Welcome to the Off the Shelf blog!

Off the Shelf is a free networking event for proven innovators in and around the Eau Claire area. It is held 3-4 times per year, and is a casual, social gathering designed for open networking and strategic partnership development. Participants can be as active or passive as they choose.



Off the Shelf was initiated by the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corporation. Staff and Area Business Development committee members developed the event for the purpose of:

• providing an exclusive opportunity for proven innovators and product-producing businesses to build awareness and develop strategic partnerships;


• facilitating relationships that add real value to a business or new venture; and


• making innovators and key businesses aware of emerging technologies.

If you have intellectual property or technology available for licensing and are interested in presenting at an Off the Shelf event, please contact ECA-EDC staff: ec.info @ eauclaire-wi.com (spaces present here to reduce spam; do not include spaces when emailing)

Off the Shelf - Inaugural Event

Our first event, held on Thursday, May 15, 2008 featured a technology from Adventium Labs, a research and development firm of Minneapolis, MN; and a product/process overview from American Phoenix, an Eau Claire company that manufactures raw rubber products.


Feel free to use this blog as a way to ask questions about the technology/product presented and leave feedback about the event. If you have suggestions on how we can make it more valuable and productive for you, let us know!

Featured Innovations:
SLATE (System-Level Autonomy Trust Enabler), Adventium Labs


Raw rubber products and chemical mixing process, American Phoenix, Inc.


***Please Note: This blog is PUBLIC. The ECA-EDC, Adventium Labs, and American Phoenix, Inc. are not liable for the comments posted on this blog that include proprietary information. If you have questions or ideas that you feel contain proprietary information, please call our office before posting.