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	National Reports Highlight Bioscience and Technology Strengths in Kansas 116 KB PDF \| July 15 , 2008\| Two new reports on the U.S. bioscience and technology industries bring great news about the innovation economy in Kansas.
	SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION LAUNCHED BY KTEC 91 KB PDF \| June 16, 2008\| KTEC announced the launch of a statewide trade association to provide support to Kansas’ burgeoning software and information technology (IT) industry.
	NATIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY GROUP SELECTS OVERLAND PARK FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE 77 KB PDF \| February 13, 2008\| KTEC is proud to announce that the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI), a national science and technology organization, has selected Overland Park, Kan., as the location for its 13th annual conference.
	“COME HOME TO KANSAS” ANNOUNCED BY KTEC 78 KB PDF \| January 24, 2008\| KTEC announced today a “Come Home to Kansas” initiative that focuses on recruiting bioscience and information technology professionals and investors to Kansas.
	2008 KANSAS ANGEL INVESTOR TAX CREDIT PROGRAM COMMENCES 78 KB PDF \| January 10, 2008\| The 2008 Kansas Angel Investor Tax Credit Program officially commenced January 1.
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Media Coverage

	Innovations rely on pending grants August 18, 2008 \| Kansas City Star High-tech economy advocates in the region are concerned by a disagreement threatening to choke off helpful federal technology development grants.
	Accelerating Innovation in Kansas August 2008 \| Kansas City Small Business Monthly The Small Business Innovation Research program provides funding for early-stage companies.
	Come Home to Kansas - Tracy Taylor August 4, 2008 \| AgriTalk
	A Buyer’s Guide to Inventions, in Plain English May 11 , 2008 \| The New York Times Inventors and companies like to court each other. Inventors need companies to move their ideas forward, and companies need inventions to help their businesses grow.
	Wichita critical to state's IT industry April 24, 2008 \| The Wichita Eagle There are thousands of people working in information technology jobs in the Wichita area.
	Information technology is focus of KTEC trade group February 15 , 2008 \| The Wichita Eagle Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp. is in the early stages of putting together a trade group for the state's information technology companies.
	Venture capitalists find heartland is welcoming February 4 , 2008 \| The Kansas City Star As venture investors increasingly prowl for bioscience deals, this region has a growing chance of attracting their attention.
	Tech group works to draw Kansans back January 31, 2008 \| The Wichita Eagle LSI Corp.' s Ann Martin welcomes a new effort to lure former Kansans who are working in the biosciences and information technology back home.
	Come Home to Kansas initiative seeks to lure back high-tech workers January 28, 2008 \| The Kansas City Star Kansas leaders want scientists and high-tech workers who once wrote off career prospects in their home state to take another look.
	KTEC names Koper Innovator of the Year January 24, 2008 \| The Wichita Eagle Olga Koper of NanoScale Corp. in Manhattan was named Thursday night as the winner of the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp.' s Innovator of the Year competition.
	One year later, business plan in the pipeline January 24, 2008 \| The Wichita Eagle So much so that the Wichitan -- one of 10 Kansas entrepreneurs named last year to Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp.' s inaugural PIPELINE class -- has changed his business idea.
	KTEC picks nine entrepreneurs for program January 24, 2008 \| Wichita Business Journal Nine technology and bioscience entrepreneurs have been selected as the second class of the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp.'s Pipeline fellowship program, KTEC said.
	Angel investor tax credits increase by $2 million January 15, 2008 \| The Wichita Eagle A $2 million bump in tax credits is expected to mean more investment in Kansas bioscience and technology startups.
	KTEC reorganizes KU support December 17, 2007 \| Wichita Business Journal The Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation will continue its bioscience funding in a new structure at the University of Kansas as part of its supported efforts in the BiotechnologyInnovation & Optimization Center

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