The Tennessee Inventors Association is an organization in East Tennessee dedicated to promoting independent inventors. Members are from Knoxville and Oak Ridge and some come from Chattanooga, Cleveland, Bristol, Johnson City, Morristown, and other East Tennessee areas. The TIA also has members from as far away as Ohio and Virginia. The Tennessee Inventors Association is a great resource for inventors, innovators, and entreprenours.
The TIA meets monthly on the third Saturday at 10 am in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A map to the meeting hall is here. Visitors are always welcome!
The next TIA meeting is on September 18, 2010. Read the newsletter for last month's meeting.
The September meeting will continue the discusion on developing a business plan. Two members, Carl Papa and Judie Black, will present the market plan portion of their business plans to the members.
Also, be sure to watch Everyday Edisons on the local East Tennessee Public Television station. Friday evenings at 10pm.
The primary goal of the TIA is the advancement of technology throughout Tennessee with its accompanying economic growth. Toward this end, TIA provides information, guidance, and encouragement to those involved in innovation. It is a chartered non-profit organization in the State of Tennessee composed of inventors and other persons interested in the innovation process.
The TIA membership includes independent inventors, small business developers, engineers, and scientists from state and federal research and educational facilities. The span of technical expertise and inventions ranges from high-tech to low-tech, from lasers to games to cat toys. Other TIA members are from business-related fields and are available as consultants to the other members. For example, we have patent agents and patent attorneys as members, and we frequently have business attorneys and lawyers, model makers, graphic artists, modelers, designers, and others as visitors. Even if you do not have an invention, you are welcome to join the TIA!
