Cleantech to Spacetech Event Releases List of Exhibitors

ORLANDO, FL, September 15, 2012 (Press-News.org) The Cleantech to Spacetech multi-showcase event is proud to announce sixty exhibitors who will display their cleantech-related technologies at the Florida Hotel in Orlando, FL on September 20th and 21st. This includes twenty exhibitors for the Igniting Innovation (I2) Capital Acceleration Network, ten exhibitors for the MegaWatt Ventures program, and thirty participants in the Florida Cleantech Acceleration Network (FL-CAN) Showcase.

Cleantech to Spacetech: Accelerating Florida Entrepreneurship is a two-day special event presented by the University of Central Florida, the Florida Energy Systems Consortium, and Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA). Designed to encourage partnerships between entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturing partners, industry veterans, and university researchers, participants will view the latest cleantech initiatives, programs and entrepreneurial endeavors. Promising startup entrepreneurs have the opportunity to compete for $200,000 in grant money that will be awarded through the MegaWatt Ventures and I2CAN competitions.

With over 10,000 square feet of exhibiting technologies from Florida-based companies, universities and organizations, the event plans to help establish Florida's foothold in the world of cleantech. Exhibitors will demonstrate the widest array of state-of-the-art technologies within the cleantech sector including solar materials and concentrators, energy storage, biofuels, wind and water turbines, efficient water irrigation, HVAC, smart grid and energy efficiency electronics, and advanced material developments.

These exhibiting companies will network directly with nationally renowned investors, customers and partners, fostering new opportunities in both investment funding and revenue generation for these Florida-based businesses. The event will enable these companies to implement their systems on Florida's most prominent hotel, theme park, manufacturing facility, retail, and farm properties, while others will obtain funding to develop critical product demonstrations for use in electric vehicles, military devices, and other exciting applications.

The full list of exhibitors includes:

FL-CAN

Advanced Technologies &
Testing Laboratories Inc
Algenol Biofuels
Bing Energy
BioTork
BlueChip Energy
Cella Energy
Dias Analytic Corporation
Eclipse Energy Systems
Energy Innovation Portal
FAU's Southeast National Marine
Renewable Energy Center
Florida Center for Renewable
Chemicals and Fuels
Florida Energy Systems
Consortium (FESC)
Florida Solar Energy Center
(FSEC)
FSU's Center for Advanced Power
Systems (CAPS)
G4 Synergetics
Logicor USA
Mud Power, Inc.
Nanogen Power Systems, LLC
NASA John F. Kennedy Space
Center
Nextwind, Inc.
Space Coast Energy Consortium
(SCEC)
Solar Fuel Corporation
Solar Holdings
Thorn Products
UCF's Office of Technology
Transfer
UF's College of Engineering
Research Service Centers
UF's Nanoscience Institute for
Medical and Engineering
Technology

I2-CAN

Acudyn Incorporated
Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
BioCurity
Diametriq
flexReceipts
Kleo, Inc
Mesdi Systems, Inc.
Microbial Defense Systems, LLC
NATION Technologies Group, Inc.
Power Tree Corp
Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc.
Solis Energy, Inc.
Solodev
Space Florida
Tai-Yang Research Company
Trapezoid Digital Security Services
TRDA
Via Response Technologies, LLC
Vigilant Biosciences, Inc.
Water Optimizer, Inc.
Zentila.com

Megawatt Ventures

Almos Battery Corporation
CeramiPower, Inc.
Florida Technology Development, LLC
Illuminated Electric LLC
Nautilida Solar
Omnii Sense, LLC
P.V. Integrated
Trash 2 Cash-Energy LLC
UB-WiSystems, Inc.

For descriptions of the exhibiting companies, view the exhibitor page on the Cleantech to Spacetech website, here: http://www.cleantech-to-spacetech.com/exhibitors.html

For more information about the Cleantech to Spacetech conference, or to register, please visit http://www.cleantech-to-spacetech.com.

About Cleantech to Spacetech Event: The Cleantech to Spacetech event is a two-day showcase event featuring MegaWatt Ventures, I2 Capital Acceleration Program and the Florida Cleantech Acceleration Network. The event will feature exciting new Cleantech initiatives, programs, and entrepreneurial endeavors while offering the potential for networking with cleantech individuals and companies. Additional information is available at http://www.cleantech-to-spacetech.com.

About FL-CAN: FL-CAN program links Florida-based universities, incubation networks, investors and industry resources together to create a network of Proof of Concept centers to accelerate the creation and commercialization of innovative clean technology research into new technology companies or to license into existing firms. FL-CAN is administered via a partnership between the University of Central Florida, the Technological Research and Development Authority, and the Florida Energy Systems Consortium.

About MegaWatt Ventures: MegaWatt Ventures is an annual clean energy business plan competition that is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy in conjunction with Florida's universities. The competition has an over-riding mission of encouraging the commercialization of innovative energy-related technologies from the lab bench into the marketplace. Students, entrepreneurs and faculty are all invited to participate in this exciting program. Selected companies receive seed funding, mentorship and other resources while building a prototype and creating a business plan. Each year ten companies will compete for $100,000 in a technology showcase event.

About Igniting Innovation Capital Acceleration Network: Florida's I2 Capital Acceleration Network was launched in early 2011 to provide promising technology companies in Florida accelerated access to industry and capital. Since launching the I2 program, over 150 companies have participated, with 34 companies selected to participate in the I2 Showcase. I2 has quickly grown into a "front door" for growth-based technology companies to identify and access the rich array of technology entrepreneurship resources, industry partners, and investors that are located throughout Florida. Our cornerstone partners are the TRDA Business Innovation Center, Startup America, and Space Florida.

This article and all content within was prepared by The University of Central Florida in partnership with the Technological Research and Development Authority and Florida's Energy Systems Consortium under award #04-79-06583 from Economic Development Administration, and U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Economic Development Administration or the U.S. Department of Commerce.