COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- 120 Universities including MIT, University of Manchester, Stanford and Max Planck Innovation already signed up to exhibit latest cleantech innovations to more than 4,000 industry executives

The tables have turned for several universities as they find themselves on the waiting list for an opportunity to exhibit their latest cleantech innovations to leading multinational corporations and venture capitalists at COPENMIND, a global clean technology conference and exhibit, September 1-3 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

"Cleantech innovators from 120 academic institutions representing nearly every region of the world and a total of US$158 billion (euro 100 billion) in research dollars are already signed up to present their cleantech wares to 4,000 industry executives, including representatives from Siemens, Boeing and Toyota. As of today, additional universities wishing to exhibit will be put on a waiting list pending available exhibition space."

"The response from universities has been overwhelming," said Steffen Moldow, the founder of COPENMIND. "There is no such forum as COPENMIND in the world right now, it creates a platform upon which research and industry from across the world can meet in one place and develop partnerships and solutions to one of the most pressing issues facing the world today -- climate change."

COPENMIND -- a groundbreaking exhibition and conference dedicated to research, technology and innovation through university-industry partnerships -- will create a global and dedicated forum enabling intellectual matchmaking between university exhibitors and industry executives on a scale that has never been seen before. The theme for 2008 is cleantech, specifically the role of technology in solving global environment and climate challenges.

"Industry lacks an interface with the global research environment. Because most universities lack a commercial culture with regard to scientific results, until now this has meant that much valuable research never gets used," said Moldow. "COPENMIND will fill a major vacuum by providing a forum for face-to-face interaction between the business community and academia."

Below is a snapshot of the "Best in Class" global clean tech ideas for 2008, which will be exhibiting at COPENMIND:

The "Best in Class" Global Clean Tech Ideas 2008:

1. Covalent Solar: MIT (U.S.) -- Thin film concentrator photovoltaic module that improves the efficiency of existing solar panels by 30%, and reduces the cost per watt by 20%.

2. Depoll Air: Ecole Polytechnique (France) -- An efficient, cost-effective, air treatment system. This new molecular technology improves air quality by helping to 'eat' the pollution as it is created.

3. SiBNC Ceramics: Max Planck Innovation (Germany) -- A fuel efficiency enhancing ceramics technology for lightweight aircraft.

4. "Manchester Bobber": Manchester University (UK) -- Technology that generates electricity from under the sea. A number of platforms, each of which supports a closely spaced array of bobbing floats (between 25 and 50), generates electricity through independent underwater generators.

5. Helianthos: Delft University (Holland) -- A new solar cell film technology. Using the Helianthos process, flexible photovoltaic (PV) laminates can be fabricated that substantially reduce the per-kilowatt hour costs of solar electricity.

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