Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

April 2013 Issue

• Tri-City Investment District's EB-5 Regional Center Approved
  The Tri-City Investment District's (TCID) request for an EB-5 Regional Center was recently approved by the federal government. more...
• Mid-Columbia Small Business Awards
  Nominations are due April 4 for the Mid-Columbia Small Business of the Year Awards. Intent to Nominate letters were due March 22, but nominations without the intent letter will still be accepted with a small scoring penalty. more...
• Tri-Cities Ranks #11 in the Country for Economic Strength
  POLICOM Corp. specializes in studying the dynamics of local economies. From its research, it determine sif an area is growing or declining, what is causing this to happen, and offers ideas and solutions to communities to improve the situation. more...
• DOE Begins Economic Development Study on Hanford Land
  The U.S. Department of Energy initiated an environmental assessment (EA) on approximately 4,400 acres of land on the Hanford site for potential long-term economic development use. more...
• Innovate Washington Adds Chief Marketing and Development Officer
  Innovate Washington, the state's primary organization focused on growing its innovation-based economic sectors has hired Tim Priest as the Chief Marketing and Development Officer. more...
• Execs from Adobe, Gates Foundation, Nike, and PNNL among Powerhouse Presenter Lineup for LES Meeting
  For the first time, the Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. & Canada), Inc. will host its Spring Meeting in Seattle, drawing on the innovation hub's rich and diverse business community for a powerhouse program featuring executive presenters from Adobe, HP, Microsoft, Nike Oracle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PhaseBio, Starbucks, T-Mobile, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 343i and other leading organizations. more...
• Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce Announces Award Winners
  The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce presented awards to individuals and businesses that achieved success during 2012. more...

• LSDF Accepting Pre-proposals
  Recently, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) awarded $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to three Washington organizations to support transition of promising health-related technologies from concept to commercial product. more...
• New Supercomputer Coming to EMSL this Summer
  The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), located on the campus of PNNL, is one of the U.S. more...
• Take a Virtual Tour of EMSL
  PNNL has collaboratively launched a virtual tour showcasing four state-of-the-art laboratories and 12 instruments that are within DOE's Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (EMSL), a Department of Energy user facility located on the PNNL campus. more...
• Washington State Creates New Export Website
  The Washington State Department of Commerce has created a new web portal to assist small and medium sized businesses find local, state, and federal resources to support their export strategies. more...
• Free Consulting from UW Foster School of Business
  The University of Washington has an opportunity for businesses in the Tri-Cities. They are offering an intern (UW business school student) to work with three small to medium-sized companies as a consultant this summer. more...

• Spokane New Economy Summit
  April 5 - 6: The Spokane New Economy Summit seeks to promote ideas and strategies for a stronger and more sustainable regional economy and to catalyze support for action. more...
• Cleantech Open Pacific Northwest Accelerator Briefing Webinar
  April 9: Become part of an elite group of environmental innovators who have participated in the Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open accelerator since 2009. more...
• Understanding Government Contracting Solicitations
  April 9: The state and federal governments purchase millions of dollars' worth of products and services from small businesses each year. more...
• Walla Walla Business Summit
  April 12: The one-day Business Summit is an opportunity to learn from leaders in various business sectors and disciplines. more...
• Future Energy Conference
  April 16 - 17: Returning for its seventh year, this is the event addressing the business side of clean energy. more...
• Bridging Partnerships Small Business Symposium
  April 17 - 18: The 10th Annual Bridging Partnerships Small Business Symposium is a business expo with a focus on Government contracting and doing business at Hanford, with exciting networking opportunities and educational breakout sessions for your growing business. more...
• Life Science Innovation Northwest Poster Session
  May 17. Poster Session applications are now being accepted for Life Science Innovation Northwest. The Emerging Company & Technology Poster Session is an opportunity to share your cutting-edge innovation with the "who's who" of life sciences in the Pacific Northwest and across the globe. more...
• Life Science Innovation Northwest Meeting
  July 10 - 11: The Pacific Northwest is home to an expanding and collaborative consortium of biotechnology and biomedical firms, healthcare services, world-class research, innovative startups and established industry leaders. more...

• License Will Lead to Faster-charging Batteries for Phones, Electric Vehicles
  An enhanced battery technology that can potentially reduce the time it takes to charge cell phones, electric vehicles, and other battery-powered devices from hours to minutes is the subject of a commercial license agreement between Battelle, operator of PNNL, and Vorbeck Materials Corp. more...
• PNNL Receives Award for Safety Systems
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is receiving its third Voluntary Protection Program Star Award from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. more...
• Battelle Licenses Technology for Electric Vehicles
  Technology that could encourage widespread use of plug-in electric vehicles has been licensed by Battelle to AeroVironment Inc. more...

We invite your contributions! We will consider items that fit the mission of this publication, including your tech-related news, awards, and notices of upcoming events. Please send text and photos to Diane Kahler or call (509) 372-4133.

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.