Authority President Helps Push Broadband Initiative To The Next Step

From arkansasbusiness.com Panel Discusses Progress Toward Statewide Broadband Access By Amy Riggin 5/1/2008 3:36:01 PM An advisory group working to improve statewide access to broadband Internet service is about to be another step closer to that goal, John Ahlen, president of the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, said Thur...
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Posted under "News" Friday, May 2, 2008

Authority Involvement in National Convocation Makes State Wide News.

Included in coverage of the economic convocation hosted by the National Academies in Washington, D.C, Authority Board and staff members, as well as members of Accelerate Arkansas, were featured in state-wide news publications. Articles included write-ups in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, and Arkansas Business online. To read the stories, c...
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Posted under "News" Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008

The Rules Change at the Authority

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority has made changes to two of its programs: The Research & Development Program and the Technology Development Program. The Research & Development Tax Program Rules has been changed to reflect an increase. Total credits for qualified research expenditures, donations, and sales below cost shall be ...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Apr 14, 2008

Community Conference Showcases Connections to Global Economy

The annual Breakthrough Solutions Conference will take place May 1 in Little Rock with the theme "It's All Connected - Linking Your Local Economy to Global Opportunities". This conference will focus on successes - how communities and businesses are taking advantage of opportunities in this new era, by working together, by being innovative, and ...
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Posted under "News" Friday, Apr 4, 2008

The Authority Releases Funds For Educational Research And Business

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority Board showed its support for business and research in its second meeting of 2008. The Board of Directors voted to grant three Research & Development Tax Credits. Biobased Chemicals, LLC, and Biobased Systems, LLC were both recipients, as was Arkansas Power Electronics International Incorporated. ...
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Posted under "News" Friday, Mar 21, 2008

ASTA Executive Committee Releases Funds For Research Alliance

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority’s Executive Committee met on Tuesday to approve two major decisions that will affect the future of Arkansas. The Executive Committee approved a tax credit to Authority client Vegrandis LLC. The decision qualifies Vegrandis for involvement in the National Science Foundation’s Phase IIB Option prog...
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Posted under "News" Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008

ASTA Teams With Winrock International To Launch Innovate Arkansas

Source: arkansasbusiness.com By Arkansas Business Staff Winrock International on Tuesday will launch the Innovate Arkansas program, which will develop and manage a state technology commercialization initiative for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. Tom Dalton, a former Little Rock city manager and former director of the Ark...
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Posted under "News" Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008

Authority President Makes Arkansas Business' Power List

Arkansas Business' annual Power List was announced this week. This year's list featured Arkansas Science & Technology Authority President Dr. John Ahlen. The Power List is compiled from nearly 50 business-related lists that appear in the publication during the course of a year. It is a collection of personal information on the people who r...
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Posted under "News" Wednesday, Feb 6, 2008

Authority Board Member And Former AMS Director Weigh In On Globalization On National Broadcast

As part of the nationwide news program “The Jim Lehrer News Hour,” Arkansas Science & Technology Authority Board Member Paul Mastro and former AMS Director Lydia Carson were part of a panel discussion on globalization and how it is affecting both the state and national economy. The panel, moderated by Margaret Warner, centered on how globa...
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Posted under "News" Tuesday, Feb 5, 2008

Deandra Berry Joins ASTA As New Project Analyst

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority is pleased to welcome Deandra Berry to the staff as our new Project Analyst. Previous to joining the Authority, Deandra was employed at Acxiom Corporation where she spent five years as a Client Delivery Specialist and Tester. Berry also worked for TransAmerica WMD of AEGON as an Actuarial Datab...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Feb 4, 2008

ASTA Board Supports Funding Of Avian Flu Vaccine In The First Meeting Of The New Year

In its first meeting of 2008, the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority Board voted to approve funding of research to develop vaccines for avian flu, fellowships to fund a math and science center, eight high school teachers, NSF EPSCoR funding of a statewide Library Program, and undergraduate research awards, as well as allocation of funding t...
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Posted under "News" Friday, Jan 18, 2008

Dan Curtis Join the Authority Staff As New VP Industry

Daniel Curtis has been named Vice President Industry of the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority (Authority) and will take on the directorship of Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions (AMS). AMS is an Authority program that assists the state's manufacturers in improving quality and performance. Having spent more than 20 years leading organi...
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Posted under "News" Friday, Jan 18, 2008

AT&T Supports Arkansas Science and Technology Authority; Builds Stronger Communities Through $9 Million in National Grant Program

The AT&T Foundation — the corporate philanthropy organization of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) — has announced that it has awarded $15,000 to support the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority through the AT&T Excelerator competitive technology grant program. The grant funds will be used to support its Science and Mathematics Accessible Resource Tool (SMAR...
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Posted under "News" Friday, Nov 30, 2007

ASTA Releases Funding For Renewable Energy And Competitive Research

In its fifth meeting of 2007, the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority’s (Authority) Board of Directors approved the release of funds for two new endeavors. The first is a revolutionary prototype technology that would produce renewable energy. The second is a funding allocation that will benefit both competitive and multi-university research. ...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Nov 19, 2007

ASTA Releases Its 2008 R & D Plan

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority believes that the economic well-being of Arkansas, its communities, and its citizens is enhanced through the wise and appropriate application of science and technology to security, health, education, government, business opportunities, agriculture, and environmental protection. To that end, the Au...
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Posted under "News" Thursday, Oct 11, 2007

Ahlen Updates The Legislature on Arkansas' Economic Growth and Competitive Future

Dr. John Ahlen, President of the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority, made a presentation to the state legislature on Monday. In a speech before the Task Force on Higher Education Remediation, Retention & Graduation Rates, Ahlen spoke on Arkansas’ need for economic growth and competitiveness. During the presentation Dr. Ahlen ou...
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Posted under "News" Thursday, Oct 11, 2007

ASTA Releases Its 2007 Annual Report

Fiscal Year 2007 was an exciting year for the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority. It was a year of new companies, groundbreaking technologies, ambitious educational initiatives, innovative research, state-of-the-art manufacturing and expanded media coverage. To read more about it, click this link or visit our Publications Section under Aut...
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Posted under "News" Thursday, Oct 11, 2007

Arkansas Moves Closer To Becoming Knowledge and Technology -Based Thanks to $13.5 Million Grant

Arkansas’s economic goal of becoming more knowledge and technology-based made great strides with today’s announcement of $13.5 million in research grants for three state universities. The release of $1.5 million by Governor Mike Beebe from the Accelerate Arkansas funds is part of a potential three-year $4.5 million state match to accompany ...
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Posted under "News" Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007

Authority Board Releases Funds to Empower Research and the Disabled

In its fourth meeting of 2007, the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority’s (Authority) Board of Directors approved the release of funds from a major federal grant, benefiting three universities in the state. As part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, the amount totaling 3.7 million dollars will provide research funds for t...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Sep 24, 2007

An Authority Sponsored Event Makes State Wide News

Popular investments, state’s resources tied BY TOBY MANTHEY Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Arkansas Democrat Gazette Business Section, pg. 27 & 29 Copyright 2007 LITTLE ROCK — While Arkansas is far from a hotbed of venture capital activity, its natural resources match up nicely with what experts say are two hot investment areas ...
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Posted under "News" Wednesday, Sep 19, 2007

Beebe Teams With ASTA To Rise Above the Gathering Storm

It seemed oddly appropriate. As representatives from business, industry, education and government met to take part in “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing Arkansans for a Brighter Economic Future,” rain pelted the capital city after an absence of nearly a month. Inside the State House Convention Center, a different k...
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Posted under "News" Thursday, Sep 6, 2007

STEM Coalition Event Aims to Boost Arkansas Economy

Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing Arkansans for a Brighter Economic Future Governor Mike Beebe, partnering with the Arkansas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Coalition, is convening a one-day conference to address conditions facing our State as it considers building and sustaining a workforce...
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Posted under "News" Thursday, Aug 30, 2007

The Authority Is Awarded a $9 Million Dollar Grant From NSF

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority has been awarded a $9 million grant from The National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Arkansas ASSET Initiative (Advancing and Supporting Science, Engineering and Technology). The award was made through NSF’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, which is better known b...
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Posted under "News" Tuesday, Aug 21, 2007

An Authority Client Launches Into Canada

Authority client, Safe Foods Corp. of North Little Rock, announced this week that it had received a letter of no objection from Health Canada to initiate treatment of Canadian poultry products with its Cecure safe food technology. The process will be implemented in processing facilities that employ air-chilling.Air-chilling, the process by whic...
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Posted under "News" Wednesday, Aug 1, 2007

Hendren Talks Accelerate Arkansas at Techpreneur Breakfast

UALR’S Bailey Hall was the setting Tuesday for the latest Techpreneur Breakfast featuring successful entrepreneur Dr. James Hendren. The event, sponsored by Softwyre, The Arkansas Economic Development Commission, AT&T, and the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation, was a chance for Hendren to give an update on the successful passing of Accel...
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Posted under "News" Friday, Jul 27, 2007

The Authority Invites You To Join Us at the NASVF National Conference To Be Held In Little Rock.

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority (Authority) is proud to be a sponsor of The National Association of Seed and Venture Funds’ (NASVF) 2007 Annual Conference to be held in Little Rock this September! Through the NASVF Annual Conference, professionals from across the country gather to discuss and share their knowledge of the seed and ven...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Jul 16, 2007

Authority VP Graduates Leadership Arkansas

Lydia Carson, Vice President Industry of the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority and director of Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions, recently became a graduate of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural Leadership Arkansas class. The first Leadership Arkansas commencement included 62 graduates from throughout the state. Leadershi...
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Posted under "News" Friday, Jul 13, 2007

Hendren to Spotlight Accelerate Arkansas at Upcoming Techpreneur Event.

On July 24th, Dr. James Hendren will speak at a Techpreneur breakfast at UALR’s Bailey Hall. He will be speaking about Accelerate Arkansas’ legislative initiatives and how they will help entrepreneurial startups. Dr. Hendren currently works with startup companies helping them establish themselves in their markets, raise funds, and provides consu...
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Posted under "News" Wednesday, Jul 11, 2007

Read About The Upcoming Manufacturing Matters Conference 2007: Smarter Choices for Growth

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Posted under "News" Monday, Jul 2, 2007

Carson Makes the 40 Under 40 LIST

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority would like to congratulate our own Lydia Carson. She was named to the Arkansas Business “Forty Under Forty” in the publication's June 25 edition. Lydia is Director of Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions and Vice President Industry for the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority. Carson joined t...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Jun 25, 2007

Minotaur Technologies, LLC Receives A Technology Development Program Investment

In the first week of June, Minotaur Technologies, LLC and the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority signed a Technology Development Program investment agreement. Minotaur Technologies, LLC, formed in 2003, is a biophotonics company whose mission is to develop new laser-based instrumentation. The investment dollars will be used to bridge a...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Jun 11, 2007

The Third Board Meeting of 2007

On May 18th, the Authority Board of Directors met in the Authority conference room for the third of five scheduled meetings in 2007. The business meeting began with an update of Accelerate Arkansas from guest Jerry Adams of Acxiom Corporation. Following was a review of the minutes from the March 16th Board meeting, as well as the President'...
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Posted under "News" Monday, May 21, 2007

Profile Of Success: American Defense Components Technologies.

It's been an exciting time for Stamps- based American Defense Components Technologies. In May, the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority awarded the company a Seed Capital Investment, and, as part of a relationship with the Department of Defense, the Defense Supply Center Richmond informed the company that they would be honored as a Best Value...
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Posted under "News" Monday, May 7, 2007

Profile Of Success: Bemco Inc.

Bemco Inc. started business in 1957 developing into a sub-contractor to the Aerospace Industry (NAICS 332912). With customers including prime aircraft and helicopter companies, international sub-contractors, and the government armed services, currently, Bemco, Inc. employs 35 people at its facility in Centerton, Arkansas. In 2005, Bemco, Inc. ...
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Posted under "News" Friday, Apr 6, 2007

The Second Board Meeting of 2007

On March 16th, the Authority Board of Directors met at the Aerospace Education Center for the second of five scheduled meetings in 2007. The business meeting began with a review of the minutes from the January 19th Board meeting, as well as the President's Operating Report. Both were approved by the Board. The Industry Committee presen...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Mar 19, 2007

The Authority Welcomes Stephanie Y. Johnson

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority welcomes Stephanie Y. Johnson to the staff. Stephanie is the Authority's new Finance Program Manager. Ms. Johnson is a graduate of UALR having earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Business Administration. Stephanie has been involved in community or business dev...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Mar 12, 2007

"Corporate Robin Hood” to Help Little Rock Manufacturer Grow Sales

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Posted under "News" Friday, Feb 2, 2007

Arkansas Business Shines The Spotlight On Authority Client IntenCity Lighting

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Posted under "News" Monday, Jan 29, 2007

In the Spotlight: The Glove Corp

The Glove Corporation, an Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions client, has won a major manufacturing order from Camelbak. Camelbak is a $120m company that produces and markets sports and outdoor wear, as well as various military products including backpacks and gloves. They approached The Glove Corporation in September of 2006 after searching t...
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Posted under "News" Tuesday, Jan 23, 2007

The First Board Meeting of 2007

On January 19th, the Authority Board of Directors met in the Authority conference room for the first of six scheduled meetings in 2007. The business meeting began with a presentation from Accelerate Arkansas members James Hendren and H. Watt Gregory, IIII. They presented Accelerate Arkansas' Legislative Agenda for the year. The focus for the 2...
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Posted under "News" Friday, Jan 19, 2007

The Authority Takes Part In The Second Annual Capitol Research Expo

On January 16th, the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority hosted the Second Annual Capitol Research Expo. The event, an update to the legislature, emphasized the benefits of research to the state of Arkansas . The expo included displays from the Authority, Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions, the Department of Economic Development, UAMS, Ar...
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Posted under "News" Wednesday, Jan 17, 2007

Watch The THV Special "Arkansas' Brighter Future" Featuring Authority Clients and AMS Director Lydia Carson

On December 5th, Today's THV and the Arkansas Department of Economic Development presented a one-hour prime time television special at 9pm. This program focused on the high technology and knowledge-based jobs Arkansas needs to improve and expand for future success. The program also highlighted how education is the key to our success. The progr...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Jan 15, 2007

The Authority Co-Hosts An Education Symposium

The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority and the Task Force for Integrating Technology into Public School Education hosted a special symposium and panel discussion at the Doubletree Hotel. This symposium, beginning at 9:00 a.m. focused on the topic, “Integrating Technology into Arkansas Education: Thinking Outside the Box.” As part ...
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Posted under "News" Monday, Apr 17, 2006

EPSoR Workshop Held At The Peabody

The National Science Foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Regional Evaluation Workshop was held at the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock . The primary purpose of the workshop was to elicit input regarding evaluation and assessment techniques and how these contribute to a nation-wide evaluation of EPSCoR. ...
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Posted under "News" Tuesday, Apr 4, 2006