Original Article Utah moved up three spots, from no. 8 to no. 5, in the Milken Institute’s 2018 State Technology and Science Index, a biannual report that measures states’ science and technology capabilities and competitiveness that contribute to high-skills job creation and economic growth. The top four states—Massachusetts, Colorado, Maryland, and California—were unchanged from [...]

Original Article   Salt Lake City―World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) and the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) hosted Mr. Saud Al Nowais, commercial counselor for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the United States of America, and Jonathan Garon, director of commercial affairs for the Trade and Commercial Office at the [...]

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Original Article The Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) today announced the selection of its latest round of Technology Acceleration Program (TAP) grant awards. Thirteen companies, including three women-led companies and one rural company, and their technologies were recommended for funding through the competitive grant process that included panel reviews by industry and [...]

Original Post Happy New Year! Following onto the strong life science presence at the January chapter forums (all but one of the presentations were life science), we have a very full agenda for our first life science committee screening for 2018. Three companies will be presenting on Monday, Jan. 29th: Seattle Gummy (Connie Wan, CEO) [...]

Original Article Last month, as part of a business tour of Utah, World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) welcomed diplomats from the United Arab Emirates, Mr. Saud Al Nowais, commercial counselor for the UAE to the United States and Jonathan Garon, director of commercial affairs for the Trade and Commercial Office at the Embassy [...]