Join us to recognize remarkable achievements by your peers in approaches to building and sustaining tech-based economies. The fourth annual Excellence in TBED Awards ceremony showcases success stories from communities and regions across the nation selected as best practices in the TBED field for their efforts to:

• Expand the Research Capacity
• Commercialize Research
• Build Entrepreneurial Capacity
• Increase Access to Capital
• Enhance the Science and Technology Workforce
• Improve Competitiveness of Existing Industries

The highly-anticipated unveiling of the 2010 award recipients takes place Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 1:10 PM. A dedicated breakout session revealing the inside stories and weaving together common themes, practices and lessons learned by the best of TBED will immediately follow the ceremony.

Hear podcasts with previous Excellence in TBED Award winners at: http://www.sstiawards.org/.