More than 900 business leaders and executives filled the Valley Forge Casino to recognize thirteen of the region’s best.

“This is a special year for the Enterprise Awards, and for PACT, so this year we intended to do things a little differently,” said Dianne Strunk, Vice President, Business Development for PACT. “Our guests were welcomed to a new and unique venue, at the Valley Forge Casino complete with a red carpet feel. We had a remarkable turnout and secured a number of award and event sponsors. But what did not change is PACT’s commitment to honoring the region’s best technology and life sciences companies and entrepreneurs. This was truly a night of celebration on all fronts.”
The following companies and entrepreneurs were winners and honorees at the 2013 Enterprise Awards:

• Life Sciences Startup Company Trice Orthopedics

• Technology Startup Company ThingWorx
• Emerging Life Sciences Company CD Diagnostics
• Emerging Technology Company InstaMed
• CleanTech Company of the Year Holganix
• MedTech Leadership Honoree Secant Medical
• Investment Deal of the Year Liquent
• IT Innovator Award of Excellence Relay Network

• Technology CEO of the Year Tim Wallace, iPipeline
• Technology Company of the Year Quintiq
• Legend Award Honoree David L. Cohen, Comcast Corporation

Read the full press releases here

Winners of the first annual Philly Enterprise Hackathon: John Quillen of the Euclidean Group for the life sciences award and Charlie Giammattei of team My Flow for the infrastructure award. 

The Philly Enterprise Hackathon was designed to foster collaboration between Philadelphia-area enterprise companies and the region’s burgeoning software development community.

Read the press release with more information here.

Thursday, April 25, 2013
10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Theater, 1st Floor
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA

Innovation: A Conversation with Michael Dell

Featuring:
Michael S. Dell
Chairman and CEO, Dell Inc.
Recipient of The Franklin Institute’s 2013 Bower Award for Business Leadership

Moderated by:
Dr. Frederic M. N. Bertley
Vice President, Science & Innovation
The Franklin Institute

This event is free and open to the public.

Register for this event

Visit the PACT Photobucket photosharing account to view photos from Phorum 2013: Harnessing Disruptive Technologies in the Enterprise.

View the first album.

View the second album.

The Westin City Center Hotel
1400 M Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20005

Join some of the brightest minds and leading organizations at the premier forum
to advance patient engagement and healthcare delivery.

Hyatt at the Bellevue
200 South Broad Street
Phialdelphia, PA 19102

CONVERGE provides the most accurate picture of the future of medical innovation by gathering decision-makers from every sector to debate the challenges and opportunities facing the industry.

*Register now with the code “PACT” and receive $50 off!

Register for ENGAGE

Register for CONVERGE

Thank you to Technically Philly for the write-up covering Peter Coffee’s stand-in keynote for Gus Hunt titled “How Big Data Can Rethink Healthcare, Higher Education.”

Read the article here.

Thank you to Mike Armstrong for the great write-up in the Philadelphia Inquirer about a topic discussed at last Thursday’s Phorum 2013: Harnessing Disruptive Technologies in the Enterprise.

Read the article, “The Allure and Trap of Big Data”

U.S. Rep Allyson Schwartz, D-13th Congressional District, will present the technology demo pit award at the 2013 Phorum National Enterprise Technology Conference on Thursday, March 21, 2013.

“I am honored to participate in this year’s conference,” Congresswoman Schwartz said. “The Phorum conference plays an important role in demonstrating how new technologies are being commercialized and applied to all forms of business, and how Philadelphia’s vibrant startup community is developing the next-generation of innovative solutions for an agile, prosperous, and connected future.”

Phorum 2013, held at World Cafe Live, will focus on how businesses can leverage specific disruptive technologies. The conference includes panelists, speakers and a demo pit. This will be the conference’s second year in Philadelphia. View Mayor Michael Nutter’s welcome address.

To read the announcement, click here

Check out slides from last night’s Medical Device Presentation and Cocktail Reception.

The largest gathering of Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Angel Venture Fair, is looking for exhibitors.

This year’s AVF will take place on the Penn Campus at Houston Hall on Tuesday, April 30th from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Last year there were 400 attendees and 87% of the 35 exhibitors were approached by investors after the AVF.

Applications are due Sunday, March 3. Apply here.

Register for the Angel Venture fair.