NASA TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS CONFERENCE SET FOR AUGUST 8-9, IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND; ADMINISTRATOR GOLDIN KEYNOTE LUNCHEON SPEAKER The 1995 NASA Technology & Business Conference will be held at the $350 million Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence on August 8-9, Glenn W. Wright, director, NASA Business Outreach Program, announced today. ``With the twin themes Start to Increase Your Sales on August 8-9 in Providence, Rhode Island, and One Year's Worth of Marketing in One Day, in One Location,'' he added, ``the Conference will include many technology and procurement opportunities, discussions and networking with representatives from NASA, prime contractors, NASA's Field Centers, small businesses, minority-owned and women-owned businesses.'' ``An added attraction at this year's Conference,'' said Dr. William F. Gasko, chairman and chief executive officer of the Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC), and co-host with NASA of this year's Conference, will be highly successful technology transfer showcase studies available for interactive review by attendees. ``They include such innovations,'' added Dr. Gasko, ``as the latest virtual reality experience, a space age insulin pump, digitized sky surveys, electronic picturebook advances, and the latest microencapsulation technology to dissipate oil spills. Other exhibits will feature an electric racing car, a compliant joint `walker,' and enhanced battery technology.'' According to Wright, the Conference is planned for maximum networking and opportunity discussions, with primary exihibitors and participants to include NASA Field Centers -- technology commercialization offices, technical and procurement representatives and small business specialists -- as well as prime contractors and subcontractors, technical procurement and small business representatives, and historically black colleges and universities and minority institution representatives. Conference attendees and participants will be service, product and technology oriented companies that are small businesses, and minority-owned and women-owned businesses which, according to Wright, ``should seriously consider attending to insure their firms optimize their competitive positions.'' For more information, call 1-800-861-5037.

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