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November 7, 2012

Client & Graduate News
HTC was proud to be co-sponsor for The FastTech 50 this year. We congratulate our current clients for making the FastTech 50 List including:
            
         
          
           
                                                  
We also congratulate our former clients and graduates including: ALERTLOGIC, Gimmal LLC, Idera, Inc., ItRobotics, Inc., Merrick Systems.

Click here to see company rankings.

Paul Frison Award was presented to IPT Global LLC
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HTC Client Candidate BrainFund.net Featured in OnlineColleges.net
HTC Client Candidate, BrainFund.net, a company that changes the economics of how college students finance their education, was featured in "College By The Crowd: The New Future of School Funding?" article on OnlineColleges.net.
Full Article

HTC Graduate & Texas Emerging Technology Fund Awardee, Nanospectra Biosciences, Featured in Houston Chronicle
HTC Graduate, Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc., a company commercializing particle-based therapies for the selective and precise thermal destruction of solid tumors while minimizing damage to healthy adjacent tissue and preserving critical structures, was featured in "Rice Team Achieves a Cancer Milestone" article in the Houston Chronicle.
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HTC Client VRcontext, Recently Bought by Siemens, Featured in
Spar Point Group
HTC Client, VRcontext, world leading provider of visualization solutions addressing the needs of engineering firms and owners/operators, was featured in "What's VRContext do for Siemens." In this article it discusses how Siemens will benefit from the acquisition on VRContext.
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HTC Insider
Congratulations and Farewell
to Kira Blackwell
"HTC congratulates Kira Blackwell on her new position as the Executive Director of Operations for Chrysalis BioTherapeutics, Inc. and bid her farewell as she moves on. We thank Kira for the remarkable results that she has helped HTC achieve in strategic relations." - Walter Ulrich, President & CEO, Houston Technology Center

HTC's Maryanne Maldonado to Lead Wildcatting for Energy Technologies Panel at "Total Energy USA 2012"
Total Energy USA assembles all the energy sectors – fossil, renewable and nuclear – to give you a comprehensive look at different energy solutions that will generate energy business and help to address today’s energy challenges. In an event focused on how businesses are impacted by energy and designed to open new opportunities, you will have access to the latest information, the newest technologies and the best industry connections. Use this groundbreaking event to advance your organization and ensure your future on the total energy landscape.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday November 27-29
8:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, Texas 77010
Register Now

SURGE Accelerator is a mentor-driven, seed accelerator solving the world's energy problems using software. Based in Houston, the Energy Capital of the World, SURGE assists approximately 10 companies each class that are seeking to innovate and exploit the massive shifts in technology, policy and expertise in the energy industry. SURGE provides entrepreneurs with the seed capital, expert mentorship, and industry ecosystem to rise to true market validation during a 3 month "bootcamp" (February - May). SURGE runs a competitive application process to find the best energy software companies in the world. If you have a great idea, we want to hear from you!
Applications are open for the Spring 2013 class.
To apply or for more information, please visit http://bit.ly/SGDQ0w

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Upcoming Events
TECH LINK- Friday, November 9
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER - REGISTRATION ENDS TOMORROW @ NOON
Register NOW
CONNECTION ♦ SUPPORT ♦ COMMUNICATION ♦ RECOGNITION   
Look forward to another exciting morning of client presentations and networking. Learn about Houston Technology Center's Incubation and Acceleration Clients focused in the energy, life sciences, information technology, NASA/aerospace sectors. 

Open to the community these meetings allow professionals to be involved with and influence the evolution of emerging technology. 

"Shell GameChanger:
A Safe Space to Get Novel Ideas Started"
Featured Speaker:
Russ Conser,
Manager, GameChanger
Shell

Russ is leader of Shell’s global GameChanger team and is based in Houston, Texas. GameChanger is a Shell-created innovation program that invests in people in or outside of Shell to help mature their breakthrough energy ideas to proof-of-concept. Originally educated as a Mechanical Engineer (Iowa State), Russ is a long-time “Shell guy” who spent his early years exploring for and producing oil and gas around the world, then later on such things as business planning, strategy, scenarios, and technology venturing.
Client Presentions:
Gabriel UAS
Friday, November 9
Light Breakfast and Networking
 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Presentations
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Aerospace Transition Center
16921 El Camino Real
Houston, Texas 77058 
$20 Registration Fee
Register Now

Tech Champs & 2012 Commencement - Friday, December 7
Please join us in a special Tech Champs event as we celebrate our 2012 client company graduates in a special Commencement Ceremony and salute our 2012 Sponsors. Open to the public, this forum offers some of Houston’s best networking opportunities for the tech community.
Friday, December 7
Light Breakfast and Networking
 7:15 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Presentations
7:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Hilton University of Houston
4800 Calhoun Road
Houston, Texas 77004
$25 Registration Fee
Register Now

Community Events
HTC is excited to host Startup Weekend, a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday November 9-11
HTC Conference Center
410 Pierce Street
Houston, Texas 77002
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