OSI PHARMACEUTICALS  OSI Pharmaceuticals is a global leader in biotech, focusing on the discovery, development and commercialization of high-quality next-generation oncology products that extend life and improve the quality of life for cancer patients worldwide. OSI products also treat diabetes, obesity, and alleviate pain. Tarceva has won FDA approval for non-small cell lung cancer - it works to inhibit a signaling pathway which plays a role in the formation of certain cancers, thus blocking tumor cell growth. OSI is headquartered in Melville. www.osip.com

FONAR  Fonar is the world's leading developer and manufacturer of MRI scanners. In 1980, they revolutionized diagnosticimaging through the introduction of the world's first commercial MRI scaner. Now Fonar has re-invented the industry with its Upright MRI - a landmark development which will be featured at TechFest.  www.fonar.com

MEET THE PROMISING YOUNG SCIENTISTS OF THE FUTURE  TechFest is thrilled to present finalists of the most recent Intel Science Talent Search, and the Intel Int'l Science and Engineering Fair.  Along with a dozen finalists, TechFest presents Science Service, the administrators of both programs, who will regale you with tales of the amazing scientific prowess of Long Island youth. Consider for a moment that 1600 high schools compete nationwide, and yet Long Island alone produced 83 out of 300 semifinalists of ISTS in 2005.  Those are staggering numbers!  This competition is the real deal - it has produced countless top scientists, captains of industry, and even 6 Nobel Prize Winners.  Needless to say, this is a great opportunity for us to publicly congratulate our top talent, and it is the first time they have been assembled together in a public event in their home towns, so if their parents are beaming a bit - can you blame them? On Friday evening, we are proud to feature David Bauer - the 2005 winner from the Bronx (close enough to Long Island) as a keynote speaker, and David will return on Saturday afternoon. David developed a sensor for detecting an individual' s exposure to biochemical agents. He won a $100,000 scholarship as national first prize. Karen Geringer is from Massapequa, and she researched public attitudes on terrorism and their impact upon efforts to institute preventive measures.  Another finalist researched acid gels as an ideal means for replicating human tissue in a lab - ideal for aiding burn victims; another studied enzymes responsible for the evolution of yams as an affordable staple crop; another researched efficient and cost-effective approaches to marine pollution abatement; and another performed evolutionary studies on Hawaiian Island fruit flies, deciphering the meaning of their wing melanin spots, and their courtship behaviors.  www.sciserv.org/isef/

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN INTERNSHIP?   Come visit the Long Island Works Coalition. They will be running their Internship Connection website with live access to the Internet. You can bring your resume and input it into the database.  You can also search for an internship by a key word. If you are a company seeking an intern, you can search the posted resumes and post an internship live online. This is a serious database with over 12,500 students and 1,200 companies registered. You will also learn about programs that foster school-business partnerships right in your own backyard. Do your part to guarantee a strong workforce and economy here on Long Island.www.liworks.org

WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR WEBSITE CRITIQUED FOR FREE? Usability Medic are the just the ones you want to do it.  Stop by their exhibit - this is a Long Beach-based company, Inc. that specifically focuses on services and techniques geared toward helping web sites acquire visitors for life. www.usabilitymedic.com

OR ARE YOU JUST LOOKING FOR SOME #$%!&#  ANSWERS?
You've come to the right place. CG ATLANTIC will explain how to really protect your computer against viruses and worms. THE GEEK SQUAD will be there - we insisted on real geeks, by the way; no pseudo-geeks who are secretly cool.  They'll be on hand to answer your pressing computer problems. And if your question is on something else - anything at all - ANSWER BEAM is there.  This is a cool service designed to make your life easier - they locate information on any subject while you wait; so if you are in your car, on the road without a laptop, or out in the middle of nowhere - you're still logged in.  Here's why we love this service - you don't pay per inquiry;  you pay an annual fee and get limitless access, even limitless 411 calls.  Limitless answers - over the phone, emailed to you, or sent as a text message to your cel.  About time.
www.cgatlantic.com | www.geeksquad.com | www.answerbeam.com

DUPLICATION SERVICES SRT will provide an amazing deal to TechFest attendees on DVD and CD duplication - so if you've got some duplicating to do - wait til TechFest

HYBRID VEHICLES FROM MILLENNIUM TOYOTA AND MILLENNIUM HONDA - Toyota and Honda are #1 and #12 in sales of hybrids.  They also feature energy efficiency in family vehicles.  The Millennium Superstore dealerships are Long Island leaders.  Latest models will be showcased, and if you have any questions about how hybrid engines work, these are the guys to ask. www.millenniumsuperstores.com

WIND POWER FROM LIPA - The Long Island Power Authority has invested heavily in wind farm technology.  At TechFest, they will feature information on  their wind projects, and they will have a demo windmill, a fuel cell demo, a light meter, and more.  It's a sure sign that a municipality is progressive when its public utilities are forward-thinking. (Editor's Note: We at TechFest have an office in post-Enron Los Angeles, and we still have power surges, blackouts, and other nonsense on a regular basis.  And we never get any rebates, either.)
www.lipower.org

NATURAL GAS VEHICLES FROM CLEAN CITIES - meet and greet compressed natural gas vehicles at TechFest, courtesy of Clean Cities.  Thanx also to Odyne, and LIFT (the Long Island Forum for Technology).
www.nationalcleancities.org | www.odyne.com | www.lift.org

SOLAR OVENS FROM SUN BD CORP - these need to be outside in order to work, so they won't really be in this pavilion, but this semed like the best place to feature them.  Sun BD will feature a hybrid sola cooking oven - no matches, no charcoal, cooks for pennies, usable 365 days a year. Maybe the future really is now. www.sunbdcorp.com

CHAT WITH LONG ISLAND'S TOP ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS - Syosset-based Cameron Engineering has 20 years of expertise in ecological restoration and landscape architecture; Fay, Spofford, and Thorndike are based in Melville and comprised of planners, engineers, and scientists - they'll be speaking about water quality at TechFest; Future Environment specializesin air quality and will be speaking about keeping your family safe from mold.
www.cameronengineering.com | www.fstinc.com

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