1. MHTA Presents The 2010 Tekne Awards Finalists Hosted by:

2. 2010 Tekne AwardsNovember 3, 2010 CELEBRATE INNOVATION! THE MINNESOTA HIGH TECH ASSOCIATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BIOBUSINESS ALLIANCE OF MINNESOTA, LIFESCIENCE ALLEY AND ENTERPRISE MINNESOTA INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE 11TH ANNUAL MINNESOTA TEKNE AWARDS AT THE MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER November 3, 2010 THE EVENT: 4:30 pm VIP RECEPTION & RECEPTION 5:00 pm GENERAL REGISTRATION & COCKTAILS 5:45 pm DINNER 7:00 pm AWARDS CELEBRATION 8:30 pm POST TEKNE PARTY Corporate seating and individual tickets are available online at www.tekneawards.org or by calling 952-230-4555

3. 2010 Post Tekne Party At the Minneapolis Convention Center following the Tekne Awards The Post Tekne Party celebrates the Tekne Award recipients and benefits the Minnesota High Tech Foundation (MHTF). MHTF promotes the development of STEM competency in students that will enable them to thrive in and support the global competitiveness of Minnesota's technology-based economy

4. Green Asset Recovery Corp. Cortec Corporation Latuff Brothers, Inc.

5. Cleantech Activeion Cleaning solutions earthclean corporation Tennant company

6. Advanced ManufacturingSmall & Growing COMPANY Hysitron, Inc. ION Corporation

7. Advanced ManufacturingEstablished Company 3m Par Systems, Inc. Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

8. IT Software & Hardware, Communications & InfrastructureSmall & Growing company Calabrio, Inc. Digitiliti, Inc. Global traffic technologies

9. IT Software & Hardware, Communications & InfrastructureEstablished company Merrill datasite Thomson Reuters Vital images, inc.

10. Technology Services Small & Growing company Id insight, Inc. imageTrend, inc. Open access Technology International, Inc.

11. Technology ServicesEstablished company Digital River, Inc Pearson VUE Thomson reuters

12. Technology User Cargill Honeywell Industrack

13. Life sciencesSmall & Growing company Ativa Medical Corespine technologies, llc vegizyme, llc

14. Life SciencesEstablished company American Medical Systems coloplast corp. Medtronic, inc.

15. Innovative Collaboration Bemidji State University360º Manufacturing & applied Engineering center of excellence General mills & Koda Energy Genesys works

16. Innovation in Teaching Aaron Doering, University of Minnesota Scot Hovan, Mahtomedi Public schools Jennifer Nelson, Eden Prairie Schools

17. Technology Excellence in Higher Education or Non Profit Organization Minnesota Planetarium Society Saint john’s university The works

18. Next Generation Technology leader ralph awad,VISI molly decklever, benchmarkqa Matt Meents, Reside LLC

19. Technology Executive of the Year ABDUL BENGALI, Mayo clinic peter jackson,thomson reuters gene Lytwyn,wynedge Software

20. 2010 Tekne Awards Sponsors PLATINUM GOLD Grant Thornton; Honeywell; Keystone Search; Padilla Speer Beardsley MEDIA Twin Cities Business SILVERComcast Business Class; Digital River; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Scales Advertising ENTREPRENURIAL Minnesota Cup GOLD EDUCATION ADC THE 2010 POST - TEKNE PARTY IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS:

21. THANK YOU! We look forward to seeing you on November 3rd Today’s event is made possible by the kind support of :