Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

March 2010 Issue

• Dade Moeller staff member elected to board of national organization
  Richland, Wash.-based Dade Moeller & Associates, Inc. announced that a member of its staff has been named to the board for the Health Physics Society. more...
• Extra points for early-bird small business intent to nominate forms
  Businesses that submit Intent to Nominate forms by March 19 for the Mid-Columbia Small Business Awards will receive an additional five points toward the nomination score. more...
• Entrepreneurial Awards announced
  The Richland Rotary Club announced the winners of the 14th annual Entrepreneurial Awards. nGenuity Information Services, based in Kennewick, Wash., and Elevate and ApresVin Enterprises, both based in Richland, Wash., were among those recognized at a ceremony in February. more...

• Apply for Research and Technology Development grants
  The Washington Technology Center is accepting applications for its next round of research grants aimed at transitioning great ideas out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. more...
• Environmental technology funding opportunities
  The Department of Defense is accepting pre-proposals for funding under its Environmental Security Technology Certification Program for environmental technology demonstrations aimed at addressing the agency's top priority challenges. more...
• Environmental research and development proposals requested
  The Department of Defense is accepting environmental research and development proposals for funding under the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. more...
• Video contest for small businesses
  Microsoft and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the "It's Time for Business with Office 2010 Video Contest." The grand prize is $10,000. more...
• Resources online
  1) The column "Sustainability can be integral part of building developments" was published in the Tri-City Herald on February 7. more...

• SIGN executive to speak
  MARCH 2. The Columbia Basin Chapter of the American Society for Quality's March meeting will feature the chief executive officer of the Richland, Wash.-based Surgical Implant Generation Network. more...
• Three Rivers Entrepreneur Network meeting
  MARCH 9. REGISTER BY MARCH 4. The Three Rivers Entrepreneur Network will hold its March seminar "How Green is our Valley: Strategies for Creating a Sustainable New World" on March 9 beginning at 7:15 am at the Richland Community Center in Richland, Wash. more...
• Tri-Cities Research District Speaker Series
  MARCH 9. REGISTER BY MARCH 5. Richard Sheehy and Nathan Monosoff will be the next speakers in the Tri-Cities Research District Speaker Series. more...
• Invention to Venture seminar
  MARCH 12. A one-day workshop on the basics of technology entrepreneurship will be held in Pullman, Wash. more...
• Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference
  MARCH 16-17. The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association will hold the first Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference in Seattle in March. more...
• Enhance Your Global Competitiveness
  MARCH 18. The Washington Department of Commerce, the International Trade Alliance, and Sirti are co-sponsoring the seminar "Enhance Your Global Competitiveness" on March 18 in Spokane, Wash. more...
• Global Venture Challenge conference
  MARCH 24-26. The 4th Annual Global Venture Challenge will be held in March in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The event brings together teams of graduate students from around the world to compete for prizes by addressing the world's future needs in energy and security. more...
• TRIDEC annual membership meeting
  MARCH 31. The Tri-Cities Development Council will hold its 46th Annual Meeting on March 31 at the Red Lion Hotel in Pasco, Wash. more...
• Washington's Innovation Summit 2010
  APRIL 9. REGISTER BY MARCH 5 FOR DISCOUNTED RATE. The Washington Technology Center will hold Washington's Innovation Summit 2010 in April in Tacoma, Wash. more...

• Smart grid could reduce emissions by 12 percent
  A smart electrical power grid could decrease annual electric energy use and utility sector carbon emissions at least 12 percent by 2030, according to a new report from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. more...
• PNNL engineer named institute co-director
  Ward TeGrotenhuis, a chief engineer at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been named co-director of the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute in Corvallis, Ore. more...
• Geoengineering takes a ride in shipping lanes
  Ships blowing off steam are helping researchers understand how manmade particles might be useful against global warming. more...
• Alternative futures of a warming world
  An international team of climate scientists will take a new approach to modeling the Earth's climate future. 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.