National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)
Washington DC, 1-3 October 2008
Supported by US National Sciences Foundation and the US National Institutes of Health

On October 1-3 the US National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) held it Annual University start-ups Conference supported by the US National Sciences Foundation and the US National Institutes of Health.

The University Startups Conference is a unique conference series dedicated exclusively to creating and funding globally-competitive, venture-backable university startups.

The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) partnered with Science and Technology Officials at the various Washington Embassies to include many international universities, investors and corporations in NCET2 programs and activities.

The meeting brought together university start-ups, research centres, high technology clusters, key decision makers, venture capital associations and Fortune 500 technology scouts. In this year's conference the opening reception on the evening of October 1, was hosted by the Embassy of Greece.

Greek HBio companies were represented and spin-ff HBio member companies were particularly promoted by PRAXI/Help-Forward Network (www.help-forward.gr), the technology transfer organisation which is a founding member of HBio and actively contributes to the clusters' various activities and initiatives.

PRAXI/Help-Forward networked and established links with representatives from the US National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the Strategic Venture Association (SVA), angel investors, other technology transfer organisations and key players in the international arena.

Read more: http://ncet2.org/UpcomingEvents/UnivStartupConf08/