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2008 Excellence in TBED Award Winners Selected, Best Practices to be Revealed at National Conference
Following several weeks of deliberation over the past summer months, a panel of highly qualified TBED practitioners has selected recipients demonstrating exceptional achievement in approaches to building and sustaining tech-based economies to receive SSTI's Excellence in TBED Award for 2008. The recipients will be announced at SSTI's 12th Annual Conference, to be held Oct. 14-16 at the Intercontinental Hotel Cleveland. Be there to witness the highly anticipated unveiling of recipients, Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 1:10 p.m. in the elegant Founder's Ballroom. Then, join the award winners during dedicated breakout sessions later in the conference to hear best practice overviews and lessons learned told directly from those involved in development and implementation of the winning initiatives. No matter what stage of development your organization fits into, you are certain to benefit from the stories conveyed by the Excellence in TBED Award winners. Find out how these leaders in the TBED community responded to a critical need in their region by applying innovative approaches, leveraging resources of government, industry and academia and building support from legislators to commercialize research, create a climate conducive to entrepreneurship, provide access to capital, and improve and enhance existing industries. Each session entails a 15-20 minute presentation of the award-winning TBED initiative followed by ample discussion time for Q&A, so be sure to arm yourself with questions and discussion points on the pressing issues facing your organization. Here's what the judges said about these outstanding initiatives: "A great best practice program, and is distinguished from others in that it measures outcomes very well." <"Sustained results over multiple years and good connections to other TBED programs." "State government recognizes the success of the program and continues to support the efforts." "This is clearly one of the top performing programs in the nation." "This effort stands out because the commitment to TBED was supported by public funding." "Good support evidenced by willingness to create new, related programs." "The initiative has already established an impressive set of achievements given the short time it has been in existence." "Regional stakeholders are supportive of the effort, which should guarantee sustainability in the future." "Excellent effort and results for the size of investment." More information about Encouraging Regional Innovation, SSTI's 12th Annual Conference, is available at: http://ssticonference.org/