VTKW Global Sponsor Showcase: VPT

VPT, Inc. is a global leader in providing power conversion solutions for use in avionics, military, and space applications. VPT offers high reliability DC-DC converters, EMI filters, accessory power products, and custom engineering services for the rapid development of critical power systems. VPT is headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia, manufactures at Delta Electronics in Taiwan, and maintains a sales presence in more than 30 countries.

VPT visits its manufacturing partner, Delta Electronics, in Taiwan.

Thank you, VPT, for sponsoring the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week!

The VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week offers university students and faculty from all over the world a chance to collaborate, form partnerships, build their global networks, and congregate in Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia. During this week-long celebration, elite student teams compete in a Global Student Business Concept Challenge as they pitch their business ideas for a $25,000 prize.

The Fourth Annual VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week will be held August 18 – 24, 2013. 

• Respond to the invitation to serve as a Global Host Family
• Register for Tastes & Sounds of the Valley
• Register to view the Global Student Challenge Presentations
• Join our sponsors
• Advertise
• View the Global Partnership category on Inside VT KnowledgeWorks
• View the Global Student Business Concept Challenge category on Inside VT KnowledgeWorks
• Learn more about the VT KnowledgeWorks Partnership Week
• View the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week Flyer (.pdf)

Our Global Partnership Sponsors include Allegheny Logistics Group, BAE Systems, CCS-Inc., G.J. Hopkins Inc., Interactive Achievement, Inc., Meridium, Montgomery County, Virginia Economic Development Department, Rackspace, Phoenix Packaging Operations, SAIC, Shentel, StellarOne Bank,SunTrust, TechLab, Third Security, The Branch Group Inc., Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, VPT, Inc.

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VT KnowledgeWorks encourages and enables creative entrepreneurship world-wide, through innovative curriculum, local business resource centers, and a global network of cooperating regions, all focused on three essential contributors to success: clear understanding of fundamental business principles; access to timely, relevant information; and meaningful personal and corporate relationships. It is a subsidiary of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, supported by the continuing confidence and enthusiasm of its clients, sponsors and friends, both corporate and individual. Its world headquarters are in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

VT KnowledgeWorks corporate sponsors include Attaain, Inc., BB&T, Harris Office Furniture, Hodges, Jones & Mabry, P.C., Hutchison Law Group, Latimer IP Law, LLC LeClairRyan, New River Valley IP Law, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), The Branch Group, and Wordsprint.