TechConnect Announces 22 New Corporate Acceleration Partners for Annual TechConnect World Conference 2012 in Santa Clara, CA

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TechConnect World is the world's largest multi-sector conference and marketplace for innovators, technology business developers, and investors.  The next TechConnect World Conference will take place June 18-21, 2012, in Santa Clara, CA, U.S. 


The TechConnect Corporate Partnering Forum features business and science development executives from global corporations, who present their company's technology and investment areas of interest.  The corporations are also looking to meet with technology providers for possible collaboration and funding opportunities.  

Twenty-two corporate partners have already confirmed their participation in the 2012 TechConnect World in Santa Clara, CA, including:

Applied Materials, BASF, Bayer MaterialScience, bp, Dow, DuPont, Honda, IBM, Intel, Johnson Controls, Kodak, Lockheed Martin, Merck, MWV, Novartis, Panasonic, PPG, Roche, Schlumberger, Shell, Siemens, and Toray.

The annual TechConnect World event features the world's largest showcase of highly vetted innovations, IP and early stage companies from around the world from across multiple industrial sectors including Electronics, Materials, Energy, Chemicals, Transportation, Biotech and Pharma.  

"The mission of TechConnect is structured to support the White House Directive to strengthen technology commercialization initiatives by accelerating the investment and industrial exposure of the nation's and the world's top innovations.  The growth of TechConnect and its number of corporate partners speaks to the importance of having such a formal matchmaking program to help increase the innovation pipeline and bring the most promising technologies to the marketplace," notes Matthew Laudon, PhD, CEO of TechConnect.

To submit your IP or Early-stage Company, to become a Corporate Acceleration Partner, or to simply learn more about TechConnect World 2012, please visit:
http://www.techconnectworld.com/World2012/.

About TechConnect (www.techconnect.org):

TechConnect is a global technology outreach & development organization. Through our innovative programs and conferences, we deliver the most promising technologies to the world's top corporate, investment, and government professionals.  TechConnect is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Danville, California.

Contact:
Jennifer Rocha
Director, Strategic Development
774-249-8514
[email protected]

SOURCE TechConnect