SEPTEMBER 3, 2008: MEDIA ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONNECT.org teams with Passage Productions to produce the annual MIP Awards Video Hilton Hotel Torrey Pines San Diego: SAIC and Qualcomm past honorees.
Passage Productions is currently in production of the CONNECT Most Innovative New Product Awards for 2008 to be held Friday, December 12, 2008.
Celebrating their sixth year producing the event, Passage recognizes this year’s script as a collaborative effort with CONNECT, incorporating two new categories into the event: Action & Sport Technologies and Aerospace & Security Technologies. These new categories will be added to Clean Technology, Hardware & General Technology, Life Science-Diagnostics & Research Tools, Life Science-Medical Products, Software and IT, and Wireless Communications to make up eight areas of recognition.
The showcase of this MIP luncheon event each year is the presentation of the William W. Otterson Award, in memory of CONNECT’s first Executive Director, Bill Otterson. The William W. Otterson Award recognizes technologies or products developed in San Diego that have demonstrated a significant positive impact on society or on our quality of life.
Past winners and honorees include Qualcomm, Cymer Inc., IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Hybritech, Pfizer Inc., WD-40, General Atomics and SAIC. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders spoke at last year’s event.
About CONNECT (as per GablePR.com):
CONNECT is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining the growth of innovative technology and life science businesses in San Diego. Since 1985, CONNECT has assisted in the formation and development of over 1,200 companies and is widely regarded as the nation’s most successful regional program linking inventors and entrepreneurs with the resources they need for success. Its programs include: Springboard, Venture Round Table, Frontiers in Science and Technology, FrameWorks, CEO Strategy Forum and Connect with CONNECT: affiliate programs with The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT), Tech Coast Angels (TCA), MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF), and Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance: and its awards and recognition programs, Hall of Fame, and The Most Innovative Products (MIP) Awards.
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