FRIDAY HARBOR, WA--(Marketwire - September 30, 2009) - FiReGlobal : West Coast is proud to
unveil its selection of eight pioneering technology companies to be
featured as FiReStar award winners at this year's FiReGlobal : West Coast
conference. These companies, both regional and global, are selected based
on their potential to bring positive change to the world. They will be
showcased throughout the conference, and at a special FiReStar reception,
during which regional and global investors will be given the chance to meet
company officers.
Following are this year's winners:
CytomX Therapeutics is an early-stage, privately-funded biotechnology
company developing Probodies™, proteolytically activated antibodies.
Its mission is to provide patients with more effective and less toxic
therapies for severe illnesses such as cancer and inflammatory diseases.
Hoana Medical Inc. manufactures and sells a unique life-saving medical
technology called the LifeBed™ Patient Vigilance System, a
reusable-disposable ("reposable") mattress coverlet that tracks a
patient's basic vital signs without any wires or connection to the
patient.
InTouch Health is a leading provider of Remote Presence (RP) telehealth
solutions which empower physicians to easily and more frequently visit
with hospital-based patients.
Sea Breeze Power Corp. is dedicated to meeting the growing demand for
clean, sustainable, green power. Their state-of-the art projects are
a model for long-term, cost-effective, reliable energy solutions that
will have low environmental impact, no greenhouse gas emissions and
significant economic benefits.
Serious Materials develops and manufactures sustainable green building
materials that dramatically reduce the impact of the "built
environment" on the climate.
Sky Fiber Inc. develops patented wireless light communication products
that address the rapidly growing global requirements for fast, secure,
and affordable broadband wireless communication solutions.
Tesla Motors has brought the best of the automotive and technology
worlds together to permanently bury the image of an electric car as a
step backward in performance, efficiency, or design. Its key technology
is the 100% electric powertrain, which propels the company in the
present and simultaneously establishes a foundation for its future
models.
Twisted Pair Solutions is a communications software platform that
brings groups together for critical communications. By enabling Unified
Group Communications, WAVE is powering the next generation of
communications, collaboration, and interoperability solutions.
"These FiReStar companies represent real change, and they should provide
all of us with a sense of optimism about the future. We will watch these
award winners going forward, as they do their best to improve the world,
and we do our best to help them," said Mark Anderson, CEO of SNS, Chair of
FiRe and FiReGlobal : West Coast.
The FiReGlobal : West Coast conference will take place October 15th at the
Seattle Four Seasons Hotel. It is the first regional version of the
renowned Future in Review™ annual global technology conference, which
the Economist calls "the best technology conference in the world."
FiReGlobal : West Coast will showcase a world-class gathering of local and
global thought leaders in technology and economics through a series of
interviews and onstage conversations. In a move beyond current tech
conferences, FiReGlobal : West Coast has overlaid regional problems
nominated by local leaders, to be solved through the collaboration of
local Chief Technology Officers prior to the conference.
Other speakers will include Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell; Irwin
Jacobs, Founder of Qualcomm; RealNetworks Founder, Chairman and CEO Rob
Glaser; Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell, President and Director of the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Steve Reynolds, CEO of Puget Sound
Energy; Washington State Commerce Department Director Rogers Weed; Larry
Smarr, John Delaney, and Mark Anderson.
To register, go to www.futureinreview.com/global/wc.
Strategic News Service was founded by Mark Anderson in 1995 as the first
paid online news service. Since its inception, SNS has proven the most
accurate predictive newsletter covering the computer and telecom
industries. Its subscribers include top managers at technology companies
across the globe, including Microsoft, Dell, HP, Cisco, Intel, Sun, Google,
and Telstra.
SNS has been operating the annual FiRe Conference for seven years. The
Economist calls FiRe "the best technology conference in the world." FiRe
exposes world experts and participants to new ideas, producing an accurate
portrait of the future and focuses on creating technology solutions to
current local and global problems. FiRe 2010 will take place May 11-14,
2010 at Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, CA. For more information to go
www.futureinreview.com.
Future in Review is a Strategic News Service conference. Future in
Review, and Strategic News Service are registered international
trademarks. The SNS newsletter is the most accurate publicly ranked
predictive newsletter in computing and communications.
Websites: www.stratnews.com, www.futureinreview.com,
www.futureinreview.com/global/wc