Welcome to UtahInventor.org

THE FALL SYMPOSIUM IS

NOVEMBER 20th, 2008

UtahInventor.org is extremely pleased to announce the joining of the annual Fall Symposium with the Global Entrepreneurship Week Summit to be held at the South Town Exposition Center in Sandy, UT.

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Video recording of the presentations made at the Fall Symposium

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Home Base for Utah Inventors

Utah is renowned for creative inventors who have provided the world with such technical achievements as television, the hearing aid, stereo, digital recording, Gore-Tex® fabric, Adobe® imaging, video games and many more.

Indeed, Utah’s economy is strong today because over 3000 independent Utah inventors and over 1000 corporate and university inventors work to create new ideas and better products. Previous innovations have spawned such companies as Huntsman Chemical, Browning Firearms, Word Perfect, Novel, Iomega, Icon Fitness, Pixar Animation, Myriad Genetics, Sarcos, Evans & Sutherland, Moxtek, Control4 and others.

More information on the Foundation

Help for Inventors

The Spirit of Renaissance® Foundation seeks to energize the creative spirit in Utah by providing a single organization for inventors from all sectors of the community—corporate, university, independent and student. Inventors will now have a voice in the economic expansion of the state, as well as improved access to the many available resources to support creative contributions in science and technology. Thanks to the support of our sponsors and supporters the membership fee to join Utahinventor.org currently is only $20 join today.

Activities include:

Training and networking—the Foundation website is growing to provide articles, videos, newsletters, links to support groups, and recognition for achievement.
Periodic seminars— guest speakers in marketing and invention development, and social interaction with other inventors.
Spirit of da Vinci® Awards—a future opportunity for Utah Inventors will be to compete for thousands of dollars in awards, as well for as public attention. Separate competitions will be held for (i) corporate/university inventors, (ii) independent inventors, and (iii) student inventors of high school age. Inventions will be judged on the basis of creativity and NOT on the business or commercial success of the invention. Watch for future announcements on the introduction of these awards. Award Information

Successful Inventors and Sponsors
Will you help?

Successful Inventors
Successful inventors may apply for membership in the Utah Inventor Hall of Fame, with your success story featured in publications and seminars. Seminar Opportunities

Tax Deductible Donations
100% of all general donations go directly to inventor programs. Sponsors who are also inventors get special recognition with donations. Sponsor Information

Technical Judges
Technical judges for the Spirit of da Vinci awards—Persons with technical expertise are needed to assist in judging inventions at the annual inventor competitions.

Donate Time on Your Equipment
Permitting independent inventors to use your specialized equipment can open new options for Utah inventors. Contact us if you are willing to assist.

Utah Inventors Forum

The Utah Inventors Forum is designed as powerful resource for all who work with innovation in Utah. The forum is an extremely important part of UtahInventor.org and The Spirit of Renaissance® Foundation. The Forum allows an open exchange of non-confidential information from all inventors across the State.

In the forum you can ask questions and tap into the vast wealth knowledge and experience of inventors, professors, lawyers, manufactures and other experts from all over Utah. In the forum you can share your ideas and knowledge to help other inventors, work with manufactures to solve problems, create jobs and make lasting friendships and great business contacts and even advertise your inventions. The forum also serves as an easy meeting place for our committees to continue their important work. Please participate in the forum frequently, the more we use it the more valuable it will become. registration for the forum is FREE, easy and open to everyone.

A Special Thanks to our Board of Advisors and Sponsors

Board of Advisors for Spirit of Renaissance Foundation

Vaughn W. North, COB and Ptnr of Thorpe, North & Western
Michael Alder, Director, BYU Technology Transfer
Brian Cummings, Director, U of U Tech Commercialization
Dr. Glenn Whichard, Co-Director, USU Tech Commercialization
Ted McAleer, Executive Director of USTAR
Dr. Michael Keene, Previous State Science Officer
Terry Chatwin, Director of the Utah Engineering Experimental Station
Richard Nelson, President of Utah Technology Council
Dr. Joe Andrade, Director of The Leonardo
Dr. Steve Jacobsen, President of Sarcos, Professor U of U
Rod Linton, Battelle and Former Utah Dir of Econ Develop
Dr. Brent Strong, Director of RR and Professor BYU
Karen Gunn, Larry Miller Business Resource Center SLCC
Brad Bertoch, Wayne Brown Institute
Mark Bettilyon, Ray Quinney & Nebeker
Samuel Straight, IP Section of the Utah State Bar
Dave Morrison, Patent Depository, Marriott Library U of U

Utahinventor.org is a division of the Spirit of Renaissance® Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation.

Global Entrepreneurship Summit Announcement

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Great Advantage to Inventors

Attendence at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit on November 20th at the South Town Exposition Center is an opportunity not to be missed! Event details and advantages as follows:

1. This is a whole day event from 8 am - 5 pm on Thursday, November 20th.

2. The event is jam packed with 3 separate instructional and motivational seminar tracks to choose from featuring prominent speakers addressing angel funding, entrepreneur, and innovation topics.

3. Lunch will be served and will be included with your registration fee.

4. You will have a chance to network with a very large number of businessmen, manufactures, leaders and financial resources in addition to your fellow inventors and product developers.

5. Conference followed by "Business Ignitor" social.

6. Registration is now open!

Global Entrepreneurship Week Utah:

Unleashing Ideas

Nov. 17-23 the state of Utah joins more than 100 countries and organizations representing millions of entrepreneurs to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week.

With "Unleashing Ideas" as the big-picture theme, those who recognize entrepreneurs as change agents for our economy join together to inspire, connect, mentor and engage as we collectively roll up our sleeves to develop the next-generation of high-growth entrepreneurs. The statewide celebration includes campus and Chamber of Commerce dialogues as well as other activities, with the culmination being the all-day Unleashing Ideas: Igniting High-Growth Entrepreneurship in Utah, concurrent entrepreneur and angel investment conference, followed by an evening "Business Ignitor" social.

THURSDAY, NOV. 20 from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. join the best and brightest business minds in the state to share implementable business practices, as well as opportunities for mentoring and exchange between investors and entrepreneurs-both master entrepreneurs and newer entrepreneurs alike. The conference lineup is both state-inclusive in coverage and world-class in quality, echoing the truly global nature of the week.

Lunch With Leonardo

November 18th

RSVP by the Nov 10th

https://www.theleonardo.org/lunch/