- Recognizing Utah Innovations and innovators: dates set
for second annual Stoel Rives Utah Innovation Awards.
The second annual Stoel Rives Utah Innovation Awards, co-sponsored by Wasatch Digital iQ magazine, is a statewide program that highlights significant innovations in Utah's diverse technology industries and the companies that created them. This year's entry deadline is February 25, and entry forms may be accessed at www.stoel.com/innovation2004. "Technology development ......
- Legal. (Industry Outlook).
IN OUR SECOND ANNUAL SUMMIT with leaders in Utah's legal community, there was certainly no dearth of interesting questions to tackle. Post-Enron and Arthur Andersen, one topic was probably inevitable: legal ethics. And with the current state of the economy: issues about clients wanting more bang for their buck, including ......
- Protecting Utah's brain trust: the state of the
state's IP community.
BY KIMBALL THOMSON Chris Wight is a strong believer in the value and power of intellectual property; he has seen first hand how a company's success and even survival can depend on a vigorous IP effort. * Early in his legal career, Wight served as director of Intellectual Property of ......
- Forty under 40: Utah's rising
stars.
As Utah Business launched its quest to identify 40 of the state's hottest and brightest business leaders under the age of 40, we found candidates with vision, charisma and grit. Each of these nominees and their business ventures dramatize the quality of the state's thriving business landscape. This year marks ......
- Government contracts focus on vaccines, emergency response.
THE DEFENSE THREAT Reduction Agency has awarded several vaccine contracts under a program designed to protect against genetically engineered biological weapons. The $1.5 billion five-year program focuses on defenses against intracellular bacterial pathogens and hemorrhagic fever. The Defense Department transferred management of its science and technology office from the Army ......
- Information technology Industry
Outlook.
A huge group of IT experts gathered in the downtown board room of Grant Thornton LLP for Utah Business magazine's eighth Industry Outlook round table. Though elbow room was slim, attendees eagerly shared opinions regarding the health of Utah's IT industry. Participants included Brad Bertoch, Wayne Brown Institute; Ragula Bhaskar, ......
- Legal.
IN OUR THIRD ANNUAL SUMMIT with leaders of Utah's legal community, several issues emerged as the topics du jour, including: adding value to clients' businesses, law school preparation for young attorneys, and professionalism in a complex environment. Though in the midst of an economic upswing, most of our panel agreed ......