Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

June 2009 Issue

• Wind energy project to receive funding
  Energy Northwest, based in Richland, Wash., is one of 53 organizations selected to receive funding from the U.S. more...
• AREVA earns long-term license renewal
  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a 40-year operating license renewal to AREVA's fuel fabrication facility located in Richland, Wash. more...
• AMIC appoints new board member
  Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation of Kennewick, Wash. has appointed Dr. Michael Korenko to its board of directors. more...
• Energy Northwest welcomes new member, re-appoints Morrison
  Energy Northwest, based in Richland, Wash., now has 25 member utilities. The agency's board of directors approved a membership application from the Jefferson County Public Utility District in April. more...
• Dade Moeller receives accreditation for radiation safety course
  The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs has reviewed and accredited Richland, Wash.-based Dade Moeller & Associate's Medical Radiation Safety Officer Course. more...
• PocketiNet launching new technology in Tri-Cities
  PocketiNet Communications, Inc., based in Walla Walla, Wash., plans to launch its WiMAX Technology in the Tri-Cities. more...
• WBBA forms partnership with Sirti
  The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association and Sirti have formed a partnership to stimulate the growth of the life science industry in eastern Washington. more...

• Pacific Northwest life sciences showcase
  The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati will hold the first ever Northwest Emerging Company Investor Forum on June 16 in Seattle. more...
• New DOE agency accepting proposals for grants
  The Department of Energy is inviting proposals for grants that will be given out under the new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. more...
• Technology commercialization grant funding
  The Life Sciences Discovery Fund is accepting pre-proposals for its 2009 Summer Commercialization Grant Competition. more...
• Exhibit at SmartMap Expo
  The Tri-City Development Council will begin accepting applications for vendors at its annual SmartMap Expo on June 1. more...
• Resources online
  1) The presentation "Your waste-my gold: conversion of waste into clean fuels" is now available. more...

• Focusing on the Future economic development conference
  JUNE 4-5. The Washington Economic Development Association will hold its 2009 Summer Conference June 4-5 in Chelan, Wash. more...
• Building a green bio-economy in Washington
  JUNE 4. The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association is hosting a Breakfast for Success event on June 4 in Seattle focused on the opportunities and challenges in developing Washington's green bio-economy. more...
• ASQ to tour wind farm
  JUNE 6. The Columbia Basin Chapter of the American Society for Quality's June meeting will be a tour of Ellensburg's Wild Horse Wind Farm. more...
• Save the date: SmartMap Expo
  OCTOBER 1. The Tri-Cities Development Council will hold its annual SmartMap Expo, on October 1 at the Trade, Recreation, and Agricultural Center in Pasco, Wash. more...

• PNNL Campus Master Plan online
  The updated master plan for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory campus is available online. The revised version, approved by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest Site Office, incorporates construction of the Capability Replacement Laboratory and describes and illustrates a 20-year and beyond site development and improvement strategy for growth. more...
• Business accelerator launched for technology commercialization
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of eight research institutions partnering with The University Funds, a new venture development firm based in Bellevue, Wash., to develop collaborative programs to drive the identification, assessment and subsequent commercialization of high potential innovations. more...
• Technology to convert trash into energy
  Technology that originated at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and its partner, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be used to turn waste into energy. more...
• Plastic that grows on trees
  Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a one-step process aimed at using plants to create a renewable, nonpolluting replacement for crude oil. more...

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Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.