THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

CORDIALLY INVITES YOU AND A GUEST

TO A 30th ANNIVERSARY   CELEBRATION

And

A GALA DINNER TO HONOR

LEWIS MATUSZEWICH

Founder and Chairman of the EDC for 30 years

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Cliff Dwellers Club

200 South Michigan Avenue

The Penthouse

Chicago, Illinois

5:30 P.M. cash bar

6:30 P.M. gala dinner and awards

$85.00 per person

r.s.v.p. @ www.edcchicago.org

Or

Mail your check to:

The ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

4064 N. Lincoln Avenue     

Suite 251

Chicago, IL 60618

Sponsored By

The Hard Facts about Diamonds

and Technology Transfer

Neil Kane, President

Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010, Noon

The Tower Club, 20 North Wacker Drive – 39^th Floor

Chicago, Illinois

Neil Kane last presented at an EDC Luncheon in April of 2007. At that time, Neil spoke of the 2003 founding and start-up of Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) based on advanced material technology (nanotechnology) originally developed at Argonne National Laboratory. Now, nearly 3 ½ years later, ADT has many commercial customers and offers several families of high performance products that take advantage of the unsurpassed properties of diamond. ADT also serves other companies by helping them to incorporate the unmatched properties of diamond into their products.

ADT’s continued growth from the successful commercialization of Argonne’s technology has gained considerable attention in both the private and public sectors. On June 10, 2010, Neil was one of six witnesses to testify on how to improve technology transfer in the U.S. before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.    

As founding CEO of several startup companies based upon university or federal laboratory research, Mr. Kane is uniquely qualified to provide a candid assessment of the status of technology transfer in the U.S. Please join us on September 29^th when Neil will provide both an update of activities at Advanced Diamond Technologies and an overview of the panel testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee.

Neil’s professional accomplishments are anchored by a strong academic foundation. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (high honors) and a Masters of Business Administration from The University of Chicago. He has attended graduate school at the Australian Graduate School of Management at The University of New South Wales in Sydney and did further graduate study in Japan on a scholarship from the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). In 2007, Neil was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.

The luncheon is at noon at the Tower Club, 39^th floor, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago. The cost of the lunch and program is $40 for EDC members and $65 for non-members. There is no charge for EDC Corporate and Sustaining Members.