The Edison Conference, an event for inventors, entrepreneurs and high-tech startup companies, is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at the University of Utah's Olpin Union Building.
The event is being organized by the university's Utah Engineering Experiment Station and the nonprofit group Technology to Market (T2M).
An Innovation Showcase will be open for a VIP sneak preview Wednesday from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. It opens to conferencegoers Thursday at 8 a.m. and for public viewing from 2 to 5 p.m. that day.
Rex S. Spendlove, founder of Logan-based Hyclone, will present the keynote address Thursday and receive UEES's annual Pathfinder Award. Winners of the Utah Innovation Awards sponsored by the Stoel Rives LLP business law firm, Wasatch Digital IQ magazine and the UEES will be announced at noon Thursday. The Thursday luncheon speaker is Ed Catmull, co-founder and president of Pixar Animation Studios. Panel discussions and workshops also are part of the conference.
The cost for the Wednesday pre-event reception and Thursday daylong event is $95. The May 20 lunch only is $40. Registration can be completed at www.utah.edu/uees/Edison/Edison_home.html or by calling Janeen Bennion at 1-801-581-6348.