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South Florida Technology Alliance and BioFlorida Joint-Event Draws Big Names
and Big Crowd




FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- South Florida Technology
Alliance (SFTA), the leading IT business forum in the region, launched an
important joint event with the state's life sciences organization, BioFlorida.
An audience of more than 125 gathered in Fort Lauderdale on August 27, to
hear experts from Scripps Florida, University of Miami, Dyadic and
ConsultADoctor discuss the convergence of bio science and information
technology.

Presentations from Anthony Carvalloza, Director of IT Services for Scripps
Research Institute (www.scripps.edu), Mark Emalfarb, CEO of Dyadic
(www.dyadic.com), Dr. Robert Schwartz, Chairman of the Department of Family
Medicine and Community Health along with Dr. John Ryan, Research Director at
the University of Miami (www.med.miami.edu), and Wolf Shlagman, CEO of
ConsultADoctor (www.consultadr.com), showcased how technology has been used to
advance their respective areas of life sciences and the future opportunities
to continue collaboration.

Mel Rothberg, CEO of Advanced Processing & Imaging, Inc. (www.apimg.com) and
Co-Chair of the Southeast Chapter of BioFlorida, shared insight to the state
of the Biotech industry in South Florida. "The bioscience industry demands
the management of vast quantities of information. Digitizing this massive
amount of information enables life science professionals to store, analyze,
search, and share content more efficiently." He further noted that the
expanding South Florida bioscience industry currently employs 38,482 workers
in the tri-county area with a gross revenue of over $3.6 billion

Chip Casanave, CEO of Data Access Worldwide (www.dataaccess.com) and chairman
of the SFTA discussed the opportunities presented by the BioFlorida - South
Florida Technology Alliance partnership: "Technology provides the underlying
tools for life sciences research, development and commercialization. Building
awareness and alliances between these sectors helps both of them grow and
create future benefits for everyone."

BioFlorida and SFTA share a common goal of bringing together enterprise,
entrepreneurs, government, academia, and investors, to grow their respective
industries and attract new business to Florida.

"This event was met with such a positive response," said Chris Burgio,
president of SFTA. "The turn out was higher than expected and people were
buzzing about the event well after the presenters had cleared the stage. We
look forward to continuing our partnership with BioFlorida and bringing more
valuable events like this to our region."

Events are open to the public and information can be found on the SFTA
website, www.southfloridatech.org.



About the SFTA
South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) brings more than a decade of
leadership as the most effective technology organization in the region.
Committed to the growth, success and awareness of the vibrant South Florida
technology community, SFTA fosters an exciting network of companies, academia,
capital resources, and government for the immediate and future success of
technology-related interests in our region. (www.southfloridatech.org)

About BioFlorida
BioFlorida is Florida's statewide trade association for the bioscience
industry providing advocacy, business development and communications services
for more than 200 member companies. Our mission is to be the voice of the
bioscience industry and the advocate for our member organizations. Bringing
knowledge and resources to Florida's bioscience community, BioFlorida supports
the health, agricultural and energy sectors of biotechnology as well as the
pharmaceutical and medical technology fields. (www.bioflorida.com)