{"47194":{"#nid":"47194","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Six ATDC Member Companies Selected to Present at Georgia Technology Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ATDC member companies are EG Technology Inc., enLeague Systems Inc., Fast-Talk Communications Inc., Qcept Technologies Inc., SAK Logistics Inc. and Storm Shelter Electronics Corporation.  Technologies range from video compression, middleware and supply chain management to sensing, audio indexing and lightning protection.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEach year, the Georgia Technology Forum celebrates the state\u0027s technology economy with a conference featuring top speakers and presentations from companies that hope to attract attention from investors.  The event is October 21-23 at the Cobb Galleria Centre.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022We are proud of the six ATDC companies chosen as among the best emerging technology companies in Georgia this year,\u0022 said Wayne Hodges, Georgia Tech\u0027s associate vice-president for Economic Development and Technology Ventures and director of the ATDC.  \u0022Though this year has not been kind to the technology industry in general, ATDC has continued to see strong activity among early-stage technology companies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThree of the six ATDC firms -- EG Technology, Fast-Talk Communications and Qcept Technologies -- use technology developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  In addition, Qcept is the first company accepted into the ATDC from the VentureLab program, which was organized to help increase the commercialization of innovations developed at Georgia\u0027s research universities.  Storm Shelter is the first company in ATDC\u0027s new Savannah program.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Georgia Tech has played an important role in developing Georgia\u0027s technology economy,\u0022 Hodges noted.  \u0022The large number of early-stage companies being built around innovations developed at Georgia Tech shows what the Institute means to the state\u0027s economy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Nearly a third of the 19 companies selected to present at the Georgia Technology Forum this year are member companies of Georgia Tech\u0027s business incubator, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2002-10-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/news\/october182002.html","title":"Company descriptions"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u0022\u003EContact John Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6986\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}