Registration Now Open For Fuentek Technology Transfer Webinar

Interns and Professionals Learn Essentials Of Technology Screening. End Quote

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease) April 15, 2011 - Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC (http://www.fuentek.com), a local technology consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology transfer services, has announced that registration has opened for Putting Your Interns to Work: A Step-by-Step Process for Technologies Screenings. This 90-minute webinar will be held on Thursday, May 19 at 2 p.m. EDT. Details about the webinar are available online at http://bit.ly/frpMzB

Designed to help technology transfer offices (TTOs) build their in-house capabilities, Fuentek's webinar will provide an overview of the process for conducting an effective technology screening. Targeted at university interns, the webinar also will be useful for any TTO wanting to benefit from the practical, how-to advice provided by Fuentek's highly experienced staff.

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"Technology screenings are a key first step for commercialization and an ideal activity for TTO interns," said Schoppe. "This webinar will help universities maximize the value of their interns while investing in the next generation of tech transfer professionals."

DETAILS:
- The webinar will be led by Fuentek's Schoppe and Danielle McCulloch, who have led many intern training webinars at several major research universities.

- The cost for the live webinar is $185, and registrants can purchase a high-quality video recording for just $50 more.

NEW MEDIA CONTENT:
Fuentek Blog Post: Technology Screening: The Key First Step in Commercialization:
http://bit.ly/fYL09I

Fuentek Insights on TTO Internship Programs:
http://bit.ly/gDSbSM

Fuentek Blog:
http://blog.fuentek.com

Fuentek Twitter Page:
http://www.twitter.com/fuentek

ABOUT FUENTEK, LLC:
Fuentek, LLC is a consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology transfer services. With a specialization in technology commercialization and the Symbiotic Innovation approach to open innovation, Fuentek works with a wide variety of clients to identify promising technologies and assist them in converting their ideas and inventions into marketable products. Drawing upon its unique combination of technical, business and commercialization expertise, the firm is one of the largest NASA contractors in North Carolina and has helped organizations around the world find the technology they need through licensing as well as collaborative research and development (R&D) partnerships.

Led by President Laura A. Schoppe, a 2008 recipient of the prestigious Triangle Business Journal Women In Business award, Fuentek also offers training workshops, guidebooks, white papers, and websites to help clients and other tech transfer professionals improve effectiveness in managing their intellectual property. Recognized as a top women- and minority-owned small business in North Carolina for the past five consecutive years, Fuentek has been featured on National Public Radio and in the book The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Businesses is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies. The firm has received numerous awards for its work, including an entrepreneurial Pinnacle Business Award from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. For more information, please call (919) 249-0327 or visit Fuentek's website at http://www.fuentek.com.

Brittney Storm
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
brittney ( @ ) mmipublicrelations dot com
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