Thursday, February 16, 2012

Join LICA at their upcoming Capital Forum on March 9

When: March 9, 2012  8:00 am - 10:00 am

Where: The RXR Corporate Center
              68 S. Service Road, Melville, NY 11747
              Map and Driving Directions
              (Meeting Auditorium below Lobby Level)

Members - No charge
Non-member - $45 (see our event registration page and learn how to receive a $45 credit towards the membership fee if you sign up as a new member)

At the LICA Capital Forum, you will learn about the business plans and the investment opportunities of regional emerging companies. You will see presentations and learn more about these companies.

IMPACT®: A leading provider of innovative tools and technologies to protect public and private safety workers and first responders.
  • Impact Wow Factor: Impact creates actionable knowledge by building innovative tools and technologies, including cloud-based platforms and technology transfer applications, creating a scalable solution for any size law enforcement entity.
PureSafe Water Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: PSWS): Developer of the First Response Water System (FRWS), a mobile water treatment system that is capable of being deployed to communities and businesses in times of natural disasters or other water crises and producing 30,000 gallons of clean potable water a day to sustain lives.
  • PureSafe Wow Factor: The PureSafe™ First Response Water System is fully equipped to purify water within 30 minutes from its initial connection to a water source. Because it is able to treat all types of contamination (except radiation), it can be mobilized as soon as a disaster is evident.
SiCore Technologies: Affiliated with New York State’s Applied Science Foundation for Homeland Security, SiCore is a cyber security firm founded in 2004.
  • SiCore Wow Factor: SiCore has developed a secure server solution with an “artificial immune system” that monitors and detects anomalous behavior on the host computer and delivers countermeasures to combat rootkits and evasive malware not detected by traditional security systems. 
V.C.O.R.E Solutions LLC: Created by Balfour Technologies and Power Management Concepts (PMC), V.C.O.R.E. provides real world solutions for homeland security, emergency preparedness, and rapid response environments.
  • V.C.O.R.E. Wow Factor: Created a solution to interactively visualize massive amounts of available intelligence, surveillance and infrastructure data into a single four-dimensional Common Operating Environment to achieve mission-critical automated situational awareness.

Panel of Industry Experts

Roger Christopher: V.P., Corp. Finance at KPMG Finance, previously V.P. of Aerospace Defense and Corp. Finance at the investment banking firm of Stifel Nicholas.
William Reinisch: Based in New York City, Mr. Reinisch is a Partner of Palladin Capital Group, a private equity firm with a proven track record of financial expertise, national security experience and specialized technical competence.

Host Speakers

Frank Otto: LIFT President (and formerly LIFT’s Chairman), Mr. Otto is a long time fixture in
the defense and aerospace industry in the region. He has held a number of senior level management positions for both EDO Corp, now a part of ITT Exelis, and Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

Kevin S. Law: President and CEO of the Long Island Association, New York State's largest business organization.

The capital forum provides a business-friendly networking environment and the opportunity to meet with capital providers and businesses seeking capital. Meet with us on March 9 to see what LICA and the presenting companies can do for you. To attend the Capital Forum, visit our site to register. Visit our site to apply to sponsor the breakfast, or contact us with any other questions.

Long Island Capital Alliance Announces Strategic Partnership with Long Island Forum for Technology

Preliminary Schedule for Homeland Security and Defense Event on March 9 Includes Exciting Technologies and Services from Regional Companies and Panel of Industry Leaders

Melville, NY – February 16, 2012The Long Island Capital Alliance (“LICA”), the leading non-profit capital formation and business development organization serving regional companies, today announced a strategic partnership with the Long Island Forum for Technology (“LIFT”).  The partnership with LIFT will facilitate LICA’s reach into the burgeoning and fragmented technology industry.  Initially focusing on one technology sector, LIFT will play a major role as a partner in LICA’s Homeland Security and Defense Capital Forum scheduled for March 9.

“We are pleased to announce our strategic affiliation with LIFT as part of our strategy of forming alliances with major Long Island business organizations,” said Jeffrey L. Bass, Chairman of LICA.  “LIFT has an industry-driven initiative structure, providing Long Island businesses with a wide range of programs directed at creating an environment for innovation, lowering the cost of operations and increasing growth, focused on creating Long Island’s future.  LIFT has provided a number of companies that will present at our Homeland Security and Defense Capital Forum, and we look forward to further collaboration now and in the future.  Each presenting company has been hand picked by LICA for this event, and possesses what we and LIFT believe is the “Wow Factor” that may serve as the catalyst for significant growth.”

“As a leading player in capital formation assistance for regional companies for almost 30 years, our strategic partnership with LICA represents a critical component of our mission to serve regional technology companies,” said LIFT President Frank Otto.   “LICA has long served as an advocate for business financing.  As our constituent companies can attest, accessing the capital markets for small, growing businesses is vitally important yet extremely challenging.  LIFT and LICA will collectively be of far more value to strengthening Long Island’s economic development and employment outlook.”  

Homeland Security and Defense Capital Forum on March 9, 2012 – Preliminary Agenda

Host Speakers and Panel of Industry Experts
Frank Otto: LIFT President (and formerly LIFT’s Chairman), Mr. Otto is a long time fixture in
the defense and aerospace industry in the region. He has held a number of senior level management positions for both EDO Corp, now a part of ITT, and Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

Roger Christopher: V.P., Corp. Finance at KPMG Finance, previously V.P. of Aerospace Defense and Corp. Finance at the investment banking firm of Stifel Nicholas.

Kevin S. Law: President and CEO of the Long Island Association, New York State's largest business organization.

William Reinisch: Based in New York City, Mr. Reinisch is a Partner of Palladin Capital Group, a private equity firm with a proven track record of financial expertise, national security experience and specialized technical competence.

Presenting Companies
IMPACT®: A leading provider of innovative tools and technologies to protect public and private safety workers and first responders.
Impact Wow Factor: Impact creates actionable knowledge by building innovative tools and technologies, including cloud-based platforms and technology transfer applications, creating a scalable solution for any size law enforcement entity.

PureSafe Water Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: PSWS): Developer of the First Response Water System (FRWS), a mobile water treatment system that is capable of being deployed to communities and businesses in times of natural disasters or other water crises and producing 30,000 gallons of clean potable water a day to sustain lives.
PureSafe Wow Factor: The PureSafe™ First Response Water System is fully equipped to purify water within 30 minutes from its initial connection to a water source. Because it is able to treat all types of contamination (except radiation), it can be mobilized as soon as a disaster is evident.

SiCore Technologies: Affiliated with New York State’s Applied Science Foundation for Homeland Security, SiCore is a cyber security firm founded in 2004.
SiCore Wow Factor: SiCore has developed a secure server solution with an “artificial immune system” that monitors and detects anomalous behavior on the host computer and delivers countermeasures to combat rootkits and evasive malware not detected by traditional security systems.  

V.C.O.R.E Solutions LLC: Created by Balfour Technologies and Power Management Concepts (PMC), V.C.O.R.E. provides real world solutions for homeland security, emergency preparedness, and rapid response environments.
V.C.O.R.E. Wow Factor: Created a solution to interactively visualize massive amounts of available intelligence, surveillance and infrastructure data into a single four-dimensional Common Operating Environment to achieve mission-critical automated situational awareness.

Only one opening remains available for a qualifying presenting company that wants to connect with a wide variety of investors -- venture capitalists, hedge funds, angel investors and investment bankers -- willing to provide access to growth capital. To submit a company for the Homeland Security and Defense Capital Forum or for more information about the event, please contact LICA today or apply online.  

In an effort to expand the audience that may invest in companies presenting at its capital forums, LICA for the first time is allowing new investor attendees to participate in its events free of charge.  

About Long Island Forum for Technology–LIFT:
LIFT is a non-for-profit economic development organization working with the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR®) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). LIFT serves as NYSTAR’s designated Regional Technology Development Center for Long Island and one of nearly 350 MEP locations across the country.
LIFT supports the defense and aerospace, medical device and healthcare, homeland security, energy, information technology and manufacturing clusters of the Long Island economy. We partner with local companies, organizations, Universities and the National Laboratory Systems.

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