Philosopher's Stone Ventures President to Speak at
NBIA International Business Incubation Conference
April 26, 2002, Redondo Beach, CA - S. Ramesh, President
of Philosopher's Stone Ventures, a high technology incubator,
will be speaking at NBIA's 16th International Conference
on Business Incubation.
This year's conference entitled "Explore Your World,
Enrich Your Community" will be held from Saturday,
April 27, 2002 through to Wednesday, May 1, 2002 in Toronto
Canada at the prestigious Royal York Hotel located in downtown
Toronto.
"Toronto" is the Huron Indian world for "meeting
place" and what better place for an International conference
than Toronto. The NBIA conference will give the Incubation
world the opportunity to come together to communicate the
ideas, knowledge, innovations and successes of their industry.
In world where globalization is a reality, Toronto is the
ideal location to gain that perspective as it is home to
more than 100 different cultures.
The conference is shaping up to be the most internationally
charged conference. Last years attendance included a significant
number of international attendees - nearly 32 percent were
from outside the United States. Hosting the conference is
the Toronto Business Development Centre, an incubator that
has been helping to develop and grow new and existing businesses
for more than a decade.
Subjects covered in the conference include: Making For-Profit
Incubation Work Despite the Economic Downturn; Biotechnology
Incubators; Marketing Strategies; Trends in Incubation;
and Women in Incubation. The goal of the conference is to
share the knowledge of incubators via educational sessions
and roundtable discussions.
S. Ramesh will be leading a session on Wednesday, May 1,
2002, on making For-Profit Incubators succeed despite the
current economic downturn. He will reveal how Philosopher's
Stone Ventures business model proved successful in a time
when others failed. Chris Raman, Chief Commercial Officer
of GorillaPark in Gent, Belgium will be discussing the same
topic with Mr. Ramesh.
Members of the incubator industry will be attending the
NBIA conference. The distinguished members include Robert
Birgeneau, President of the University of Toronto; Dr. Masao
Horiba, Director General of Japan Association of Business
Incubation Organizations; Jana Matthews, President/CEO of
Boulder Quantum Ventures and Linda Kotzot, Managing Director
of Pacific Incubation Network..
Philosopher's Stone Ventures is a technology incubator
founded in 1999 by President S. Ramesh and CFO Jenny Sakhrani,
both are Canadian citizens. Mr. Ramesh stated, "We
have just opened an office for our RippleImpact division
in Toronto and I am looking forward to expanding and developing
our company in my home country. "
The principals of Philosopher's Stone Ventures' expertise
in their respective industries and ties to the venture groups
and business professionals has contributed to the success
of their incubator. The incubator specializes in technologies
in the Wireless Software, Distributed Enterprises, Bio-Informatics,
and Enterprise Medical Software Industry. Philosopher's
Stone Ventures has two divisions, RippleImpact, specializing
in software development, and Razorwire Security, the computer
and Internet Security division.
For additional information, contact:
Belinda Racasa
Philosopher's Stone Ventures
Telephone: (310) 316-3100
Fax: (310) 316-9500
media@philstone.com
http://www.philstone.com
The Philosopher's Stone is a mythical substance that can
transform lead into gold, and produce the Elixir of Life
that makes the drinker immortal. Philosopher's Stone Ventures,
as a technology incubator, has similar transformative powers:
turning the innovative ideas of our entrepreneurs into successful,
groundbreaking, money-making businesses.
