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EFI’s innovative new webinar series brings together industry experts and business leaders to discuss new technologies, best practices and current industry challenges. |
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Upcoming Biotech webinar, produced in conjunction with FierceBiotech:
Personalized Medicine: From Concept to Reality
November 6th 12pm PT/3pm ET. Register now!
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Forbes names Florida’s Economic Climate No.1 in the U.S. in its annual Best States for Business rankings. (Learn more)
The Wall Street Journal reports that Florida's business climate is among the Top 5 in the country. (Learn more)
Florida is one of the nation’s best states for business, according to the Tax Foundation. (Learn more)
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The University of Central Florida ranks among the nation’s
Top Universities for Technology Strength in patenting.
(Learn more)
Two Florida airports rank among the Top 5 in the U.S. for business travelers. (Learn more)
View more of Florida's recent accolades here.
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New biomass and biofuel plants are being planned all around the State of Florida. Recent project announcements were made by GreenHunter Renewable Power (Learn more) and Southeast Renewable Fuels (Learn more).
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approves Florida’s first in-state natural gas storage facility. The Floridian Natural Gas Storage Company’s $600 million facility will employ 350 workers. (Learn more)
Florida Power & Light Company will save residents money, generate significant environmental benefits, and reduce Florida’s dependence on imported fuel oil by creating Next Generation Clean Energy Centers in Cape Canaveral and Riviera Beach, and adding a new gas unit – one of the cleanest types in the nation – in Palm Beach County. (Learn more)
University of Florida powers clean energy research at its new Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Plant by working to efficiently produce fuel from plant waste. (Learn more)
Florida partners with General Motors Corporation to help improve U.S. energy security and diversify the nation’s transportation fuel supply. (Learn more)
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South Florida is poised to become a micro-technology hotspot as world-renowned Charles Stark Draper Laboratory establishes the BioMEMS R&D Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa and the Multi Chip Module pilot facility in St. Petersburg. (Learn more)
St. Petersburg electronics manufacturer, Jabil Circuit, announces plans to build a new manufacturing plant, expand its corporate headquarters, and create 850 new jobs. (Learn more)
The new Employ Florida Digital Media Banner Center will help fill the talent pipeline for Florida’s rapidly growing digital media industry. (Learn more)
Orlando-based Pentaho, provider of the world's most widely deployed open source business intelligence suite, is named one InformationWeek’s top 5 technology startups of the year. (Learn more)
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Orlando’s Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division to
launch
the Virtual Technology Development & Operations Center, a
test bed
for demonstrating, developing and evaluating new military
technologies. (Learn more) |
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Two world class research institutes that have recently expanded into Florida, Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Learn more) and The Scripps Research Institute (Learn more), are awarded combined funding of nearly $180 million by the National Institutes of Health.
Scripps Florida launches its second spin off company, cuRNA, which will develop therapeutics and possibly diagnostic biomarkers. (Learn more)
Tampa’s award winning H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute earns a prestigious National Cancer Institute SPORE grant, making them one of the elite cancer centers in the U.S. (Learn more)
Orlando’s Disney Children’s Hospital at Florida Hospital, the first children’s hospital to bear the Disney name, unveils new plans to make the facility a national model for pediatric care and technology. (Learn more)
Lakeland shines as WellDyneRx, Inc. builds a world class $20 million pharmacy and call center facility and adds 670 new jobs. (Learn more)
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Florida gets a green light from the U.S. Air Force Space Command to begin building a commercial launch complex at Cape Canaveral. (Learn more)
Jacksonville’s reputation as a military aviation center of excellence grows as Alenia North America adds 300 jobs and invests $107 million to build a final assembly and delivery center at Cecil Commerce Center. (Learn more)
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| Clermont-based Blue Earth Solutions, a preeminent clean-tech provider of polystyrene recycling, attracts $14.1 million in private financing to expand its patented Styrofoam recycling facilities across the nation. (Learn more) |
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North Florida’s Palm Coast Data will add 700 jobs to its current 1,000 person staff as its parent company, AMREP Corp., unifies its magazine, membership, and direct mail operations. (Learn more)
The Jacksonville-based credit division of Allstate Corp. is driving growth by expanding its specialty product lines and adding 200 new jobs. (Learn more)
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December 4-5: Southeastern BIO Investor Forum 2008
The Southeast region’s leading life sciences venture capital conference will
be held in Palm Beach, and will explore research, market and financing
trends with nationally recognized leaders in the investment and biosciences industries.
January 5-8: 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
The aerospace industry’s premier showcase, with the largest attendance of any Institute conference, will include the New Horizons Forum and an aerospace exposition. Join AIAA in Orlando for an event you do not want to miss.
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