TechConnect World 2012 Attracts Leading Corporations for Technology-to-Business Matchmaking in Silicon Valley

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual TechConnect World conference is North America's largest multi-sector conference and marketplace for innovators, technology business developers, and investors.  The next TechConnect World will take place June 18-21, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, US. 


TechConnect's innovative Corporate Partnering Forum features executives from Fortune 1000 corporations presenting strategic technical and investment areas of interest.  The corporations are looking for technology solutions for potential partner and funding opportunities.

More than twenty Corporate Partners will present at TechConnect World in Santa Clara, CA, including: Applied Materials, BASF, Bayer MaterialScience, bp, Dow, DuPont, Honda, Hyundai, IBM, Intel, Johnson Controls, Lockheed Martin, MeadWestvaco, Panasonic, PPG Industries, Samsung, Schlumberger, Shell, SK Innovation, Siemens, and Toray.

"The mission of TechConnect aligns directly with The White House directive to strengthen technology commercialization and entrepreneurial initiatives by accelerating investment and industry exposure to the nation's top innovations.  TechConnect and its growing number of corporate partners speaks to the importance of having matchmaking programs to increase the innovation pipeline and bring the most promising technologies to the marketplace," notes Matthew Laudon, TechConnect CEO.

TechConnect World also features the world's largest showcase of top-vetted innovations, IP and early stage companies from multiple industrial sectors including: advanced materials, energy, defense, biotech, electronics, sensors, transportation, environment and medical.

One early stage company participating at the Conference "is currently working with numerous technology leaders and Fortune 1000 companies that are incorporating our nanocrystal additives into their product development efforts enabling them to develop their next generation of products," said Craig Bandes, president and CEO of Pixelligent Technologies. "TechConnect has proven to be our most productive conference in terms of meeting potential customers and partners.  It provides Pixelligent with a great opportunity to get in front of our target customers and partners in the electronics and industrial markets."

To learn more about TechConnect World 2012 and how to participate, 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.

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SOURCE TechConnect