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HTC Partners
BioHouston
BioHouston is leading a broad effort to mobilize the Houston region's civic, business, medical, academic and political communities to develop the infrastructure needed for the region to be a vigorous global competitor in building new life science and biotechnology companies in the Houston region.
Initiated by Houston's leading medical research and higher educational institutions, BioHouston now has more than 50 member institutions, companies, and governmental units with over 100,000 employees and total annual life science-related budgets in excess of $6 billion.
The basic strategy of BioHouston is one that has produced results in other major life science centers like Boston, the Bay Area, San Diego and the Research Triangle - to generate broad civic, business and political momentum to support the creation of a world-class life science economic cluster. This may focus on areas in which Houston is already a leader like genomics, cancer treatment or nanotechnology, but it will also be crucial to promote broad multi-disciplined collaboration, entrepreneurship, and a variety of support mechanisms.
More specifically, BioHouston is initially moving forward in the following areas:
. Strategic scientific collaboration - Facilitating interaction among researchers and institutions, developing a robust database of Houston region research activity.
. Access to capital - Organizing long-term involvement by leading capital sources in the Houston region's life science commercialization opportunities.
. Business location incentives - Championing creative, competitive economic and community incentives for companies to stay in or move to the Houston region.
. Research leadership - Targeting and promoting one or more areas of research or commercial success in which Houston can seize a new leadership position.
Clear Lake Area Economic Development Foundation (CLAEDF) and the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP)
HTC is partnering with CLAEDF and SATOP for the benefit of its Client Companies. SATOP, which was first launched in Houston in November 1998, offers free technical assistance to small business owners, using expertise and technology housed within the U.S. space program. Engineers and scientists with the SATOP alliance partners volunteer up to 40 hours of free technical support per request to help entrepreneurs overcome their technical challenges in order to foster the development of better products and services.
Greater Houston Partnership
The GHP, Houston's leading business organization, is the primary advocate of Houston's business community and is dedicated to building economic prosperity in the region.
HATAC
The Houston Area Technology Advisory Committee (HATAC) was created as an economic development committee of the Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) in 1998 to generate a high tech image and niche for the Houston geography. The University of Houston facilitates HATAC. This organization is business-driven and comprised of participants from a cross section of small, medium and large businesses, government, and medical and education entities within the Houston area.
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
The Alliance is Rice University's principal organization devoted to the support of technology and entrepreneurship. The Alliance is a collaborative effort among the Schools of Engineering, Management, and Natural Sciences.
The Texas Electronic Commerce Association (Texas eComm)
Texas eComm is a non-profit trade association dedicated to promoting the electronic commerce industry in Texas and to providing a forum for organizations involved in emerging technologies.
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