August 28, 2001

STARTUPS SHOWCASED AT INNOVATION FLORIDA 2001

Fact Sheet
Orlando, Fla., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/

WHAT: The Central Florida Innovation Corporation (CFIC) and the Florida Venture Forum have joined together to present Innovation Florida 2001 - An Early Stage Capital Raising Conference, sponsored by Akerman Senterfitt, AT&T, Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, Red Herring and PR Newswire. Sustaining sponsors include Cisco Systems, Inc., Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young LLP, Foley & Lardner, Greenberg Traurig Law Offices, HighGround Public Relations and MARSH.

Innovation Florida 2001 is an annual regional early stage capital conference that connects Florida's hottest private technology companies with leading private investors, venture capitalists and financiers for an exclusive financial and business development event. Don't miss your chance to hear the ideas and meet the entrepreneurs that will shape technology in the new millennium and beyond.

The companies selected to present this year are: Accseus Corporation (Winter Park, FL); Applied Photonics, Inc. (Orlando, FL); The Athena Group (Gainesville, FL); ClassLeader, Inc. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL); Datamed Forms & Software, Inc. (Deerfield Beach, FL); G2RW, Inc. (West Melbourne, FL); Intelligenxia, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL); Keybowl, Inc. (Winter Park, FL); MD Innovators (Fernandina Beach, FL); Marcon Global Data Solutions. (Gainesville, FL); Marine Environmental Partners (Dania Beach, FL); Medisyn Systems (Tallahassee, FL); Micro Design International (MDI), Inc. (Lake Mary, FL); Natural Voice Technologies (Jacksonville, FL); Saneron Therapeutics (Brandon, FL); Simulation Training Applications, Inc. (Orlando, FL); Solicore (Lakeland, FL); Vcom3D, Inc. (Orlando, FL); WoodConnection, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) and Xytrans, Inc. (Orlando, FL).

WHEN: Tuesday, October 9, 2001, at the Orange County Convention Center, Hall F5, located at 9800 International Drive, Orlando, FL, 32819 from 8:00 am - 5:30 pm.

DETAILS: Space is limited. Cost is $250 per person until 9-1-01, after that date, the fee is $300 per person. To register for the conference, please call the CFIC office at 407/277-5411, ext. 21 or visit the web site at www.cfic.org.

CFIC: The mission of the Central Florida Innovation Corporation is to enhance the region's economy by creating, building and strengthening high wage potential, high growth companies.

Florida Venture Forum: Established in 1984, the Florida Venture Forum, Inc. is the premier entrepreneurial networking group in Florida that provides companies with managerial assistance and identifies sources of venture capital. Each year, the Forum hosts the annual Florida Venture Capital Conference in late January/early February. For information, please visit the Forum's web site at www.flvencap.org or call 305/446-5060.