Tennessee Inventors Association (TIA) Meeting Newsletters

The Tennessee Inventors Association sends a monthly newsletter to members and visitors. The newsletters contain notes on the previous meeting and information on other items of interest. Some newsletters include pdf copies of the handouts. To view these handouts, Adobe Acrobat or other pdf file reader/viewer program must me installed on your computer.

2015 Meetings
Month	Meeting Description
July	July 2015 Brian Church The July speaker was Brian Church, CEO of IdeaShares, a Nashville company catering to inventors.
June	June 2015 Member updates The June TIA meeting was an informal meeting with updates from members.
May	2015 May Jake Horton on Protecting your IP The May speaker was Jake Horton, a patent attorney at Pitts & Lake. Jake gave an overview of the changes in patent law and also discuss trademark protection.
April	April 2015 Open meeting The April meeting was dedicated to member topics.
March	March 2015 Mike Haarlander Mike Haarlander of Arciplex spoke about his company and bringing creative ideas to life at the March 2015 meeting of the TIA.
February	February 2015 Carl Papa on his Trade Show Marketing trip Carl Papa is the speaker for the February 2015 TIA meeting. Carl will speak about his recent trip to Florida to attend the PGA Merchandise Show to promote his Pin Hi Pro invention.
January	January 2015 Keith Waters Keith Waters was the speaker for the January 2015 TIA meeting. Keith is a native of East Tennessee with more than 30 years experience as a machinist and 15 years in CADD (Computer Aided Design and Drafting) . Keith is president of Third Dimension Models, Inc. His presentation focused on the relevance of CADD to today's world and it's integration into manufacturing.

2014 Meetings
Month	Meeting Description
December	December 2014 Holiday get-together The December 2014 meeting was our annual Christmas Brunch. We met at Perkins Pancake House, 9507 Kingston Pike (Windsor Square Shopping Center), for a late breakfast/early lunch. The meeting was a great opportunity for everyone to get to know each other better.
November	November 2014 Sydney Burchell and Elections Our November 2014 speaker was Sydney Burchell, one of Bob Gant’s star students. Sydney developed a process that converts the waste material from manufacturing Moon Shine into a sustainable food source and supply of recycle water for fermentation. Bob has praised the progress Sydney made in her project, and Sydney had the opportunity to explain the process she developed.
October	October 2014 TIA Meeting Our October 2014 speaker was supposed to be Laura Lyons, a Certified Financial Planner practitioner with over 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. Unfortunately, Laura could not make her presentation. We look forward to when she is able to make the meeting. We would like to hear what she has to say. In place of her presentation we held a round-table meeting discussing inventions, ideas, and trying to answer questions posed by members. Several members gave updates on the progress of their inventions.
September	September 2014 John Simpson Our September 2014 speaker was John Simpson, a retired scientist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. John has 27 patents issued and another 25 pending!! Among other topics he told us about Superhydrophobics.
August	August 2014 Jeremy Floyd Our August 2014 speaker was Jeremy Floyd, who works at BPV Capitol management. Jeremy is a lawyer, inventor, and entrepreneur. In addition to teaching digital marketing at the MBA program at UTC, Jeremy serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at BPV Capital Management. Before his current role, Jeremy was president of a local marketing firm. Jeremy has contributed to several books on digital marketing and writes a blog at JeremyFloyd.com and can be found on Twitter at @jfloyd.