Jim Cast
Headquarters, Washington, DC        October 11, 1995
(Phone:  202/358-1779)

RELEASE:  95-177

GOLDIN TO KICK OFF "TECH 2005" CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO

    The world's largest technology transfer conference and 
exposition -- "Technology 2005" -- will be held October 24-26 
at Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center.

    On October 24, keynote speaker Daniel S. Goldin, NASA 
Administrator, will be joined by government and industry 
leaders to formally open the three-day event.  Over 60,000 
square-feet of exhibits will be featured, showcasing new and 
next-generation technologies offered for license, joint 
development or sale by NASA, other federal laboratories, 
universities and high-tech companies.  Thousands of engineers, 
managers, scientists and entrepreneurs from across the nation 
will attend to find new product/business items, engineering 
solutions and partnership opportunities to bolster their 
competitiveness.

    In the NASA exhibits area, over 50 different technology 
opportunities will be displayed by numerous areas of industry 
including energy, the environment, information systems, 
communications, health care, transportation and new materials 
and technologies.  For example, a unique partnership among 
NASA, Sprint, VTEL and the University of Texas Health Science 
Center will showcase advances in telemedicine for Texas 
physicians in caring for tuberculosis patients and children 
with cancer. 

    This sixth annual event is sponsored by NASA, "NASA Tech 
Briefs" magazine, and the Technology Utilization Foundation in 
cooperation with the Federal Laboratory Consortium for 
Technology Transfer.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:  For further information on Technology 2005, 
including press accreditation and logistics details, please 
contact Judy Rovins, c/o the Technology Utilization 
Foundation:  203/454-7203, or 1-800/237-7203 (or through 
Compuserve:  70363,525.)  Also please visit the Technology 
2005 Home Page at:  http://www.keds.com/tech2005.