broadcast simultaneously to all park sites, including Northwest Indiana. All employees of park tenants and affiliates are welcome to join the clusters. The Purdue Research Park Software Development Cluster meets the second Tuesday of each month. Recent topics include PHP, C# and .NET, and Android. The Life Science Forum meets the final Tuesday of each month. Recent topics include commercializing research products and how to build a company. The Indiana Defense Council meets the last Wednesday of each month. Saqui said she personally benefits by participating in the Purdue Technology Center clusters. “Being around other like-minded business people has resulted in shared knowledge, collegial support and even new projects,” she said. “Through the software development cluster monthly meetings, I am able to learn about new topics and trends in a variety of industries from market leaders in about an hour.” Tech Talk events Owners of technology-based businesses in Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland meet and discuss industry news during networking events called Tech Talks. Every six weeks, Tech Talk events bring together business owners to make connections, showcase their business and identify key issues affecting their sectors, including service and resource gaps. “The Tech Talks are a great place to network with other local businesses and understand what is going on in the local landscape,” Saqui said.
Technology showcases An annual event highlights the latest Purdue University innovations in the domains of biotechnology, clean energy, computer technology, manufacturing, medical and pharmaceuticals that have high commercialization potential. The Northwest Indiana Technology Road Show, organized by the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization, includes presentations from Purdue faculty, staff and student innovators. The latest showcase will be September 18 and features technologies that are ready to be commercialized. The showcases are free and open to the public. Technology showcases The Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana introduced a subscription program that provides more than 1,000 square feet of common area workspace so business people could strengthen their ability to complete operational tasks on a flexible schedule, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As with tenants and affiliates, co-working space subscribers can attend any of the programming events and engage in casual conversations with other executives. The Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana provides companies and organizations not only space, utilities and access to amenities, but also provides a solid foundation through its environment and programming to strengthen companies whose culture already encourages lifelong learning and growth.
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