Minnesota will have yet another technology and business resource on Sept. 18th, when the Minnesota High Tech Association (
MHTA) and Minneapolis-based awareness firm
Innovosource partner to provide a new monthly innovation series.
Dubbed "A Break for Breakthroughs," the series takes the form of free webinars for MHTA members, with the first event covering the latest breakthroughs in flexible electronics, from films and displays to touch sensor integration.
To kick off the series, the first webinar will be shown both online and at CoCo Minneapolis in the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Speakers have just been
announced, and Innovosource's founder will moderate.
According to Andrew Wittenborg, MHTA's director of outreach, upcoming sessions will cover emerging areas that affect Minnesota's technology landscape most directly. For example, wearable devices and robotics are booming here, so they'll get coverage, as will nanotech, biotech, and stem cells. Advancements in image processing and analysis are also slated to be discussed.
"We are particularly excited by this new partnership because it represents a key aspect of MHTA's mission to fuel Minnesota's prosperity through innovation and technology," Wittenborg notes.
He adds that the mission of the series is to help business leaders, R&D teams, investors, entrepreneurs, and others to learn more about emerging technologies and to build stronger relationships among the top players locally. "We will provide a greater level of awareness beyond the widely accessible information already available," says Wittenborg.
MHTA will also provide programming for Innovosource's
Pardon the Disruption program, which connects high technology companies and investors to research universities and laboratories.
Source: Andrew Wittenborg, MHTA
Writer: Elizabeth Millard