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yet2.com Seeks Submissions of Technology Competition - Monday 07 March 2011

yet2.com Seeks Submissions of Technology Competition
Finalists in Four Categories to Receive Commercialization Opportunities Needham, MA USA, January 5, 2011 --   yet2.com, an intellectual property services firm, in partnership with NASA Tech Briefs, Clean 15, RadTech,  Steinbeis Center for Technology Transfer India,  and yet2 Ventures, is pleased to announce its new Step2Change Technology Competition, with submissions accepted now through March 15, 2011.  The competition is designed to connect exciting technology companies in four leading areas to the commercial market:  1) Sustainable Packaging; 2) Materials-lighter/stronger/better/cleaner; 3) Consumer home/health medical devices; and 4) Electronics.  

yet2.com's Step2Change Technology Competition is organized in conjunction with yet2.com's  annual Executive Briefing conference, to take place in Boston in May, 2011.  Competition finalists will have a chance to present their technologies at the conference to yet2.com's exclusive audience of 100+ representatives from the Global 1000, in addition to other promotional services.   The top Step2Change finalist will also receive a package of customized partnership/commercialization services from yet2.com. This company will benefit directly from hands on commercialization services from yet2.com's global team of technology transfer specialists.

yet2.com is the world's largest intellectual property exchange. Its client base consists of about half the Global 1000, along with hundreds of small-to-medium enterprises. Approximately 120,000 individuals involved with Open Innovation visit its global marketplace web site annually in search of new technologies.  For its conference, yet2.com convenes Chief Technology Officers, R&D Executives, Strategic Intellectual Asset Managers, Licensing Executives, and Business Managers from companies around the globe to share open innovation best practices and to scout technology acquisitions to build into their businesses. 

"This new competition is specifically designed to connect leading edge technologies to the partners and capital necessary to accelerate their access to the global market," said Phil Stern, yet2.com CEO and co-founder.  "We hope small companies working on cutting edge technologies will realize the unprecedented access we can offer them and will decide to participate."  Submission details and more information are available at http://www.yet2.com/app/about/competition/home.