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Auction Gets Underway to Select "Hosts" for Operations-Innovation Trials in U.S. (Jun. 21, 2010) - Registration started today for companies planning to bid in the Institute's auction of 30 sector-exclusive opportunities to "host" the new Operations-Innovation Trials of humaneering in the U.S. The auction will include three bid-clearing rounds (Aug. 9, 16 and 23), with each round resulting in awards to the highest bidding company in each of the 10 highest bidding industry sectors.

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity, the Humaneering Institute has a special obligation to assure that qualified companies have equal opportunity to participate in the Institute's EarlyAccess field trial program. Because the R&D resources of the Institute limit the new Operations-Innovation Trials to only 30 host companies, the Institute will utilize an auction to select these companies. This auction process begins today with the start of registration, even though first-round bids are not due until August 9th and the steps for bidding are potentially simple and quick. The additional time will give executives ample opportunity to become more familiar with humaneering technology and to consider how this new technology might fit into its future operations.

Learn more about humaneering technology, the EarlyAccess program, the Operations-Innovation Trials option or this auction.