000 Visions of Cleveland event on Saturday, Sept. 6th, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Galleria at Erieview in Downtown Cleveland. More info at www.10000visionsofcleveland.com.

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RFPs Announced for Third Frontier Advanced Energy and Fuel Cell Programs

Go to www.thirdfrontier.com for full details about the recently announced RFPs. The submission deadline for both propsoals is 2 p.m on September 11, 2008.

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Northeast Ohio Organizations Awarded Funds from Third Frontier Pre-Seed Funding Initiative

$4 million awarded to Northeast Ohio groups for pre-seed commercialization activities to increase entrepreneurship and economic impact in the region.

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Wind Energy Supply Chain Workshop, July 30, Case Western Reserve University

This event is hosted by the Great Lakes WIND Network (a WIRE-Net initiative), an industry-led organization of manufacturers and suppliers whose mission is to serve the needs of the rapidly-expanding global wind market by growing the wind industry supply chain.

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NanoMedicine Summit Returns to Cleveland, September 25-26

Event to focus on nanomedical applications in diagnostics, imaging, and therapeutics during Nano Week 2008. Go to www.nanomedicinesummit.org for more details.

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Cuyahoga County and NorTech Unveil North Coast Opportunities (NCO) Technology Fund Pilot Program

Today the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners (BOCC) and NorTech announced the creation of the North Coast Opportunities (NCO) Technology Fund Pilot Program to accelerate technology-based entrepreneurship, create new high paying jobs, and increase the flow of private investment to Cuyahoga County technology companies. NorTech hopes the NCO Fund will serve as a good model for other counties in Northeast Ohio to adopt.

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Third Frontier FY 2009 Public Briefing, July 1

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Ohio ICE Event, June 23, Corporate College East

How can your company take advantage of exciting opportunities for growth in the wind energy industry? What are the opportunities for Northeast Ohio’s instrumentation, controls and electronics firms? Have you heard about this burgeoning industry and wondered how you might participate? Or are you already involved and want to learn more? Join us on June 23, 2008 from 6:00-8:00 pm at Corporate College East as we explore these opportunites.

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Express Your Confidence--2008 Entrepreneurship Confidence Survey

Take time to complete the 2008 Entrepreneurship Confidence Survey and share your thoughts and ideas about entrepreneurship in Northeast Ohio. The online survey will be available through the end of June 2008.

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