Tech Speaker Series Returns! New Technology Resources to Grow Your Business

“New Advanced Technology Resources to Grow Your Business”

Tuesday, December 11

8:30 - 9:30 a.m. (networking & refreshments follow)

Did you know that within Winston-Salem’s Piedmont Triad Research Park some of the most advanced equipment and resources in the Southeast are now being made available to entire community? Our next Tech Speaker Series event on Tuesday, December 11 at 8:30 a.m. in Wake Forest Biotech Place will tell you all about it! Do you quickly need a prototype for a new product? Or access to cutting-edge medical research equipment? Come learn about what is available and how these items can help take your business to the next level.

Speakers

• Eric Tomlinson, DSc, PhD; President, Piedmont Triad Research Park and Chief Innovation Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
• Luke Burnett, PhD; Chief Science Officer, Keranetics
• Tom Clarkson, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship; Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
• Carol Strohecker, PhD; Director, Center for Design Innovation

Wake Forest Biotech Place

575 N. Patterson Avenue

Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Map

Hosted by the Tech Council of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce.  Free and open to the public though registration is required.  Learn more and register.

Title Sponsor

·               Cook Medical

Series Sponsors:

·               B/E Aerospace
       Kilpatrick Townsend
    Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Food Sponsor  

          Gallins Foods

INVESTOR-READY ENTREPRENEUR SEMINAR TO BE OFFERED AT WFU

Raising equity capital is challenging at best. Becoming an Investor-Ready EntrepreneurTM is designed to educate and prepare growth-oriented entrepreneurs to successfully engage private equity investors.

Learn from experienced investors and entrepreneurs. Panelists and moderators include:
- Chris Gyves, WCSR – transactional attorney and investor
- Patrick Kammer, C Change Surgical – serial entrepreneur
- Tim Janke, SBTDC / IMAF – investor and early stage fund executive
- Bill Parrish, SBTDC – consultant, entrepreneur and investor

KEYNOTE: Kim Westmoreland, Managing Director, KeraNetics
Kim is a serial entrepreneur and founder of six start-ups, including KeraNetics, a biomaterials company focused on creating innovative keratin-based products.

TO REGISTER: The Becoming an Investor-Ready Entrepreneur registration fee is $295; however, you are eligible for a special scholarship rate of $95 courtesy of our statewide and local sponsors.

DATE/TIME: August 7, 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM

PLACE: Worrell Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.sbtdc.org/investorready

SPONSORED BY: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice. PRESENTED BY: the SBTDC.

Kannapolis company pursuing partnership with KeraNetics of Winston-Salem

Ei Inc., which develops and makes topical pharmaceutical and skin-care products, said Monday that it will add 119 jobs and spend $13.2 million on capital investments at its Kannapolis operations over three years. It is eligible for a $500,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

Mike Kane, Ei's chief executive, also said that the company is pursuing a partnership with KeraNetics LLC of Winston-Salem to commercialize research and patents developed at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

KeraNetics is a biomaterials company that is using keratin — which is found in hair, nails and skin — to develop therapeutic products. It is using keratin in three main areas: trauma applications for the healing of wounds, burns and resuscitation fluids; bone and nerve regeneration; and cell growth.

Kim Westmoreland, managing director for KeraNetics, said the One North Carolina Fund award "will provide a strong incentive for KeraNetics to enter into a partnership with Ei for the manufacture and commercialization of our product platform."

Triad Biotech Alliance Company Showcase

September's Company Showcase will feature regional biomaterials company Keranetics, presented by managing director and board member Charles (Todd) Johnson. You are encouraged to stop by after work to meet local biotechnology enthusiasts and learn about this exciting local company in the Piedmont Triad.

Thursday, September 29th
5:30 to 7:30 pm
Chophouse Grille (off of Highway 68)
4001 Meeting Way
High Point, NC 27265

The event is free, but we ask that you RSVP.

Click here to reserve your space for this event.