CAER Executive Director to Retire December 2020
It is with mixed emotions that I announce that I will retiring from my position as Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER) on December 31, 2020. During my 13 years with the CAER I have seen the region work together to accomplish...
CAER Delivers Regional TBED Plan to LRBA
The CAER has developed and delivered an updated technology based economic plan to the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance. This plan is the next step in the integration of the work plans of the two regional economic development organizations. While there is no simple...
Bedford County to break ground on Tower and Fiber Optic Infrastructure
By 2020, up to 95% of the county will have access to high speed Internet service Bedford, Virginia—Bedford County officials, in partnership with Blue Ridge Towers/Briscnet, will come together at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at Big Island Elementary School,...
The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance and the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research to Join Together to Promote Technology Based Economic Development for the Lynchburg Region
Lynchburg, VA – The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance (the Alliance) and the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER) today announced an agreement to work together in a joint effort to develop a technology based economic development plan for the...
Regional Engineers at Framatome Recognized for Their Contributions
Framatome Announces 2019 Engineer of the Year awardees Framatome has announced the recipients of its annual Engineer of the Year awards. The program honors employees in North America who have achieved engineering excellence through notable achievements in their...
SOVA Innovation Center Joins the Commonwealth Connect Coalition
The SOVA Innovation Center recently signed on as a supporter of the Commonwealth Connect coalition This coalition believes that every Virginian deserves access to quality broadband and the opportunity to fully participate in American life. From economic development to...
Governor Northam Announces Major Investment to Accelerate Virginia’s Progress Towards Universal Broadband Access
Budget package to up Virginia Telecommunications Initiative funding to $50 million During the event Northam praised Bedford County’s plans to create a broadband infrastructure in the area. “This is an almost perfect model for Virginia,” Northam said. “That is why we...
SOVA Innovation Center Named Innovator of the Year at TECHEDGE 2018
TVWS Technology Helps Drive Rural Broadband Access For Immediate Release December 4, 2018 (Forest, VA) –Adaptrum’sSOVA Innovation Center for TV White Space (TVWS) Development was recognized as the Innovator of the Year by the Lynchburg Technology Council and by the...
NanoSeptic Self-Cleaning Surfaces Opens Center for Innovation in Smart Materials
FOREST, Va., Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NanoTouch Materials, creators of NanoSeptic Self-Cleaning Surfaces (www.nanoseptic.com), has finished construction of their new facility, the Center for Innovation in Smart Materials. After three years of research and...
SOVA Innovation Center and TVWS Exhibiting at BoCo Rural Broadband Summit
Fincastle, VA – The Botetourt County Broadband Commission announces BoCo Summit – The Rural Broadband Technology Solution Summit to take place September 25-26, 2018, at the Greenfield Education and Training Center in Daleville, Virginia. BoCo Summit will provide a...