Technology News – 2005 Archive
The ACTIVATE Program is Accepting Applications
The ACTIVATE Program is accepting applications for its second year which will begin in January 2006. ACTiVATE is an innovative program that trains and supports women to start technology-based companies. The program is recruiting women with strong technical or business experience.
Participants will access technology innovations from universities and research institutions in the region, put together plans to commercialize suitable technologies, and start companies with support from instructors, entrepreneurs in residence and advisors from the local business community.
The program runs January-December 2006; one night a week and one Saturday a month at techcenter@UMBC, just minutes from the Baltimore Washington International Airport. Tuition is free, and material fee is $495 with payment plans available.
Contact Barbara Breslau, ACTIVATE Program Manager at 443-543-5594 or breslau@umbc.edu. Or visit www.umbc.edu/activate.
