Council For Entrepreneurial Development Announces Medtech 2009 Conference Sponsors

Wide Array Of Businesses Support Second Annual Medical Technologies Event
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
Joan Siefert Rose, president of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development
(CED) (www.cednc.org), a private, nonprofit organization that promotes
entrepreneurial efforts in the Triangle region of North Carolina, has announced
sponsors for CED`s Medtech 2009 conference, scheduled for Thursday, May 14 at
Duke University`s Fuqua School of Business, located at 1 Towerview Drive in
Durham, N.C.

CED`s Medtech 2009 is the only conference dedicated to advances in medical
technologies in the Southeast, bringing together entrepreneurs, investors,
vendors and suppliers to address industry issues. For more information, or to
register for the conference, visit
www.cednc.org/content/ced%27s+medtech+conference/184.

CED`s Medtech 2009 include:

Lunch Sponsor:
Synecor

Design Sponsor:
Cassell Design

Web Hosting Sponsor:
Hosted Solutions

Online Sponsor:
Preation Web Experts

Mobile Technology Sponsor:
T-Mobile

Wire Sponsor:
Business Wire

Public Relations Sponsor:
MMI Associates, Inc.

Signage Sponsor:
Cranky Creative Group

Gold Sponsors:
Averion International Corp.
Business Leader
Business North Carolina
Hughes Pittman & Gupton, L.L.P.
IDEA Fund Partners
Laser Image Corporate Printing
NC Magazine
Telegenics Media Productions, Inc.
Triangle Business Journal

Silver Sponsors:
Alston & Bird, L.L.P.
Deloitte & Touche, L.L.P.
Eclipse Group
Forma Industrial Design
Health Sector Management Duke University: The Fuqua School of Business
Harbert Venture Partners
New Science Insurance
Passe Intellectual Property, LLC
Smith & Nephew
Wake County Economic Development
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, L.L.P.

Related Links:

www.cednc.org

www.cednc.org/content/ced%27s+medtech+conference/184

Quotes:

"The Council for Entrepreneurial Development is pleased to have such prestigious
companies support our Medtech 2009 conference," said Rose. "With the support of
our sponsors, this second annual Medtech conference is sure to be a great
success."

About the Council for Entrepreneurial Development:

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is a private, nonprofit
organization founded in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high-growth,
high-impact companies and accelerate the region`s entrepreneurial culture.
Headquartered in the Research Triangle Park, CED is the oldest and largest
entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 5,500 active
members. CED provides know-how, networking, mentoring and capital formation
resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual
conferences, programs and web-based resources. CED has helped entrepreneurs,
investors, service partners, researchers and public policy makers in diverse
emerging industries and at all stages of development - from high-tech,
production-based organizations to service companies, from one-person start-ups
to 1,000-person businesses. For more information, visit www.cednc.org.

Keywords:

Council for Entrepreneurial Development, CED, Joan Siefert Rose, entrepreneur,
biotechnology, life sciences, Research Triangle Park, CED`s Medtech 2009,
medical devices, life sciences, medical technology, Fuqua School of Business,
Duke University, Alston & Bird LLP, Eclipse Group, Forma Industrial Design,
Health Sector Management Duke University: The Fuqua School of Business, Harbert
Venture Partners, New Science Insurance, Passe Intellectual Property, LLC, Smith
& Nephew, Wake County Economic Development, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP,
Averion International Corp., Business Leader, Business North Carolina, Hughes
Pittman & Gupton, LLP, IDEA Fund Partners, Laser Image Corporate Printing, NC
Magazine, Telegenics, Media Productions, Inc., Triangle Business Journal,
Synecor, Cassell Design, Hosted Solutions, Preation Web Experts, T-Mobile,
Business Wire, MMI Associates, Inc., Cranky Creative Group, Deloitte & Touche,
LLP

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