Dates & Deadlines
- 5/23/13 - Funding workshop with MTI and The First Come learn about financing options available…
- 5/24/13 - Funding Workshop with MTI and Norway Savings Bank Come learn about financing options available…
- 5/30/13 - Funding Workshop with MTI and Camden National Bank Come learn about financing options available…
- 6/4/13 - TechStart Grant Deadline All applications due by 5pm
TechStart Grants…
- 6/20/13 - 2013 New England Regional SBIR/STTR Summer Session Increase your chances of winning an SBIR/STTR…
- 6/26/13 - Internet Marketing: SEO and Beyond for Business Success Presented by Maine International Trade center…
- 7/2/13 - TechStart Grant Deadline All applications due by 5pm
TechStart Grants…
- 7/9/13 - Development Loan Deadline All applications due by 5pm.
Development…
- 8/20/13 - Seed Grant Deadline Applications Due by 5 p.m.
MTI Seed Grants of…
Calendar of Events
5/18/12 - Innovation Meets Main Street - 2012 Maine Downtown Conference - Downtown Farmington
Innovation Meets Main Street
2012 Maine Downtown Conference - Downtown Farmington
MAY 17
Pre-Conference Event 6:15 PM
The conference kicks off the previous evening, May 17 at 6:15 p.m. with a free reception and screening of the 60 minute national award-winning film, The Greenest Building. Following the film, dessert is included in the Question and Answer conversation with producer and film maker, Jane Turville, from Portland, Oregon. A $5 donation is suggested. Location: Roberts Learning Center, Lincoln Auditorium, UMF campus.
MAY 18
Conference Day 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration and Breakfast open at 7:00 AM
This year's featured conference speaker is inventor, entrepreneur and author, Doug Hall. A Maine native, Doug is the internationally-recognized founder of Eureka! Ranch and Innovation Engineering. The conference features 12 concurrent sessions and three specialized walking tours providing exceptional training, idea sharing and real solutions for Maine. Included in the conference are the highly-anticipated Downtown Achievement Awards, the announcement of Maine's newest Main Street community and four new Maine Downtown Network communities. A special celebration will honor Main Street Bath - a 2012 winner of a Great American Main Street Award, one of five nationwide and a first for Maine. And new this year, the conference concludes at the historic Franklin County Courthouse with a reception and announcement of the Downtown Pitch Contest winners!
Pre-Registration is Required - Pricing Includes:
Conference tote bag provided by Renys (with all handouts and materials and a few surprises), continental breakfast, lunch, snacks, all sessions, complimentary van service to and from session locations, great opportunities for networking and inspiration:
$65 Member of Maine Development Foundation, a Main Street Maine or a Maine Downtown Network Community
$90 Non-Member
For Questions or FMI: Contact Roxanne Eflin, Senior Program Director, at 207.626.3117 (office), 207.229.9465 (mobile) or via email.
Innovators in the News
- 5/17/13 - ORPC Featured on June 2013 cover of Popular Science JUNE 2013 - Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has been chosen as the cover story for June's issue…
- 5/16/13 - ImmuCell sales up, led by bovine immunity booster (Reprint from MaineBiz 5/16/2013) PORTLAND - Portland-based ImmuCell Corp. announced its first…
MTI News
- 5/22/13 - Blackstone initiative embedded into MTI (Reprint from MaineBiz 5/22/2013) - Blackstone Accelerates Growth, the $3 million effort to…
- 4/30/13 - Maine Technology Institute will present a second round of workshops in their statewide campaign working with Maine community banks to reach and grow Maine technology-based businesses For Immediate Release
April 30, 2013
Contact: Catherine Marin, 207-203-2071
Building on…
MTI Blog
- 3/25/13 - Culture Value One of the objectives we have at the Maine Technology Institute is to help sustain a culture of…
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