Isla Mar Research Expeditions 2016 | Page 11

San Juan
Left: Isla Mar at the festival Top Right: Evan at Forward Summit
Bottom Right: Chelsea with the Ar tedi poster
September was a groundbreaking month when we were selected to present our app, Artedi, at the inaugural Forward Summit showcasing science and technology in Puerto Rico. This summit was an opportunity for local researchers, investors, inventors and

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businesses to interact and establish new partnerships.
This experience resulted in learning valuable information about how to market our product and later commercialize it should we choose to do so.
We met potential investors and learned about the Small Business Administration ' s technology grants to fund initiatives such as ours. We are now on a better path to direct Artedi into the market and we look forward to what 2017 will hold for this new technology!

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